Poetry 1. SIEGFRIED SASSOON (Blighters; They; The Hero; The General) - Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during World War I. He later won acclaim for his prose work‚ notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography‚ collectively known as the "Sherston Trilogy". Siegfried Sassoon was born on 8th September 1886 at Weirleigh‚ near Paddock Wood in Kent. After Marlborough College
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Notes Personally responding to the poetry of Gwen Harwood Overview For some time‚ there has been debate over what is the ‘true spirit’ of this module‚ with particular emphasis on how a student should ultimately respond – personally or through ‘readings’. This study guide will dispel your uncertainty and support your classroom studies by guiding you towards a personal response which should be at the heart of anything you compose. We will explore Gwen Harwood’s poetry through the syllabus rubric‚ an
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stupid. Art is a one way to express the concept behind a story. One of the premier American sculptors‚ Mark Hopkins‚ communicates this in his work Forgiveness (2002)‚ for its flowing and dramatic style. In comparison Negative no more (2009) ‚an artwork created by the arabian artist Shadia Alem express through the media of lighting and projection. The aim of Alem’s art work as compared with Hopkins is to transfer the concept of casting off negativity through the use of movement that is conveyed through
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Japanese Comfort Women It is estimated that between one and two hundred thousand female sex slaves were forced to deliver sexual services to Japanese soldiers‚ both before and during World War II. These women were known as comfort women and the Imperial Conference‚ which was composed of the emperor‚ representatives from the armed forces and the main Cabinet ministers‚ approved their use by Japanese soldiers. (Walkom) The term "comfort women" refers to the victims of a "premeditated systematic plan
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Analysis of Neruda’s Poem A Poetry Inspired Poem (An Analysis of Poetry by Pablo Neruda) The poem Poetry was introduced to the audience at the last part of the movie Il Postino. Based on the movie‚ the poem was written by Mario Ruoppolo‚ the main character of the story. However without taking into account the movie‚ the persona of the poem can be described as someone who just recently discovered a passion or love or likeness towards poetry‚ and this can be concluded from the first line
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Formal Analysis A musical company The painting A Musical Company‚ part of the leiden collection‚ painted in 1642 by Dutch painter Gerard ter Borch is now on display as part of the vermeer suite exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art. The painting depicts a young woman playing the virginal accompanied by two men: the one on her left is plays a viol da gamba and the other plays a violin. Gerard ter Borch is widely known for his small scale paintings of everyday peasant life known as genre scenes
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English literature‚ but poetry and politics preoccupied him more than anything else. Progressive Writers’ Movement (PWM)‚ Faiz was an avowed Marxist-communist‚ long associated member of Russian-backed Communist Party and was a recipient of Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union in 1962. Despite being repeatedly accused of atheism by the political and military establishment‚ Faiz’s poetry was like flowing water making its way straight to the heart of readers. For writing poetry that always antagonizes
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The poem ‘The Jaguar’ written by Ted Hughes describes the lifestyles of animals at a zoo and their different attitudes to entrapment in their cage. It compares the bored‚ lazy moods of the animals to the lively‚ adventurous mood of the jaguar‚ which does not see this confinement as a way of stopping him behaving as if it were in its natural environment. The poet’s clever use of techniques such as similes and metaphors clearly puts an image in our minds of the animal’s ways of life and gives an accurate
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Not Waving But Drowning (Poetry Analysis) In the poem by Stevie Smith‚ Not Waving But Drowning there are a number of elements that are intriguing and to the reader. The poem is mostly spoken from a narrative point of view‚ but it may infer a first person perspective because it centers on a man who is apparently misunderstood by those around him‚ including the speaker that recalls the tragic scene. The poem paints a conflicting image of a man that has fallen to the sea because despite his
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