Analysis by Usama Ehsan The poem "An Apple-Gathering" by Christina Rossetti because is powerful and moving. This poem is about the narrator‚ who‚ after plucking blossoms from the apple tree‚ is surprised to find no apples there. The first quartet shows the narrator‚ probably because they looked pretty‚ "plucked pink blossoms from my apple and wore them all evening in my hair." She appeared disappointed and perplexed that there were "no apples there" in the "due season." Like many of
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The Victorian era‚ from the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 until her death in 1901‚ was an era of several unsettling social developments that forced writers more than ever before to take positions on the immediate issues animating the rest of society. Thus‚ although romantic forms of expression in poetry and prose continued to dominate English literature throughout much of the century‚ the attention of many writers was directed‚ sometimes passionately‚ to such issues as the growth of English
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Literary tendency of Victorian literature: special reference to Lord Alfred Tennyson and Robert Browning 1.1 An Introduction to Victorian Period: The Victorian era is generally agreed to stretch through the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). It was a tremendously exciting period when many artistic styles‚ literary schools‚ as well as‚ social‚ political and religious movements flourished. It was a time of prosperity‚ broad imperial expansion‚ and great political reform. It was also a time‚ which
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found herself obliged to undergo several difficulties‚ namely her father’s and her own illnesses. Her father becoming virtually invalid‚ the Rossetti family suffered from an economic downturn. Frances resumed her governor post‚ and both Maria and William began employment too. Christina remained at home looking after her convalescent progenitor‚ while Dante continued consecrated to his artistic creations. Such events played a decisive role since she decided afterwards to adopt the Anglo Catholic
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Poetry can be used as a way of transforming experience and emotions into words‚ which often details personal and intimate feelings that allow the reader to have a taste of what the poet felt in that vulnerable moment. However‚ being a poet often means your work is published and open to the scrutiny and opinions of the public. Thereby turning a once personal experience into a public spectacle. This can either unify reader and author in the comfort that someone else has gone through the same experiences
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"If today’s arts love the machine‚ technology and organization‚ if they aspire to precision and reject anything vague and dreamy‚ this implies an instinctive repudiation of chaos and a longing to find the form appropriate to our times." ————Oskar Schlemmer Through the history of art‚ Two important art movement influences almost everything in our daily life. The building we lived in‚ the glasses we used‚ and the technic equipment we made‚ are all influenced
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PAOLO AND FRANCESCA Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) more Artful Romance | François-Auguste-René Rodin (1886) | The story of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta is told in Inferno (part of Divine Comedy) by Dante. Paolo and Francesca were historical contemporaries of Dante. Francesca’s father‚ Guido da Polenta‚ lord of Ravenna had waged a long war with Malatesta‚ lord of Rimini. Finally peace was made through intermediaries‚ and to make it more firm‚ they decided to cement it with a marriage
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Continuum - Allen Curnow Continuum Allen Curnow Summary: The author writes about his inability to sleep due to his inability to come up with material to write about (most likely a poem‚ could be another form of text). He therefore gets up in the dead of night when everyone is asleep and experiences a surreal world as his reality and dreams blend together in one beautiful work of poetry. It is ironic however‚ that when he finds nothing to write about‚ he writes about his inability to write.
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"All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their own peril."--by Oscar Wilde‚ Preface‚ "The Picture of Dorian Gray" The Victorian Period revolves around the political career of Queen Victoria. She was crowned in 1837 and died in 1901 (which put a definite end to her political career). A great deal of change took place during this period--brought about because of the Industrial Revolution; so it’s not surprising
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through the examination of both of these poems. Although written many years ago‚ the morals and principles that they convey ring very true for people in this century as well as times yet to come. The Divine Comedy‚ written in the 14th century by Dante Alighieri‚ is a heroic epic. Throughout Dante’s literary work‚ he outlines his scientific understandings of the world‚ his political views and provides the reader with a moral compass and spiritual map of which to follow. This poem is written in
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