recently studied some of your poetry for my leaving certificate english course and I feel greatly changed by what I read. To say the least‚ it made a strong impression on me. It was a memorable experience. I looked into five of your poems with great depth and they were; "A Constable Calls"‚ "The Forge"‚ "The Underground"‚ "The Tollund Man"‚ and of course "The Skunk". These poems inspired a range of emotions in me that I would never have expected to feel while reading poetry. In the poem "A Constable
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Janelle Roa Cabrera ENG 4 – W 2008 – 07276 Professor Emmanuel V. Dumlao Poetry Analysis: “Justice” by Khrystyne Carmel Villan About the Author Khrystyne Carmel S. Villan‚ a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts student in the University of the Philippines Los Baňos‚ is a Writing major who is currently at her third year level. The poet drew her inspiration in writing the poem from the tragic death of rape-slay victim Given Grace Cebanico. In the piece “Justice”
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Poetry Essay- In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two poems. These two poems are called Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth and London by William Blake. Both poems are about London and are set in the late 1700’s / early 1800’s. The Structure of both poems are different‚ William Blake’s London Poem has 4 stanzas and an ABAB rhyming pattern. He also uses a lot of negative words such as rigid‚ harsh‚ aggressive tone. When Blake wrote his poem he must have been
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Understanding Poetry: Billy Collins‚ Introduction to Poetry Billy Collins uses dark rooms‚ oceans‚ hives‚ color slides and mouse mazes to describe his poem “Introduction to Poetry”‚ but also a way to analyze poetry in general. Growing up‚ students are advised by teachers how to analyze poetry. The speaker of Introduction to Poetry‚ Billy Collins‚ attempts to guide the readers by teaching them a unique and appropriate way to analyze poetry. The use of personification and imagery‚ by the author
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Many poets are inspired by the impressive persona that exists in nature to influence their style of poetry. The awesome power of nature can bring about thought and provoke certain feelings the poet has towards the natural surroundings. If you bear in mind the disposition of some of the things in life that move us like human beauty‚ love or the beauty of nature you will understand that they have one thing in common. They do not last forever‚ as sad as it seems‚ Ladies and Gentleman. Yes they too
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The fateful tale of Icarus has been adapted in multiple ways in poetry and in paintings. In “Icarus”‚ a poem by Edward Field‚ a popular mythological character from long ago is transformed into the vastly different reality of a more contemporary world. Irony and figurative language are essential elements of Field’s version of the tale of Icarus‚ who is immersed into the twentieth century. Irony is extremely evident right when the poem begins to unfold. It starts off by mentioning the
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Bibliography: Internet Crossref-it.info (2013). ’A Hymn to God the Father ’ by John Donne from Crossrefit.info. Retrieved from http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/ 4/215 ENotes (2013). Synopsis - A Hymn to God the Father by John Donne. Retrieved from http://www.enotes.com/a-hymn-to-god-the-father/enotes-synopsis John Donne‚ provided by Anniina Jenkin (2000‚ January 2). John Donne: A Hymn To God The Father.
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To what extent does the poetry of war dispel the myths associated with the war propaganda of World War I? Throughout the early 1900’s the war propaganda that was published to entice young men to enlist and join the war gave them false ideas about the front line. Young men and boys were told that war was one big adventure and encouraged to go to the great war and become a hero. Young men were fooled into believing that dying for your country was sweet and honourable however three men who fought in
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In the poem “An Echo Sonnet”‚ author Robert Pack writes of a conversation between a person’s voice and its echo. With the use of numerous literary techniques‚ Pack is able to enhance the meaning of the poem: that we must depend on ourselves for answers because other opinions are just echoes of our own ideas. At first glance‚ the reader notices that the poem is divided into two parts in order to resemble a conversation. When reading the sonnet for the first time the reader may make the mistake
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It’s a normal day for the Frost fox; the grey colored animal is asleep in its den twenty feet underground. Currently‚ it is below freezing and the fox is trying to get some well deserved rest. As the fox slowly opens its dark brown‚ almost black‚ eyes and wags it’s long extremely fluffy tail‚ the fox was waking up. The wind whistled outside as the fox ever so slowly crawled from its den. The fox stretches its small body and rubs its white belly on the ground. The fox’s short‚ skinny‚ fluffy legs
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