To be able to explain the aspects of poetry to you all‚ I thought I would break the mini lesson down into two parts. It will help you understand the differences between a poem and a sonnet‚ and will make it easier to absorb all of the components involved. First we will start with a sonnet. Let’s start by talking about just what a sonnet is. “Before Shakespeare’s day‚ the word “sonnet” meant simply “little song‚” i.e.‚ a short lyric poem” (poetry.about.com‚ 2010). By the 1200’s‚ the sonnet had come
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Mending Wall Commentary Robert Frost’s Narrative poem‚ “Mending Wall” is a light-hearted yet tense depiction of opposing views that brings together two different people. Written in blank verse with simple structure and strewn with images alluding to myths and human history‚ this poem reveals the men’s customs and furthermore the never ending ritual of man‚ which guides the reader to conclude that In this poem Robert Frost does make an allusion to the famous Greek myth of Sisyphus. For those of
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Poetry Analysis “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” by‚ Christopher Marlowe and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by‚ Sir Walter Raleigh are both pastoral poems that tend to basic human desires in a simplified country life of beauty‚ music‚ and love. “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” idealizes the shepherd’s country life to try and win the love of his lady. On the contrary‚ “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a parody to “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” Sir Walter Raleigh pretends
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‘The Divided Self’ by R. D. Laing Commentary In ‘The Divided Self’‚ Laing examines schizoid and schizophrenic people and attempts to make their situation more understandable in existential terms. In order to understand Laing’s work‚ a person must first understand the concept of existential phenomenology‚ in which a person is characterized by his way of being-in-the-world. It involves the way he reacts to his environment and himself as a part of his world. It must also be mentioned that
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Animal Farm Commentary This extract was taken from the book‚ Animal Farm written by George Orwell. The scene holds in the second chapter of the book‚ after Snowball proclaims the seven commandments for all the animals in the farm. This demonstrates the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon. The animals are all hyped and getting prepared for the harvest after driving away their farmer‚ Jones and his men. Snowball and Napoleon use strong military language when they are talking about work (the Harvest)
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The Stone Horse Commentary It is obvious that Lopez has a passion for history‚ especially when it comes to the cultural aspects in history. Having said this‚ it’s no surprise that when cultural history is being destroyed‚ Lopez is writing to bring awareness to the problems faced by unguarded cultural artifacts in the Mojave‚ and Sonoran deserts. The reading itself was dry when it came to the parts about the Stone Horse because Lopez kept describing the horse over and over. As the introduction told
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The fateful tale of Icarus has been adapted in multiple ways in poetry and in paintings. In “Icarus”‚ a poem by Edward Field‚ a popular mythological character from long ago is transformed into the vastly different reality of a more contemporary world. Irony and figurative language are essential elements of Field’s version of the tale of Icarus‚ who is immersed into the twentieth century. Irony is extremely evident right when the poem begins to unfold. It starts off by mentioning the
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Many poets are inspired by the impressive persona that exists in nature to influence their style of poetry. The awesome power of nature can bring about thought and provoke certain feelings the poet has towards the natural surroundings. If you bear in mind the disposition of some of the things in life that move us like human beauty‚ love or the beauty of nature you will understand that they have one thing in common. They do not last forever‚ as sad as it seems‚ Ladies and Gentleman. Yes they too
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Bibliography: Internet Crossref-it.info (2013). ’A Hymn to God the Father ’ by John Donne from Crossrefit.info. Retrieved from http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/ 4/215 ENotes (2013). Synopsis - A Hymn to God the Father by John Donne. Retrieved from http://www.enotes.com/a-hymn-to-god-the-father/enotes-synopsis John Donne‚ provided by Anniina Jenkin (2000‚ January 2). John Donne: A Hymn To God The Father.
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(five metrical feet) and two tri-meter (three metrical feet) lines per stanza. It is written mainly in iambic pentameter and has a rhyming pattern of aabbcddceee. This gives the poem a songlike quality which is associated with this type of lyric poetry. Each stanza is made up of a single sentence which‚ with the help of the meter‚ forces the first four lines of each verse to be read rapidly. The caesura then slows down the reading‚ causing the reader to reflect more deeply on what has been said
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