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
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Short Story Explication What Would You Think About In Your Final Moment? One’s final moments often leave many questions. “What will my final thoughts be?” or “What would my final statement to the world be?” Reflections on death are often avoided because death can be terrifying but‚ if forced to think about it‚ what would you do in the final moments of your life? The author of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚ Ambrose Bierce‚ wants the reader to focus on his or her final moments and how they
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sky the message ’He is Dead’.Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves‚Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.He was my North‚ my South‚ my East and West‚My working week and my Sunday rest‚My noon‚ my midnight‚ my talk‚ my song;I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.The stars are not wanted now; put out every one‚Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun‚Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;For nothing now can ever come to any good. In life‚ people experience
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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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David Bowie’s “Afraid” Explication Even though the emotion of fear is the dominating theme runs through the lyrics of David Bowie’s “Afraid” fear is not the first emotion the reader or listener encounters in the verses of the song. In the first stanza‚ the emotion of longing is the first sensation you meet with the narrator yearning to be smarter or even to be taller; testifying his goal of self-improvement‚ he longs to be a different person‚ different than he is now. In the second stanza
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Poetry Explication – “Holy Thursday” (Songs of Experience) by William Blake Khizer (Ali) Syed Nathan Dueck English 200B Feb 7‚ 2014 In William Blake’s poem‚ “Holy Thursday”‚ which is a component of the “Songs of Experience”‚ discusses the treatment of orphans in a vast “fruitful land” that is only motivated by self-interest. Furthermore‚ Blake illustrates the institutions these children reside and continues to discuss their lack of food‚ rain and “warmth”. He believes that society treats
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Can a woman be true to one man? Is a pure and virtuous woman anywhere on the ends of the earth? John Donne‚ a poet of the Renaissance and a contemporary of Shakespeare’s ponders this dilemma in the poem "Song" or "Go and Catcha Falling Star". Structurally Donne is unique in the structure of the poem. The poem has a rhythm and a rhyme scheme a‚b‚a‚b‚c‚c‚d‚d‚d. With lines 7-8 Donne has two word lines which add impact to those words "And find/What wind"‚ "And swear/no where"‚ and "Yet she/Will be"
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Plato’s Symposium is a book of speeches given in honor of Eros‚ the god of love. Aristophanes‚ a comic poet‚ gives the first speech‚ and the second is given by Socrates. The first speech tells a humorous history of mankind and how it became “whole‚” addressing gender issues and sexuality. On a more serious note‚ the second speech addresses the origin of Eros and his use to humans. Before launching his speech‚ Aristophanes warns the group that his eulogy to love may be more absurd than funny
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The link I post is a lyric song other than normal music video and it named ‘The Gay Song’. The singer is apparently a girl who clearly expressed her not interested in men at all but a completely gay in graceful melody. I was undergoing a complicated time and didn’t decided my representation until I found this song. I finally make determination on this song because of the lyrics ‘sue me if I’m different‚ or sue me if you can’. Firstly‚ She’s being a member of the non-normal sexual group and also brave
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Jeremy Nable Sara Stephens 31 January 2013 Poem Explication The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Robert Frost is an excellent poet and will be remembered for his works for as long as they exist. Personally Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets‚ so when I saw this poem‚ I had to use it to write my explication. When I read The Road Not Taken‚ it really hit close to home to me. I get the sense from Frost that he is implying that he doesn’t want people to conform to society. Basically he
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