“The Street”‚ by Octavio Paz A long and silent street. I walk in blackness and I stumble and fall and rise‚ and I walk blind‚ my feet stepping on silent stones and dry leaves. Someone behind me also stepping on stones‚ leaves: if I slow down‚ he slows; if I run‚ he runs‚ I turn: nobody. Everything dark and doorless. Turning and turning among these corners which lead forever to the street where nobody waits for‚ nobody follows me‚ where I pursue a man who stumbles and rises and says
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politics—through his relationships with the Irish National Theatre‚ the Irish Literary Society‚ the Irish Republican Brotherhood‚ and Maud Gonne—his poems increasingly resembled political manifestos. Yeats wrote numerous poems about Ireland’s involvement in World War I (“An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” [1919]‚ “A Meditation in Time of War” [1921])‚ Irish nationalists and political activists (“On a Political Prisoner” [1921]‚ “In Memory of Eva Gore Booth and Con Markiewicz” [1933])‚ and the Easter Rebellion
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The Power of John Donne’s Poetry Louis Hunt John Carey’s description of Donne’s “power” is laudable‚ and to a certain extent‚ accurate. Carey captures the masculine nature of Donne’s tone; the vividness of Donne’s imagery; the subtle coercion of Donne’s metaphor. Carey also notes Donne’s application of syntax and rhythms‚ writing that Donne’s words‚ “are packed into the poems like boulders… Inversions and interjections fracture the run of the lines‚ necessitating a strenuous advance.” Carey
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American Poetry Interpretation Paper Robert D Tremble University of Phoenix American Literature Since 1860 ENG 492 Carol Childs June 22‚ 2009 American Poetry Interpretation Paper Robert Frost is one of the most recognizable names in American Poetry. His work is consistently used in literature textbooks and lectures as a staple of poetic excellence. Frost’s work was so compelling that he is one of the few poets to have his work taught to students while he was still living. Much of
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Contemporary poetry and Nature Technically‚ “Contemporary poetry” is written after the start of the 1920`s‚ especially poetry is connected with modern literary genres‚ such as modernism and post-modernism. Poetry often involves nature in its description. Though inspiration as a poet truly derives from within‚ nature can act as a tool to enhance imagination and devices used in our poetry. Poets have for ages seen nature as a reflection of the human experience. Poets in their writing usually
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After reading through all the poems‚ there was no question about which three I was going to pick. The poem “Punishment” by Lisa Zaran moved me with the first line‚ “When using‚ you are not the same”. Growing up in the 70s and being a teenager in the 80s‚ I have seen firsthand the detrimental effect that substance abuse has on our society. When she continues with next two lines‚ “That sublimity of an altered state‚ you are not the same”‚ I have absolutely no doubt I know what this poem is about. The
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“Afternoons” by Philip Larkin expresses his point of view which I‚ the reader find disturbing. The poem deals with Larkin ’s view on young mothers watching their kids playing in a playground and on this he concludes that marrying young and having children young‚ lead to the mothers losing their identity and destiny. The techniques used by the poet such as theme‚ imagery and tone develop different connotations of who Philip Larkin was and also deepens the readers understanding of the issue. Throughout
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Farmhand Essay Explore the ways the poet portrays the farmhand in the poem. (Remember to support your ideas with reference to text and comment on poet’s use of language/ structure/ rhythm etc… A farmhand is physically strong and enjoys working the land. He yearns for love but has experienced a bad situation with girls at a dance. The experience obviously hurt him and so he leans against the door with his friends smoking a cigarette as though he doesn’t care despite the fact that he hiding
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cPoetry Appreciation In this essay I am going to compare and contrast ‘When we two parted’ a poem of George Gordon‚ Lord Byron’s written in 1815 and Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s ‘Love’s last lesson’ written in c1838‚ both poets are British and of the romantic period. ‘When we two parted’ is an elegy of the loss of love‚ Byron is reflecting and analyzing a relationship that has already ended. His grief‚ anger and despair‚ intensifies his use of first person‚ which maintains a strong impact on the
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Did you know most poets use literary devices to carry out a message to their audience? Two poets that illustrate this are Michael Sage with “Keep On Keeping On”‚ and Edgar Guest with “See It Through”. The poems “Keep On Keeping On”‚ by Michael Sage and “See It Through” by Edgar Guest both share a message that no matter what happens‚ it is important to persevere. They are able to reveal this message by using literary devices such as metaphors and rhyme. However‚ they both differentiate in their own
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