Roland essay notes Citation: Prompt: In what ways did Ganelon’s character as a feudal warrior conflict with his role in Christian feudal society? What can those conflicts tell us about the writer’s ideal view of society? Thesis: Ganelon’s traitorous actions against Roland‚ Charlemagne‚ and ultimately God reveal the writer’s ideas of the perfect Christian feudal society. While Roland and Charlemagne serve as archetypes of perfect servants of God‚ Ganelon plays the part of the bad‚ which accentuates
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African figures are placed in the context of their often denuded environment‚ while Yellow Houses (the first work by a black artist bought by the Johannesburg Art Gallery)‚ reduces the human presence‚ focusing instead on the environment itself. In Song of the Pick‚ naturalism gives way to severe stylisation: a rank of workers wield picks in unison‚ forming a powerful image of African labour; a white overseer’s figure is dwarfed‚ even threatened‚ by this phalanx of diggers. In 1947‚ Sekoto left for
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Eavan Boland’s poem "The Necessity for Irony" begins in narrative tone‚ when on a unremarkable Sunday Eavan‚ with her daughter‚ go browsing for antiques in town. However‚ by the end of the poem‚ Eavan’s tone is lyrical‚ as she sends an apostrophe to the "spirit of irony‚" asking it to "reproach" her for focusing on antiques rather than what was truly beautiful‚ her child. Her dramatic shift in tone is slow and accomplished using various techniques. In the first stanza of "The Necessity for Irony
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Elizabeth Barczewski Andrea Spofford English 1020 October 1‚ 2014 "Head‚ Heart" by Lydia Davis: A Poetry Explication The narrative poem "Head‚ Heart" by Lydia Davis was published in 2007. Throughout the poem the reader finds several examples of figurative language‚ such as consonance and personification. The speaker is telling a story about a human being suffering from the loss of a loved one‚ and how their heart and head feels about it by using the title‚ speaker‚ situation‚ word choice‚ figurative
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Poem Explication: And Death Shall Have No Dominion Poem Explication: And Death Has No Dominion Since the publication of his first volume of poetry‚ Eighteen Poems‚ Dylan Thomas explored the relationship between life and death. The devastating effects of World War I‚ the crushing economic consequences of the Treaty of Versailles‚ and the self-described Great Depression shaped Dylan Thomas’s childhood and subject matter and caused him to cherish the delicate balance of life like few others‚ giving
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Name Online English A November 11‚ 2013 Paper Component: Your Explication Middle Paragraphs In the poem “Ballade of Worldly Wealth‚” the author‚ Andrew Lang describes the truth about money and what it meant to people in the 1800s and 1900s. He uses repetition to clearly explain his ideas. Lang believes that money could either be good or it could be evil‚ I guess it all depends in how you use it and appreciate it. The people in this poem are priests‚ soldiers‚ captains etc. The main idea is
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In the poem‚ “We Wear the Mask’‚ the narrator‚ Paul Lawrence Dunbar‚ expresses the pain African American experienced during the slave trade and how the slaves learned to suppress their emotions. The poem shows a contrast between African American’s social faces and their “bleeding hearts”. The tone of the poem is not a corrective tone‚ but rather an explanatory one. In considering the time period‚ it would make sense that the narrator would be careful about insulting the white community. In the
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SONNET 146 Poor soul‚ the center of my sinful earth‚ Lord of these rebel powers that thee array‚ Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth‚ Painting thy outward walls so costly gay? Why so large cost‚ having so short a lease‚ Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend? Shall worms‚ inheritors of this excess‚ Eat up thy charge? is this thy body’s end? Then soul‚ live thou upon thy servant’s loss‚ And let that pine to aggravate thy store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross;
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In Cut Grass‚ Philip Larkin uses onomatopoeia‚ color and flower symbolism‚ and punctuation to show that death is inevitable‚ and is unaware of specific circumstances. By contrasting the cut grass with the typically vibrant‚ lively month of June‚ Larkin shows the harsh nature of death‚ and its disregard towards its surroundings‚ while simultaneously providing a sense of hope once death does arrive. In the first stanza‚ Larkin uses onomatopoeia to create a vivid image of mown grass. The sharp sounds
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This might come off strong‚ I know I met you not long ago-oh-oh. (Mhmmm.) When I heard you sing‚ I thought you were the cutest thing‚ that I’d ever seen‚ that I’d ever seen-en-en-en. In a verse or two‚ you caught me staring over at you. & I thought of somethin’ funny to say‚ but I didn’t want to sound cliché-ay (Oh oh whoa oh oh.) & this is how I plan to break the ice-ce: Say something nice. But I had to go before I could‚ sittin’ here thinkin’ if I really should. But I’ll have some fun-un‚ take
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