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    The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop: A Personal Response In my answer I will be talking about my ideas on the themes‚ styles‚ and images in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop. Elizabeth Bishop was born on the 8th of February 1911 in Worcester‚ Massachusetts. Her father died when she was eight months old and her mother‚ in shock‚ was sent to a mental hospital for five years. They were separated in 1916 until her mother finally died in 1934. She was raised by her grandparents in Nova Scotia. There are four

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    Complexity of Poetry

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    Allison Gilpin Dr. Jones English 102 20 July‚ 2012 Complexity of Poetry Poetry is a way for the reader to openly interpret a poem in almost any way they see fit. Because there is so much freedom of interpretation with poetry‚ there leaves a lot of room for discussion and opposition. Billy Collin’s poem‚ “Introduction to Poetry”‚ breaks down the basic ways for interpreting and understanding a poem. In summary‚ he explains that the reader cannot focus on trying to figure out one specific meaning

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    Wordsworth's Poetry

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    later years led Romantic writers to write of the Emperor of France’s cruelty‚ escaping to nature to flee the real world and its problems. William Wordsworth became one of the most influential poets of the Romantic period displaying throughout his poetry his love of nature which he discovered at a young age. Wordsworth’s poems often present an instant when nature speaks to him and he responds by speaking for nature. “Tintern Abbey” explores the ways in which observing natural beauty can deepen human

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    Nia Williams EG 102 Dr. DiSanza Paper 2: Poetry Due: 11/13/2012 The Importance of Appreciation and Involvement in the Natural World around Us Two poets from two different centuries address a particular theme with two very distinct perceptions. “The World Is Too Much with Us‚” by William Wordsworth of the 18th century‚ and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer‚” by Walt Whitman of the 19th century‚ both address the importance of appreciation and involvement in the natural world around us.

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    Unseen Poetry

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    Higher 2006- Unseen Poetry Practice ‘In the Can’ In the poem‚ a prisoner describes life in a prison. Every second is a fishbone that sticks In the throat. Every hour another slow Step towards freedom. We’re geriatrics Waiting for release‚ bribing time to go. I’ve given up trying to make anything Different happen. Mornings: tabloids‚ page three. Afternoons: videos or Stephen King‚ Answering letters from relatives who bore me. We’re told not to count‚ but the days mount here Like

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    African Poetry

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    received worldwide acclaim. Their success proved‚ as critics like Srinivasa Iyengar pointed out‚ A shot in the arm of modern English Literature has had to come from West Africans like Amos Tutuola‚ Wole Soyinka and Gabriel Okara. (16) The role of poetry‚ in African literature‚ has

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    Elements of Poetry

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    Elements of Poetry When you read a poem‚ pay attention to some basic ideas: Voice  (Who is speaking? How are they speaking?) Stanzas (how lines are grouped) Sound (includes rhyme‚ but also many other patterns) Rhythm (what kind of "beat" or meter does the poem have?) Figures of speech (many poems are full of metaphors and other figurative language) Form (there are standard types of poem)   Voice Voice is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader. Lyric poems and

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    English Poetry

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    In this essay‚ I will be comparing four poems: Checking out me history; Singh Song; The Ruined Maid and Give. ‘Checking out me history’ By John Agard is a strong piece which shows a hint of anger and almost betrayal as he enlightens us on his knowledge of unknown history. The second poem‚ ‘Singh Song’ by Daljit Nagra has a stereotypical Indian man who runs one “ov his daddy’s shop” bit it has the theme of romance added. Thirdly‚ The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy‚ the poem is a conversation between

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    Poetry and Ann Bradstreet

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    ironic because they had left few personal belongings behind them‚ but puritans confined within their culture so they can have a personal attachment. 2) A. Identify two similarities in the lives of Edward Taylor and Ann Bradstreet. B. Identify one to two key differences in their lives. Two similarities are they came with Puritans upbringing and they had hard lives. The Differences is Taylor had college experiences and politics and he saw his personal poetry as worship. Rather than Bradstreet

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    CONFESSIONAL MODE IN POETRY OF KAMALA DAS Confessional mode of writing has its virtual origin in the mid50s in America. It is hybrid mode of poetry which means objective‚ analytical or even clinical observation of incidents from one’s own life. Confessional poems are intensely personal and highly subjective. There is no ‘persona’ in the poems. ‘I’ in the poems is the poet and nobody else. The themes are nakedly embarrassing and focus too exclusively upon the pain‚ anguish and ugliness of life at

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