The statement that all the poems considered could have been entitled “Futility”‚ I believe is predominantly correct‚ as a large majority of poetry produced at this time was highly critical of the war and of the goings on‚ that especially from people actively engaged in the war and fighting in the trenches and on the front line‚ would have been documenting about the horrors of war. As expected there is a common element of death and/or misery found in the majority of war poetry‚ especially the ones
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The song “Concrete Angle” by Martina McBride and the poem “The Little Girl down the Lane” by Nikki‚ talks about child abuse. It expresses both the child’s pain and the child trying to hide all their pain behind a mask‚ also trying to hide such a big secret. Both the song and the poem are very strong. They both sent out a very powerful message. To begin with‚ the song Concrete Angle by Martina McBride talks about a little girl in school wearing the same dress as the day before. The
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to do with society‚ but Wordsworth ’s are based around nature and spiritual reflection. These differences are probably partly due to Blake ’s living in London‚ and Wordsworth ’s living in the countryside - as seen in the different settings of their poems. Blake writes implicitly in "London" - making it clear that he is not fond of the city; but not once openly stating his own personal opinion of it. He does this by describing what he sees with irony and symbolism. One example is when Blake talks about
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glorification and futility. Through a detailed discussion of Birdsong‚ a selection of War Poetry and reference to Journey’s End‚ explore this portrayal. The people of 21st century Britain are very much aware that World War One was a bloodbath in which the lives of an entire generation of young men were wasted. Their sacrifice‚ however only succeeded in forming the foundations for another brutal conflict 20 years later. World War One now symbolises the horror of human nature and the futility of war. However
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Love aRole of Love as a Sickness in Beauty and Sadness The poet Samuel Daniel said in one of his poems that “love is a sickness full of woes‚ all remedies refusing” (Page 111). The novel Beauty and Sadness by Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata tells the story of a destructive love affair between a married writer and a teenage girl. This love affair continues to haunt both of these characters more than twenty years after their last encounter. In this novel there is the recurrent theme
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In contrast‚ ‘Ozymandias’ a sonnet‚ describes how an ancient king was once a powerful leader but today his work has faded by the destructive power of history which implies the insignificance of human beings over a passage of time. Whereas in ‘Poem of Thirty-Nine’ the daughter continues her life through the lessons her father taught her. ‘Ozymandias’ is about a meeting with the poet and a “traveller” who describes the story of King Ozymandias’s “shattered” statue. The traveller explains how the
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Defining Humanity through the Depiction of Loss and Suffering in Epic Poems Casey Dalton 10/8/2010 Forms and Expressions in World Literature Though epic poems‚ such as Homer’s The Iliad‚ or Beowulf‚ were meant to entertain‚ spread religion and culture‚ and perhaps even to preserve historical truths‚ they also have a rarely noticed‚ possibly accidental agenda; defining humanity. Even tales such as The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam have a mutual theme‚ though they
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‘Mametz Wood’ (page 36) and in one other poem from Conflict. In Mametz Wood‚ by Owen Sheers and Futility‚ by Wilfred Owen‚ their separate perspectives of conflict and war are shown throughout‚ with the use of imagery‚ and personification to show the poets’ changes in emotion. Owen Sheers wrote his poem in the perspective of what happened in the past‚ with the poem being influenced by Sheers seeing a picture of a mass grave‚ provoking gruesome images. Futility is written in the present tense‚ as
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one) A comparison on the poems of the Charles Simic and Anne Caston Considering that the life experience and the background affects the poet works‚ talking about the poems of the Simic and Caston is talking about the two different views on life. Even when their share same ideas‚ the literary and the approach to the issue is different. Anne Caston’s background in medicine and her experience of being a nurse is a good source for rooting her emotional ideas of protecting people in her poems while the
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Sadness is a normal emotional state‚ while depression is an abnormal emotional state. Sadness is generated by a problematic‚ upsetting‚ or disappointing experience or situation. In addition‚ sadness tends to fade away as the problem changes or vanishes. On the other hand‚ depression affects our everyday lives: the way we think‚ our emotions‚ our perceptions‚ and etc. Along with depression you lose interest‚ have trouble concentrating‚ cannot sleep at night‚ and much more. Consequently‚ it could be
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