ESSAI Volume 7 Article 22 4-1-2010 An Explication of a Poem: W. H. Auden ’s "Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone" Scott Hixson College of DuPage Follow this and additional works at: http://dc.cod.edu/essai This Selection is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@C.O.D.. It has been accepted for inclusion in ESSAI by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@C.O.D.. For more information‚ please contact koteles@cod.edu. Recommended
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Metaphysical and Cavalier Poetry I. 17th Century Metaphysical Poetry: http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Literature/period/metaphysicals.html http://www.unm.edu/~aobermei/Eng221/metaphysicals.html What is metaphysical poetry? What are its (6) characteristics? What is Platonic Love? How does this concept play into metaphysical poetry? Who first coined the term “metaphysical poet”? What have critics said about these poets? II. Cavalier Poetry: http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Terms/cavalier.html
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“naked” instead of a simpler‚ less insinuating word such as bare (2). The bread that he feeds them then can be an emotional connection while they are together or a figurative feeding the women’s sexual hunger. At this point‚ a far less innocent explication can be seen as it can be construed that the speaker is paying these women for sex. In that case‚ the bread becomes the payment for these services‚ either in the form of actual bread or money. When they become congenial‚ the women are adhering to
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1968 Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley wrote “The Boxer”‚ a modern rock ballad. This narrative poetry tells the story of a young man struggling financially to make ends meet in a down economy. Like all narrative poetry‚ it tells a story of true life emotions that people can relate to. At the time‚ the economy in the United States of America was weak and thus many Americans were struggling financially. During this economic crisis‚ this ballad was popularized by the famous Simon and Garfunkel musical duo. While
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Why is King Henry VIII so important to the Renaissance? The Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement beginning in Italy in the late 14th century. It took about 100 years later to spread to England. For historical convenience‚ it began in 1485 when the Wars of Roses ended with inauguration of the Tudor Dynasty and lasted till early 17th century. The movement was slow to develop and reached to its height in the Elizabethan era in the second half of the 16th century. In Renaissance‚ the study
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despair about the discovery is expressed through bitter weeping‚ a common device in popular ballads. Strong emotions are not spelled out to the reader‚ but expressed though signs and gestures (Hoffmann 19‚20). Before she dies‚ the unfaithful wife catches a glimpse of both heaven’s “pleasant hills / That the sun shines sweetly on” (l.49‚50) and hell’s mountain “dreary wi frost and snow” (l.53‚54)‚ giving the ballad an unusual moralistic quality. The immediate contrast between the two symbolic spheres
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------------------------------------------------- Ballad From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Ballad (disambiguation). A ballad is a form of verse‚ often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas‚Australia and North Africa. Many ballads were written and sold as single sheetbroadsides. The form
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Mexican war on drugs however‚ are often banned by the Mexican authorities. Since in Mexico these songs are often prohibited this music industry started in Los Angeles‚ California. John H. McDowell approaches this industrial phenomenon in the article The Ballad of Narcomexico‚ where he mainly focuses on how the music industry has generated millions of dollars emerging from the wave of violence in the last decade in Mexico. Moreover‚ McDowell touches on the foundation of Twin Enterprises the first recording
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The wild colonial boy{Poetry Analysis) The wild colonial boy The ballad‚ “Wild Colonial Boy” by unknown has the context of an Australian traditional bush ballad. In this ballad there are many language techniques such as similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ repetition‚ rhythm and rhyme. The narrative of this ballad is that there once was a boy named Jack Doolan who robbed the rich and fed the poor. In the end he is fatally wounded by one of the troopers (police). This also leaves the question
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Thomas Hardy’s‚ ‘The Ruined Maid’ and ‘Lord Randal’ from the collection of Early modern ballads‚ both are ballads which use similar conventions. Although they are not poems that stick to the exact ballad traditions‚ they carry out many of the traits. Thomas Hardy was known to be musically inclined and his influence in ballad writing came from his various musical talents. In this specific poem‚ Hardy seems to use ballad conventions to make a statement about the position of women in society. Although there
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