Essay on “Lament” Re-read the poem “Lament” by Gillian Clarke and explore the way in which the author resorts to words and phrases to make this poem effective and memorable. “Lament” by Gillian Clarke is a memorable and effective poem due to the poet’s resorting to specific words and phrases. The poet uses lots of metaphors to achieve her objective. For example‚ “her pulsing burden” is a metaphor referring to the turtle’s need of a place to discharge her eggs and how she sees pregnancy
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Sagasti Year 11 Visual analysis of the poem “Lament” by Gillian Clarke In the poem ‘Lament’ the poet is talking about war and other disasters‚ created by man‚ which destroys the world. “Lament” is an elegy‚ an expression of grief. It can be a sad‚ military tune played on a bugle. She is talking about how the animals are affected and she uses them as a device for empathy from the reader. Even in the title she is starting with a gloomy picture. “Lament” means the expression of pain or regret. By
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VVVB 2483 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH FOR MALAYSIAN SCHOOLS THE DROVER’S WIFE by Henry Lawson LECTURER: MR. NACKEERAN SIVAPUNNIAM LISA KWAN SU LI A 123040 The Drover‟s Wife The Drover’s Wife is a story that many people can identify with. I‚ for one‚ can relate to the main character – „the drover‟s wife‟. The most interesting and thought-provoking aspect in the short story is the fact that the drover‟s wife‟s name is never mentioned throughout the text. Her identity is nothing but that which is linked
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In the article‚ “Abby’s Lament: Does Literacy Matter?”‚ author Robert P. Yagelski makes a strong point to Abby that her voice is heard along with all the other young people in the world. Abby argues that her voice is not heard because society does not care about people her age. I would agree more with the author on this subject because I think that young people’s voices are heard. Most times the voices of youth are not heard as easily as older people because in most cases older people are more knowledgeable
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War cannot be waged with grave damage to every aspect of life. In the poem ’Lament’ by Gillian Clarke‚ the poet looks at the disastrous effects on our environment that have been caused by mankind and are destroying the natural world. Shes talks about how nature is affected and she uses language features effectively to convey her ideas. In the first stanza‚ metaphors are used to show how the green turtle has been affected by human activity. The words "pulsing burden" suggests the heaviness of pregnancy
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When every pencil meant a sacrifice his parents boarded him at school in town‚ slaving to free him from the stony fields‚ the meagre acreage that bore them down. They blushed with pride when‚ at his graduation‚ they watched him picking up the slender scroll‚ his passport from the years of brutal toil and lonely patience in a barren hole. When he went in the Bank their cups ran over. They marvelled how he wore a milk-white shirt work days and jeans on Sundays. He was saved from their
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Thomas Gray wrote “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” in 1742‚ shortly after the death of his close friend Richard West who died from tuberculosis (“Gray‚ Thomas”). The death of his dear friend influenced him to write an elegy‚ which is a poem expressing sorrow or lamentation‚ especially towards one who has died (“Poetry for Students”). An elegy is usually a pensive or reflective poem that can be nostalgic or melancholy (“Elegy”). Gray uses figurative language and detailed description to get
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Similarities of The Wanderer and Beowulf These two stories are of warriors who find their own paths in life. In Beowulf‚ he experiences the ups of war‚ and the Wanderer experiences the downs. The theme of these two poems are closely related that it would make sense that the authors could have known each other’s stories and were writing them to have similar structure and purpose. The three major comparisons that I mostly captured from both poems are exile‚ abandoned mead-halls‚ and the ending
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hardship of his upbringing and the cultures of Kentucky‚ no matter what‚ will always be part of him. In the book “Hillbilly Elegy‚” J.D.Vance‚ whom is both the author and the main character‚ narrates about his own experience growing up in the culture crisis of the social‚ regional‚ and class decline that affects many white Americans living in the Appalachian Mountains. The elegy of Hillbillies - world used to describe rednecks‚ the people who inhabit these places- takes place in Middletown Ohio‚ and
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An analysis on "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard" "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard" is composed by Thomas Gray.The main idea of this poem is the contemplation of mortality. Thomas Gray’s life was surrounded by loss and death. In 1750‚ the death of his close friend stimulated him to brood on the philosophy of death. An elegy is a poem which lamets the dead. In this poem‚ the poet concentrated on the death of commen people instead of great and famous one. The biggest achivement of
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