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    Compare how Duffy & Plath present “Family relationships” in “Ariel & Mean Time” Carol Ann Duffy and Sylvia Plath have written aboutfamily relationships in a positive view as well as in a negative way too‚ in poems Medusa and Before you were mine‚ whether it’s about in favour or against family Love and relationships. In this extract there are four poems written by Carol Ann Duffy and Sylvia Plath. Which are‚ “Brothers” and “Lady Lazarus” including “Medusa” and “Before You Were Mine”. All four poems

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    discover they are alone. The tone changes from lonely to panicky as the author being seemingly being followed‚ wants to discover who is following him. 3. The author achieved this tone by providing the phrase‚ “Everything dark and doorless‚”‚ which is quite interesting considering how when you picture a street‚ doors aren’t the first thing you would imagine‚ so why would the author include that the street was “doorless”? The missing “doors” could be a symbol for opportunities. The author feels as if him

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    Heart of a riddle: metaphor ( linking 2 unrelated images both found in riddles) - Relationship = VISION / A WAY OF SEEING - TALINGHAGA = METAPHOR Proverb/ Salawikain (rhyme & wisdom) Added = Performed through poems (poetry form) Tanaga – Proverbs with monorhyming – strength/ pain Ambahan – Chanted & Written by mangyans (songs about Nature‚ Childhood‚ woman relationships‚ hospitality) The Mangyans inscribe their songs on bamboo tubes Songs – Active Literature

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    AP Literature Poetry Essay Prompts (1970–2011) 1970 Poem: “Elegy for Jane” (Theodore Roethke) Prompt: Write an essay in which you describe the speaker’s attitude toward his former student‚ Jane. 1971 Poem: “The Unknown Citizen” (W.H. Auden) Prompt: In a brief essay‚ identify at least two of the implications implicit in the society reflected in the poem. Support your statements by specific references to the poem. 1972 NO POEM 1973 (exam not available) 1974 Poem: “I wonder whether one expects

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    Impact of War on Poetry

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    includes the impact of war on poetry and other information need to explore this particular problem. To gather the information needed to explore this particular problem‚ firstly‚ I would find out the context of the war mentioned in the poem‚ if not‚ I would find out more on the poet. Following on‚ I would use the information and put myself into the context or the author’s shoes. From there‚ I can analyse the poem better and thus find out the impact of war on poetry. Main text In the poem “Hiroshima”

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    Protest Poetry

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    Protest songs make serious comment on the issues of their time. Discuss with detailed reference to the issues and techniques in two songs studied in class and one of your own choosing. Protest songs are the product of their times. Composers utilise the medium to make meaningful comment on the issues of their era in an attempt to influence viewpoints and bring back change. ‘Dear Mr President’ by Pink criticises the presidency of George w bush and the issues he raised with his decisions. These issues

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    [2013] Poetry – Elizabeth Bishop Aoife O’Driscoll www.aoifesnotes.com Elizabeth Bishop – Brief Biography Elizabeth Bishop was born in Massachusetts in 1911. Her father died when she was a baby‚ and his death caused Bishop’s mother to have a mental breakdown. When Bishop was five her mother was permanently institutionalised and was never reunited with her daughter. Bishop’s maternal grandparents took care of her and she spent her early childhood with them on their farm in Nova Scotia. Bishop

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    general sense‚ poems are personal‚ even autobiographical; they inevitably reflect‚ however directly or obliquely‚ the varied concerns and self-images of their authors. The rake in Rochester’s poems is inevitably a reflection of the historical rake…That he delighted in projecting an image of himself is also clear (Griffin 1973: 21) This study aims to find out how Rochester has been related to his poetry and what consequences these relations have had for how we read his poetry. The most important editors

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    In poems of Sylvia Plath‚ entitled “Lady Lazarus” and “Daddy” some elements are similar‚ including used hostile imagery‚ gloomy atmosphere as well as recurring theme of suicide‚ but the poems differ in respect of the speaker’s point of view and attitude towards addressed person or unfavorable surroundings. These elements are employed by Plath in order to intensify the impact on her audience and convey all extreme emotions. Another issue that is considered to be worthy of thinking over is the question

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    Classical Chinese Poetry Re-Created as English Poetry1 Roslyn Joy Ricci Centre for Asian Studies University of Adelaide Introduction The well-known Robert Frost2 witticism that ‘poetry is what disappears in translation ’ is only valid if poetic translation aims to produce a ‘perfect re-creation of the original‚ ’3 however‚ I suggest that successful translators re-create poetry in another language as opposed to translating it into a second language.4 The aim of re-creating poetry is to attempt

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