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Analysis Of Heaney's Punishment
Number of Words: 1087 / Number of Pages: 4
... appearance of a 'bog woman'. However at a deeper level, Heaney looks at the very human society functions, both in ancient and present times. This us summed up at the end of the poem;
"who would connive
in civilized outrage
yet understand the exact
and tribal, intimate revenge" (Stanza 11)
Heaney here, writes that he does not only feel empathy and sympathy towards the "little Adulteress", but is also able to detach himself from his emotions and look at her death as a function of an ancient tribal system. The role which the bog woman played in her society is further elaborated to the role in whic ...
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Analysis Of Langston Hughes'"The Negro Speaks Of Rivers," "I, Too," And "Mother And Son"
Number of Words: 616 / Number of Pages: 3
... to his river, his soul, and helped make him who he is. Without these
times, both the good and the bad, he would not possess the beauty of who he
is, knowing the limits and possibilities of his body and soul.
In "I, Too," Hughes portrays utmost assurance and serenity. He
accepts the ways of today, but has faith in a change for tomorrow. He does
not offer much complaint; he goes his own way abidingly, but knows that
this is only temporary. He knows, without question, that there will be a
time when everyone is looked upon as equals and no one would dare have such
ill manners as to ask him to su ...
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Essay Interpreting "One Art" By Elizabeth Bishop
Number of Words: 364 / Number of Pages: 2
... the realm to a large loss in her
life. Finally, the statement in the final quatrain "Even losing you" begins
the irony in that stanza. The speaker remarks that losing this person is
not "too hard" to master. The shift in attitude by adding the word "too"
shows that the speaker has an ironic tone for herself in her loss or
perhaps her husband or someone else close to her.
Language and verse form show in "One Art" how the losses increase in
importance as the poem progresses, with the losses in lines 1-15 being
mostly trivial or not very important to the great loss in lines 16-19 or a
beloved person. Eli ...
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Analysis Of “The Vietnam Wall”
Number of Words: 522 / Number of Pages: 2
... given the reader
an everyday event that describes the uncontrollable up-welling of emotions
one experiences when visiting the wall. Rios uses this technique frequently
and effectively throughout this poem.
“The Vietnam Wall” tells the story of the poets visit to the Vietnam
War Memorial in Washington D. C.. Rios takes the reader with him on his
journey down the wall explaining each detail as he goes from the shape of
the wall to the physical appearance of it. An example of this is when:
The walk is slow at first,
Easy a little black Marble wall
A smoothness, a shine
The boys in the street wan ...
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Dickinson's Poem #465: Buzzing Bye
Number of Words: 629 / Number of Pages: 3
... closed out - signals that her life is not quite complete. Perhaps she has not succeeded in gaining final closure.
There comes a time in life when it is necessary to conclude that the focus of existence is complete and decide what to do with the times that follow. The speaker considers the time following this conclusion a period for closure while waiting for her death to arrive. In lines 2-4: “The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air-Between the Heaves of Storm-” Dickinson is using the metaphor of time between storms. The storm of life represents the trails of the speaker’s physi ...
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Mr. Flood’s Party: A Cry For Help
Number of Words: 597 / Number of Pages: 3
... is symbolic of Flood’s life accomplishments. Robinson also speaks of “A valiant armor of scarred hopes outworn,” stanza 4, line 18 symbolizing his once strong-willed ambitions and how they now appear lost to him. The reference to Roland’s ghost in line 20 and its comparison to Flood’s struggle symbolizes his loneliness and futile cries for help with his unknowing battle against alcoholism. In stanza 7, line 47, Robinson refers to the tow moons, clearly symbolic of the severity of Flood’s drunkenness. These symbols help to convey the serious tone revolving around the overall theme of the poem.
Rob ...
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Comparison Of Frost's Two Tramps In Mud Time And Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Number of Words: 542 / Number of Pages: 2
... road. He notices one road has been used many times and the other road looked hardly used "Because it was grassy and wanted wear"(8), he makes the choice to go down the one less traveled. This poem shows that nature can be beautiful by setting you free to letting you choice and to enjoy the view that nature has to offer.
On the other hand, there are a few poems which show that Robert Frost was less in awe of nature and fearful of it. One of these is the poem "Design". It takes two of nature's most innocent characters, the moth and the spider, and then finds a tragic death in their lives. Why must ...
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T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"
Number of Words: 1263 / Number of Pages: 5
... could be both absolutely
precise in what it referred to physically and at the same time endlessly
suggestive in the meanings it set up because of its relationship to other images.
Eliot's real novelty was his deliberate elimination of all merely connective
and transitional passages, his building up of the total pattern of meaning
through the immediate comparison of images without overt explanation of what
they are doing, together with his use of indirect references to other works of
literature (some at times quite obscure).
Eliot starts his poem "The Hollow Men" with a quote from Joseph Conrad's
n ...
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Elements Of Romanticism In Wordsworth's "London, 1802" And Blake's "The Lamb"
Number of Words: 1063 / Number of Pages: 4
... the vanity and parade of our own country
From this account it can be deduced that the poem was spontaneous
in nature and originated from an internal response. The poem's use of a
realistic setting occurs in line 2 with the reference of England as a
"fen." This particular adjective e describes England as a "land wholly or
partially covered by water, mud, clay, or dirt."(Oxford English Dictionary).
From this line a realistic setting is produced. The narrator further
conveys a visionary experience through the extensive uses of nature via
similes and metaphors within the poem. On lin ...
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Easter 1916 By William Yeats
Number of Words: 462 / Number of Pages: 2
... of it all (932)
Here is an example of events supporting the stone’s cause, in which the overall constancy is maintained. This constant is the underlying strive of the stone to disrupt the stream enough to cause a response that will favor the stone’s well being, that is independence. Indeed the disturbances and splashing caused by the animals represents the actual reality of the revolts in Ireland. First, is the Easter rebellion of 1916 and following World War I there was constant fighting which leads to independence from Britain.
The author’s personal view of the rebellion is neutral. He conveys ...
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