Introduction From Shakespeare to Christina Rossetti‚ the word ‘Remember’ is a ghostly verb. The act of remembrance resurrects people‚ places and events that have long passed. In the opening lines of Funes the Memorious Borges refers to it as a ‘sacred verb’. To remember someone is an act of devotion to them. In the normal healing process after the trauma caused by war there is an intense period of remembrance which takes place after the pain of that trauma has diminished enough for comprehension
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Amanda Wright Mr. D’Ambrosio AP English Literature/Comp‚ Period 5 12 March 2015 Compare and Contrast Death is the subject of both poems‚ Remember and The Cross of Snow‚ written by Christina Rossetti and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow respectively. The authors use many literary techniques‚ such as imagery‚ mood‚ and metaphors to explore the grieving process from two different perspectives‚ the dead in Remember and the living in The Cross of Snow. Although the poems have some similarities‚ they are
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and society proves that women’s roles and rights were becoming much more prominent as they should be. Nonetheless‚ this woman takes a stand on her views and rejects the man saying “I’d rather answer "No" to fifty Johns/ Than answer "Yes" to you.” (Rossetti lines 19-20) In “No Thank You‚ John” illustrates how much further women had came‚ where it was socially acceptable for women of this time period to act on their own and take their lives into their own hands. These two poems were greatly different
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Two poems that have a large comparison with gender roles would “Goblin Market” and “The Lady of Shalott”. These two pieces of literature were written in different times but both try to get across the same message. Both poems are calling out for females positions in the world. The authors for these poems were trying to point out that women do not need men to function in society. However this is a comparison between the to poems but a contrast would be that the style of these pieces flow in opposite
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In the poems Remember by Christina Rosetti and the poem War photographer by Carol Ann Duffy the theme of death is explored and received both warmly and sadly which creates a wonderful contrast between the positive and negative prospect of it. The poems are touching as they both release a feeling of sorrowful sensation suggesting their subject but give us different viewpoints which we can relate to. This essay is going to discus primary the distinction between the two poems that hold on the same matter
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(R&J)‚ Cousin Kate (CK) and sweet eighteen (SW18) all present the theme of innocence. In R&J and CK we see loss of innocence however in SW18 we see the protection of innocence. R&J was written by William Shakespeare in 1594‚ CK was written by Christina Rossetti in 1830 and finally SW18 was written by Sheenagh Pugh. R&J is a play set in Verona‚ Italy. A boy (Romeo) and a girl (Juliet) who fall in love. But they come from families which hate each other‚ and know they will not be allowed to marry. At
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Sydney Romo Pd. 6 Bride Song: A Gently Worded Death “Too late for love‚ too late for joy‚ too late‚ too late!” (1). This is the opening line from the poem “Bride Song”‚ by Christina Rossetti. The poem is about a woman (“the bride”)‚ who lived her life waiting for her love (“the groom”) to come for her. She died alone‚ never having loved another man‚ all that time waiting for him to return‚ however‚ he was too late‚ and returned only in time for her funeral. If you were dying‚ would
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In the blistering winds of Antarctica‚ there lays a creature that relies on true love to survive. The penguin is a flightless bird that has aquatic capabilities and is unbothered by the frigid temperature of its habitat. Interestingly the penguin is one of the few animals that are monogamous; In fact‚ they can die from a broken heart after their chosen mate dies. These animalistic characteristics seem to be portrayed throughout Gatsby’s character. He acts in manner as if Daisy were to not love him
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‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti This Victorian poem is about the narrator (a fallen woman)‚ the Lord and Kate. It is a ballad which tells the story from the narrator’s perspective about being shunned by society after her ‘experiences’ with the lord. The poem’s female speaker recalls her contentment in her humble surroundings until the local ‘Lord of the Manor’ took her to be his lover. He discarded her when she became pregnant and his affections turned to another village girl‚ Kate‚ whom he
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Characteristics of Victorian Literature The literature of the Victorian age (1837 – 1901‚ named for the reign of Queen Victoria) entered in a new period after the romantic revival. The literature of this era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross realism. Though‚ the Victorian Age produced great poets‚ the age is also remarkable for the excellence of its prose. The discoveries of science have particular effects upon the literature of the age. If you study all the great writers of this
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