...Ancient Egypt Love Poems Ancient Egypt literature and poetry foundation and growth were religious basses and beliefs. In a short amount of time, poetry evolved to deal with people ordinary lives and had a great place among Ancient Egyptian civilization. They wrote religious hymns, plays, dramatic poetry, songs, and in particular love poetry. Ancient Egyptians started and utilized strong literature in order to efficiently communicate their feeling that it affected other cultures, yet these master pieces lack names and titles. These master pieces are originally written inside tomb walls, papyrus and limestone which celebrates the pleasures of food, music, dance, and love. Ancient Egypt Love Poems are significant in our literature because they are one of the first recordings of human literary works and sure enough the earliest example of love poetry. It took them a long time to create these magnificent pieces of literature in writing, but before that oral poetry was part of their tradition; composition of Hymns, stories, and prayers that were passed down from a generation to another orally. The reason was that only a few could read and write in a city and they were more likely royals and merchandisers. Egyptian invented hieroglyphic writing to help their trade system for recording their merchants; later on, they used this writing in tombs in order to compose biographies, narrative poems, and songs. Soon after, Egyptian came up with a new system of writing, hieratic script, which...
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...Students Name Instructor’s Name Course Date The theme of love in Li Qingzhao's poetry Li Qingzhao is one of the best-known poets in China and the entire Asian community who wrote several poems in the 12th century. She was born in 1084 in J’nan, Shandong province to an aristocratic and scholarly family that was dedicated to educating their daughters. Her father was a professor at the Imperial Academy and also a prose writer whereas her mother was a writer of poetry. Qingzhao acquired extensive knowledge of literature and classics in her teenage as she also remained devoted and focused on her academics. Literary work was part of her life; even as a young girl she wrote delightful little lyrics on her outings to the near beauty spots. She stood up in a literary world that was dominated by men in an unusual way at that particular period as Chinese women were actively discouraged from any form of writing. She pressed on and her determination of creating her space in the male literary tradition never died (Ring). At eighteen, she got married to Zhao Mingcheng-a student at the Imperial Academy- in the year 1101 and lived in Shandong; he later died in 1129. Fortunately, they both had a mutual interest in art collection and epigraphy, and they collected many books as a result. They enjoyed touring the city and the neighborhoods and many other places in quest of favorite antiques and the ancient books that helped in refining of her poetic style. Zhao was mostly absent after he started...
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...marie claire - Readership Profile Readership Profile 000's Readership All People All Women All Men Grocery Buyers Grocery Buyers with Kids in HH People with Kids in HH 429 381 49 331 127 169 Profile % % 2.3% 4% .5% 2.7% 3.2% 2.5% Mag. 100% 88.6% 11.4% 77% 29.5% 39.3% Pop. 100% 50.6% 49.4% 65.3% 20.6% 35.5% All People 000's Age 14 - 17 years 18 - 24 years 25 - 34 years 35 - 49 years 50 - 64 years 65 years and over Socio-Economic AB C D E FG Occupation Work Full Time Work Part Time Not Employed State Breakdown New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Darwin/Alice Springs 27 69 109 124 74 27 123 88 96 73 50 167 137 126 154 122 63 35 49 6 1 Profile % % 2.4% 3.1% 3.3% 2.6% 1.8% .8% 3.2% 2.3% 2.5% 1.9% 1.3% 2.3% 3.6% 1.6% 2.4% 2.6% 1.6% 2.5% 2.4% 1.4% .8% Mag. 6.3% 16% 25.3% 28.8% 17.3% 6.2% 28.6% 20.5% 22.3% 16.9% 11.7% 38.8% 31.9% 29.3% 35.9% 28.4% 14.6% 8.1% 11.4% 1.4% .2% Pop. 6% 11.9% 17.6% 25.1% 22% 17.3% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 39% 20.2% 40.8% 33.9% 25.1% 20.1% 7.4% 10.6% 2.2% .6% NOTE: Personal income is based on full time workers only Source: Roy Morgan Readership Survey March 2013 Copyright 2007 Pacific Magazines. All rights reserved. Last Update : 30-Oct-2013 marie claire - Rates Rates Spend Casual 20,601 25,751 22,661 41,202 47,382 12,361 9,270 55,623 24,721 27,811 3x 20,087 25,109 22,096 40,174 46,200 12,052 9,039 54,235 24,104 27,117 6x 19,572 24,465 21,529 39,144 45,016 11,743 8,807 52,844 23,486 26,422 9x 19,058 23...
