Elements of English Literature Contrast Compare In literature‚ authors find different ways of expressing themselves by the stories they write. It is the setting‚ the characters‚ and the conflicts that keep the reader’s interest. Many readers are only interested in certain types of literature or certain authors. This study is based on an analysis of one poem‚ and two short stories‚ “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner‚ “A Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ and “To My Dear and
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The first of the two poems I have chosen to compare and contrast is Morning Song By Silvia Path‚ this poem seems focused on the experience of child birth and the powerful emotions that follow‚ and is by no means however a generalized and optimistic account of child birth. The second poem I have chosen to focus on is There Be None Of Beauty’s Daughters by Lord Byron and seemingly depicts a strong sense of love and bondage between the Byron and the person he is writing about‚ however it is unclear
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from an old tale passed down from generation to generation by Indigenous people. David Bouchard and E.Pauline Johnson are authors who have written their version of this tale. In Bouchard’s poem Qu’Appelle‚ the tone of his narrative poem is personal. Bouchard did not use a consistent rhyme scheme which made his poem sound as if he were telling the story to his readers directly‚ differing from Johnson’s strict rhyme scheme that distanced itself from the audience. Furthermore‚ to create an intimate connection
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The poem “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost encompasses a dialogue between the narrator and his neighbor in which they communicate their feelings about the continuous renovation of the stone wall that divides their properties. The overall poem has a simplistic tone with the internal thoughts of the narrator and the external dialogue of the narrator and the neighbor. The point of view of the narrator is clearly shown as he demonstrates his distaste for the walls renovations year after year. He claims
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speaks of seemingly hopeless situations through the use of a grave tone. The psalmist uses this metaphor to further show the shepherd character of God because through that dark place the psalmist says‚ “You are with me”. In the final stanza of the poem‚ the speaker uses the metaphor or his cup running over to symbolize the Lord’s blessing abundance in his life. In the final line‚ David again uses first person diction to demonstrate his personal relationship with the Lord by saying “ I will dwell
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Peter Porter are two poems that have death as a theme. Although they refer to death in different ways. Mort Aux Chats refers to death to convince you to dislike cats. Whereas Defying Gravity is about a mans “victory” with death. These poems rely on language to emphasise the attitude to death. Defying Gravity is told from the point of view of a dying mans best friend. It uses a lots of metaphors and I think this makes the poem very effective and clever. The first stanza of the poem explains about
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How Cancer Cells Differ From Normal‚ Healthy Cells Cancer cells are very different from healthy cells. Healthy cells grow and divide like they are suppose to‚ whereas cancer cells do not grow and divide in a healthy way. So instead of acting in healthy ways as the body needs to function the cells begin to grow in unhealthy ways and affect all other cells. (http://biology.about.com/od/cellbiology/ss/normal-cells-cancer-cells.htm) There are many things that can happen to us that can cause our healthy
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How do Owen and Auden convey the negative effects of war in their poems ‘Disabled’ and ‘Refugee Blues’’? In the poems Disabled and Refugee Blues‚ the writers‚ Owen and Auden respectively‚ convey the negative effects of war in a variety of ways. Through the use structuring‚ literary and figurative devices‚ Auden subtly shows the negative effects of war‚ whereas Owen does this it more explicitly‚ showing the de-humanizing‚ gruesome effects of war. In the poem Disabled‚ Owen displays the more
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Analysis on Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘Birds’ The Poem “A Bird Came down the Walk” by Emily Dickenson describes the simple experience of her watching a bird walk down the path. She shows the bird and its actions throughout the poem‚ providing us with an image of what she’s seeing. The poem makes the reader feel and experience the simple way the bird acts beautiful f nature. Dickenson creates the mood of the poem by detailing the sequence of activities a bird goes through as simple as they may be‚
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Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” creates strong impressions in the reader by the uses of tone‚ metaphors‚ and images. As we learned on Professor’s Minassian Podcast featured on “Eye on Literature” dated January 26‚ 2007‚ Langston Hughes “was born on February 12th 1902 in Joplin‚ Missouri. He published his first poem “Negro speaks of Rivers” in 1921. Hughes became a prominent writer during the Harlem Renaissance.” Today I intend to discuss the use of tone‚ metaphors‚ and images in the poem entitled "Harlem"
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