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A Pregenerative Soul’s Fear Of Life
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
... she asks ubiquitously stress the importance of service. The Lilly tells Thel that she rejoices because God, who as the Clod of Clay says, “loves the lowly,” comes to her with a promise that, even though her life seems small and insignificant, she is not forgotten. She serves the lamb in nourishment and her perfume spreads across the grasses. Because of these and other services, she will someday “flourish in eternal vales.” The Cloud expresses a similar opinion when asked about the seeming futility and brevity of its life. The Cloud questions the veracity of both of Thel’s suppositions: “‘O maid, I te ...
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Wagoner's Tumbleweed: An Analysis
Number of Words: 758 / Number of Pages: 3
... wire of life. This is another metaphor for
the poet's difficult life. The poet and the tumbleweed are stuck in a
painful, difficult situation. They are prisoners of their surroundings,
helpless. “Like a riddled prisoner.” The words riddled prisoner are used to
give us a powerful, painful, picture of the lost and hopeless feeling of
the poet. He feels great pain at his situation, feels that there is no way
out. He is hanging there on the fence, exposed for everyone to see.
In the second stanza, the poet continues to use metaphors for his
life. “ Half the sharp seeds have fallen from this tumbler, kno ...
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"Aunt Jennifer's Tigers": Women And Society
Number of Words: 950 / Number of Pages: 4
... that women respected their husbands, and did what
the men ordered. Hester fears neither the leaders of the community nor her
husband. She demonstrates her confidence by standing up to a group of the
most respected men in town, when she hears they might take her daughter,
Pearl, away from her. She even has the courage to demand the minister for
his help. "I will not give her up!" She firmly states. "Speak thou for me…
Thou knowest what is in my heart, and what are a mother's rights…Look thou
to it! I will not lose the child! Look to it!" (Ch.8). She refuses to
let the power of the men i ...
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A Study Of Wordsworth's Poetry
Number of Words: 445 / Number of Pages: 2
... Wordsworth also
hopes that the world would find more of itself in nature, similar to his
desire for his sister in his poem, 'Lines Composed a Few Miles Above
Tintern Abbey', to gain an interest in nature. 'For this, for everything,
we are out of tune;' (8:TW) Wordsworth also makes reference to the Greek
gods of the sea in this sonnet, who are associated with the pristine nature
of the world. The gods represent a time when people were more vulnerable
and exposed to nature, and through adversity have learned to respect nature.
'I'd rather be / A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;' (10:TW) In the sonnet,
h ...
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E.E. Cummings
Number of Words: 1403 / Number of Pages: 6
... out; the 8th line, 'l', isolates the number; and 'iness', the last line, can mean "the state of being I" - that is, individuality - or "oneness", deriving the "one" from the lowercase roman numeral 'i' (200). Cummings could have simplified this poem drastically ("a leaf falls:/loneliness"), and still conveyed the same verbal message, but he has altered the normal syntax in order that each line should show a 'one' and highlight the theme of oneness. In fact, the whole poem is shaped like a '1' (200). The shape of the poem can also be seen as the path of a falling leaf; the poem drifts down, flipping ...
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An Analysis Of Updike's "Player Piano"
Number of Words: 625 / Number of Pages: 3
... and "melodies". The repeat of the smooth
"s" sound in these three consecutive words evokes a feeling of rhythm or
harmony - pleasant sounds from the player piano.
The next stanza starts with an internal rhyme: "My paper can caper".
The simple rhyme suggests that the paper can leap and jump about like a
child. The connotation of the word "abandon" adds to this suggestion of
unrestrained movement or activity. The words "dint" and "din" are
alliterative, and the suggestion is that the "din" of the piano broadcasts
its sound far and wide. In line three of stanza two there is both internal
rhyme and as ...
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Robert Frost Used Many Elements Of Nature To Show Fear And Uncertainty
Number of Words: 1118 / Number of Pages: 5
... meant.
“He represented himself as having conducted a search for the modern Demiurge named Evolution in hope of learning the secrets of life, but when finally found him all he was rewarded was indifference, atheism, and laughter” (Thompson 327). The uncertainty lies in the Demiurge’s answer of indifference and atheism. This answer may inspire some fear but much of it resides in the face of Evolution, an element of nature.
Another poem that conveys fear and uncertainty is “Into My Own.” In lines 1 through 4 Frost writes:
One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they scarc ...
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Ozymandias (1818): An Analysis
Number of Words: 834 / Number of Pages: 4
... above the "Mighty" who would live after him.
He did not want to give up at death the power he had wielded in life.
The irony in this poem lies in the difference between what Ozymandias
intends -- to hold onto the glory of his works after time takes its course
with him -- and what actually happens. This great monument's "frown, / And
wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command" and the inscription on the
pedestal are all meant to inspire fear in the viewer. However, natural
weathering and (possibly) destruction due to conquest have dismembered this
image of the king and rid him of the awe-inspiring a ...
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"The Black Cat" Essay
Number of Words: 397 / Number of Pages: 2
... black cat, Pluto. The man felt the need to escape from Pluto even though the animal was one of his most beloved pets. His wife and the second cat are being run from merely for the disturbing conscious that they provide for him.
Bizarre and unusual plots are often found in the Romantic period, and Poe does not hold back in his efforts. To deliberately cut the cats eye out of its socket is both bizarre and unusual regardless of being intoxicated or not. Even further, to hang the cat by a noose is ranked borderline for insanity. But the most abnormal act is that of getting rid of your wife by cre ...
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Comparing "We Wear The Mask" By Dunbar And "Richard Cory"
Number of Words: 614 / Number of Pages: 3
... at him: He was a gentlemen from sole to crown" (1-3). He stood out in a crowd because of his polished fashion. "And he was always quietly arrayed, and he was always human when he talked" (5-6). He was rich and had advantages over others, but he did not conduct himself in a "holier-than-thou" manner. "In fine, we thought that he was everything to make us wish that we were in his place." Everyone not only liked him, but wanted to be him. He was a role model for some, but unbeknownst to all, he had faults or problems just as them. These problems were not discussed in the poem. It doesn’t say anyt ...
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