In Ode to a Nightingale Keats introduces the reader to his discontent with the void of feeling he is experiencing. In the first line Keats says how his‚ “heart aches” which the reader would interpret as pain; however the second half of the first line he describes‚ “A drowsy numbness”. This tells me that Keats is uncomfortable with the “numbness” he experiences. In the second line Keats says‚ “as though of hemlock I had drunk”. Norton foot notes tell us that hemlock is a poison that acts
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and creativity‚ the beauty of nature‚ magical creatures or experience‚ and the true sufferings of human life. "Ode to a Nightingale" and "To Autumn" are two well known odes by Keats. They both reflect some of the concerns in its context. "Ode to a Nightingale" explores the sufferings of mortal life and ways of escape including alcohol‚ imagination and poetry‚ and death. The nightingale represents transcendence to a better world and its song is the means by which the narrator reaches this state.
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Romantic poets as he was faced by a series of sad experiences in his life. The poem was written a few months after the death of the poet’s brother. Ode to a Nightingale is one of the five "spring ode’s " composed by Keats. He emphasized on sensuousness‚ that is‚ his works appealed to all the five senses of sight‚ sound‚ touch‚ smell and taste. An ode is a lyric‚ which is lofty in style and is usually addressed formally to its subject. Greek and Roman mythology were inspiration for his poetry. Medieval
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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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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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Florence Nightingale is remembered throughout the world for her heroic‚ almost superhuman labors in the field of nursing. Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820 and was named Florence after her birthplace. A brilliant child‚ Florence attained outstanding academic achievement in her years attending school. Florence grew up to be a lively and attractive young woman‚ admired in her families elite social circle and was expected to make a good marriage‚ but Florence had other concerns.
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The Nightingale and the Rose Please write down the characters’ different attitudes toward Love: (1) The student’s (2) The Lizard’s‚ the Butterfly’s and the Daisy’s (3) The Nightingale Love is mysterious thing‚ attracting many authors in all-time. “The Nightingale and the Rose”‚ a fairy tale by Oscar Wilde‚ is a meaningful story following the theme of Love. The theme is deeply conveyed in this story through the characters’ different attitudes toward Love. For the Student‚ the need for
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The Nightingale And The Rose I like this story entitled The Nightingale and the Rose because the power of love shown by the nightingale is so amazing.The Nightingale willing to sacrifice himself for something he believed in‚ that why he had a great power to fulfill his dream to made a red rose flower for the student. The plot of the story is very simple. A young student thought that he was madly in love with the professor’s daughter. He felt miserable because he could not find a single red rose
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Florence Nightingale my ears wander around interested. She became one of the people I now idolize. Her passion for nursing was beyond belief because when she approached her parents and told them about her nursing ambition‚ they were not pleased but on 1844 she pursued her first goal and enrolled as a nursing student despite the displease of her parents and how becoming a nurse itself was such a low position for women; she believed that nursing was her calling… Florence Nightingale was known
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