Worse Than Death ——An Analysis of Irony in Emily Dickinson’s “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain” The whole poem was in the past tense‚ just like relating to the poet’s nostalgic retrospective‚ telling a story that truly happened to her. What’s so scary a part about the poem is‚ if without the first line‚ the major subject— a “Funeral” that Emily once went through by herself‚ offering readers an angle of view from their own coffins‚ alive. The poem‚ thus‚ has put up a question probably with no answer:
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Compare and contrast the funeral speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony. Which is more effective and why? When Brutus goes up to speak to the crowd he appeals to them as “Romans” before all else. As this keeps with his reason for joining the conspiracy the audience can see that he is honourable and trustworthy. The roman public may also know this because they hail him as “noble” Brutus and Brutus also asks them at the start of his speech to “Believe me for mine honour”. Brutus repeatedly uses “honour”
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AS2 Assignment 1 Compare the poems Remember and Funeral Blues on the their poetic form‚ structure and language In this assignment I will be comparing the poems Remember by Christina Rossetti and the poem Funeral blues by WH Auden. I will show some intensive points of comparison in the form‚ structure and language used and how both poems deal with love‚ tranquillity‚ peace and death. Both poems are about the feelings of love and death. There is a universal feeling between love and death‚ as
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Temple of Jupiter At the northern side of the Forum is the Temple of Jupiter. Built in 150 B.C it was Pompeii’s main temple. A Capitolium in structure and in pure Italic style‚ the temple was constructed on a high base‚ with a double flight of stairs at its front. Inside the temple lay the "cella"‚ accessible only to the priests‚ and which contained three stands at its far end. Theses stands were occupied by statues of Juno‚ Jupiter‚ and Minerva. In 62 C.E.‚ the temple was seriously damaged in an
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As I look around from my where I stand‚ I see many faces; familiar and unfamiliar. We are all gathered here for one reason: to pay tribute to my Baba; Agha Sahib to most of you. I am aware that most of you have travelled long distances just to be here and this sheds light on the kind of man he was. For those of you who aren’t acquainted with me‚ my name is Amir and this is my father. Baba was the most hard-working person that I have ever met. He worked hard at his career‚ at being a good father
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How does Emily Dickinson try to describe a psychological state in her poem “I felt a Funeral in my Brain?” Emily Dickson was born in 1830‚ in the town of Amherst‚ Massachusetts. She grew up in a prominent and prosperous household in which she was raised as a cultured Christian woman. The sixteenth centaury was a very historical period in America. During this time slavery had been abolished‚ women were campaigning for rights‚ gold was discovered and America was going through a depression. Transcendentalism
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murderous act. He claims that Caesar was a tyrant and his place in power was only hurting Rome. However‚ his speech has several flaws: it is delivered in prose and filled with irony. After Brutus finishes‚ Antony harangues the crowd with his famous funeral oration. This oration is said to be some of Shakespeare’s finest writing. The meticulous lucubration that encompasses Rogerian structure and clever word association allows Antony to manipulate the plebeians in opposition of Brutus. To begin‚ it is
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way to live you life‚ and while her family joined the church‚ Dickinson remained unconverted and so this made her ineligible for church membership. Dickinson presents emotional trauma in “I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain‚” by instantly creating the image of a mental breakdown‚ the idea of a funeral taking place in a person’s brain merges a psychological death with a physical death. The image of the speakers mental breakdown is portrayed through physical means “And then a Plank in Reason‚ broke‚”
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William Shakespeare Obituary William Shakespeare‚ 52‚ of Stratford-upon-Avon‚ Warwickshire‚ England‚ passed away on April 23‚ 1616. The funeral service will be held at Holy Trinity Church. William was born in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ Warwickshire‚ England between April 23-26‚ 1564. He graduated from King’s New School in Stratford and continued his life writing plays. William was married to Anne Hathaway on 27 November 1582; they were married 34 years. William was a playwright and director for the
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni better known as Michelangelo was a world renowned painter‚ poet‚ sculptor‚ and architect. Michelangelo was born March 6‚ 1475‚ Caprese‚ Republic of Florence‚ Italy and died February 18‚ 1564‚ Rome. Michelangelo was still very young when his mother had become ill and died. When he became old enough he was put in to school‚ but Michelangelo’s father soon realized that he had no interest. So‚ at the age of 13 Michelangelo’s father took him as an apprentice
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