by Seamus Heaney and “Stop All The Clocks” by W. H. Auden are beautifully opposite poems about family and love. By using two opposite themes‚ imageries and rhymes‚ both poems bring to reader different feeling. The first similar thing between “Digging” and “Stop all clocks” is their theme. Both of them talk about their personal experience. However‚ the reader still can find the difference when they read these poems. In “Digging” by Seamus Heaney‚ the readers can see the multiple themes. The first
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Louis MacNeice’s and Thom Gun’s poems use the first voice to look at birth through babies’ eyes. They help us see that babies‚ unborn or newborn‚ are living but powerless beings. They can think and feel but cannot make decisions or changes in their lives. MacNeice’s piece is burdened with desperate pleas from the womb for a chance to live while Gunn’s poem takes on a lighter tone towards a newborn’s protest to leaving the comfortable and familiar womb. Written in the form of a prayer‚ the "Prayer
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Gabriel Rossetti and ‘Continuum’ by Allen Curnow are both poems that deal with a sense of detachment the poet experiences. In ‘Continuum’‚ Curnow illustrates his mental state of being uninspired and slightly abashed at his lack of poetic inspiration whereas in ‘The Woodspurge’‚ Rossetti describes his depressive condition‚ possibly due to relationship issues. Both poets seem to be stuck‚ and remain trapped in their minds throughout the poems. ‘Continuum’ begins with Curnow depicting the moon rolling
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or free. But‚ Flatman remains as one of the most downloaded games‚ not only among kids‚ but also teens and adults. Chances are‚ they find this game interesting‚ simple‚ yet challenging. Flatman is very popular for its various unique forms‚ in which the main character called ‘Flatman’ can change its form into circle‚ square and triangle. Well‚ this game may not be familiar to some people‚ though it was downloaded by millions of users since it was launched in the mid of 2015. Flatman is the ‘savior’
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Comparison of Two Poems Why is it that people write poems? Sometimes‚ it seems that authors write poems to confuse or to mislead. As most would know‚ poems aren’t actually written for that purpose. They are written to amuse and enlighten in a critical thinking way. Poems are like secret passages with deep meanings within the lines and rhythms; after being pulled apart and analyzed‚ they can leave your mind blown. I will be comparing “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke with another poem titled “Those
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writes about situations he was in at a one point of his life. He explains an experience he was in as a young police reporter and driving to a seen‚ where the grandfather back over this granddaughter. When he drives up he sees all the media and the police gather around the grandfather. The grandfather couldn’t even grasp the concept of what happened yet‚ before news reporters and photographers are invading his property‚ life and time with his family to grieve over his granddaughter. When Thom sees
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The first Thom McAn store was opened in New York in 1922‚ when Ward Melville and J. Franklin McElwain- a New Hampshire shoe manufacturer- decided to develop a method to mass-produce shoes and distribute them at low prices through a chain of stores. McAn stores offered a few simple styles of men’s shoes at the fixed price of $3.99. Despite the lack of variety‚ the discounting scheme was an immediate success‚ and new stores were opened all over the Northeast. Throughout the 1930s‚ Melville continued
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poems NEUTRAL TONES by: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) E stood by a pond that winter day‚ And the sun was white‚ as though chidden of God‚ And a few leaves lay on the starving sod‚ --They had fallen from an ash‚ and were gray. Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles solved years ago; And some words played between us to and fro-- On which lost the more by our love. The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have strength to die; And a grin of
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readily strown Blisses about my pilgrimage as pain. HAP ANALYSIS Firstly the word ’hap ’ means ’that which happens by chance. ’ The poem is a sonnet‚ although it is presented as three stanzas in that the traditional octave is split into two stanzas each of four lines and the sestet is a stanza on its own. The rhyme scheme is every other line rhymes. The poem reflects an atheist’s philosophy of life and is told from the point of view of a young man. The major themes in the poem are faith‚ and suffering
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It’s A Woman’s World “It’s A Woman’s World” written by Eavan Boland is a poem about how woman should embrace their strengths. It’s a Woman’s World” focuses on issues of female identity and how the contributions of women have been overlooked. The speaker of Eavan Boland’s poem‚ seems to intend irony with the title of this poem‚ she is not saying this is a woman’s world‚ but rather speaks of the world from the woman’s point of view. Boland shows her views that women‚ who are placed in less harsh
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