Title of poem means A question asking the general who is this person. Paraphrase parts of the Poem I’m irrelevant. Who are you? Are you irrelevant too? Then that makes two of us. Don’t tell anyone. They tell everybody. How sad it is to actually be relevant. How popular they are. Like the sounds of a frog. To talk about someone. The whole year round. To a certain extent. Connotation of some of the words – changing literal meaning to implied or associated values The poem is constituted
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upon a time”) In a world of poetry for CXC written by MarkMcwatt and Hazel Simmons-McDonald there are two poems “ Forgive my guilt’ and ‘ Once upon a time” which illustrates the wrongful acts of innocent minded children. Childhood experiences to me are the hyper and innocent yet so passionate phase in one’s life. Each poem deals with different situations create contrasting moods. The poems also elicit different responses from the reader. ‘Once upon a time” written by Gabriel Okara tells the story
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With an almost identical name‚ the two poems‚ "Mosquitoes" by David Campbell and "Mosquito" by John Updike share the theme on mosquitoes. However‚ both composers had used different language techniques and tone to express their differing opinions on mosquitoes. Whereas Campbell describes mosquitoes as "our babies"‚ Updike displays mosquitoes in a more negative view such as our opponent. In addition to presenting and sharing the same subject‚ the poems also similar in the following ways‚ such as the
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“Jabberwocky” and “Eating Alone” Are “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll and “Eating Alone” by Li-Young Lee similar or very different? Both poems have a constant meter. Also‚ both poems have multiple examples of alliteration. As a difference‚ “Jabberwocky” has rhyme but “Eating Alone” does not. Despite “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll and “Eating Alone” by Li-Young Lee both being popular poems they are very different. Both “Jabberwocky” and “Eating Alone” have a constant meter. “Jabberwocky” in every stanza has 8
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William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. He belonged to the Protestant‚ Anglo-Irish minority that had controlled the economic‚ political‚ social‚ and cultural life of Ireland since at least the end of the seventeenth century. Most members of this minority considered themselves English people who merely happened to have been born in Ireland‚ but Yeats was staunch in affirming his Irish nationality. Although he lived in London for fourteen
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works (“A Coat”‚ “The Fool by the Roadside”‚ “Two Songs of a Fool”‚ etc.)‚ Yeats is continually portraying the actions of humans towards love as foolish. Furthermore‚ "Cap and Bells came to Yeats in a dream most likely steaming from his obsessive infatuation he had for Maud Gonne. Being an acclaimed actress‚ Yeats most likely perceived Gonne as exceeding him in status; her queen and him the jester. Like many of Yeats poems‚ “The Cap and Bells” develops a lyrical tone full of emotion and images. Through
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the title of Yeats’ poem‚ “The Second Coming”‚ one might expect to read about the glorious return of Christ to save his followers. However‚ Yeats’ exposes a miserable world where anarchy and chaos reign over the innocence of man. Through the use of images and allusions that portray a dark and foreboding atmosphere‚ Yeats warns us of what may lie ahead for humankind if we continue on our current path. The first stanza in “The Second Coming” describes the chaotic scene that Yeats sees occurring
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20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. Yeats’s father‚ John Butler Yeats‚ was a barrister who eventually became a portrait painter. His mother‚ formerly Susan Pollexfen‚ was the daughter of a prosperous merchant in Sligo‚ in western Ireland. Through both parents Yeats claimed kinship with various Anglo-Irish Protestant families who are mentioned in his work. Normally‚ Yeats would have been expected to identify with his Protestant tradition—which represented a powerful
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Themes in Yeats’ poetry You can find many themes in Yeats’ poetry. Pick what suits your own study from the themes‚ comments and quotes listed below. There are 86 quotes used to illustrate themes on this page (although some of them are from poems outside the current OCR selection for AS Level). You will need only a short selection of these. 1. The theme of death or old age and what it leaves behind. Death of Patriotism‚ leaving selfishness as the norm: ‘Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone‚ It’s
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Literature: William Butler YeatsIn the literary world‚ among the 20th century giants is William Butler Yeats. An Irish-born dramatist‚ poet and prose writer‚ Yeats is regarded as one of the towering giants of English-language writing for the century. Yeats‚ who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923‚ was one of those responsible for the famed Irish Literary Renaissance movement (Hallstrom). One of Yeats ’ greatest works is The Land of Heart ’s Desire‚ a magical fairy poetry that is
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