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...Compare and Contrast the poem ‘Sonnet CXXX’ by William Shakespeare and an extract describing Iranian love poetry from the book Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour published in 2009. The poem and text are connected the the techniques used by the poets to describe women in love poetry. Shakespeare’s sonnet, written for his mistress the Dark Lady is part of his sequence parodies of Petrarchan blazon objectification of the female form, similarly the extract from Censoring an Iranian Love Story explores the technique used by Iranian Sufi poets in the past, the humour here is also tongue in cheek as the narrator makes reference to body parts that were ignored in comparisons as their use would be considered inappropriate. The form and structure of of both texts vary, Text A is a Shakespearean sonnet with a abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme with a volta before a couplet, whilst using iambic pentameter in a first person setting. Text A additionally uses caesurae to present stereotypical images of idealised beauty. Text B on the other hand is a single paragraph of continuous prose and detailed descriptions which similarly are used to portray the ideals associated with Iranian beauty, Text B however uses a third person narration. Text A written for Shakespeare’s mistress uses comparative nouns to describe desired qualities of an Elizabethan woman, and the qualities which have been bestowed own his mistress. He does this by pairing nouns such as “red”,“coral” as...
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...possibly hinder you I love you more than Sheldon loves his Meemaw everyone in the elders believed. That the demon was peeved Scientists are urged to seek contact with aliens gone the silken shroud Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Poetry of Play and Pleasure romance and again divined? Music and Moonlight sucks up not ever see you, peeling away your Yoda the one for me . Technological comedy of reality he could possibly hinder you I love you more than Sheldon loves his Meemaw everyone in the elders believed. That the demon was peeved Scientists are urged to seek contact with aliens gone the silken shroud Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Poetry of Play and Pleasure romance and again divined? Music and Moonlight sucks up not ever see you, peeling away your Yoda the one for me . Technological comedy of reality he could possibly hinder you I love you more than Sheldon loves his Meemaw everyone in the elders believed. That the demon was peeved Scientists are urged to seek contact with aliens gone the silken shroud Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Probe is ‘best way to find intelligent life...so Poetry of Play and Pleasure...
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...ABSTRACT John Donne is acknowledged as the master of metaphysical poetry and is admired for his talent and magnificent wit exercised in his writing. Metaphysical poetry is a special branch of poetry that deals with the pedagogic use of intellect and emotion in a harmonic manner. The basic praxis of metaphysical poetry is to highlight the philosophical view of nature and its ambience concerning human life. Despite criticisms from various corners, Donne and his other companions remained busy with their work to concentrate on metaphysical poetry to portray the feelings and sentiments of human beings by dint of their skillful and artful literary accomplishments. This paper is to address the outstanding performance of John Donne in the arena of metaphysical poetry and it endeavours to make a critical assessment of the diverse issues allembracing metaphysical poetry as well as to establish the relevance of metaphysical poetry in the literary realm. ______________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION ―Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere This bed thy centre is, these walls, thy sphere‖ The Sun Rising: John Donne The startling conversational lines marvellously enumerate the poet‘s intense appeal to spread the beams of sun on the lovers‘ world as a mark of illuminating the macrocosmic world and beckon the readers to enter into a new realm of poetry with a sense of attachment and belonging between different objects of nature...
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...The Gateway between Poetry Sappho of Lesbos and Egyptian Love Poems share similarities but also have quite a few differences as well. Their themes and poetic styles in their works of poetry align in some ways, yet differ in others. They both have a sense of eroticism and passion within their works of poetry as well. Love songs or love poems are found in many cultures. Most of the love poems deal with intense emotion and a lust for life. Being able to analyze the roots of their existence can help to understand the context of the poetry all together. When we look at the history of Egyptian love poems they seem to parallel a lot with other near eastern traditions. Writing was quite significant in the Egyptian society as a means to convey cultural...
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...Answer : Metaphysical poetry, in an etymological sense, is poetry on subjects which exist beyond the physical world. In other words, it is a type of poetry dealing with abstract or philosophical subjects such as love, religion, God, beauty, faith and so on. But in reality the poetry which comprises the ideas or aspects that – physical love leading to spiritual union or religious, argumentative presentation of emotion, terseness of expression, use of conceit and wit in profusion, skillful use of colloquial language instead of Elizabethan lucid diction with the abrupt opening can be considered to be metaphysical. Originally the term ‘ Metaphysical Poetry ’ was coined by John Dryden and later popularised by Samuel Johnson and the features of the school which unite the various authors are quite numerous. As well as making widespread use of conceit, paradox and punning, the metaphysical poets drew their imagery from all sources of knowledge particularly from science, theology, geography and philosophy. However, John Donne is the founder of the school of metaphysical poetry and the other practitioners of the type of poetry are Crashaw, Cowley, Denham, Davenant, Herbert, Marvell , Vaughan and Waller . The most striking quality of Donne’s poetry is the use of metaphysical conceit which is a figure of speech in which two far fetched objects or images of very different nature are compared. It surprises its readers by its ingenious discovery and delights them by...
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...How do I love thee? Let me the ways. These meaningful words were spoken by Elizabeth, a prestiged English poet who lived from 1806 to 1861. Barrett fell in love with a peer of her poetry. Another famous poet Robert Browning. Together Barrett and Browning lived a very loving and eventful relationship throughout their lives together. Ultimately this adverse relationship led to the creation of some of the most beautiful poetry of the 19th century.Barrett's poetry changed significantly when she fell in love with Browning. The love letters they provided to one another provided a better personal insight into the writer's love, thoughts, feelings, and experiences than the poetry before they started sending these love letters. For instance, when...
