In Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem‚ “Crossing the Bar‚” he describes his placid attitude towards death. He wrote‚ “Crossing the Bar” in 1889‚ three years before his death while crossing the Solent. Days before his death‚ he asked his son to put his poem at the end of all his poetry editions (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography). Throughout the poem‚ Tennyson demonstrates his acceptance of death through an extended metaphor of “crossing the bar” as he transitions into death. In “Crossing the Bar”
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I. Introduction For many years‚ Tennyson has attracted readers by what Edmond Gosse called "the beauty of the atmosphere which Tennyson contrives to cast around his work‚ molding it in the blue mystery of twilight‚ in the opaline haze of sunset." He is one of the greatest representative figures of the Victorian Age. His writing incorporates many poetic styles and includes some of the finest idyllic poetry in the language. He is one of the few poets to have produced acknowledged masterpieces
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the House of Lords and the House of Commons There are many differences between the House of Commons and the House of Lords however these can be separated into the main issues of Legislation and Legitimating. In the UK all legislation has to be approved by the Commons who have the final say on all Bills. This is effectively giving the consent of the people to those laws that they are expected to obey. Without this consent‚ laws would lack authority. It is purely because of this that the Lords are
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Write about the ways Tennyson tells the story in ‘Tithonus’ Tennyson tells the story of Tithonus with very mixed emotions. One minute he is in the depths of despair‚ and next confessing his desire for his lover. In Tithonus‚ a variety of techniques are used to show the narrator’s thoughts and feelings. One of the techniques involved is repetition. ‘Ay me! ay me!’ This repetition hints at how strong his despair is‚ slowly decaying but not dying as an immortal. The exclamation marks show that
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QUESTION “…reform of the House of Lords remains unfinished business. There are still 92 hereditary peers sitting in the Lords. But ending the anomaly‚ in the Government’s view‚ does not go far enough to ensure that Britain’s second chamber is fit to meet the demands and expectations of this century. The legitimacy and authority of the second chamber continued to be called into question” The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw‚ former leader of the House of Commons‚ The House of Lords: Reform‚ February 2007
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For 1: The House of Lords is unelected therefore do not represent the nation. For 2: The Lords are appointed for life and therefore cannot be removed from office. For 3: The Lords are useless and get overridden by the Commons. We need a chamber with power. For 4: It is anachronistic for a democratic state to have an unelected chamber of parliament. For 5: But it’s WRONG. Against 1: The Commons represents the nation: a second chamber in a unitary state cannot duplicate this effect
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Under the surface of “The Lady of Shalott” “The Lady of Shalott”‚ by Alfred Tennyson‚ is a Victorian ballad based on an early renaissance Italian story "Quì conta come la Damigella di Scalot morì per amore di Lancialotto de Lac." While it is on the surface a simple narrative of an Arthurian story‚ it is impossible not to wonder if Tennyson intended to get something more across. One of the possible interpretations of “The Lady of Shalott” is as a commentary on the relationship between artists
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John Keats (1795-1821) TO AUTUMN. 1. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness‚ Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees‚ And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd‚ and plump the hazel shells With
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subjectivity but on reality and closely observed detail. What this paper aims for is to demonstrate that Tennyson’s poem Ulysses is written in the form of a dramatic monologue and to show how the poem functions as a vehicle for the poet’s world-view. Alfred Tennyson’s entire poem is spoken by a single character as it is indicated by the large number of verbs and pronouns in the first person singular. The audience he speaks to is silent. The speaker is a classic‚ heroic figure in a classic situation‚
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Short Writing 4 The presentation of war in the poems written by Odin and Alfred Lord Tennyson compared to poems written by Wilfred Owen is vastly different. Both shed vastly different light on the subject of one dying for his country. The main fundamental ideological difference of the two given poems by Odin and Tennyson is that they believe when one dies in war‚ they should be honored and celebrated‚ and it should be considered a glorious death‚ while Wilfred Owen believes a death in war is
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