...OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth! There is quite possibly no greater reason for artists' trepidation and anxiety than being misunderstood and misinterpreted. Yet, it is still a common occurrence, even in modern times. First published in 1889, Rudyard Kipling's famous and extremely complex poem “The Ballad of East and West”, and more specifically its four opening lines, is one of the works that have been freely quoted and, probably to Kipling's great disappointment, very often misquoted, therefore misinterpreted in the opposite sense of Kipling's intentions, creating a spurious and misguided reputation of its author. The four lines opening Rudyard Kipling's poem, “The Ballad of East and West,” are a reflection on the topic of equality and possibility of mutual understanding and respect of polar opposites. Let us break down the quatrain into two parts. The first two lines imply that the author believes in absolute contrariety of East and West. They suggest that there is no possible way of reconciliation of the two, that seemingly they are like day and night, black and white or oil and water - without any prospects of both of them meeting, coming together, working and living alongside of one another. It does seem as if it had...
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...Initially the story of Miss Gee comes across as old lady going through life. Though the opening sentence 'let me tell your little story' instantly belittles Miss Gee in the word little showing that it is just a story with little importance. It makes her appear insignificant despite her being the main and only character we see in full detail. This technique is effective as despite her lending her name to the title and being the content of the poem she is small and insignificant. This carries on to when Auden describes her lips 'thin and small' this highlights her insignificant further as it appears to he reader she is old and frail and unappealing. Furthermore it becomes clear that she as a lady is unwanted, even within her own religion for example when she is in the church and she sits in the 'side-aisle', she is on the perimeter in her own religion highlighting even within somewhere she feels she belongs she is still an outsider and she herself is in the side aisle of society. Auden continues this poor description even in the worse moment of her life in the poem for example even with the revaluation of her illness, the doctor highlights her insignificance in saying that cancer happens to 'childless women' and 'men when they retire', this shows that it is towards the end of a persons life when loneliness catches them, and shows that Miss Gee has had this all her life and in some respects it is her own fault she has cancer as she was never a attractive women to men, this seen in...
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...Preface to Lyrical Ballads: summary In the preface to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth provides us a wide vision of his style of poetry. Wordsworth pursues to break out from the previous poetry and he consequently bases his poetry on simplicity. As such, his themes deal with humble and rustic life. He uses these themes since: feelings can be freely expressed, the manners of rural life are simple thus encouraging the understanding of human nature, and human passions are linked to nature being subsequently more durable. Moreover, regarding his language and characters, both are connected to rustic life: characters are close to nature and to a state of simplicity and therefore, they are able to have elementary feelings and passions. Furthermore, Wordsworth stated that there are no personifications of abstract ideas in his volumes and that he pretends to adopt the language of man. For that, he includes what is usually called poetic diction. By doing this, he is able to bring this language near to the language of man. His writing attracts the common man and can be understood by every man. In addition, in relation to the metre, Wordsworth defends its use and he supports the idea that it is a source of pleasure. On the other hand, Wordsworth provides us his conceptions of what a poet is and what is poetry. For him, a real poet is: “a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human...
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...The Ballad of Birmingham The Ballad of Birmingham was a very interesting story/poem to talk about. So i'm going to explain why Dudley Randall chose this poem. Ok my statement of why Dudley Randall chose this poem is two things that come to mind either is to explain what happened on that day, or express what happened in history. Dudley Randall explains in the whole poem the point of view of the mother. The whole poem explains how the daughter wanted to go to “Freedom March” but the mom’s quote to tell the daughter not to go to the march was “No,Baby,No,you may not go”. Explaining to the daughter not to go to the Freedom March. While that was happening the daughter decided to go to the Church with her friends. They went to the “Children’s...
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...used to imitate the marching soldiers. Therefore, the longer the poem goes on, the longer the soldiers have been marching and the closer they are to the characters creating panic. The narrative is a conversation between the two characters but changes to 3rd person at the end. The voices can be viewed either way. Form OWITS is a poem about the universality of war through the use of war affecting the lives of the couple in the poem causing them to run away. There is a sense of betrayal too depending on who you choose to be the first voice and second voice. The poem adopts the ballad form. This is a 18th-19th century form which is part of folk tradition. It is a typical form for Auden with many of his other poems using it such as O Where Are You Going. The imitation of ballad form is used to reflect upon the subject matter of war: there is no time (obscure time choice). It is recognisably in ballad form due to the consistent four beats (in musical terms) for every line. Each stanza is four lines long Structure OWITS uses a quatrain rhyming patter of ABAB. This reflects the 'drumming' of the soldiers. Musically, the poem has four beats to every line. This helps to emulate the sound of drums and the marching of the soldiers developing tension the further on into the poem. The rhythm uses tetrameter alternating between iambics (U /) and anapaests (U U /). There are four feet to every line. The...
