Comparing Robert Frost’s "After Apple-picking" to "Apples" by Laurie Lee Poetry is an attempt to describe the nature and intensity of one’s feelings and opinions. Often‚ however‚ these thoughts are too vague or complex to articulate. How does a poet translate these abstract ideas into something more tangible and workable? Simple‚ metaphorical objects and situations can be used to represent more elusive concepts. These can be interpreted in many different ways‚ however‚ and poets often use the same
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------------------------------------------------- Electra complex From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Electra complex: Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon‚ byFrederic Leighton‚ c.1869 In Neo-Freudian psychology‚ the Electra complex‚ as proposed by Carl Gustav Jung‚ is a child’s psychosexual competition with his/her mother for possession of his/her father. In the course of her psychosexual development‚ the complex is the girl’s phallic stage; formation of a discrete sexual identity‚ a boy’s analogous
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The Bell Jar‚ by Sylvia Plath‚ explores the symbolic representation of the emotional state of being depressed and failing to find meaning in life. The Bluest Eye‚ by Toni Morrison‚ demonstrates the fact that beauty is socially constructed causing certain races to be shut off. The setting of each novel will be contrasted in terms of its influence on society‚ while internal conflict and symbolism will be compared. Plath’s and Morrison’s novels occur during the same time period‚ ranging from the 1940s
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sound effects‚ etc.). Complete a close reading of one of the following poems‚ ensuring that you paraphrase its content‚ the literary techniques used within it‚ and the effects these techniques have on the interpretation of the poem. a. “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath (attached) b. “Hockey Players” by Al Purdy (attached) Your essay will be graded according to the rubric on the back of this page. Please submit your rubric with your assignment for grading. Criteria 4 3 2 1 Unity /30 The
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Introduction: In this poem‚ Maya Angelou celebrates femininity by playing upon the two possible meanings that could be attached to the poem’s title - Phenomenal Woman. As a liberated woman‚ the speaker in the poem proudly proclaims her individuality; she is an extraordinary person‚ and therefore phenomenal. Phenomenal - from Angelou’s Perspective: Maya Angelou asks the reader to probe deeper into the whole question of what makes a woman attractive‚ worthwhile and valued. The "Phenomenal" in the
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One thing that interests me most about metaphor and how you take something little or even play full but then relate it to this big amazing concept or problem in everyday life. I enjoy how metaphor can relate completely unrelated thing like in the Sylvia Plath poem how she compares eaten a bag of green apples to pregnancy‚ apples and pregnancy are nothing alike but she makes u see the similarities. for my primary source I would like to do a poem by Shel Silverstein he has been one of my favorite poets
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about 1200 objects which illustrate the history of Cambridge. The Arbury Coffin is one of the highlights of the gallery. It contains the bones of a woman‚ a shrew and a mouse thought to date from the fourth century AD. This coffin inspired the Sylvia Plath poem ‘All the Dead Dears’. The shrew and mouse bones found in the coffin of a well-to-do Roman woman in Arbury. Her ankle had been knawed. As you walk up the stairs‚ you will arrive the Maudslay Hall. It is the museum’s principle Anthropology
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with his late and emotionally disturbed wife Sylvia Plath. Victoria Laurie describes the poems as a "a collection of elegiac tender and harrowing poetry addressed to his dead wife.". through Birthday Letters‚ Hughes asserts that the facts and memories of his life and relationship belong to him and not to the world or the media. He says "I hope that everyone owns the facts of his or her own life." In this sense‚ as well as being a personal address to Plath‚ Birthday Letters is also Hughes’ attempt to
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her life because he is dead. The notion that time only fosters negative growth of resentment is prominently featured in the poem. She lived with this suppressed anger and bitterness “For thirty years‚” (Plath‚ 953‚ 4). Growing up‚ she was so suffocated that she “barely dared to breathe or Achoo” (Plath‚ 953‚ 5). This form of restrictive behavior is what forced her to keep these emotions in‚ allowing them to grow to the point that she tried to commit suicide as a means of escape. There are countless
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‘Praise Song for My Mother’ written by Grace Nichols and ‘Morning Song’ Sylvia Plath both convey the emotional connection between mother and child‚ in the form of how a mother loves for and impacts her child. In ‘Praise Song for My Mother’‚ Nichols conveys the mother to be “Deep and bold and fathoming” as well as showing she is the “rise and warm and streaming” displaying the mother was a strong and bright figure in the Child’s life‚ through comforting and natural imagery. However‚ Plath’s persona
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