MODERNISM IN CONTEXT 1. Essay----Any One: 1. Comment on the characters in THE WASTELAND. The poem was written in 1922 immediately after the first World War and the poet makes a statement on the decadence and degradation in human values that had led to the war.It is a masterpiece
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The Golden Cat is a short poem written by Oliver Herford. It is about the sun‚ a giant golden cat‚ and how it makes everything around us better. The Cat in the Moon‚ on the other hand‚ was written by W. B. Yeats. It is about the moon and talks about how the moon changes over time. Both poems use imagery to get their points across. One similarity between the two poems is the use of imagery. In The Golden Cat‚ a cat is used to portray the sun. In the Cat in the Moon‚ a cat is used to portray
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Discuss ways in which Yeats presents memories in ‘Broken Dreams’ Main 3 themes= memory-old growing memory- associated with negetivity memory-beautiful- Maud Maud Gonne= pinnacle of his memory ‘you are more beautiful than anyone’ ‘And yet your body had a flaw / Your small hands were not beautiful’ – her flaw were what separated her from the angelic persona of an angel but it was this very flaw that made her perfect- hence the reason she was such an overpowering part of his memory- unforgettable.
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centuries. WB Yeats and Joan Didion used their knowledge of writing to express the state of the world we live in. WB Yeats and Joan Didion illustrate their skill in writing by using all sorts of literary techniques in their works of literature; but their primary literary techniques are diction‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. WB Yeats and Joan Didion use diction to represent the meaning or theme of a poem through distinctions in sound‚ look‚ rhythm‚ syllable‚ letters‚ and definition. WB Yeats uses words
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Yeats himself said "Poetry is no rootless flower‚ but the speech of man" and this concept is reflected deeply in his poetic works as he expresses concerns and ideas of close regard to himself and makes them memorable to the reader through his linguistic craftsmanship and mastery of poetic techniques. The Wild Swans At Coole (hereafter WS) examines the theme of intimate change and personal yearning‚ whilst The Second Coming (hereafter SC) examines change in context with cultural dissolution and fear
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Discuss ways in which Yeats presents the significance in‚ ’The Fisherman’ In your answer explore the effects of language‚ imagery and verse form‚ and consider how this poem relates to other poems you have studied by Yeats. Yeats aspired to compose poetry for the Irish elite‚ whom he considered would venerate his literature. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case- Yeats expresses his frustration on how the public means have become materialistic‚ and one-dimensional. How the pureness of Ireland is being
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committed. The sixties was also a chaotic time period due to the new ways in which teenagers were rebelling‚ as well as other conflicts‚ such as the Vietnam War. Many writers took note of these societal adjustments. Joan Didion and William Butler Yeats‚ for example‚ both wrote about their reactions to the undergoing transformations occurring in the world. As a result of the chaotic time periods they were written in response to‚ Joan Didion ’s collection of essays‚ Slouching Towards Bethlehem and
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William Butler Yeats portrays a society that has lost hope after WWI while comparing it to The Second Coming. The second coming is the return of Jesus‚ also known as judgement day. Most Christians believe Jesus will send the believers to heaven and the ones who don’t to hell. Yeats believes society is falling apart‚ like the world will fall apart when Jesus returns. Yeats declares the world is near disclosure. His poem was first published in 1920‚ a year after WWI. He believed that
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‘Poets interestingly explore the themes of possession and ownership in poems about home.’ In both “Meditations in Time of Civil War”‚ by Yeats‚ and in “Ruins of a great house”‚ by Walcott‚ the themes of possession and ownership are explored in a number of ways. In the Walcott poem‚ there is the idea that ownership is a losing battle that‚ inevitably‚ anyone who tries to claim ownership of something will eventually lose. This can be seen in the line “the leprosy of Empire.” By personifying empire
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What is the age an origin of our universe? The issue to be discussed in the following paper is the 3 theories of how the universe started‚ the Doppler Effect‚ the age of the universe‚ the origin of the universe‚ red shift/blue shift and dark matter/dark energy. The Doppler Effect is a change in frequency and wave length of a wave. It’s caused by the change in distance between the thing creating the wave and whatever it’s measuring‚ seeing and hearing the wave. The universe was created over 14
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