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...release a total of 12 songs, 11 in your face songs and one song with a pop vibe a song called “Drive”. Pre-Production for the new record started on July 31st, 2013 with Nick Raskulenicz revealed as the producer. The band started recording in early September at a cabin in Rock Falcon Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. It wasn’t long until the band’s record label Virgin Records, got involved in the making of Stuck. After, reviewing the band’s track list and demos the label rejected the release of 2 songs “Undercover You” and “Deserve This”. Although the song “Drive” was the only intended track to have a pop side to it the label demanded new songs to be written that had a more alternative sound. Several New songs were written including the ballad “Undivided” and the melodic track “Something More” both songs were some of the last songs recorded and were added on Stuck to replace the 2 songs that were removed. For nearly 3 months the band vigorously worked on reinventing the new record in the way the label had ordered it to be making it more diverse and up to date. It was around this time that frontman Rick DeJesus was the verge of ultimately being close quitting music. The pressure of having to talk to suits on a daily basis and...
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...Mrs. Doody English 113 November 11, 2011 The Harlem Renaissance changed America in many ways. It is a time where African-American culture was able to express themselves through different ways in the arts. The Harlem Renaissance took place during the 1920's and 1930's. Langston Hughes is one many great writers that came about during this time. Hughes poetry was a reflection of the African-American culture and Harlem. He spoke about the struggles that he and other African-Americans faced everyday. In a time when America was still known for being “separate but equal” Langston hughes poem “Ballad of the Landlord” shows the treatment and struggle African-Americans faces through the voices of The tenant, landlord then police and the newspaper. “Ballad of the Landlord” is a rhythmic poem written by one of the pioneers of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes. The poem is about a frustrated African-American tenant who lives in a Harlem apartment which is owned by an Caucasian landlord. The reason the African-American tenant is upset, is because he is lives and paying rent in an apartment that is slowly breaking down. He seeks to his landlord to fix his the issues in his apartment but they are ignored. The tenant becomes further frustrated when his landlord claims that he owes 10 dollars in rent. When he refuses to pay the balance until the apartment is repaired, the landlord threatens to evict him. The tenant who is already upset, threatens physical violence, which the landlord...
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..."Geordie" is Child ballad 209, existing in many variants. Contents [hide] 1 Synopsis 2 Text 3 Adaptations 4 Geography 5 See also 6 Recordings 7 References 8 External links Synopsis[edit] The "Geordie" of the title is taken for a crime, to hang; it may be rebellion, murder, horse-stealing, or poaching deer. His wife (or lady) goes to appeal for his life, sometimes refusing offers to marry her, once widowed, along the way. She pleads for his life, mentioned the children she had borne him, usually seven, or twelve; she may still be pregnant with the youngest, or the youngest has never seen his father. In some versions, a ransom is set, and many people give her money, which adds up to enough to buy his life. In others, the wife's attempts are in vain and he is executed. Text[edit] As I walked out over London bridge one misty morning early I overheard a fair pretty maid was lamenting for her Geordie Ah my Geordie will be hanged in a golden chain This is not the chain of many he was born of king's royal breed and lost to a virtuous lady Go bridle me my milk white steed, go bridle me my pony, I will ride to London's court to plead for the life of Geordie Ah my Geordie never stole nor cow nor calf he never hurted any Stole sixteen of the king's royal deer, and he sold them in Bohenny. Two pretty babies have I born the third lies in my body I'd freely part with them every one if you'd spare the life of Geordie The judge looked over his left shoulder he said fair maid I'm sorry...
