There is lots of good open relationships, but there are also bad ones due to our society supposedly. In Perry Patetic claim, he argues that bad relationships come from are fast moving society. The author supports his statement by first saying that you have a fast moving society equipped with cars, trains and planes. He continues by saying it would be easy to move, the author's purpose is to convince the audience to stay in the same location in order so that we can have a close, supportive relationship that people in former generations enjoyed. The author sets up a convincing tone for the audience.…
Holden notices two nuns with cheap looking suitcases. He immediately judges them based on the appearance of their suitcases.Holden says that he doesn’t like cheap suitcases because they do not look as nice. He is not just talking about suitcases, he means people who are in different economic positions than his. This shows how Holden, who grew up going to private schools where almost all the boys were from rich families, wasn’t used to being around someone who was from a lower class or someone who wasn’t as rich as he was. Holden talks about his old roommate, Dick Slagle who had an inexpensive suitcase wanted to be perceived as rich and looked upon as a higher classman from his peers. This is an example of the 1950’s superiority complex, Dick…
Nathanial Hawthorne had a way of intertwining imagery and symbolism into one. He could put the two together to create an ominous mood throughout his story “Young Goodman Brown”. The focus on the use of symbolism and imagery helps imply the theme, that no one can escape sin, in the story. Hawthorne uses this theme to denounce puritan attitudes and hypocrisy.…
In the fearful mindset of the Cold War, in the wake of loss and growth, both terrible and good, William Faulkner encouraged hope, and the enduring spirit of young writers globally. Through the utilization of driving questions and repetition, Faulkner gradually built an argument for hopefulness, amplifying his point with each passing sentence of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech.…
written by Anonymous as the basis for my interpretive essay. In this poem the author is trying to explain how perfection is only an idea and how everyone is imperfect in their own perfect way. The message of this poem is that we created perfection to strive for it. The most important line in this poem is “You strive to be “perfect.” This is the most important one because it represents the message that the author is trying to convey.…
My emotional state of when doing this unit is not pleasant. I dislike this unit very much because it had no real life purpose to myself. I disagreed with some of the ideas present in this unit. The secondary source that I picked to represent my emotions during this unit is a poem that talks about hate.…
In “Convergence of the Twain,” Thomas Hardy describes the greatness of the Titanic and the vanity that embodied its doom, radiating an admiring, yet regretful tone towards the events of April 14, 1912.…
“On the Grasshopper and Cricket” by John Keats is a one stanza poem with interesting rhyme scheme. The poem is one stanza but seems divided in two for summer and winter. For the summer portion (first eight lines) the rhyme scheme is ABBAABB. The winter portion (remaining six lines) the rhyme scheme is ABCABC. This irregular rhyme scheme helps to further divide the poem into two parts within the same stanza. The intent of the author is to express his admiration for nature through his observations and show how everything has its own place in the natural world. He cherishes how the grasshopper and cricket thrive within nature with the warmth of a song, as well as enduring the harsher seasons regarding weather. They do this through adaptation such as finding a warm stove during the cold or hiding in a tree from the hot sun. The tone of the author is appreciative. We can see this by his repetition of the idea that the poetry of earth is immortal. Also, he admires the cricket and grasshopper’s ability to persevere so the poetry of earth will persist as well.…
There is something to be said for a man who can look deeply into his profession and define exactly what is that he does. The deaths of many men have passed without a definition of their lives, or a true understanding of what they do. In his poem "On Modern Poetry," Wallace Stevens attempts to define his life's work and his passion. To a poet "On Modern Poetry" serves as both a guidebook and a wonderful example of what makes poetics an amazing art. Stevens uses his talent to explain his talent, taking the reader on a wonderful journey through the process of poem creation, and through the human mind. The aforementioned guidelines that Wallace details in "On Modern Poetry" are dead on and may have shaped the way that poems are created to this day. He captured the true essence of poetics while allowing the reader to continue doing their job, using their mind and their imagination. Stevens weaves a visual path through the job description of a poem and leaves the reader wondering what is said, and how to take it.…
The first sentence is marked with symbolism and a metaphor, it explains the dilemma one faces while making decisions. With a sorrowful tone he says that although he would like to choose both, he must choose one. The divergence in the trails symbolizes the differences in the two choices. By saying “one traveler”, Frost points out that he is alone. He looks down both paths but can only see up to a certain distance. This shows that he has to make a selection but he does not know what it might lead to. Thus, he continues to look down on the road trying to make a decision.…
Robert Browning used his poetry as a way of self-determination as many of the ideas expressed in his poems go against the current of the Victorian era. His poetry should be included in the texts list for the HSC because they not only offer examples of classic poetry but also provide insights into the 19th century English society in terms of behaviour, gender roles and religion. Three poems that are fine examples of this are "Porphyria's Lover", "My Last Duchess" and "The Laboratory." "Porphyria's lover" presents a man who is so restricted by his society's traditions and mores that he is driven to murder and sees it as a just action. "My Last Duchess" introduces a Duke who becomes consumed by his need to feel superior and in complete control, which also leads him to murder. "The Laboratory" concerns a woman driven by jealousy, defying all morals to achieve her own wants.…
Having outlined the nature of leisure in general, the more specific definition of leisure can be described with some exactitude how the concept may and may not be applied. In the first place, leisure should be distinguished from free time, that is, time left free not only from regular employment but also from overtime and from time spent in travel to and from the work place. Free time includes leisure, as well as all the other activities that take place outside the context of gainful employment. The personal needs of eating, sleeping, and caring for one’s health and appearance, as well as familial, social, civic, and religious obligations, must all be attended in one’s free time. Leisure, by contrast, will be described here as having four basic characteristics, two of which can be called negative, since they refer to the absence of certain social obligations, and two positive, since they are defined in terms of personal fulfillment (“Leisure,” Encyclopedia.com).…
A rose symbolize a beauty. Beauty that comes with kindness, softness and also calmness. A rose is a very beautiful flower and also expensive. In this poem, it could symbolizes as opportunity or something that you really wish for.…
George Herbert was born in Montgomery, Wales, on April 3, 1593, the fifth son of Richard and Magdalen Newport Herbert. After his father 's death in 1596, he and his six brothers and three sisters were raised by their mother, patron to John Donne who dedicated his Holy…
In the second line that says “That perches in the soul” I believe she means the hope comes from the spirit, from very deep down in your heart. She is using another metaphor comparing a bird sitting on its perch, as our spirit is or where hope sits.…