Classic of Poetry is a collection of old Chinese literature that has been rewritten and renamed into the Book of Songs/Odes. (“Norton Anthology of World Literature” 812) This collection of poems seemed to become popular around the beginning of Confucianism. Confucianism is the concept of centering one’s life or work on authority figures‚ family‚ and friends. The expression of Confucianism is best seen in the work of Tu Fu. Confucianism is wide spread throughout the Classic of Poetry. Confucianism
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Elements of Poetry When you read a poem‚ pay attention to some basic ideas: Voice (Who is speaking? How are they speaking?) Stanzas (how lines are grouped) Sound (includes rhyme‚ but also many other patterns) Rhythm (what kind of "beat" or meter does the poem have?) Figures of speech (many poems are full of metaphors and other figurative language) Form (there are standard types of poem) Voice Voice is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader. Lyric poems and
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Hawa jb zard patton ku‚juda shakon sy krtii ha…. Mujhy us say bichr jana‚bht he yaad ata hair Bhot dushwar hota hai ksi ko yun bhula dena... K jb wo shakhs shamil ho ragon mein khoon ki maanind!! Tu jo roothay kbhi to mana lunga tjhe‚ mgr dekh. . . .! Muhabbaton mein meri shaamil koi dusra na ho. . . .! Mera raakh hota hua baddan‚thak kr mjse sawaal krta ha! Kia ishq krna zruri tha? Meri bat maano mohsin! tm chor do shararat!!! Ye jo ishq kr rahe ho barbad ho rahe ho..
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like ‘Lord Nelson and Waterloo’. However‚ language in Singh Song is used to show a barrier between the two cultures. Nagra writes “Hey Singh‚ ver yoo bin?/yor lemons are limes”. The use of non-standard shows a natural language barrier as he is trying to use standard english. The quote “yor lemons are limes”‚ suggests that the goods he is selling are outdated. From this we can see that there is a bridge between cultures as he trying to be like a traditional clean British shop from a typical stereotype
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in order not to be drifted into the strong stream of life and forget about their love. “As our creek after thaw” is a simile‚ she is comparing the defrosting creek to their lives. She is saying that problems‚ turbulences and doubts cause the life between lovers to freeze. “ carry with it … very scruple” extended metaphor where she compares the problems and arguments to twigs‚ dry leaves‚ and branches. “Swollen” is a simile she compares the over-stressed relation to something physically engorged
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what people really mean when they use them. And when we look at the real world‚ we find the supernatural is universally meant and understood to mean something metaphysically different from the natural. I could adduce many examples of the bad fit between real language and this ill-advised attempt at an "official" definition‚ but here are just two: The underlying mechanics of quantum phenomena might be physically beyond all observation and therefore untestable‚ but no one would then conclude that
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Literature Poetry Compare and contrast the portrayal of nature in “Report to Wordsworth” and “The Flower-Fed Buffaloes” Both poets of “ Report to Wordsworth” and “The Flower-Fed Buffaloes” depict nature in their poems in different ways as well as similar ways with the usage of imagery‚ figurative devices and through the structure. Vachel Lindsay talks about the approaching of modernization and its wreckage to the natural environment‚ including the buffaloes. Boey Kim Cheng is informing
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The poem "The Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike dramatizes the conflict between dreams and reality in the case of Flick Webb. Flick shows such promise in his teenage years‚ but he ends up in the pathetic reality of helping out at a garage and playing pinball in a luncheonette. The poem begins with the description of "Pearl Avenue" which "bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off / Before it has a chance to go two blocks..." Pearl Avenue presents a ticket name connoting a clean‚ freshness
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She was quick enough to sail enthusiastically in the direction of the tide of Confessionalism. Yet‚ not as wholeheartedly as Anne Sexton did‚ or was pensive restraint as W. D. Snodgrass or with as formidable gusto of self-aggrandizement with which John Berryman exposed himself in his “Dream Songs” and “Love and Fame”. Plath’s early poems like “Point Shirley” and “Hard Castle Crags” are purely autobiographical in nature and confessional in character. But her best poems like “Daddy”‚ “Lady Lazarus”
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Romantic Poetry Characteristics Romantic poetry gives more importance to passionate display of emotions. The study of the romantic poetry characteristics‚ throws light on the different features being incorporated. Have a look... Romanticism in poetry arose in response to the enlightenment ideals that prevailed in the 18th century. This form of poetry emphasizes on emotions rather than reason. William Wordsworth strengthened the movement of romanticism in poetry to a great extent. Ironically‚
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