After reading through all the poems‚ there was no question about which three I was going to pick. The poem “Punishment” by Lisa Zaran moved me with the first line‚ “When using‚ you are not the same”. Growing up in the 70s and being a teenager in the 80s‚ I have seen firsthand the detrimental effect that substance abuse has on our society. When she continues with next two lines‚ “That sublimity of an altered state‚ you are not the same”‚ I have absolutely no doubt I know what this poem is about. The
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Unfathomable Grace Infatuation and obsession with work and the myriad of life’s requirements sometimes blinds a person to the realization and appreciation of the simple‚ yet crucial‚ things in life. Throughout the decades‚ mankind has become increasingly structured around work‚ money‚ and selfish intentions. Unfortunately‚ this shift has veered man’s focus from being theocentric to anthropocentric. In his poem “God’s Grandeur‚” Gerard Manley Hopkins capitalizes upon this worldview evolution
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Charles Dickens is a writer that is expected to choose the names of his characters to match their personalities. One could even explain them being innocent atrocious or even inattentive. Take Thomas Grandgrind for instance‚ he is a man of realism a hard teacher that worked his students like machines hoping to produce some graduates. Then there is Mr. M’Choakumchild‚ he is a very atrocious man ‚ some say he even look like an ogre. So now we move onto Cecilia Jupe aka Sissy Jupe. She is different then
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Asleep in the Valley by Arthur Rimbaud The poem starts with a blissful scenery. The mention of flowers‚ streams‚ mountains‚ the valley‚ and how the rays of the sun reached the mountaintop emits cheerful thoughts from the readers. By reading the first paragraph‚ readers would want to go to the place the author described. They would also have their own conclusions that the poem would end in a happy note. In the second paragraph‚ a young soldier is being introduced by the author. Readers would
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“Persimmons”: Assimilation‚ & Social Negligence “See through.” Surely‚ most people have experienced this feeling before‚ the feelings of being seen‚ but not truly “seen.” As if every part of their being‚ their roots‚ their culture‚ and history meant nothing and holds no value to anyone but themselves‚ just as the speaker is raised in a bi-lingual‚ bi-culture atmosphere although most of us may be forgotten throughout our lifetime from daily encounters or short terms relationships; semester
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Katherine Mansfield’s story‚ "Bliss‚" is about sex. Yet‚ because Bertha’s sexuality does not manifest itself in an immediate desire for a heterosexual sexual encounter it is difficult to determine how sexuality figures in the story. The presentation of sexuality in Mansfield’s stories is so unique that most critics contributing to Jan Pilditch’s The Critical Response to Katherine Mansfield do not realize how deeply sexuality figures in the stories and do not refer to it in their analyses. Cherry
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Mrs Ramsay As was the case with Lily‚ Mr Ramsay´s wife also relates to art in many different ways. Firstly‚ as it has been aforementioned‚ she tries to make of the moment something permanent and to create form out of chaos. As Caracciolo says “in her wish to bring people together‚ even in her housekeeping concerns‚ a whole aesthetics is implicit‚ with the claim that art imposes a shape on the shapeless‚ making of it ‘something permanent’” (Caracciolo‚ 259). This “wish” of bringing people together
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Cameron McDonald Mr. Ray Critical Reading‚ Analytical Writing 27 April 2012 Complete Minimal Poems by Aram Saroyan Aram Saroyan‚ a leading minimalist poet in the 1960s‚ shows many aspects of the specific use of language of poetry in his complete collection. Poetry is exactly the right words put in exactly the right order‚ and Saroyan proves that he has mastered this concept. Aram Saroyan exhibits an exemplary use of the language to express thoughts in few‚ sometimes single‚ words‚ but
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Analysis of Defense of Poetry Steve Budd Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Shelley was born in 1792 in Sussex England‚ Shelley would become one of the finest poets of the Romantic period. He was brought up under very privileged circumstance and attending Syon House Academy at the age of ten‚ Eton at the age of twelve and would later attend Oxford University (Penn par 1). It was at this time he would received extensive knowledge of the classics and become interested in science and
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An analysis and comparison of The child who walks backwards and A poem for Darcy The poems The child who walks backwards by Lorna Crozier and A poem for Darcy by Steven Herrick explore the issue of child abuse. The poets give very similar treatment to the theme and both poems have the same tone. In all else‚ the poems are different. Crozier makes use of language techniques throughout whereas Herrick’s poem is unadorned‚ which creates its own impact. Both poems are devastating in the social
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