"The Shield of Achilles" is a poem by W. H. Auden first published in 1952. The Shield of Achilles is also the title poem of a collection of poems by Auden‚ published in 1955. Description The poem is Auden’s response to the detailed description in Homer’s epic poem the Iliad of the shield borne by the hero Achilles‚ illustrated with scenes from daily life. Auden’s poem is written in two different stanza forms‚ one form with shorter lines‚ the other with longer lines. The stanzas with shorter
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Andrew Santilli Prof. Dettmer ENGL 1220-c1603 March 4‚ 2015 The Battle against Big Brother The poem “The Unknown Citizen”‚ by W.H. Auden‚ is about the ideal person that the government wants in their society. The man does everything the right way and always agrees with the government‚ whether they are at war or they are at peace. Although the man is a perfect citizen to the government‚ they do not even know what his name is. At the top of the poem‚ they refer to the man as “JS/07/M/378”(343) and
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topics‚ but different outcomes. Both indicate meaningless dreams and the knowledge of death forthcoming. In the poem by Keats‚ he expresses that he is frightened of the fact that he will not accomplish any of his desires and wants. However‚ being hope and recognizing the potential of life he comes to the conclusion that his goals are meaningless. On the flip side‚ Longfellow is uncertain of his future and mourns inaction. Ultimately‚ Longfellow creates a grim‚ petrified tone‚ while Keats is more optimistic
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“When I Have Fears” and “Mezzo Cammin” by John Keats and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow respectively‚ have similar themes such as the inevitability of death and the fear of living unfulfilled and inadequate lives. John Keats fears that he will live a life of inadequacy and fail to accomplish all of his dreams‚ but he understands that his goals are miniscule in the larger scope of life. Conversely‚ Longfellow maintains a morbid view of death and of the future itself‚ while Keats is more captivated by
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J. (2009). The china diary of George H. W. bush: The making of a global president. Choice‚ 46(9)‚ 1771. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/225719846?accountid=32521\ Cohen‚ W. I. (2009). THE CHINA DIARY OF GEORGE H.W. BUSH: The making of a global president. International Journal‚ 64(1)‚ 294-296. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/220861607
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Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27‚ 1807‚ in Portland‚ Maine. He attended the Portland Academy and Bowdoin College‚ where he matured a passion of storytelling and an enthusiasm for reading. Longfellow had the aptitude of easy rhyme. He wrote poetry as a bird sings‚ with natural charm and lyricism. Longfellow wrote on obvious themes which entice to all varieties of people. His creations are effortlessly understood; they sing their means into the knowledge of the particular
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Longfellow was ridiculed by different poets not just because of his obvious attempt of writing all his poems in trochaic tetrameter‚ but because he wrote this poem in a specific time where his city was being modernized. Because times in North America were changing‚ it is easy to infer that he might have as well felt an empty nostalgia. Empty because frankly‚ he had no idea how Native American communities lived‚ or how they survived due to the fact that‚ there are not Native Americans alive anymore
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1. What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"? In the first stanza‚ he speaks of a meteor of the ocean air‚ which I assume compares the boat to a great and speedy force. In the second stanza‚ he says that the ship is the “eagle of the sea”‚ which compares it to the national bird and shows it’s strength and dignity. 2. In 1830‚ the 44-gun American warship Constitution‚ the inspiration for "Old Ironsides‚" was scheduled to be scrapped - that is‚
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Jasmine Carter Mr. Gillet A.P. Literature September 20‚ 2012 Keats and Longfellow Both Keats and Longfellow were poets during the Romantic period. The two compose poems in which they reflect on their inability to live up to their creative potential and the idea that death could intervene at any moment. Longfellow is disappointed in his failures and sees comfort in the past rather than an uncertain future. Moreover‚ Keats fears he won’t accomplish all that he wants‚ but sees possibility and realizes
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Early on in a poet’s career development‚ influences lead him down the path to be an inspiring poet. One’s family‚ friends‚ foreign places they visited‚ and even other famous poets and authors‚ often help shape a poet’s professional writing style. In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s case‚ all of these motivators helped him become interested in writing. At night his mother would read him poems and stories that inspired him even more to write poetry. Henry was raised in
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