Explication of "The Road Not Taken." The poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is about a man reflecting on a choice he once made. While the outcome of this choice is not implied to be positive or negative‚ the speaker notes that the choice in itself‚ and the consequences of that choice‚ have made a huge difference in the way his life has unfolded. Ultimately‚ the idea of choice is a key theme in the poem. Plot‚ use of color‚ symbolism and tone are all elements of the poem that help develop
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the story as Kevin and Dana fight to keep their relationship going as they both represent a different gender and race which corrupts many problems in 1815 and also in present day 1976. Kevin and Dana are both living in modern America in 1976. Kevin and Dana are married and just moved in together into their new apartment. One main thing that represents the difference between Kevin and Dana is the fact that Kevin is a white male and Dana is a black female. As Kevin and Dana both experience the time
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ENG 3307-01 March 19‚ 2012 Explication on “Ode on Melancholy” In "Ode on Melancholy" John Keats expresses to readers the truth he sees‚ that joy and pain are inseparable and to experience joy fully we must experience sadness fully. Keats valued intensity of emotion‚ thought‚ and experience (“Classification Of Poem”). Keats does not stray away from the suggestion that feeling intensely means that grief or depression may cause sorrow and torture. Throughout the poem Keats expresses his values and
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The Romanticism was a literary movement that developed mainly throughout the influences of the philosophy of Locke and the causes and consequences of revolutionary spirit of the French revolution. Wordsworth was brought up reading the Augustan´s metric poetry and the neoclassicist’s descriptive complex language which fully expressed the ideas of reasoning over sentiments. Influenced and inspired by the changing ideological atmosphere of the late XVIII and the first third of the XIX century‚ Wordsworth
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Phillip Alexander Explication Essay 2 Stephen Crane’s poem “War is Kind” is an anti war poem written in the late 19th century. The author is very critical of war and questions if the loss of life and limb are worth it. Through the use of structure and sarcasm Stephen Crane persuades the reader to look at war through his eyes in a very critical manner. The very title‚ “War is Kind” is sarcastic. The reader however‚ does not find this out immediately. The poem is structured into five
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In the poem “Thanatopsis‚” the author William Cullen Bryant suggests that we should not fear death. He proposes that through the teachings of Nature we should find comfort in knowing death is truly not so terrifying and lonely‚ and that it can actually be quite pleasant. In the first stanza‚ Bryant focuses more on “Nature” and her teachings than on death‚ though of course death is mentioned. He accomplishes this by personifying Nature as a beautiful woman. He writes that those who hold “communion
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This article deals specifically with Dana Schutz’s controversial painting‚ “Open Casket”‚ that is being displayed at the Whitney Biennial. This abstract piece of art depicts the disfigured face of Emmett Till during his open-casket funeral. Several African American artists primarily Hannah Black have criticized the piece for being the ill-intentioned and the insincere work of a Caucasian man. She goes so far as to call for it to be either simply removed or destroyed in its entirety. Author Coco Fusco
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It was early sunday morning‚ an apparently ordinary sunday‚ the sun had barely peeked his head over the horizon and there seemed to a peaceful air over Washington D.C. however this was no ordinary day for Dana Scully‚ today marked the first time in months that her sleep wasn’t interrupted by her impetuous partner waking her to drag her along on another wacky alien theory about extraterrestrials. She laid in the longer than she normally did‚ tucked in the warmth of her covers she felt secure
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Explication of Annabel Lee In a healthy relationship it is a good idea to set boundaries to not encroach on each other’s space. In Annabel Lee Edgar Allen Poe dismisses the concept of boundaries and a unanimous self-diluted speaker theorizes how his and Annabel’s love was so intense that the angels were jealous and sent a wind that killed Annabel. Poe gives the audience a glimpse of the mind of a maniacal stalker who is so obsessed that he resorts to lying down beside his dead maiden as he himself
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Sonnet 17 Explication Who will believe my verse in time to come If it were filled with your most high deserts? Though yet‚ heaven knows‚ it is but as a tomb Which hides your life and shows not half your parts. If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces‚ The age to come would say “This poet lies: Such heavenly touches ne’er touched earthly faces.” So should my papers yellowed with their age Be scorned like old men of less truth than tongue‚ And
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