When our lives begin‚ we are innocent and life is beautiful‚ but as we grow older and time slowly and quickly passes we discover that not everything about life is quite so pleasing. Along with the joys and happiness we experience there is also pain‚ sadness and loneliness. Hemingway’s "A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚" and Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both tell us about older men who are experiencing these dreadful emotions. <br> <br>In Hemingway’s short story there are three characters
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Each line of this poem represents Auden’s ideas of a great memorial for W B Yeats which is supported by the intentionally placed words‚ punctuations and innuendos. In the first few line of stanza stanza one Auden starts off by recreating what the present condition was like at the time of his death to create a gloomier atmosphere to get the readers attention. He does this in most of his poem‚ creating an atmosphere to get the readers attention such as now the leaves are falling fast. “Now the leaves
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John Donne is a famous metaphysical poet. He is the founder of the metaphysical school of poetry. So he is often called the father of metaphysical poetry. He is a religious poet. He is also a great love poet. Metaphysical poetry is a type of poetry which deals with abstract or philosophical subjects. The most noticeable qualities of this type of poetry are the use of conceit‚ obscurity of idea‚ extravagance of expression and abrupt beginning. The poetry is intellectual‚ analytical‚ psychological
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It is undeniably the quality of our experiences and relationships we build with people that determines our attitude to life. Memories and experiences from both positive and negative relationships play a key role in determining our approach to life. Problems such as self-esteem issues arise from negative relationships. Unhealthy self-centred relationships also narrow the mindset and do not encourage healthy thoughts and outlooks. Instead lack of empathy and high levels of indifference are cultured
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The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock 1. List of characteristics: * Romantic * Curious * Discouraged * Mysterious * Infertility * Desperate for love and women * Eloquent * Isolated / Alienated * Hopeless * Easily influenced * Chaotic * Suicidal * Neurotic * Descriptive The narrator is a pathetic man whose anxieties and obsessions have isolated him from society. “Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels” Prufrock is tired of his
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Mark Payne 1302-20 The Writings of Shakespeare and Donne The poems from William Shakespeare and John Donne that interest me are “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” and “The flea”. One of the main reason that I am writing about these two poems are because they are the only ones that I know of because that is what we talked about in class and I have never read poetry in my life. Poetry has always been difficult for me to read because of my mild case of dyslexia. I have to read the sentence
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In "The Hollow Men" there is a conflict between an intense longing for a state of edenic purity and the contradictory search for a more lasting form of order through denial and alienation. It can be observed that "The Hollow Men" expresses the depths of Eliot’s despair‚ but the poet in a sense chooses despair as the only acceptable alternative to the false existence of the unthinking inhabitants of the waste land. The despair of "The Hollow Men" is controlled by intellectual principles‚ in the way
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Mr. Bleaney‚ by Phillip Larkin - For Larkin‚ hopes‚ dreams and ideals are ‘relentlessly diminished by the realities of life.’ (Peter King). How far do you agree with this statement in relation to Mr Bleaney? Peter King’s comment on Phillip Larkin’s novel is reasonable because Larkin’s main themes are about death and failure. It is possible to outline both sides of the argument and Larkin’s use of imagery and characterisation supports this. Larkin uses imagery to convey feelings of death‚ such
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Poem - Battle Within. Battle Within. Each day gloomy as the last‚ with the dimmest light shining through. Everyday an invisible battle‚ fighting to keep on going‚ to not let the demons win. The smallest light of hope helps you to find your way. Trying to break free from its hold‚ this is the dark battle of depression‚ we can never give up this fight‚ no matter how many times it tries to control us‚ for we are stronger than this demon‚ we can make it through no matter how tough it gets. We just need
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In "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" by T.S. Elliot‚ the speaker is Prufrock himself. He is debating with the two conflicting sides of his personality. One wants him to propose love‚ the other wants him to hold back. The setting is most likely in the early 1920s or so‚ taking into consideration the afternoon tea‚ the shawls the ladies wear‚ and "the skirts that trail along the floor"(102). The situation is fairly straightforward in some respects. Alfred Prufrock is on his way to a tea in the
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