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    Digging by Sheamus Heaney

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    DIGGING By Seamus Heaney Digging is a poem by Seamus Heaney. A first person poem that consists of 9 stanzas of varying lengths from two to five lines. In this poem‚ Seamus Heaney shows how his family traditions are being left alone. He wrote this poem as he goes down his memory lane while sitting on a desk‚ holding a fat tiny pen between his fingers which he describes is “snug as a gun”‚ which is imagery of a pen ready to fire its bullets. The “squat pen” on the other hand symbolizes the family

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    What are the salient features of Blake’s poetry? Of all the romantic poets of the eighteenth century‚ William Blake (1757-1827) is the most independent and the most original. In his earliest work‚ written when he was scarcely more than a child‚ he seems to go back to the Elizabethan song writers for his models; but for the greater part of his life he was the poet of inspiration alone‚ following no man’s lead‚ and obeying no voice but that which he heard in his own mystic soul. Though the most

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    Heaney In Beowulf

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    Heaney may embellish – thus‚ personalise/claim – the text through translation; however‚ this was not something which came naturally. Initially struggling to translate Beowulf‚ it was not until Heaney located the verb þolian (‘to suffer/endure’) – an Anglo-Saxon etymon of the Ulster verb thole bearing the same definition – within the text that he considered ‘Beowulf to be part of [his] voice-right’. This acknowledgement tying Ulster vernacular to Anglo-Saxon is playful‚ Heaney enacting the same

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    The main features of Fauvism‚ Expressionism‚ and Cubism Expressionism as an art form could be loosely defined as a movement of artist’s that wanted to break free from the conventional art movements of the time and express themselves individually‚ free from the constraints of their fellow artist’s ideals. They wanted to be able to express emotion and feeling in their work. The work that falls under the classification of expressionism is widely varied in its style and appearance. Some elements of

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    Early Purges’ by Seamus Heaney and ‘Cat’s Funeral’ by E. V. Rieu ‘The Early Purges’ and ‘Cat’s Funeral’ are quite alike in that they are both about how a cat dies but at the same time they are extremely different. Even though they are about cats‚ the two poems have a different structure‚ different type of language and completely different emotions. One of the big differences between ‘The Early Purges’ and ‘Cat’s Funeral’ is the way the cats die. In ‘The Early Purges’ Heaney describes the way

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    What are the main features of hard determinism? According to The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy‚ hard determinism is the theory that ‘every event or state of affairs is brought about by antecedent events in accordance with universal causal laws.’ This theory of determinism is therefore supportive of human behaviour being predictable‚ that free will is an illusion and that moral responsibility is redundant. One key feature of hard determinism is the view that free will is an illusion. To elaborate

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    Seamus Heaney's Beowulf

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    Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf‚ written by Bruce Murphy and published in 2003‚ is a contemporary literary criticism that examines the strengths and weaknesses of Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf. Murphy starts his essay by putting Beowulf in context‚ describing it as an almost musical work that has come to be part of the literary canon. Before even mentioning Heaney’s translation‚ Murphy quotes a nineteenth century translation by Francis Gummere in order to point out weaknesses--a lack of alliteration

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    Apollo as well as a large bronze statue of Apollo was found at the sight. The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia‚ which is located along the bank of the Eurotas River‚ is another example that demonstrates the religious views of Sparta. Artemis was one of the main goddesses of Sparta especially because she is the goddess of fertility and the Spartans valued the need to produce healthy offspring. The Menelaion‚ located on the hill Protitis Ilias‚ is another major example of Spartan architecture that conveys information

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    Analysis of the Stylistic Features in ?Poetry? by Marianne Moore ?Poetry?‚ is one of Marianne Moore?s most famous poems. In it Moore starts out‚ ?I too‚ dislike it.? referring to poetry. However‚ this does not mean that Moore believed in practicing her poetry half-seriously. She simply believed that in order to create great poetry one would enjoy reading the work spiritually and physically. Moore has had several incarnations of the poem ?Poetry?‚ including one as short as four lines and one as long

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    played out against imagery‚ situations‚ descriptions and a background that constantly evoke the texture of Irish rural life. Often the focus is on the act of writing itself. Heaney`s ploughmen‚ thatcher‚ diviners and diggers are all figures of the poet at work. Interestingly enough these role models are all men. Heaney`s childhood world‚ true to life on an Irish farm in the forties‚ was a place where men and women had definite gendered roles. The aforementioned were all male farm roles while

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