sweet‚ deep‚ and wild. It is as dear as the memory of the kisses of one who is now dead‚ and it is as sweet as those kisses that we imagine ourselves bestowing on lovers who actually have loyalties to others. So‚ too‚ is the past as deep as "first love" and as wild as the regret that usually follows this experience. The speaker concludes that the past is a "Death in Life." Form This poem is written in blank verse‚ or unrhymed iambic pentameter. It consists of four five-line stanzas‚ each of which
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HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SYLLABUS Title of the Course: IED 373 British Poetry and Prose II Instructor: Associate Prof Dr. Huriye Reis Year and Term: 2011-2012 Autumn Class Hours: Wednesday 13:00-15:45 (ZNG); huriye@hacettepe.edu.tr I.Aim and Contents: This course aims to present the Renaissance and the seventeenth -century English literature‚ the major conventions‚ themes and writers of these periods through a study of selected poems and
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2012 Dr. Rothwell Paper 2: Poetry Response Taffy Jones The American Dream‚ what is it? Is it realistic? Can everyone attain it? These are some questions that depending on your culture and ethnicity could be answered differently. Imagine being in a culture where the American dream was not attainable due to the color of your skin or the way you looked. Many Americans feel that the American dream is that of money‚ houses‚ and cars. For many it is kindness‚ family and love. Even if your dream is merely
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Poetry Analysis – Whoso List To Hunt “Whoso List To Hunt” is a Petrarchan sonnet by Thomas Wyatt‚ which is known as an Italian sonnet‚ consisting of an octave and a sestet. This sonnet revolves around the themes of unrequited love‚ sexism‚ complexity‚ obsession and passion. Wyatt uses a collection of poetic techniques within the sonnet in order to display the power and desire the man has for the woman. The structure of this sonnet corresponds to a Petrarchan sonnet. This is identified by the
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1.02 Poetry Characteristic She Walks in Beauty | Selected Poem Title: | Initial Response: What does this poem seem to be about? This poem seems to be about a person who’s describing or expressing a girl’s appearance and how her personality is. | | Words: Were the words in this poem difficult or easy to understand? Was there any word or phrase that was powerful to you? The word or phrase that was powerful to me was “She walks
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Steinbeck could have many purposes in publishing his novel‚ Of Mice and Men. One of them was getting his readers to love disabled people through Lennie. People didn’t understand what someone with a disorder was going through in the 30’s. Because of this they saw them as mistakes‚ outcasts. Steinbeck knew otherwise and wanted to have that idea reversed by creating a lovable character like Lennie Small. “If you don’t want me I can g off in the hills an’ find a cave. I can go away any time.”(Steinbeck
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The bond between an individual and their homeland is always strong even though they may be distant from each other. Grace Nichols’ poem ‘Island Man’ conveys this relationship. The poem emphasises on the immigrant experience‚ the contrast between the two environments‚ and the past and the present. This poem highlights the split in identity that immigrants feel. An individual may leave their homeland‚ but it will always remain within them. In the poem ‘Island Man’‚ the island man fells nostalgic as
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When we read poems‚ we don’t exactly interpret the meaning of it automatically. It takes us a shot‚ or two‚ or three to fully understand the meaning of it or at least have your own interpretation. In the poem In a Station of the Metro‚ written by Ezra Pound‚ one of the themes that are presented is modernization. Nowadays‚ the metro isn’t the place where people want to be because of its lousy appearance‚ the people seem a little odd for others‚ and in other words people don’t like taking it because
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If I tell you I have suffered a loss that has caused agony and despair‚ would you understand? If I announce my joyous experiences‚ would you share in my happiness? Marshall Rosenberg once said‚ “empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person’s pain.” It is through the ability to see the world through the eyes of others. In one of my favorite poems‚ Mother to Son by Langston Hugh‚ a mother reflects on her time of hardship while she passes down words of wisdom to her son. The expressive and
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Variations of Love There are many ways of finding ideal love. There is love that can be promising with no flaws and there is love that can be impossible to fine. John Donne wrote two poems that show a negative and a positive view on love. The “Song‚” by Donne talks about the struggle of love in the narrator’s life and the view of women. It is a very short poem‚ but has a very powerful meaning towards women‚ that they are dishonest and are very deceiving. It has a very negative tone and he tends
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