rebels (Yeats knew many of them) * Fought for the independence of Ireland Themes: * Irish nationalism * Nature * Remembrance * Change * Independence * Sacrifice * Politics Structure: * 4 stanzas‚ first stanza has 16 lines‚ second has 24 lines third has 16 lines and fourth has 24 lines. ( this represents the date of the Easter uprising 24th April 1916) * There is an a a b a b half rhyme scheme * The poem is written in first person (from Yeats point of
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He was a talented child. When he was thirteen‚ he won a prize for scientific knowledge competing against eighteen year olds. While he did good in school was never very good at Mathematics (Foster‚ 25). During high school‚ between the age of 15 and 16‚ was when he started writing poetry (Foster‚ 27). In eighteen eighty-five‚ his first poems and an essay called "The Poetry of Sir Samuel Ferguson" were published in the Dublin University Reviews. One of his friends at this time said that he would discipline
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Another poem by an abolitionist poet that focuses on sentimentalism and generating emotional responses from their readers is Hannah More’s The Sorrows of Yamba‚ or‚ the Negro Woman’s Lamentation. This‚ in a similar strategy to Opie’s poem focuses and develops a narrative around a slave named Yamba. Sentimentalism is largely important in telling Yamba’s story through the graphic and horrific description of the horrors she experiences as a slave. One of the most significant descriptions is how families
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Tension between an individual and life experiences is what creates interest in the poetry of William Butler Yeats. To what extent does this statement reflect your response to Easter 1916 and at least one other Yeats poem set for study Yeats derives his poetic strength from the fusion of his life experiences and his perspective of the world. The tension in the poetry is deeply rooted in the troubled political context of his time and the personal disappointment he suffered throughout his life. He
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The poems‚ "The Wild Swans at Coole" and "The Great Scarf of Birds‚" unconsciously play off one another. Yeats and Updike paint similar pictures about similar topics. Although these poems consist of similar subjects‚ the authors’ diction and details are at completely different ends of the poetry spectrum. William Butler Yeats’ poem "The Wild Swans at Coole" tells of a man who‚ in the autumn‚ would visit this pool of water that was a resting place for a flock of swans. He visits them one
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things go wrong. In the poem Yeats is taking the role of flamers and he is giving the description of normal daily lives of people. He also tells that he wants to go and meet his friends at theatre and say “A terrible beauty is born”. This shows a dualistic nature of rising. It said a terrible beauty because it caused death and beauty of their step towards independence. The revolution caused many problems which ruined the normal days of people as shown in the poem. Yeats describe about a revolutionist
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The Lamentation‚ or Pietà‚ is a groundbreaking buon fresco by Giotto di Bondone‚ a Late Gothic artist ahead of his time in terms of technique and precision. Naturally‚ the lamentation scene’s iconography focuses on the Virgin Mary solemnly cradling the corpse of Jesus. Not only does Giotto depict revolutionary methods of trompe l’oeil‚ but he also introduces a unique concept: he illustrates the audience as characters in the painting. Giotto’s exquisite utilization of the artistic techniques of
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A magnificent case of the utilization of foreshortening‚ the ’Lamentation Over the Dead Christ’ is a Renaissance painting made by the Italian Renaissance craftsman Andrea Mantegna in around the 1480s. This gem is not at all like other masterpieces (for instance‚ different Lamentations) made at the time. Mantegna’s utilization of foreshortening just lifts his work of art from the crowd. The Lamentation of the Dead Christ is an oil painting on canvas‚ unlike most artistic creations of the period.
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The book of Lamentations is a part of the Prophetic books of the Old Testament. This section of the Bible is the period in time when God chose certain people to spread and foretell his message; people who would be his voice on earth. The prophets were sent to preach the word of God and tell all the people of the coming of the Messiah. Not only were the prophecies messianic‚ in fact little of them were‚ but they were more about the future of Israel and Judah. The book of Lamentations is a collection
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This 7’ 7" x 7’ 9" fresco can be seen in the Arena Chapel in Padua. It was created by Giotto and dated 1305-1306. The work depicts the Lamentation or Mourning of Christ. In the foreground of the work the viewer finds five figures surrounded the dead body of Christ. The body of Christ is held by three of the figures-three women that wear halos and biblical costumes. The body of Christ does not touch the ground but is gently held by the three women. There are two other figures with their backs
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