Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ "Medallion" is about a snake she finds dead‚ and the details of its body that she notices. Written in 1959‚ its form was strictly "controlled." Plath uses imagery‚ literary devices‚ and sensory details‚ especially colors. First‚ we "see" the image of a snake‚ bronze‚ lying in the sun near a gate with a "star and moon" design. By the gate with star and moon Worked into the peeled orange wood The bronze snake lay in the sun Next‚ Plath uses a metaphor
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To what extent do you agree that the poems in the beginning of the selection are anti-heoric? During the early period of war‚ the authors show in most cases a very positive attitude towards war‚ which strongly contrasts with the minority of poets who believed and ascertained that the conflicts were a complete different picture compared to the one given by propaganda. Poems such as "the soldier" by Brooke and "into battle" by Grenfell witness the sense of optimism and heroism that drove most
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On My First Daughter and On My First Son Ben Jonson’s poems on the death of his children Ben Jonson lived in the English Renaissance period when childhood mortality was very high due to health problems‚ diseases‚ lack of medicines and unhygienic life conditions. He got married to Anne Lewis in the early 1590s. Their first daughter‚ Mary was born in 1593 who died only six months later. Jonson wrote his poem On My First Daughter upon her death. His first son‚ Benjamin‚ born 1596‚ died of the plague
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Death of a Naturalist: A study of Seamus Heaney’s first book of poems. Seamus Heaney‚ the famed Irish poet‚ was the product of two completely different social and psychological orders. Living on "a small farm of some fifty acres in County Derry in Northern Ireland" (Nobel eMuseum)‚ Seamus Heaney’s childhood was spent primarily in the company of nature and the local wildlife. His father‚ a man by the name of Patrick Heaney‚ had a penchant for farming and working the land. Seamus’ mother Margaret
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These two English Translations of the Russian poem by Andrei Voznesenky are about a girl being rejected for the first time. The young girl’s feelings of hurt and rejection are described in terms of coldness throughout the poem. “The first ice of human hurt”. The theme that is put across from the poem is of growing up‚ and the experience of loosing someone for the first time. Both of these poems are very similar‚ but they have both been translated in two different styles. This helps to alter the meaning
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The title of the poem ‘Whatif’ refers to the fears and paranoia questions we have at night‚ as we are more vulnerable. The poet combines the words ‘what’ and ‘if’ in a childlike manner. The main theme of the poem is ‘fears of a child’. In almost every line the poet adds a new fear. He mentions numerous childish fears like the feel of failing at school‚ being bullied‚ growing green chest hair and teeth not growing straight. He also mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear
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You have been asked to choose at least 3 poems of Adrienne Rich’s for an anthology. What poems would you choose and why? I’ve studied Rich’s poetry for my Leaving Certificate and have really enjoyed learning them. In my opinion‚ Rich is fine poet and I strongly recommend ’Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’‚ ’Living in Sin’ and ’Diving into the Wreck’ to be included for this anthology. I chose these poems since they are personally my favourites. However‚ I also
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inspiration for the national liberation movement‚ which later achieved what the revolt could not. ***************************************************************************************************** You have been stranded on a desert island. Describe your first 24 hours alone on the island. The first thing that hit me was the smell. Even before I opened my eyes‚ I knew where I was. The tantalizing scent of washed-up waves and bananas all rolled into one. I felt the millions of grains of sand‚ hot
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Typhoons in the Philippines In the Philippines‚ tropical cyclones (typhoons) are called bagyo. Tropical cyclones entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility are given a local name by the Philippine Atmospheric‚ Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)‚ which also raises public storm signal warnings as deemed necessary. Around 19 tropical cyclones or storms enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility in a typical year and of these usually 6 to 9 make landfall. The deadliest
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distance grew further it broke my heart Even if you were a million miles away‚ the love that I feel grows each and every day I wait by the phone hoping to hear you call‚ a text an email no nothing at all I hear from friends that you moved onto someone new‚ but they’ll never give as much love as I’d give to you Maybe one day my scars will heal with time‚ but I will never forget my sweet valentine For me I let my first love get away‚ and my heart is now broken more than
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