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...Chánggān Xíng Ballad of Changgan Li Po 妾髮初覆額， Qiè fà chū fù é, [I] [hair] [at first] [cover] [forehead] My hair, when I was young, covered my forehead; 折花門前劇。 zhé huā ménqián jù. [break] [flower] [door] [front] [play] one picked flowers, playing in front of the door. 郎騎竹馬來， Láng qí zhúmǎ lái, [you] [ride] [bamboo] [horse] [come] You came riding a bamboo horse; 遶床弄青梅。 rào chuáng nòng qīngméi. [encircle] [bench] [play with] [blue] [plum] encircling benches, playing with blue plums. 同居長干里， Tóngjū Chánggān lǐ, [together] [live] [Chang] [Gan] [in] We lived together in Changgan, 兩小無嫌猜。 liǎng xiǎo wú xián cāi. [two] [small] [not have] [dislike] [suspicion] two youngsters without dislike or suspicion. 十四為君婦， Shísì wèi jūn fù, [ten] [four] [be] [sir] [wife] At fourteen I became your wife, 羞顏未嘗開。 xiū yán wèicháng kāi. [shy] [face] [not yet] [try] [open] my shy face never trying a smile. 低頭向暗壁， Dītóu xiàng àn bì, [lower] [head] [to] [dark] [wall] I lowered my head to the gloomy wall; 千喚不一回。 qiān huàn bù yī huí. [thousand] [call] [not] [one] [return] of your thousand calls, I did not respond to one. 十五始展眉， Shíwǔ shǐ zhǎnméi, [ten] [five] [begin] [exhibit] [eyebrow] At fifteen my brows began to ease; (→ “I began to beam with smiles.”) 願同塵與灰。 yuàn tóng chén yǔ huī. [willing] [same] [dust] [together] [ashes] willing for our dust and ashes to be together. 常存抱柱信， Cháng cún bào zhù xìn, [forever] [exist] [embrace] [pillar] [trust] Forever...
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...Literary Appreciation Submitted By: Franchesca Shaira J. Apalisok 3rd year Knowledge Submitted to: Ms. Dulce Caisip Table of Contents I. Caedmon by: Venerable Bede I.I Story Map II. Lord Randal III. Bony Barbara Allan Caedmon [pic] Image copy of Cædmon's Hymn in the "Moore" manuscript (737), Cambridge, Kk.5.16, f. 128v, written in Northumbrian. This is the earliest known version of this work. Cædmon ( /ˈkædmən/ or /ˈkædmɒn/) is the earliest English poet whose name is known. An Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (Whitby Abbey) during the abbacy ((657–80) of St. Hilda (614–680), he was originally ignorant of "the art of song" but learned to compose one night in the course of a dream, according to the 8th-century monk Bede. He later became a zealous monk and an accomplished and inspirational religious poet. Cædmon is one of twelve Anglo-Saxon poets identified in medieval sources, and one of only three for whom both roughly contemporary biographical information and examples of literary output have survived. His story is related in the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ("Ecclesiastical History of the English People") by Bede who wrote, "there was in the Monastery of this Abbess a certain brother particularly remarkable for the Grace of God, who was wont to make religious verses...
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...Anecdote for Fathers" taken from Wordsworth's hugely influential "Lyrical Ballads" is a touching rendition of the relationship between father and son. It is a beautiful, simple and uplifting poem representative of the style used throughout Wordsworth's famous collection of poems first published in 1798. The poem features at its heart a conversation from father to son during a walk one day in the glorious Lake District. It immediately opens in a touching and sentimental manner: I have a boy of five years old, His face is fair and fresh to see; His limbs are cast in beauties mould, And dearly he loves me. The simpleness in these lines is immediately apparent. The form and structure of the piece, the light and jovial use of rhyme easily conveys the emotion of gentle and honest love. In the next few lines of the poem he mentions the "dry walk" and the fact that his house is coming into view, which not only sets the scene but is of significance later in the poem. The subtitle for the poem "showing how the art of lying may be taught" starts to become significant in the next verse which is to become one of the main talking points in the poem. The narrator starts to look back over the house which the family used to live in a year ago, or as he says "A long, long year before" and he thinks about the happiness that they had there. He dwells upon their current home and asks his boy Edward which home he prefers, "My little boy, which like you more?" He looks back at his father and...
