In Ode to a Nightingale Keats introduces the reader to his discontent with the void of feeling he is experiencing. In the first line Keats says how his‚ “heart aches” which the reader would interpret as pain; however the second half of the first line he describes‚ “A drowsy numbness”. This tells me that Keats is uncomfortable with the “numbness” he experiences. In the second line Keats says‚ “as though of hemlock I had drunk”. Norton foot notes tell us that hemlock is a poison that acts
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"Ode to an Orange" by Larry Woiwode took place in the winter of 1940s. It was "the winters of the forties" which I felt was very important in setting the background. It was a time of war‚ rationing of food‚ limited transportation‚ a difficult time to import items from other states and then adjustment from war of peace. Winter did not just represent cold‚ snow‚ wind‚ gray sky‚ limited sunshine‚ but a limiting of the senses. With this in mind it have also been difficult to obtain an orange that would
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AP Essay Rewrite Charles Lamb sends a letter in response to the English romantic poet William Wordsworth to decline Wordsworth’s invitation to Cumberland. Throughout the letter Charles Lam uses the technique of irony and self-mockery in order to politely decline the invitation. The first technique that Lamb demonstrates is irony. In the first paragraph‚ in a romanticized tone Lamb talks about the dirtiness‚ noisiness‚ and overall wickedness of the city of London‚ and how it brings
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The "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats depicts the images and stories on a Grecian urn. Keats has the reader think about the difference between changeable real life and the immortal and permanent life on the urn. Also‚ the reader becomes mixed between observation of the art and participation in the art. The first stanza depicts the urn as an "unravish’d bride" and a "foster child" (1-2). These words describe the urn as unaffected by time and immortal. Keats also seems unable to distinguish
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Romanticism officially began in 1798‚ when William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge anonymously published Lyrical Ballads. This work marked the official beginning of a literary period which had already begun many years before 1798. A work is defined to be of a certain period by its characteristics‚ therefore to be considered a Romantic work‚ the work must contain aspects which are termed "Romantic." A few typical "Romantic" aspects are: love of the past; sympathy to the child’s mind; faith
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Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ Poem William Wordsworth wrote Daffodils on a stormy day in spring‚ while walking along with his sister Dorothy near Ullswater Lake‚ in England. He imagined that the daffodils were dancing and invoking him to join and enjoy the breezy nature of the fields. Dorothy Wordsworth‚ the younger sister of William Wordsworth‚ found the poem so interesting that she took ’Daffodils’ as the subject for her journal. The poem contains six lines in four stanzas‚ as an appreciation
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Synonymy in English Learning objectives: after you have studied the material you should be able to: 1. Define the notion of "synonymy"‚ give the definition of the term "synonyms" by Russian and foreign linguists. 2. Speak on the criteria of synonymy‚ the sources of synonymy and the main synonymic patterns. 3. Give the classification of synonyms (ideographic‚ stylistic‚ absolute). 4. Analyze the entry (article) from a dictionary of synonyms. Literature to be studied: • "English Word"
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now seemed to overwhelm and constrict me as I longed for the flexibility of digitized text. The computer is the latest development in writing technology; a promises to change literary practices for better. Bonnie Laing‚ the author of the essay “An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil” is strongly against the boycotting pencils. Unfortunately‚ Laing’s argument that the pencil is superior to a computer is poorly demonstrated due to her biased diction towards analog writing instruments and ignorance of the
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An ode to my sunglasses There is something about my golden aviator sunglasses that is more than sun protection‚ more than anybody else can ever imagine. Every time I put them on I instantly become happier. A lot of women around the world have the same pair‚ as they were mass-produced by the brand Guess‚ and so mine isn’t unique at all in that sense. Neither is my happiness triggered by a materialistic satisfaction by wearing a “brand”. I received them from a special person‚ when I
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“An Ode to America‚” written by Cornel Nistorescu‚ talks about the events following the 9/11 bombings. He writes how amazed he was at the unity the Americans showed just hours after the disaster. Flags were raised‚ fundraisers started‚ and lives risked all
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