English Close Reading Analysis The poem Mariana by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson was published in 1830 and is the text I have chosen to do closely analyze. The subject matter of the poem was taken from one of Shakespeare’s plays titled “Measure for Measure”‚ and the line: “Mariana in the moated grange‚” gave Tennyson the inspiration to write of a young woman waiting for her lover. The two texts share a common theme of abandonment‚ as in Shakespeare’s play the young woman is also diligently awaiting
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Chiltern mentions her attendance of the Women’s Liberation Association. Societal values were on a much more conservative track in that time as well. “Ideal” men were a necessity for the time. Victorian values put down the idea of the “dandy” such as Lord Goring‚ and praised men who had high power political positions and white-washed reputations ("An Ideal Husband: Context."). Robert Chiltern is the epitome of what Victorian society deemed the “ideal” man at that time; a man with high standing and deep
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I. Introduction For many years‚ Tennyson has attracted readers by what Edmond Gosse called "the beauty of the atmosphere which Tennyson contrives to cast around his work‚ molding it in the blue mystery of twilight‚ in the opaline haze of sunset." He is one of the greatest representative figures of the Victorian Age. His writing incorporates many poetic styles and includes some of the finest idyllic poetry in the language. He is one of the few poets to have produced acknowledged masterpieces
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Write about the ways Tennyson tells the story in ‘Tithonus’ Tennyson tells the story of Tithonus with very mixed emotions. One minute he is in the depths of despair‚ and next confessing his desire for his lover. In Tithonus‚ a variety of techniques are used to show the narrator’s thoughts and feelings. One of the techniques involved is repetition. ‘Ay me! ay me!’ This repetition hints at how strong his despair is‚ slowly decaying but not dying as an immortal. The exclamation marks show that
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epigrammatic essayist‚ playwright and poet in his own right ‚ one may observe his thoughts ‚ his portrayal of human nature with its subtleties ‚to be suffused with cynicism and highly flawed. His “mistakes”‚ which notably include falling in love with Alfred Douglas‚ earned him –reputation of a dissolute pervert‚ a highly publicized trial‚ and a term in the prison- and nearly finished him as a writer. Still after his death‚ Douglas described him as‚ “greatest force of evil that has appeared in Europe
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John Keats (1795-1821) TO AUTUMN. 1. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness‚ Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees‚ And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd‚ and plump the hazel shells With
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subjectivity but on reality and closely observed detail. What this paper aims for is to demonstrate that Tennyson’s poem Ulysses is written in the form of a dramatic monologue and to show how the poem functions as a vehicle for the poet’s world-view. Alfred Tennyson’s entire poem is spoken by a single character as it is indicated by the large number of verbs and pronouns in the first person singular. The audience he speaks to is silent. The speaker is a classic‚ heroic figure in a classic situation‚
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Short Writing 4 The presentation of war in the poems written by Odin and Alfred Lord Tennyson compared to poems written by Wilfred Owen is vastly different. Both shed vastly different light on the subject of one dying for his country. The main fundamental ideological difference of the two given poems by Odin and Tennyson is that they believe when one dies in war‚ they should be honored and celebrated‚ and it should be considered a glorious death‚ while Wilfred Owen believes a death in war is
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In “Ulysses” by Tennyson we examine two different male roles through the father and the son. The father’s role is an adventurer‚ explorer and fighter. This is a common role for Victorian men because they were charged with the responsibility to explore colonies and claim land for the glory of the empire. The father craves "to sail beyond the sunset‚ and the baths/ of all the western starts‚ until [he] die[s]" (Tennyson 60-61). Socially this is an accepted male duty and role. This role is contrasted
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than his body. "We are not now that strength which in old days /Moved earth and heaven‚ that which we are‚ we are- /One equal temper of heroic hearts‚ /Made weak by time and fate‚ but strong in will /To strive‚ to seek‚ to find‚ and not to yield." Tennyson had some tragedies in his life‚ and wrote about them in his poetry. But like all humans there is always hope and optimism that things will change for the
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