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Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress": The Essence Of Time
Number of Words: 384 / Number of Pages: 2
... a different time frame. The
first gives his mistress a feeling of unconditional love. He leads her to
believe he would give all he has to her as long as time will permit. During
the second stanza, Marvell plays on her fear of getting old. He warns her that
her beauty isn't everlasting and that she will end up unhappy alone if she
doesn't give in. Marvell's use of optimum time, the best time, show's his
emotions. He appears to become aggravated. This seems to be his ace in the
hole. In my opinion, he uses what he believes to be the dearest thing to her,
the situation of right he ...
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Blake's "The Fly"
Number of Words: 946 / Number of Pages: 4
... hand
Shall brush my wing." Man is just as vulnerable as a fly, being a man can
be killed at any time in his life just like a fly can be killed any time in
his life. Also, "The Hand of God" can strike down a man the same a fly is
struck down by the hand of man. This view by Blake is quite depressing.
One can be carefree about their life, yet thinking is the most
essential part of man. "If thought is life And strength and breath, And
the want Of thought is death;" By having thought shows that we have life.
Blake is saying that we must have thoughts and be able to think in order to
survive and ...
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Christian Morals In Beowulf
Number of Words: 625 / Number of Pages: 3
... brother,
out of a jealous rage for God's favor to Abel. This shows us that Grendel
had more than just a dislike for the men, the song was showing Grendel that
his ancestor was looked upon as the bad person and was therefore the
underlying concept for Grendel's rage. This was the constant reminder to
Grendel of his evil past and thus his reasoning for his actions. We learn
to see Grendel as a less than human being, but in actuality, he is a
monster who has a degree of humanity in him and that is the reason that he
is so hard for Beowulf to kill. He has the human emotion of pride which
ultimately is t ...
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"The Princess, The Knight, And The Dragon" By Malarkey - Poetry Analysis
Number of Words: 347 / Number of Pages: 2
... the knight and maid undertake unchivalrous actions and are
rewarded. Both the maid and knight follow the natural instinct that is
ignored by Miranda. Faced with the same threat the maid and the knight
both react in a logical manner. They see that there is little chance of
being in any way triumphant over Faggon, and violate the code of nobility
for something that is more important to them, their lives. As such they
manage to survive and live out the rest of their lives in happiness, where
the Princess is forced into a life of torture and finally death.
Malarkey effectively conveys h ...
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The Fall Of The House Of Usher And The Cask Of Amontillado: Madness And Insanity
Number of Words: 406 / 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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Poem: I Guess It Was Not In Jane's Mind
Number of Words: 204 / Number of Pages: 1
... When I gave her my ring,
She said “Oh, you sweet thing!”
All that for just one crummy line!!
I guess it was not in Jane's mind,
That her figure was so well defined.
So she went to health clubs,
For health food and back rubs,
Now look; if you do, you'll go blind!!
I guess it was not in Jane's mind,
That her teeth were poorly aligned.
The boys did not go near,
For, her chops they did fear,
Till she had her mouth re-designed.
I guess it was not in Jane's mind,
That a job she needed t ...
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Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop For Death
Number of Words: 391 / Number of Pages: 2
... the speaker in this poem exemplified the voice of all people. She ‘could not stop for death’ as none of us really believe we can or that we have the time. Most people die unexpectedly and are not ready to stop everything they have and want to do just to cease living. By riding with death, she fools herself into thinking that she is not dead. She has found immortality by riding along with death. Death does not come quickly. Rather, it arrives with a menacing slowness. She has ridden with him and is now reflecting upon her well-lived years. In this sense, we all ride alongside death as it cert ...
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Whitman's Democracy
Number of Words: 336 / Number of Pages: 2
... are part of America also, and should be
accepted as such. as democracy should embrace all.
Whitman commends the many people of America in "I Hear America
Singing." He writes of the mothers, and the carpenters. He says that they
all sing their own song of what belongs to them. In this poem Whitman
brings these people from all backgrounds together as Americans. In the
freedom of American democracy they are allowed to sing of what is theirs.
In these poems Whitman has described those held in the lowest
esteem. He has also described the common man, the mothers, and the
soldiers. He speaks for ...
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A Prose Analysis On Milton's "Sonnet XIX"
Number of Words: 1109 / Number of Pages: 5
... of Matthew XXV, 14-30
where a servant of the lord buried his single talent instead of investing
it. At the lord's return, he cast the servant into the "outer darkness"
and deprived all he had. Hence, Milton devoted his life in writing;
however, his blindness raped his God's gift away. A tremendous cloud
casted over him and darkened his reality of life and the world. Like the
servant, Milton was flung into the darkness.
Line seven, "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" describes the
limitations and burdens of a person who has lost his sense of place in life.
Obviously, Milton is making a re ...
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Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening: An Analysis
Number of Words: 530 / Number of Pages: 2
... We learn that the speaker's character is similar to the tone of the poem. For instance, the topic of the poem is about a snowy evening in the woods, which could be viewed as pleasant and easy going as oppose to a hot summer evening in the city which is most often busy and frantic with lots of things to do. In addition, the speaker is obviously a loner, in that he takes this journey by his self. That is an example of him being a solitary person who is not confronted with conflict often. Ironically, his familiarity with the peacefulness of the woods provides a conflict, struggle, or pressure th ...
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