received worldwide acclaim. Their success proved‚ as critics like Srinivasa Iyengar pointed out‚ A shot in the arm of modern English Literature has had to come from West Africans like Amos Tutuola‚ Wole Soyinka and Gabriel Okara. (16) The role of poetry‚ in African literature‚ has
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To what extent does the poetry of war dispel the myths associated with the war propaganda of World War I? Throughout the early 1900’s the war propaganda that was published to entice young men to enlist and join the war gave them false ideas about the front line. Young men and boys were told that war was one big adventure and encouraged to go to the great war and become a hero. Young men were fooled into believing that dying for your country was sweet and honourable however three men who fought in
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In the poetry of 1914 there is both crude propaganda and poems that are subtle and deeply moving if naïve. The poetry in 1914 had purpose for why they were written. Some were written with the intent of trying to enlist more men for the war because the authors believed that all men should fight for their country. While others were to show everyone that war is not so glorious and there is nothing sweet about fighting for their country. Either way‚ they all used naïve idealism or sometimes crude propaganda
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important contributions during this period were Paradise Lost. Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. Neoclassical poetry as such‚ did not have any concerted body of principles and methodology. The prominent writers shared a common view based on their response to the various ancients. They concurred regarding the concision‚ elegance and wit of their classical forerunners. Their poetry matched the intelligence of Horace’s Verse‚ beset energy of Juvenal’s Satire and the heroic raise of Homer’s Epic
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Environmental poetry expresses emotions and ideas about the surroundings and conditions to the readers and listeners. Three different landscapes are illustrated‚ by poets of different eras‚ with the use of sensual imagery‚ sound techniques and allusions. Robert Gray presents a post apocalyptic future of the impact of cities‚ through the didactic poem “Flames and Dangling Wire”. A subjective view of the environment is conveyed in “William Street”‚ Kenneth Slessor reveals that beauty lies within. In
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Poetry Analysis “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” by‚ Christopher Marlowe and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by‚ Sir Walter Raleigh are both pastoral poems that tend to basic human desires in a simplified country life of beauty‚ music‚ and love. “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” idealizes the shepherd’s country life to try and win the love of his lady. On the contrary‚ “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a parody to “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” Sir Walter Raleigh pretends
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Poetry Project Introduction These poems are all written based off of my‚ Miciah’s‚ opinions. I have a distinct perspective on religion‚ therefore I chose to write a poem describing hate and love and how I thing religion is a dumb idea. My poem is titled “Hate and Love”‚ based off of the poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost. In it I concur to what religion claims‚ symbolically saying that religion is wrong and not serious. I used the same exact syllables and rhyme scheme as “Fire and Ice” by Robert
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Vampires Stories Started Thousands of Years Ago in Myths Today They Are Very Real and Among Us Abstract Vampires have been a part of human culture for thousands of years. There have been stories of vampire like creatures in Mesopotamia‚ Greece‚ China‚ and Europe. These stories have spanned the globe and time. The vampire has evolved overtime based on the current trends and beliefs and culture of the time. Today when the word vampire is said many visualize Dracula from the stories by Bram
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knowledge of unknown history. The second poem‚ ‘Singh Song’ by Daljit Nagra has a stereotypical Indian man who runs one “ov his daddy’s shop” bit it has the theme of romance added. Thirdly‚ The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy‚ the poem is a conversation between two female friends‚ the poem depicts a young country girl who has become a rich man’s mistress or a prostitute to escape her own poverty and the friend seems to envy her. Lastly‚ ‘Give’ by Simon Armitage‚ the poem is about homelessness and the way
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The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. For example‚ a fierce person can be referred to as a tiger. Another example of a metaphor would be the description of a person who was uncommunicative as being as "silent as stone". The word stone is an image that is used to explain the intense silence of the person. In this way
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