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...Wordsworth’s Poetry William Wordsworth ← Analysis → Wordsworth’s monumental poetic legacy rests on a large number of important poems, varying in length and weight from the short, simple lyrics of the 1790s to the vast expanses of The Prelude, thirteen books long in its 1808 edition. But the themes that run through Wordsworth’s poetry, and the language and imagery he uses to embody those themes, remain remarkably consistent throughout the Wordsworth canon, adhering largely to the tenets Wordsworth set out for himself in the 1802 preface to Lyrical Ballads. Here, Wordsworth argues that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, rather than in the lofty and elaborate dictions that were then considered “poetic.” He argues that poetry should offer access to the emotions contained in memory. And he argues that the first principle of poetry should be pleasure, that the chief duty of poetry is to provide pleasure through a rhythmic and beautiful expression of feeling—for all human sympathy, he claims, is based on a subtle pleasure principle that is “the naked and native dignity of man.” Recovering “the naked and native dignity of man” makes up a significant part of Wordsworth’s poetic project, and he follows his own advice from the 1802 preface. Wordsworth’s style remains plain-spoken and easy to understand even today, though the rhythms and idioms of common English have changed from those of the early nineteenth century. Many of Wordsworth’s poems (including...
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...Relationship Strategies Vanessa Johnson PSY/220 March 30, 2012 Tricia Henderson Relationship Strategies My only real relationship is with my best friend of over 20 years. It is seriously the only relationship I have been able to maintain, and I totally owe that success to her ability to “stay”. Diane possesses some attributes I lack in the relationship area, she is way more forgiving than I, she is able to wait out the situation when I am upset or hurt, and she never considers ending the relationship. I, on the other hand have a bit of a problem with communication, plus I close up and try to hide when I am hurt or upset with her. So, since our biggest problems stem from me it is my responsibility to try and correct the problems with our relationship. The corrective solutions are that I will try to communicate better, let her know when she has said or done things that offend me, or I am feeling neglected and/or left out. Mainly communicate to stop the situation from festering into something bigger, or immediately let it go. Also, I will be more forgiving; accepting each other’s faults, weaknesses and differences in a positive way and never taking offenses too personal. Lastly, when things get difficult never, ever let it enter my mind to just hide or end the relationship. I believe these steps will help both of us feel safer in our relationship especially when other people are treating us badly. The commitment to grow and overcome the difficulties and not take...
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...Somewhere there is a sock heaven. There must be, for where only one sock can be found the other must exist, somewhere. Did you fall behind the laundry hamper or the dark abyss behind the dresser drawers? Each time I open them I think of you, lonely and scared. Shivering in a dark corner or sucked into a dusty vacuum bag unconscious. Somewhere between the laundry hamper and the closet you disappeared. Do you have commitment issues? Perhaps my feet were too large and you just couldn’t be yourself around me. Or did the odor make your stomach churn? I never meant to drive you away. I swear that I tried to look out for you and wash my feet consistently. I may have forgotten once or twice. It wasn’t you, it was me. Is there a portal in the spin cycle that I don’t know about? Are you somewhere tropical, on the other side of the earth sipping a piña colada and tanning in the sunshine? Did you slip off a counter and go out with the trash? I’m so sorry. I never meant to abandon you. Or did you abandon me? Either way, my toes tremble in your absence. You were faithful to keep my toes warm each day. Did I treat you with the same consideration? You were my lone companion on early morning jogs through fog and rain. I know that sometimes I looked out for myself without considering your feelings. I’m sure that you were as wet and chilly as I. On the coldest of the winter nights you stayed close, soothing me into deep slumber. I will never forget you. I’m sorry I didn’t mend that hole...
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...Being the only girl in my family, I never had any sisters growing up. That was until I met you. Taylor, I knew from the moment when I met you in GSU as my Rho Chi we’d be best friends. I feel like we are the same exact person. From the way we speak, to the way we think and act. Being a family means you are a part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life, no matter what. And That’s exactly how I feel in my Delta Gamma Family. I couldn’t have been accepted in to a more perfect family for me. For the past 12 weeks you’ve watched me grow from a potential new member to a new sister of Delta Gamma. You guided me into being a better person and taught me how to stay true to myself and how to uphold the values of our sorority. Now this is me saying Thank you. Thank you for being a reliable supporting caring big sister to me. Although you’re leaving me in a couple weeks, our sisterhood is not a destination, but a journey that’s just begun. Thankfully you’ll be right around the corner from me in Bloomfield. Im so proud of you for accomplishing so much in your college career. From being in red caps, to becoming a sister in Delta Gamma and now being my perfect big! Congratulations on graduation in a few weeks and good luck in the future. With your determination, pride and integrity you will be successful in anything you put your mind too. Come rain or come shine, low or high tide, always I will stay, right by your side. We’ll always be anchored...
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