The same thing can be applied when talking about a reader and literature. A work like Sylvia Plath’s “Poppies In July” has the ability to capture an audience’s attention from the first line‚ as it could be argued to be almost abstract. The poem opens by amiably describing flowers. However‚ the ending of the first line foreshadows something more sinister or dangerous‚ by referring to the poppies as “little hell flames”. The irony seems odd‚ considering flowers are generally used to convey a light
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#1 Nathaniel Malcolm Mr. German ENG4UAN-a July 10‚ 2013 The Futility of the ‘American Dream’ The ideal of the ‘American Dream’ has hardly changed over the past century. The dream is a unique American phenomenon. It represents a nebulous concept that is exemplified by a number of American values. Many deem wealth and success to be the means to this paradigm. When stability‚ security and family values also become part of the suburban lifestyle‚ the American Dream
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beginning of Joanna Diaz’s poem “On My Father’s Loss of Hearing‚” she has an epigram. An epigram is a brief and memorable statement about the poem. Her epigram states that deaf people are not disabled‚ but only abled differently. In Joanne Diaz’ poem‚ “On My Father’s Loss of Hearing‚” she contradicts her epigram and goes back and forth between depicting her father as abled and disabled. Joanne Diaz states all of the things her father has lost in the second stanza of her poem which contradicts her epigram
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Socheata Sin Oct. 30 2012 English Lang & Lit 11JMc The commentary on the poem “Futility” by Wilfred Owen The poem titled “Futility” meaning uselessness or pointlessness. Owen is trying to say this war is the pointless war. The soldiers are useless that they’re dead. No matter how much the soldier work‚ it doesn’t worth it. The poem is written in fourteen lines and divided into two verses. The two verses are contrast each other. The first verse’s atmosphere is quite‚ soft‚ tender and
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Sadness in Kate Chopin’s “The Locket” Kate Chopin’s “The Locket” is a short story only four pages long and broken into two sections‚ but filled with sadness. There are many factors in the story‚ from beginning to end‚ that display sad and sorrow that Kate Choplin‚ again and again‚ nailed home with imagery of the setting and personal experiences of the main characters Edmond and Octavie. Sadness appears right from the start in the first section with a gloomy setting of a war being waged and
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favor of the abortion.The boy in” Araby” experiences sadness because‚ he adores his love from a distance‚ which also brings him sadness because he cannot open up and express his feelings to the girl as it would seem awkward. His constant thoughts about the girl as a result‚ interfere with his school work‚ and are present in every aspect of his life. Sadly the girl doesn’t really notice him. In “hills like white Elephants” the girl meets sadness as it becomes clear to her that she is not important
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about my husband; he left me like my son leaving for war. My husband when he never came back. I can still hear the bells. The bells hearing my sensitive ears; the reminder a loved one has gone. That day a telegram delivered to my door was filled with sadness. I never want that day repeated. “Don’t go! You’re the only one I have. You’re everything for me; you’re the only support I can ever have. You can’t leave me and go to war when I need you!” The mother sobbed and her face turned pale. The son moaned
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Wilfred Owen’s poetry usually describes the grotesque reality of the frontline of WWI; however‚ this poem concentrates on the meaning of existence‚ and the futility (pointlessness) of war and inevitability of death. The narrator of this poem is having an existential crisis; what is the point of being born if you are just going to die a few years later? It is common for people to question death and what comes after death‚ especially if that person is surrounded by death or on the verge of death themselves
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Sylvia Plath Poem Comparison Essay Saying Sylvia Plath was a troubled woman would be an understatement. She was a dark poet‚ who attempted suicide many times‚ was hospitalized in a mental institution‚ was divorced with two children‚ and wrote confessional poems about fetuses‚ reflection‚ duality‚ and a female perspective on life. Putting her head in an oven and suffocating was probably the happiest moment in her life‚ considering she had wanted to die since her early twenties. However‚ one thing
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The Matilija Poppy also known as‚ the Romneya couteri‚ is an erect flower growing up to eight feet tall that is heavy branched and woody at the base. The white flowers are the largest of any plant native to California‚ and resemble fried eggs. There are five to eight crinkled petals per stem with many yellow stamens and a single large pistil. The unique flower was discovered in California in 1831 by an Irish surgeon-botanist‚ Thomas Coulter and the first seeds reached England in 1875 and by late
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