One of the most famous poets during the romantic era was William Wordsworth‚ born on April 7‚ 1770 in Cockermouth‚ United Kingdom. He was the second child out of five‚ his parents were John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson Wordsworth. Both father and mother died around his boyhood leaving him with four sibling orphans. William was well-known for writing poetry‚ as a matter of fact‚ his literally period was a romantic age develop in England. Famous authors he worked with were Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor
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A Comparison of Blake‚ Wordsworth and Keats William Blake‚ John Keats and William Wordsworth all believe in the "depth" of the world and the possibilities of the human heart. However‚ each poet looks towards different periods in time to capture meaning in life. Blake looks towards the future for his inspiration‚ Keats towards the present and Wordsworth towards the past. Regardless of where each poet looks for their inspiration they are all looking for the same thing; timeless innocence. Each poet
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native american poetry. purposes: to be spoken‚ to be performed. oral tradition: when a culture passes down information trough sons and stories instead of through sons and stories instead of through a written language. difficulties of oral tradition. -difficult for future generations to learn much about early native american literary life without written records. -danger of losing ancient culture. -antropologists: realized they needed to write down everything Native Americans could tell them
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1. Cite three (3) poetic devices you could analyze in an essay. Provide textual support and discuss how these rhetorical strategies affect meaning. 1a. Three poetic devices that I could analyze in an essay are imagery‚ irony‚ and symbolism. Imagery essentially is when the poet uses such specific language that it creates images in the readers’ heads. These images are what develop a poem to have meaning. For example‚ in John Keats poem "To Autumn‚" he uses imagery when it says "Drows’d with the
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first chapter of The Scarlet Letter‚ the author’s detail‚ diction and point of view set the tone and setting for the novel. Through the use of these literary elements‚ Hawthorne conveys an ominous tone but hopeful tone and a shift from a dreadful setting to a beautiful setting. The opening passage does not only warn and hit to the reader that something isn’t right‚ it continually displays an unknown that is feared. The author’s diction intensifies the feelings toward the jail‚ and shows the shift
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ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT) English Language and Literature Department Poetic Devices and their Likely Effects Alliteration Gains reader’s attention through repetition of a consonant sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ emphasizes words‚ links lines‚ unifies stanzas (or the poem as a whole)‚ and enhances flow of poem. Draws attention to particular words or lines through repetition of a vowel sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ enhances the development of the image created by the words
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When writing‚ diction‚ syntax and imagery all show the author’s style. In the text “Dinner Dandruff”‚ Robert Fulghum does an excellent job of showing all three of these. The words he chooses to use‚ the way he uses them in sentences‚ and the visual effect he creates through his writing shows the reader he is a humorous author. Robert Fulghum uses multiple examples of diction in the text to show his humor. Diction are the words chosen to make a statement. For example‚ the sentence “A rational
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In the first stanza‚ the author asks the reader‚ who laid in the tomb. The man in the tomb was placed there after he died. Next‚ the author takes a moment to enjoy the beauty of nature. He tells us that this man is Jesus‚ the source or subject of all hymns in church. The stone was rolled in front of the tomb‚ and Pilate sent men to stand guard outside the tomb. The author asks the reader who is this person who was put in the tomb. In the second stanza‚ the author reveals that he will tell the
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neighborhood as the speaker embarks on a walk. He see a crowd of people and hears a lover singing to his beloved and his song portrays that his love will never cease. The clocks‚ however‚ showcase a contradictory attitude through the use of their diction by insinuating that love will end because the lovers’ lives will as well. Throughout the poem‚ the lovers remain naively optimistic while the clocks take a cynical point of view toward love and time. The author of this poem demonstrates device usage
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Japanese poetry From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Edition of the Kokin Wakashū anthology of classic Japanese poetry with wood-carved cover‚ 18th century. Japanese poetry is poetry of or typical of Japan‚ or written‚ spoken‚ or chanted in the Japanese language‚ which includes Old Japanese‚Early Middle Japanese‚ Late Middle Japanese‚ and Modern Japanese‚ and some poetry in Japan which was written in the Chinese language or the ryūka written in Ryukyuan: it is possible to make a more accurate distinction
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