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Merry-Go-Round: Critical Analysis
Number of Words: 646 / Number of Pages: 3
... adult who is simply observing the children from a detached outside viewpoint. For example, "almost I see the marvel they see" is informing the reader that he is "almost" caught up in the enchantment as the children are.
McAvley's clever use of diction and imagery add to the enchantment of the merry-go-round as the children see it as a magical fantasy world. It is continually likened to another world. For example, the first stanza deals with the excitement and attraction of the merry-go-round with adjectives such as "bright-coloured" and "mirror-plated" to describe it. The use of personification, ...
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Dante's Inferno
Number of Words: 1867 / Number of Pages: 7
... took power.
Although born into a Guelph family, Dante became more neutral later in life
realizing that the church was corrupt, believing it should only be involved
in spiritual affairs.
At the turn of the century, Dante rose from city councilman to
ambassador of Florence. His career ended in 1301 when the Black Guelph and
their French allies seized control of the city. They took Dante's
possessions and sentenced him to be permanently banished from Florence,
threatening the death penalty upon him if he returned.
Dante spent most of his time in exile writing new pieces of
literature. It is b ...
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Poem: The Fate Of Hamlet
Number of Words: 121 / Number of Pages: 1
... vowed to take Claudius’s last breath.
In the turmoil of all this.
His true affection for Ophelia found no bliss.
He could never share his thoughts,
Revenge made him overwrought.
All this pain caused him to plot,
He made the plan to end his lot.
But this scheme avenging death,
Took also Hamlet’s last breath.
Hamlet should have taken heed,
And become king indeed.
He never had a chance in Shakespheare’s plan,
A tragic hero, just another great dead man. ...
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The Works Of Poet Carl Sandburg And His Effect On American Poetry
Number of Words: 1871 / Number of Pages: 7
... that emphasized key phrases and images.(clc 35, 338) Sandburg was
the first of a long line of poets and authors to use the words and phrases
that he created in his poetry.
Sandburg's style of writing is what changed the course of American
poetry. Before Sandburg, most poetry and other literary works were
considerably similar, along with dull and boring. He carried poetry to
"new horizons." He, many times, wrote of reality, which was not always
what people wanted to read, but it was reality and it had to be dealt with.
This is how his writing became so known, because he dealt with wha ...
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Housman's "To An Athlete Dying Young"
Number of Words: 1631 / Number of Pages: 6
... (Housman 967).
Stanza two describes a much more somber procession. The athlete is being
carried to his grave. In Leggett's opinion, "The parallels between this
procession and the former triumph are carefully drawn" (54). The reader
should see that Housman makes another reference to "shoulders" as an
allusion to connect the first two stanzas:
Today, the road all runners come,
Shoulder high we bring you home,
And set you at the threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town. (967)
In stanza three Housman describes the laurel growing "early" yet dying
"quicker t ...
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Byron's Don Juan
Number of Words: 796 / Number of Pages: 3
... of Newstead Abbey. Once hearing this news, he
and his mother quickly removed to England.
All of Byron's passions developed early. In 1803 he had his first
serious and abortive romance with Mary Chaworth. At the age of15 he fell
platonically but violently in love with a young distant cousin, Mary Duff
(Parker 10). He soon had another affair with a woman named Mary Gray. Soon
hereafter he was involved with many liaisons with such women as Lady Caroline
Lamb and then Lady Oxford.
Then just as Byron was beginning to live his life the way he had always
wanted to, his mother dies in 1811. The follo ...
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Nature To Love Ones In Shakespeare's "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun" And "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?"
Number of Words: 1135 / Number of Pages: 5
... powerful than humankind.
In the title of the poem "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?",
Shakespeare is debating whether or not his love one is worth being compare to a
summer day. Unlike the first poem, the poet does not know what the answer is
from the title or whether it is fair to compare nature to her. However, as the
reader read through the poem he gets an answer from the poet. Just the thought
whether his loved one is worth being compared to nature gives away the poet's
assumption that nature is superior to humankind.
Throughout all the poem "My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun",
S ...
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'Sea Fever' - Analysis
Number of Words: 1161 / Number of Pages: 5
... which follows the actions of a tall ship through high seas and strong wind. Lines one and two contain the common iambic meter found throughout the poem. "Sea Fever" may be categorized as a sea chantey due to its iambic meter and natural rhythm which gives it a song like quality. This song like quality is created through the use of iambic meter and alliteration. For example, lines three and ten contain the repeated consonant sound of the letter "w".
In line three, the meter becomes spondaic through the use of strongly stressed syllables. These spondees suggest the repeated slapping of waves against t ...
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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning: Love Between Two People
Number of Words: 1092 / Number of Pages: 4
... caused by death. In the second stanza the speaker furthers his comparison for a peaceful separation. “So let us melt, and make no noise” (line 5) refers to the melting of gold by a goldsmith or alchemist. When gold is melted it does not sputter and is therefore quiet. The speaker and his love should not display their private, intimate love as “tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move” (line 6). The speaker thinks that it would be a “profanation” (line 7) to reveal the sacred love he shares with his lady. It would be similar to priests revealing the mysteries of their faith to “the laity” (line 8), that ...
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Creating The Melancholic Tone In “The Raven”
Number of Words: 1136 / Number of Pages: 5
... experiences. Among many other misfortunes, including living a life of poverty and being orphaned at a young age, Poe’s beloved wife Virginnia, died after a long illness. The narrator’s sorrow for the lost Lenore is paralleled with Poe’s own grief regarding the death of his wife. Confined in the chamber are memories of her who had frequented it. These ghostly recollections cultivate an enormous motive in the reader to know and be relieved of the bewilderment that plagues the narrator and consequently Poe himself; the narrator ponders whether he will see his wife in the afterlife. After Virginnia’s ...
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