Introduction This study guide has been written for students taking GCE Advanced level English literature. It is suitable for undergraduates and the general reader who is interested in the study of poetry. This guide was originally written to cover a selection of poems prescribed as a set text for exam‚ but can be used as a way in to the study of metaphysical poetry generally. The poems considered explicitly here are these: by John Donne‚ The Good-Morrow‚ The Sunne Rising‚ The Anniversarie‚
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Love Poem Analysis: Linda Pastan is an American poet of Jewish background. She was born in New York on May 27‚ 1932. Today‚ she lives in Potomac‚ Maryland with her husband Ira Pastan‚ an accomplished physician and researcher. She is known for writing short poems that address topics like family life‚ domesticity‚ motherhood‚ the female experience‚ aging‚ death‚ loss and the fear of loss‚ as well as the fragility of life and relationships. Love poem is a very simple poem yet it has a deep
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Larkin: Wild oats Talking in bed Broadcast Love songs in age Faith healing Sunny prestatyn For Sidney bechet Abse: St valentines night A scene from married life The Malian bird Blond bys The silence of tudor evans Focus on ideas of love Wild Oats BY PHILIP LARKIN About twenty years ago Two girls came in where I worked— A bosomy English rose And her friend in specs I could talk to. Faces in those days sparked The whole shooting-match off‚ and I doubt If ever one had
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‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti This Victorian poem is about the narrator (a fallen woman)‚ the Lord and Kate. It is a ballad which tells the story from the narrator’s perspective about being shunned by society after her ‘experiences’ with the lord. The poem’s female speaker recalls her contentment in her humble surroundings until the local ‘Lord of the Manor’ took her to be his lover. He discarded her when she became pregnant and his affections turned to another village girl‚ Kate‚ whom he
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PATRICK KAVANAGH “FAIRYLAND” Brief summary This story written by Patrick Kavanagh is set in Ireland. In fact‚ there are some many places which are mentioned in the tale‚ such as South Monaghan (which is indeed the county where this poet and writer was born)‚ Inniskeen‚ Mullacrew and Louth. All of them are attached to his early experiences in his native Monaghan as well as his relationship with him working as a farmer . Consequently‚ we notice that fondness for rural areas‚ the mode of husbandry
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An author writes a book or novel to have the whole story put right out for you with a clear cut beginning middle and end. A poet can write a “novel” in very minimal lines or a few verses. They tell a story but give the rest for you to think and ponder about. A poet uses multiple literary devices in one single poem. When reading a poem you have to decode or decipher what the poet is really trying to say. They may use metaphors‚ irony and much more‚ in the poem “I Finally managed to speak to her”
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The Supernatural: There is a trend in science and law to define the word "supernatural" as "the untestable‚" which is perhaps understandable for its practicality‚ but deeply flawed as both philosophy and social policy. Flawed as philosophy‚ because testability is not even a metaphysical distinction‚ but an epistemological one‚ and yet in the real world everyone uses the word “supernatural” to make metaphysical distinctions. And flawed as social policy‚ because the more that judges and scientists
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Title II. - CONTRACTS CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Art. 1305. A contract is a meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself‚ with respect to the other‚ to give something or to render some service. (1254a) Art. 1306. The contracting parties may establish such stipulations‚ clauses‚ terms and conditions as they may deem convenient‚ provided they are not contrary to law‚ morals‚ good customs‚ public order‚ or public policy. (1255a) Art. 1307. Innominate contracts shall be
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Roman Fever Edith Wharton Meaning holding a grudge is bad jealousy Point of View third person omniscient Ms. Slade’s thoughts are jealous Characterization jealousy clouds judgement Plot reasons Slade does things is because of Jealousy and throughout the story this reason becomes more of a factor for each action. Setting Colosseum: Slade waging war with Ansley Steps: Show Ms. Ansley going higher/ahead Looking down on Rome’s past as they look down on their past. Symbolism Moon:
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Song of the Whale About whaling in Japan 1st- metaphor describing the whale as a heaving mountain /the lines describing the whale getting killed/ describe the whale crying out/heard whale singing‚ describes it as grieving 2nd – singing to all the other whales and describes it as crying for its life/ the whale body would used for- lipstick for ‘painted’ faces‚ meaning makeup‚ and for shoe polish. 3rd- ‘tumbling - mountain’- vivid imagery of a massive‚ moving mound in the sea. 4th- ultrasonic-high
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