Ode to the West Wind is a poem addressed to the west wind. It is personified both as a "Destroyer" and a "Preserver". It is seen as a great power of nature that destroys in order to create‚ that kills the unhealthy and the decaying to make way for the new and the fresh. The personification of the west wind as an enchanter‚ as a wild spirit is characteristic of Shelley’s poetry. Shelley’s personification of the west wind can be called "myth poesies"‚ another kind of metaphor. The poem is divided
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Lucie Samarkova Professor Wing English 105 Feb. 16th 2014 Essay #1 Friedrich Schiller: Ode to joy In this essay I will be examining “Ode to Joy” by Schiller‚ the part which was used by Beethoven as lyrics for his famous Ninth symphony. Definition of “ode’ is a poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for something‚ in this case for joy. In his fairly straightforward poem‚ Schiller wants to create a feeling and appreciation for
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3. CRITICAL APPRECIATION Its Faultless Construction This is the most faultless of Keats’s odes in point of construction. The first stanza gives us the bounty of Autumn‚ the second describes the occupations of the season‚ and the last dwells upon its sounds. Indeed‚ the poem is a complete and concrete picture of Autumn‚ “the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”. Its Sensuousness The bounty of Autumn has been described with all its sensuous appeal. The vines suggesting grapes‚ the apples‚ the
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knows the hero or heroine as the most important character in a story‚ but the ancient Grecian hero takes an even bigger role throughout the literature and culture of his age. In Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey Achilles and Odysseus represent typical Grecian heroes. Theseus‚ Persius and Oedipus‚ three other famous heroes also represent the Greek heroic archetype. These heroic tales were well known to Grecians of the time and had a great impact on the Greek culture. When speaking of the Iliad
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Ode to a Nightingale In Ode to a Nightingale‚ John Keats‚ the author and narrator‚ used descript terminology to express the deep-rooted pain he was suffering during his battle with tuberculosis. This poem has eight paragraphs or verses of ten lines each and doesn’t follow any specific rhyme scheme. In the first paragraph‚ Keats gave away the mood of the whole poem with his metaphors for his emotional and physical sufferings‚ for example: My heart aches‚ and drowsy numbness pains My
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sensory ode in a lyrical form‚ glorifying Autumn. In John Keats’s ode‚ ‘To Autumn’‚ the theme of abundance and fruitfulness on Autumn is portrayed. During the Romanticism period‚ the Romantics had a keen appreciation of nature’s beauty. As Keats’s believed that the deepest meaning of life lay in the appreciation of material beauty‚ as his poems convey a strong evocation of human senses experiencing what he perceived‚ as the sensuous wonder of the physical world. In stanza one of the ode‚ Keats’s
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In poetry‚ there are several factors that help connect the meaning given out by the author. For this to happen the author must let these factors go hand and hand. In “Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats‚ the tone‚ mood‚ and setting are directly affected by one another to help establish the deeper meaning of the poem. The overall tone throughout the poem is of resignation toward death. At first‚ Keats describes the agonizing death of his brother by saying that he had “fever” and “fret” along with
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Ode to Nightingale Many aspects go into understanding the deeper meaning behind a romantic poem; figurative language and diction contribute to the underlying story that life seems immoral until death actually occurs or is caused. In the romantic poem‚ “Ode to Nightingale‚” by John Keats the use of figurative language adds to the readers’ comprehension of the poem. It allows readers to open their minds to what Keats is really trying to get across in his poem. In life some people have the desire
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Tuesday‚ March 6‚ 2007 Ode to Evening - William Collins Introduction: “Ode to Evening‚” is one among the most enduring poems of William Collins. It is a beautiful poem of fifty-two lines‚ addressed to a goddess figure representing evening. This nymph‚ or maid‚ who personifies dusk‚ is chaste‚ reserv’d‚ and meek‚ in contrast to the bright-hair’d sun‚ a male figure who withdraws into his tent‚ making way for night. Thus evening is presented as the transition between light and darkness. Collins’
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ODE TO AUTUMN John Keats This poem‚ an ode‚ is the last of Keats’ odes. In it‚ the poet exhibits a rich mood of serenity by describing autumn as a season of mellow fruitfulness – a season of ripeness and fulfillment. This ode is known for its remarkable sensuous beauty that is crafted by employment of several visual‚ tactile and auditory imageries together with the personification of autumn as a woman engaged in various autumnal activities. In the first stanza‚ the poet has described the
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