John Clare’s Struggle for Identity “It could be argued that all Romanic poets were obsessed with (this) problem of identity. What is remarkable about Clare is that he confronts this problem of his proper place with such persistence and determination that it has become a central aspect of all his writing” Clare was a labourer and was also a peasant poet. These roles presented problems with finding an identity for himself. He often felt lost, stuck between the now: surrounded with mental health issues
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Dog’s Death Pamela R. Chappell ENG 125 Instructor: Danielle Slaughter October 28, 2013 Dog’s Death ------------------------------------------------- Dog's Death John Updike She must have been kicked unseen or brushed by a car. Too young to know much, she was beginning to learn To use the newspapers spread on the kitchen floor And to win, wetting there, the words, "Good dog! Good dog!" 5 We thought her shy malaise was a shot reaction. The autopsy disclosed a rupture in her liver. As we teased her with play
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of what the poem is actually about, or what themes the poet is trying to draw on. 2) The use of repetition in the 11th stanza – Love, love There are other uses of repetition such as “You are” and “Let the” Repetition is usually used within poetry because the writer is trying to express an emotion or a phrase. In Plath’s case, 3) In the eighth stanza of the poem, the focus begins to change. In the first seven stanzas, Plath appears to be talking about herself, however, after her use
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Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje are both Canadian authors who have achieved worldwide recognition in the past century. It is known that they often read each other’s work for inspirations. The two poems, “A Sad Child” (Atwood) and “To a Sad Daughter” (Ondaatje) were written within one decade, between the years of 1985 to 1995. In spite of similar titles, the two poems are fundamentally unlike each other. The poetic devices, structures, tones and themes of these two poems can be compared and contrasted
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Richard Cory By Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) Wherever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, “Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich—yes, richer than a king— And admirably schooled in every grace: In fine, we thought that he was everything
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In the poem “The Bull Moose” by Alden Nowlan, the poem expresses man’s separation from nature and Nowlan’s blatant disgust towards modern society. The use of poetic devices, symbolism and imagery illustrates the comparison between past societies and modern society, to prove if man has strayed too far from nature. In Alden Nowlan’s “The Bull Moose”, the bull moose arrives at a “pole-fenced pasture” after “lurching through forests of white spruce and cedar” (Nowlan 2-5). The townspeople all around
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Student Name Professor Obermeier ENG 200 28 February 2001 He's Only Kidding, Right?: Warnings in Shakespeare's "Sonnet 95." William Shakespeare is the master of subtle humor and sexual puns. In his "Sonnet 95," a poem to a blond young man, both are seen while pointing out a couple of realities about sexual sin. He speaks directly to a young man whose physical beauty compensates for his lack of sexual morality. Shakespeare would like for this young man to realize that his
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Poetry is an art form in which people can express their opinions and feelings about certain ideas. Poetry communicates an idea, a sentiment or concept significant to the poet’s life, Bruce Dawe’s “Americanized” develops a concern of human attitudes towards cultural imperialism and consumerism. To depict these ideas, Dawe characterises a mother and son as America and a younger, developing nation. The poet imparts a concept of America’s consumerist society indoctrinating other nations with their western
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The two poems successfully bring about the emotions of sadness and loss by conflicting feelings dealing with death. Both the poems are narrated from the parent’s view addressing his or her child that has died or is about to, and this brings about emotions of grief in the reader as well. The two poems set the mood and atmosphere in the first stanza. In “Refugee mother and child” Chinua Achebe says “for a son she would soon have to forget” brings about sadness and loss because she cannot do anything
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Chu Quynh Huong (Sophie) English 4U Mr. Burton September 23, 2013 Poem Analysis: Please Don’t Take My Air Jordans Please Don’t Take My Air Jordans is a poem written by Reg E.Gaines, tells a story of a person killing another person for a pair of Air Jordans. Lemon Anderson then helps to demonstrate it by saying it aloud with expressions so that people can actually feel the meaning of the poem. Different sound devices can be found such as rhyme/meter, assonance, and onomatopoeia in the poem and
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