Monique Morua Mrs. Allen AP English Lit and Comp‚ 2 26 October 2012 “London 1802” vs. “Douglass” FRQ Throughout the centuries‚ there have been an infinite amount of literary works written by a sea of authors that write a variety of genres. All of these works are precious in their own way‚ and even if their theme is similar to that of another‚ the author always ads a bit of his/her own flare in order to make said literary creation unique in some way. William Wordsworth’s “London 1802” and Paul
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reaches the end of the poem: Tips to Keep in Mind 1. Refer to the speaking voice in the poem as "the speaker" or "the poet." For example‚ do not write‚ "In this poem‚ Wordsworth says that London is beautiful in the morning." However‚ you can write‚ "In this poem‚ Wordsworth presents a speaker who…" We cannot absolutely identify Wordsworth with the speaker of the poem‚ so it is more accurate to talk about "the speaker" or "the poet" in an explication. 2. Use the present tense when writing the explication
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4. Progress - Romantics were not against progress but feared the effects on society. Man could create a better world without materialism. 5. Anti-intellectualism - belief that everything is just not rational. ’’The Tables Turned’’ by William Wordsworth 6. Sentimentalism - (emotions) very affected by what they see. Raw formality. 7. Humanitarism - believed that all men were created equal and that you should help others. 8. Democracy - supporters of the French revolution until it became violent
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“The Facebook Sonnet” Light and happy or dark and lonely‚ both “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” and “The Facebook Sonnet” are similar in that both of their themes describe solitude. Still‚ William Wordsworth and Sherman Alexie use opposite ideas to take this concept in different lights. While Wordsworth describes an enjoyable evening walking through a meadow and speaks of his contentment thinking of this day when he is alone‚ Alexie describes forlorn wishful nature of an average Joe reminiscing on
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London‚ such as chimneysweepers‚ soldiers and harlots‚ to reveal the scene of exploitation and social injustice and to express his hatred of the city’s moral darkness with a melancholy tone. However‚ in "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚" William Wordsworth portrays‚ in a delighted and tranquil tone‚ the beauty and peace of a London’s morning seen from Westminster Bridge to show his love to the city and his yearning for peace. These two authors both embody their views in visual images‚ but they create
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Crystal Brickhouse World Lit 2 Section 06 The World Is Too Much With Us‚ William Wordsworth suggests that the world is too irresistible to appreciate what is around us. For instance people are so anxious about money and time that they don’t see the beauty that is around us; which is nature. From what Wordsworth is saying that maybe people don’t have the time to see the natural world because they are spending too much time in their own world. The fact that we really don’t see nature is we have
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In his poem ’Mending Wall’‚ Robert Frost presents to us the ideas of barriers between people‚ communication‚ friendship and the sense of security people gain from barriers. His messages are conveyed using poetic techniques such as imagery‚ structure and humor‚ revealing a complex side of the poem as well as achieving an overall light-hearted effect. Robert Frost has cleverly intertwined both a literal and metaphoric meaning into the poem‚ using the mending of a tangible wall as a symbolic representation
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added or removed stanzas‚ and changed the tense of verbs. {Originally‚ Coleridge and Wordsworth intended to write this poem in collaboration. Wordsworth found that the style of Coleridge and himself would not assimilate. After contributing half a dozen lines [Part II‚ Lines 13-16 and Lines 226-227] and suggesting the shooting of the albatross and “the reanimation of the dead bodies to work the ship‚” Wordsworth withdrew on 23 March‚ 1798‚ and Coleridge proceeded alone. } This poem was said to have
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The 2100 word essay entitled ‘William Wordsworth and Lucy’‚ on the English essay resource page of the London School of Journalism (http:// www.english-literature.org/essays/ wordsworth-lucy.html) discusses five of William Wordsworth’s (1770-1850) poems - ’Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known’‚ ’She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways’‚ ’I Travelled Among Unknown Men’‚ ’Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower’ and ’A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal’ – known as the ‘Lucy’ poems‚ and how they conform
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I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud‚ written by William Wordsorth in 1804‚ describes the poet’s own experience based on his recollection in tranquility. In the poem‚ daffodils appears everywhere. Some people think the daffodils here represent the beauty of nature and the poet’s love for daffodils is also the enthusiasim for nature. But I think daffodils here not only represent the nature but alos a peaceful and pure world‚ which the poet pursue. We can get this idea from the poem. In the first stanza‚
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