Shakespeare and ‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker. I will focus on the differences and similarities between both poems in terms of language‚ themes and poetic devices. I feel that ‘Sonnet 130’ seems to imply the fact that Shakespeare is insulting his Mistress. He does so by saying what she is not. He says negative things about her appearance and voice. The ‘Blessing’ poem is about people and children in a slum and their reaction towards water. They believe it as the ‘Voice of a kindly god’ because
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Comparison between Sonnet 116 and His coy mistress After looking at Sonnet 116 I have realised that it has some comparisons and differences to To his coy mistress. Sonnet 116 is a short poem which discusses the features of true love and how it cannot be killed by time‚ it is everlasting. However To his coy mistress describes a man that doesn’t care about love as he says he would love her if he had all the time in the world and discusses how he would love her. Sonnet 116 is a Shakespearean sonnet;
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a mere jest. The image‚ through which this conceit is employed‚ helps to set the light and pleasant tone of the first and second stanzas by causing the reader to imagine the beautifully picturesque scenery with which the speaker is tempting his mistress. This image also adds to the overall tone of seductiveness throughout the poem‚ for within it are made references to objects of finery such as gold‚ “crystal”‚ silk‚ and “silver”. The mention of these objects is instrumental‚ for‚ although they
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up the roles‚ where the gorilla is now a woman‚ and the man who she kidnaps is referred to as ’the little man’ who she is very much in love with. In comparison to my second poem‚ ’To his Coy Mistress’ [1650] by Andrew Marvell‚ the main theme is the opposite of love‚ where a man is lusting for his ’coy mistress’‚ and presents an argument for why she should let him have her‚ opposed to traditional values which were held in that era. It describes how one woman’s chastity is so important to her‚ that
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Warming Her Pearls for Judith Radstone Next to my own skin‚ her pearls. My mistress bids me wear them‚ warm them‚ until evening when I´ll brush her hair. At six‚ I place them round her cool‚ white throat. All day I think of her‚ resting in the Yellow Room‚ contemplating silk or taffeta‚ which gown tonight? She fans herself whilst I work willingly‚ my slow heat entering each pearl. Slack on my neck‚ her rope. She´s beautiful. I dream about her in my attic bed; picture her
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shows again‚ just what the love of a child or another human can do when it is taken away. The story also shows how a person’s power over another can unintentionally ruin their entire life. Zoraïde’s mistress wanted the best for the mulatto girl‚ but the girl had chosen a different path. So when the mistress tried to control the outcome of her life‚ it backfired‚ causing a young girl to lose hope and her sense‚ and caused a young child to lose its parents. This story is a show of the emotional pain put
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relationship‚ but their perseverance is rewarded in the end. Although Milun and his mistress
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Power influences the dynamics of relationships by making one feel less important in a relationship. An unbalanced relationship is not a healthy relationship. In “Sonnet 130”‚ William Shakespeare speaks about his mistress metaphorically‚ compares her to nature‚ and states how their love is different and rare. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ Theodore Roethke illustrates a father who is under the influences‚ dancing around the kitchen with his child‚ trying to dance his child to sleep. Therefore‚ Shakespeare
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later tried to get ahold of Daisy to inform her of Gatsby’s death‚ but “She and Tom had gone away early afternoon (Fitzgerald 164).” Daisy was aware of the incriminating evidence against Gatsby when she left‚ but was willing to let him take the fall. Once Daisy killed Tom’s mistress Daisy’s status was in grave danger. If she were to be caught everything she took comfort in‚ her money‚ her possessions‚ and her status would be taken away. After Gatsby died the newspapers ran Gatsby’s name through the
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Published writer‚ Anne Lamott once said that “Perfection is shallow‚ unreal‚ and fatally uninteresting.” Fatally uninteresting… an ironic phrase in the context of the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ due to the unraveling climax and fate of the protagonist. In The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses a strong character vs. society conflict and symbolism to illustrate that striving to be perfect and unjudged in the eyes of society can destroy a person’s will to live. Hawthorne
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