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"A World Of Light And Dark"
Number of Words: 719 / Number of Pages: 3
... or trifled with, in its truest form it is a blazing seal upon the hearts of those who know it. Once someone is in love, they can not move on or change the object of their affection. Similarly, someone who is not in love is unable to fabricate the kind of devotion which such passion demands. It is this sense of definite, separate, and opposing archetypes which is the foundation of "Sonnet 116."
Shakespeare proceeds to elaborate on the duality which inherently accompanies a love of this magnitude. He proclaims that "It is the star to every wand'ring bark" (Shakespeare 7). Here the thematic power o ...
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Beowulf: The Ultimate Hero
Number of Words: 1771 / Number of Pages: 7
... an entire
kingdom. Beowulf did not have to offer Hrothgar's kingdom help, but does
so because he wants to uses his God given strength to the best of his
ability. As soon as Beowulf heard of the troubles in this land he set sail
immediately. Beowulf continues to show his thankfulness by thanking God
for giving them safe travel across the sea. Beowulf is lead to Hrothgar
and offers him is "services."
"-Now sit down to the feast, and, in due time, listen to lays of warriors'
victories, as your heart may prompt you. (15)
Beowulf is asked by the warriors to tell of his past defeats while eating
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Sharpio's "Auto Wreck": The Theme Of Death
Number of Words: 1076 / Number of Pages: 4
... and the crowd around the accident. By stating clearly and vividly the
emotions of the scene, it is easy for the reader to identify the theme itself,
and also to identify with it.
In the first stanza, the speaker describes the ambulance arriving on the
scene more so than the actual scene itself. The ambulance is described using
words such as "wings", "dips", and "floating", giving the impression of the
hectic nature of its business at an accident. When the ambulance arrives and
breaks through the crowd, "the doors leap open" to further convey the hurried
state it's in. In line 5, as the a ...
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Beginnings--The Idea
Number of Words: 824 / Number of Pages: 3
... the rose is young. So what do these traits have to do with his beloved? Maybe she's uncommon ("rare"). Maybe she should be treated with courtesy and gentleness. Maybe she's young, or young to love (innocent), or just new to him.
So translating the images takes quite a bit of time and thought to figure out what meanings probably fit the poem's context and to reject those that probably don't.
Eventually, readers probably try to work out a complete paraphrase of the poem--realizing that they are stripping the meaning away from the crafted wording of the poem for the sake of putting it in terms they ...
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Poe's "The Conqueror Worm": Deeper Meaning To The Poem
Number of Words: 760 / Number of Pages: 3
... enactment of our human lives. Lines three and four states "an angel
throng, bewinged, and bedight in veils, and drowned in tears." Poe is stating
that a group of angels is going to watch the spectacle put on for them, although
they are already drowning in the tears from plays before. The orchestra that
plays for them is another set of characters that have meaning. They represent
the background in everyone's life by "playing the music of the spheres." A
third set of characters that show hidden meaning is the "Mimes, in the form of
God on high." They denote the people that inhabit the earth. Po ...
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The Second Coming: Analysis
Number of Words: 495 / Number of Pages: 2
... be more than one interpretation, the metaphor points up one socio-religious theme that society has lost order and in turn lost faith in God.
The second metaphor conveys Yeats’ idea that anarchy has taken over. The metaphor begins with “The blood-dimmed tide is loosed," suggesting that the purity of the soul has been corrupted by the destruction that accompanies chaos. Yeats uses the second line of the metaphor, “...and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned,” to show how the value of life, health of country, and civilized order have died. In this metaphor Yeats conveys his socio-religious ...
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Lawrence's "Snake": An Analysis
Number of Words: 502 / Number of Pages: 2
... it?" This line from the poem says that
the speaker is worried that he will not be called a man because he did not
kill the snake. The speaker does not want to feel less than a man because
he did not kill the snake, like all men are supposed to do.
The third time he expresses this theme is when the speaker tries to
hit the snake with a log. This is stated in the poem when it says, "I
picked up a clumsy log and threw it at the water-trough with a clatter.
This line from the poem says that the speaker listened to his feelings that
he should kill the snake instead of listening to his education, so he ...
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Analysis Of Whitman's "Drum Taps" And "The Wound Dresser"
Number of Words: 910 / Number of Pages: 4
... staunchly enthusiastic towards the
first battle:
The tumultuous escort, the ranks of policemen preceding,
clearing the way, The unpent enthusiasm, the wild cheers
of the crowd for their favorites…War! Be it weeks, months,
or years, an arm'd race is advancing to welcome it.
As we can see, like most Americans, Whitman was proud of the engagements to
come because at the time, war was only viewed by those who had never seen
the ugly side of it.
Like a diary of prose, "Drum Taps" follows the war and the
attitudes that accompany such an event. A further example of the author's
excitement for war an ...
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Madness And Insanity In The Fall Of The House Of Usher And The Cask Of Amontillado
Number of Words: 413 / Number of Pages: 2
... from Roderick's behaviors: "in the manner of my friend I was struck with an incoherence -- an inconsistency...habitual trepidancy, and excessive nervous agitation...His action was alternately vivacious and sullen. His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision...to that...of the lost drunkard, or the irreclaimable eater of opium" (667). These are "the features of the mental disorder of [the narrator's] friend" (672). Roderick's state worsens throughout the story. He becomes increasingly restless and unstable, especially after the burial of his sister. He is not able to sleep and claims that h ...
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The Lives And Works Of Elizabeth Barrett And Robert Browning
Number of Words: 1375 / Number of Pages: 5
... Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. He began to prepare himself to soon be in their company. Byron was the first influence and inspiration to Browning’s first boyish attempts as a poet. Later after coming upon a copy of Shelly’s Queen Mab he fell under the fascination of this new poet. It was then that he started his formal career in poetry. In the 1930’s he met the actor William Macready and tried to write verse drama for stage. Macready regarded him as, “more like a youthful poet that any man I ever saw.” (Lovett, ix) At that time he discovered what his real talent was. Taking a sin ...
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