A Made World: Anthropocentricity in the Works of Auden and MacNeice In his 1941 poem “London Rain‚” Louis MacNeice writes “The world is what was given / The world is what we make.” In “London Rain” itself‚ MacNeice does not emphasize the latter sentiment‚ ultimately hinting at the difficulty of trying to “make” anything in his concluding description of his “wishes…come[ing] homeward / their gallopings in vain.” Yet for all the suggestions of impotence in “London Rain’s” final stanza‚ in MacNeice’s
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Louis MacNeice (1907-1963) was a friend and contemporary of W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender at Oxford and his poetry has often been linked to their own. Whilst sharing certain characteristics with them‚ including a sharp political awareness‚ in recent years MacNeice’s poetry has been re-evaluated on its own terms‚ particularly by a new generation of Northern Irish poets such as Michael Longley and Paul Muldoon who’ve acknowledged him as a major influence. MacNeice’s family were from the West of Ireland
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“Freud is entirely negative on religion” To what extent do you agree? (15 marks) Freud argues that religion is a symptom of collective neurosis‚ which is a mental imbalance of the Id‚ ego and superego. This is definitely a negative view as Freud is suggesting that all religious people are suffering from a mental imbalance and that is the only reason they believe in religion. Freud saw a link between his patients that were suffering from neurosis and religious people. For example he saw ritualised
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“The Cyclist” poetry commentary “The Cyclist” is a poem by Louis MacNeice which romanticizes the fleeting joys of childhood. These joys are emphasised through imagery of summer – be it activities‚ food‚ the beach‚ a bicycle ride‚ various techniques such as juxtaposition and enjambment are used to evoke fond memories from the reader. MacNeice’s poem is set in the southwest of England‚ on a hill with a chalk horse carved into it. It is during the height of summer‚ when the grasshoppers are buzzing
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In prayer before birth‚ Louis Macneice uses a baby to convey his thoughts and emotions on the current state of the world. Macneice wishes to emphasize how harsh and ruthless the world is‚ and how it can strip away a young unborn baby of its innocence. By cleverly combining uses of structure‚ rhyme scheme and rhetorical techniques Macneice effectively conveys the pain and suffering which occurs in society today. The poem is set out like an appeal‚ a cry for help. The title itself‚ using the word
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MY commentary In my static image I chose to use the colours red‚ blue‚ white‚ purple‚ red and black because they all play an important part in the image. As some examples the parts in my image that are coloured in blue represent confidence‚ grey/black represents power‚ red represents determination and strength‚ purple represents ambition I also used white because it represents goodness and a successful beginning. All of these colours link to the main idea “overcoming challenges in life can be difficult”
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‘ T H E S U N L I G H T I N T H E G A R D E N ’ ‚ A C O M M E N T A R Y. Guiding Questions for the commentary: How does the use of setting contribute to your understanding of the poem? Comment on the poet’s style (For example‚ language‚imagery‚ diction‚ form‚the use of a quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra) In the the poem ‘The Sunshine in the Garden’ written by Louis MacNeice‚ the poet is a prisoner of war and is close to his death. The line ‘We cannot cage the minute’ and words
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Commentary Essay Purpose: The purpose of commentary is not simply to report things but to give readers a way to make sense of them. A commentary will help you write critically about a topic and will help you analyze this topic within a larger societal context. Audience: Your audience for this paper should be one who has a stake in the topic. For example‚ if you are discussing your understanding of a topic like ISTEP testing‚ your audience could be administrators. Genre: For this paper
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LIBERTY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY COMMENTARY SEARCH ON APORIA IN THE 21ST CHAPTER OF JOHN WRITTEN FOR PROFESSOR THOMAS CAMPBELL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE NBST 655 THE GOSPEL OF JOHN BY DENISE WATSON-SMITH #221890 July 15‚ 2012 LYNCHBURG‚ VA TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………...3 COMMENTARY ANALYSIS…………..………………………………………………..3 D.A. Carson……………………………………………………………………….3 W. Hall Harris III………………………………………………………………….4 Leon Morris………………………………………………………………………
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Miranda Lucas L.A. Per. 2 June 5th‚ 2012 Social Commentary in Literature Characters in pieces of literature are often influenced by the societies that they live in‚ and many authors do this to comment on certain social ideas. The story‚ “The Bass‚ the River and Shelia Mant”‚ the author focuses on how people in society should be able to take pride in who they really are and not feel the pressure to be something they are not. The author of “The Handsomest Drowned Man” wrote this story to show
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