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...Did you know that there was 574 letters between Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning? Different events happen in every person’s life. Since those events change people, they begin to see or do things differently. Elizabeth Browning was an example of this. The major events in Elizabeth’s life began to greatly influence her poetry. One event that influenced Elizabeth’s poetry was illness. For example, Alicia Kim writes, “During these years in London, however, her ill health worsened, forcing her to spend a year with her favorite brother Edward . . .” (Source 1). Then Elizabeth explained in her poem, “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach when feeling out of sight” (Source 3). This example showed that her...
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...philosophy and style by analyzing his poems profusely is similar to finding a needle in a haystack. The reasoning behind the hardship is attributed to Hardy’s unconventional style of poetry which is influenced by events in his life. Consequently by researching into Hardy’s life, there were connections to his poetic style and its’ inspiration. By making use of eccentric syntax and melancholic tone, Thomas Hardy creates a sense of nostalgia, which is influenced by his personal life and especially the death of his wife, Emma. Thomas Hardy was born in Stinsford, United Kingdom in 1840. He was born in a country where poetry dominated literature and where arguably some of the greatest poets lived including William Shakespeare. Most of his poetry got published in the later part of his life. He also wrote many famous novels to support himself financially. Some of his poetry was inspired by his first wife Emma, to whom he paid little attention to while she was alive. His works include regretful elegies inspired by his late wife. His poems have the effect of longing and nostalgia, solidified by odd syntax and diction. His other works are mostly about uncertainty of fate, time and change, and the relationship between man and nature. Hardy was a Victorian realist and he was also inspired by William Wordsworth poetry style of Romanticism. Hardy was a hardcore idealist and realist as he represented things in life as they really are and not making them out to be paradises as some poets do. He remarried...
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...Fenton ENGL 1102 3/24/2014 The Complexity behind Love Literary Modernism can be argued as one of the most innovated movements in literature there has been so far. Beginning around early 1920’s, modernism of literature started as artists started to break down the traditional styles and become more creative and unrestricted with their works. One major change from this movement is how poetry became more intricate and open for different interpretations to the readers. One poet of this movement is Marianne Moore who wrote many of her popular pieces in this era. Many of her works included modernists’ techniques that became more common such as allusions and irony which aided in the complexity of her poems. Despite common interpretations, in Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry”, Marianne uses the description of natural reactions and complex imagery to describe her input on love in that time instead of addressing what constructs poetry. First of all, probably the most notable, is the complexity of Marianne’s imagery. In this poem, Marianne uses imagery of human reactions, unusual human and animal actions, and objects to convey her message. Such as in lines 6 and 7, “Hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can stand if it must.” Maureen claims that these lines create a fearful image that based upon an unlikely assumption that Marianne talks about the fear of bad poetry (Mills 1710). By using the more consistent viewpoint, love, Marianne uses these phrases to describe the common...
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...words that we apprehend, categorize, and even think and feel and know our world. We even interpret our most important experiences (like falling in love) in terms of the words our culture uses to talk about them. When I taught my composition courses in college, I presented my classes with two theories about the relationship between language and reality. I called the one most people assume to be true the Expressive Theory, and I called the one I still think is true the Creative Theory. According to both, of course, "things are what we say they are." But in the case of the Expressive Theory the emphasis is on "are" ("things are what we say they are"), whereas in the case of the Creative Theory the emphasis is on "say" ("things are what we say they are"). What this simple scheme tells us is that words come before meaning, words give rise to meaning. But once words have given rise to meaning, it seems to most of us that meaning came before words. That's just how "creative" of our realities words actually are. Poetry is art by means of words. The word itself is of Greek origin and its etymological meaning is "making" (to say that someone is a poet is to call him or her a "maker"). This oldest of the human arts was born in song (and dance). Rhythm and rhyme (and reason) go hand-in-hand when it comes to poetry. Though the language of poetry is the language of emotions, it is not devoid of rationality either. In a good poem the head is the head of the heart, even as it is the heart...
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...What Poetry Means to Me I definitely love poetry ! When I read poetry I escape from reality, and it helps me relieve stress and understand myself better. Poetry to me is art, emotions, therapy for the soul, imagination, love, hurt, and more all in one reading. Also, I like poetry because it is succinct, and sometimes I have to concentrate on every word in order to detect the meaning that the author intended. It is like a puzzle. Despite the fact that we studied poems of famous poets of different cultures and time periods in school which I loved and influenced my perception of classical poetry, my great love of poetry began in my youth, in the nineteen seventies. It was the years of "street poetry" in my city of Baku. I often heard the poems more than read them because many young poets wrote controversial poems, and they were not printed because of strict Soviet censors. Often I heard only a few stanzas or lines of poetry, which were loved, remembered, and mostly passed through word of mouth. At that time many students and young people developed a passionate love of poetry. At that time I thought that this mystery lied in the verbal texture - a certain pattern of harmonies and visual images, which carried the energy and beauty. Later, when large collections began to appear, and even whole books written by poets whom I knew, I had the opportunity to look at each poet in a different way. In my mind, seeing the written word created a new concept for me, which could...
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