John Donne (1572-1631) is considered the most prominent of all metaphysical poets‚ especially in the seventeenth century. Donne also spent some years as a lawyer‚ and as a preacher‚ earned a reputation for delivering enchanting sermons. Donne‚ as a love poet‚ wrote from personal experience‚ which fact made his poetry more accessible and compelling. His independent spirit was evident in his poems‚ to the point of him being called rebellious. His love poems were a remarkable conglomerate of divinity
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Looking at two or more poems by William Blake consider what makes these works Romantic. “Romanticism... is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.” Blake was born into a state of social change an ‘Age of Revolution’ and his poetry certainly reflected his strong opinion of how society was being oppressed by political and cultural influences. He believed that the
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I can remember my father’s funeral like it was yesterday‚ I could feel the sun on my face‚ not fitting weather for a funeral in my opinion. My father was killed‚ no one knows who killed him yet‚ but I am sure that they will catch them. My mother weaped like I have never heard her cry before‚ and I knew that she would never be the same‚ she held my baby sister in her arms as we all stood there together crying‚ trying to find some comfort in one another but not receiving the embrace that we all know
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this one‚ the person must be a true patriot and believer of his country and his people. To be able to present the speech and make a positive impact on the people‚ a person must also be censored about the words said. Pericles used the speech of the Funeral Oration to promote Athens as he sees it. He wants everyone to see it from inside and outside as well. Through Pericles’ speech‚ the people are reminded that the fallen did not die in vain‚ and there is much more to stand for being Athenian. The people
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Dead poets society O captain‚ my captain (Walt Whitman) O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack‚ the prize we sought is won; The port is near‚ the bells I hear‚ the people all exulting‚ While follow eyes the steady keel‚ the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red‚ Where on the deck my Captain lies‚ Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and
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When I first saw Dead Poets Society‚ it was nothing I expected. The film is quite serious and it is without question the best movie I’ve ever seen. It takes place in 1959 at Welton Academy‚ a private collage prep school for boys where discipline is the most important goal and any demonstration of a free thought is strictly prohibited . One voice stands out among narrow-minded administration-John Keatings‚ eccentric and inspiring teacher. He wants his students to "suck the bone of life to the marrow"
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After reading “Sonny Blues” by James Baldwin which is about a narrator who parents passed away while the narrator was in the army. Because of his years in the army he has not have a great bound with his little brother Sonny. After reading a newspaper; the narrator then discover that his brother have been arrested for using and selling heroin. Sonny moves in with his sister in law and after Sonny figured out he wants to be a musician‚ he made the decision to join the navy to leave the streets of Harlem
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Thomas Hardy as a War Poet Thomas Hardy is one of the most famous and prolific British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most people recognize Hardy as an author of novels‚ but he preferred to write poetry. Both his novels and his poetry give a pessimistic view of the world. Subjects for his poetry include nature‚ love‚ and war. Most of his poems on war have tragic themes and present humans as having little control over their destinies. A major theme of Thomas Hardy’s tragic
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No two relationships between an authority and an individual are ever the same‚ but the relationships have a huge impact on both parties in varied ways. As seen in the film “Dead Poets Society”‚ directed by Peter Weir and the picture book “Rose Blanche” by Roberto Innocenti‚ relationships between individuals are fuelled by common interests and beliefs‚ hence‚ having the power to shape the individuals by enriching their shared interests. However‚ the conflicting values between the authority and the
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It seems that I see a black shadow following me all day‚ every day. It seems as it is out to destroy me and all the thing I care about. There’s a darkness slowly creeping upon me‚ waiting to drag me down to my very last breaths.. Revenge‚ I have figured out its only a temporary satisfaction. People do things they arte not proud of and later regret‚ but I have done something most people would’nt think of doing. I am haunted by the sickening act i performed every day. Everything I have done leading
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