"A Subaltern’s Love Song" is a rhapsodic poem that details the poet’s real-life infatuation. Betjeman does not use the military definition of subaltern here‚ but instead is referring to someone in an inferior position. The author struggles‚ somewhat happily‚ against his love interest as she continually bests him at tennis. In Literature‚ poems can often be very difficult for one to comprehend and interpret the author’s perspective. Many people grew only being exposed to the basic “Roses are red
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A Romantic as he was‚ William Blake created his rather simple songs as an opposition to the poetry the eighteenth-century poets tried to impose‚ the so called ornated word‚poetry of beautiful words saying very little. Songs of Innocence and Experience are about the "two contrary states of the human soul" as Blake put it. To confirm this he wrote some of the poems of Innocence with their pairs in Experience. Such a pair is "The Lamb" from Innocence and "The Tyger" from Experience. "The Lamb" consists
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Reading Response 2 Title: The Last Song Director: Julie Ann Robinson Text Type: Written. In my book The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks‚ Ronnie‚ a teenage girl and her brother‚ Jonah are sent to be with their dad for the summer. Ronnie and her dad haven’t talked ever since her parent’s split‚ her dad left with out saying anything. From that point on‚ Ronnie had turned into a new girl. Here Nicholas Sparks tries to show the reader
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In the text "Lord of the Flies"; written by William Golding‚ the presentation of the setting effectively developed the main themes of civilization and the loss of innocence. The physical location (the remote island) which this novel was set in helped serve the theme of constructing civilisation. However‚ as the stranded boys progressed on this island savagery overwhelmed their instincts and this helped develop the theme of loss of innocence. "Lord of the Flies" was set on an isolated tropical island
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Context On the afternoon of August 15‚ 778‚ the rear guard of Charlemagne’s army was massacred at Roncesvals‚ in the mountains between France and Spain. Einhard‚ Charlemagne’s contemporary biographer‚ sets forth the incident as follows in his Life of Charlemagne: While the war with the Saxons was being fought incessantly and almost continuously‚ [Charlemagne] stationed garrisons at suitable places along the frontier and attacked Spain with the largest military force he could muster; he crossed
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CHARLEMAGNE IN THE SONG OF ROLAND The textbook displays Charlemagne as an astounding and great military leader but examines a few of his flaws as well. The Song of Roland creates the image of Charlemagne that is an extraordinary‚ legendary leader. They both tell about what great things he accomplished in his life‚ the many wars he won and how his bravery carried him through everything. The Song of Roland praised him in such a legendary way to create the impression of a heroic leader. By doing this
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Yiannis G. Yambao PSYC 1013 BSA 1-10 Prof. Maricel Labrador Analysis of the Song “All Out of Love” by Air Supply This song displays a lot of sad emotions that can be felt by anyone. It is about a sad love story of two people. The 1st 4 lines means they’ve just broke up for some kind of reason. Yet‚ even though they love each other very much‚ they can’t do anything about it. It seems they cannot love each other because of a particular cause. The next 4 lines indicates
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Toni Morrison begins her 1977 written novel: Song of Solomon in a very non traditional way that was different from most authors. Toni narrated her stories but introducing the incident. Some themes such as oral traditions‚naming‚ and especially flight are introduced in the first six pages and are further developed in a very similar format throughout the book. One of the incredible themes‚oral tradition‚ is used to retell events throughout the book in a consistent manner with the beginning. On the
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really risky and making a bad decision can lead one to the loss of their innocence. In William Golding’s book “Lord of the Flies” one can see that the loss of innocence is the major theme throughout the book of these little boys in the island. This theme contributes when they find out what they’re capable of and what they’re not capable of. The conch in “Lord of the Flies” is one out of the three that represents the loss of innocence. It can symbolize equality and justice‚ so everyone has the right to
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Symbolism Of Song of Solomon There are many symbolic meanings in the Song of Solomon. In the novel‚ the white peacock is a representation of Milkman’s journey to flight/freedom. The act of flying shows what the motives of the characters are and those who truly understand have the gift. The watermark on the table is a terrible reminder of Ruth’s past that she can’t forget. The velvet roses in the novel represent how plain Lena and Corinthians’ lives really are. Throughout the book "Song of Solomon"
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