Poems 2/HS305 The Harp Of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the
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it or on the use it is given. Verse 500 illustrates the previously mentioned ideal of Pre-Raphaelite women when describing Laura’s long loosened hair as “locks… like a torch”. Life out of death is a Christian concept exploited by Christina in the poem. For Christians‚ Christ’s sacrificed himself and his own life in order to make salvation possible for the humankind‚ and by those means eternal life comes out of death‚ in the same way that he resurrected after his death. In like manner‚ Laura’s rebirth
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My Generation Omar Musa In Omar Musa’s poem ‘My Generation’‚ the poet reviews several contemporary problems in order to assess the morally bankrupt nature of specific parts of modern day Australia. Omar Musa explores the sense of entitlement that many young people feel. He expresses this well in his poem through the use of many poetic techniques. Omar uses a metaphor in the opening stanza‚ “My generation sat on the brim of the ocean waiting‚ waiting for the tide to bring something in”. This
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the aeroplane he stares impassively where he earns his living and they do not care. War Photographer is an anti- war poem. The poet Carol Ann Duffy was friendly with a photographer Don McCullin‚ who published photos of war. The present poem is based on the conversation that she had with this photographer. She seems to empathize with the photographer and not the readers. The poem basically is about the feelings of a photographer as he develops the photographs of war. In the opening line itself a
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government makes each individual merely a number unless they do not conform to society’s norms. The monument of the "unknown citizen" is erected not to honor the memory of a man‚ but to show how he is the perfect example of a good citizen (Auden). In this poem‚ the citizen is just an average person who never stands out among the rest of the population. For example‚ "Yet he wasn’t a scab or odd in his views‚" (Auden 9) illustrates how he holds the same opinions as the majority. Scabs were workers who would
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unrealistic and unachievable‚ creating an insecurity in the realm of teenage girls‚ respectively. The girl throughout the poem deals with the constant struggles that comes with being a girl in society. A classmate of the girl tells her “you have a great big nose and fat legs.” (line 6) At a young age it is indoctrinated in the brains of children to criticize others. Beginning the poem‚ the words “girlchild” (line 1) appear bringing the idea that she is still a child but must maintain a certain dynamic
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confusing‚ you obviously didn’t grow up. Just kidding. The poet give us this poem and shows us how he lived his childhood but never really was living. The style of the poem is more of a confessional poem. He gives us words that describe him and how he felt. This work of art the poet gives us a boy [which is him] that is sitting on a window sill reading while others kids are playing around on the playground. The poet give us this poem and shows us how he lived his childhood
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perspectives that have long been marginalised; in particular‚ refugees and immigrants Shire’s remarkable interpretations in her poems have consequently captivated thousands on the Internet and social media. In the poem ‘Home’ Shire intends to distinctly disclose the struggles and the agonizing battles that refugees experience through their journey for a new start‚ what makes Shire’s poems so mesmerizing is she is honest with her words and she is not afraid to not filter out any harsh imagery in order for her
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Poem essay The poem “My honest words”‚ is written in 1st person. The writer uses hyperboles‚ similes‚ and tone to portray that people and life can be problematic and controlling. Though rather than worrying about others‚they can live with themselves in euphoria. The author uses hyperboles to show exaggeration to her trapped feelings inside. A plethora of authority in the author’s life seemed to always attempt to control her decisions. Their expectations of the way she should live were distressing
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The message of the poem‚ “Sadie and Maud”‚ is that the success and happiness is not determined by a structured path‚ but the one we create. In the poem it says “Maud went to college/Sadie stayed home/Sadie scraped life/With a fine-tooth comb/She didn’t leave a tangle in” (Lines 1-4). This is saying that Maud went to college and Sadie did not go to college. It is also significant because it compares Sadie with a fine-tooth comb because fine-tooth combs take everything in and does not leave a tangles
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