The poem “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson. The poem talks about a Battle. It is filled with many literary devices and organized very well for a poem. The type of rhyme and meter that Alfred used in his poem was dactylic. The three most prominent poetic devices used to depict this battle are repetition‚ imagery and metaphors. In this play there was a lot of repetition used. It was used to help stress the emotion of what the author was trying to get across. For one example the
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economically‚ Industrialism was on the rise and various reform movements like emancipation‚ child labor‚ women’s rights‚ and evolution. 2. Moral Purpose: The Victorian literature seems to deviate from "art for art’s sake" and asserts its moral purpose. Tennyson‚ Browning‚ Carlyle‚ Ruskin - all were the teachers of England with the faith in their moral message to instruct the world. 3. Idealism: It is often considered as an age of doubt and pessimism. The influence of science is felt here. The whole age
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her love of Lancelot‚ who just happened to catch her interest at that moment‚ but for her love of life and the world‚ which she could not experience and‚ therefore‚ could not recreate in any way that did it justice in her mind. Through the Lady‚ Tennyson may have been expressing his own artistic frustration. The Lady tries to represent the world inside her tapestry‚ but it can never be exactly as it truly is on the outside‚ not only because of the limitations of art but also because she only ever
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ASSESSOR COMMENTS SIGNED: DATE: SIGNED: DATE: BTEC Level 3 Certificate/ Subsidiary Diploma/Diploma/Extended Diploma in Information Technology (QCF) Unit 2: Computer Systems Scenario You are employed as a Network Manager at the Tennyson High School. As part of the internal staff development program you have been requested to deliver a presentation to all staff on computer components. Tasks 1. In a PowerPoint presentation explain the function of computer hardware components
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is Paradise Lost‚ and when we speak of the style of Milton‚ we usually think of the majestic style of this great epic. When Wordsworth wrote: "Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea‚ "he had in his mind the grand style of Paradise Lost. When Tennyson spoke of Milton as being the "God-gifted organ-voice of England‚" he was no doubt referring to the majestic blank verse of Paradise Lost. Essentials of Miltonic Style Since style is the expression of personality‚ we have to find the peculiar quality
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Walt Whitman Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet‚ essayist and journalist. A humanist‚ he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism‚ incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon‚ often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time‚ particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass‚ which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Walt was born in Westhills‚ Long
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“Ulysses” by Lord Alfred Tennyson Lord Alfred Tennyson presents to us in the poem “Ulysses” an old sailor‚ a warrior and a king who is in retrospection on his experiences of a lifetime of travel. Ulysses old age and strong will causes him to be restless and unable to be comfortable at home. He chooses a life of travel over his family because that is what he knows best. Because of his faults‚ we identify with his character. As a result‚ Ulysses attempts to go on to face a new but familiar journey
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paints a mental picture in words. Some types of figurative language are the following: Simile: a direct comparison of two things‚ usually employing the words like or as. “He watches from his mountain walls‚ And like a thunderbolt he falls.” (Tennyson) “My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit.” (Christina Rosseti) Other examples: clouds like fluffy balls of cotton; snowflakes like soft white feathers; a motor purring like a kitten; a lawn like a green carpet; thin
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Love Poem Analysis: Linda Pastan is an American poet of Jewish background. She was born in New York on May 27‚ 1932. Today‚ she lives in Potomac‚ Maryland with her husband Ira Pastan‚ an accomplished physician and researcher. She is known for writing short poems that address topics like family life‚ domesticity‚ motherhood‚ the female experience‚ aging‚ death‚ loss and the fear of loss‚ as well as the fragility of life and relationships. Love poem is a very simple poem yet it has a deep
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Write about some of the ways characters are created in the three texts you have studied. (42 marks) Through the three texts ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’‚ ‘Lamia’ and ‘The lady of Shalott’ by John Keats and Alfred Tennyson respectively‚ we see the different representations of women; ranging from Keats’ hostile and misogynistic representation of women to Tennyson’s sympathetic yet somewhat limited representation of women. In ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’‚ as indicated by the title‚ Keats instantly casts
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