horrified admiration. Why is this? It is because these individuals are doing what they love without holding back and with no reservations. They are fully aware that they are risking their lives and that death is staring them in the face‚ but they do not care because they are achieving their dreams. These daredevils set themselves apart from the crowd by acting on their desires when most of the
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‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (‘Prufrock’) and ‘Journey of the Magi’ (‘Magi’) are two of T. S. Eliot’s poems which continue to engage readers through Eliot’s use of modernist techniques and ideas. Eliot’s innovative use of techniques such as symbolism and fragmentation are reason enough for the lingering interest of his poems for his readers‚ almost a century after they were composed. During his context‚ early 20th century in America and England‚ Eliot’s original exploration of ideas concerning
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1. I would describe Prufrock’s fantasy as a morbid fantasy he has come up with‚ that creates a long metaphor which correlates to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Through his mesmerizing use of dramatic monologue‚ he compares his version of hell as a lonely and abandoned dream‚ possible consciousness; that leads me to conclude that Prufrock’s problem ranges from a state of depression and loneliness that he integrates into this strange‚ ironic love song. 2. The simile in
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In the poem “Toads” by Philip Larkin‚ a man who never makes himself known begins to talk about two toads. Although not being literal‚ the man uses toads as a metaphor for objects within his life which hold him back from feeling purely accomplished. The first toad that he speaks of is the influence and pressures which society forces on individuals to work. The second toad is one which he finds within his subconscious which prompts him to work and never quit‚ despite how bad he wants to. The man soon
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‘In Donne’s Poetry the religious and the erotic are dangerously confused.’ Discuss. John Donne’s Holy Sonnets were a series of metaphysical poems written during the early 17th Century while he was converting to Anglicism from Roman Catholicism. Sonnet 14‚ known as “Batter my heart‚ three person’d God”‚ documents how Donne desires God to exercise his mastery over him in order to banish his qualms from his mind‚ which are manifested in the “reason” or “enemy”. However‚ the language that Donne utilises
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Desire brings forth blindness and self-destruction. At least‚ that seems to be the message Sir Philip Sidney tries to convey in “Thou Blind Man’s Mark.” Sidney uses poetic devices like imagery‚ personification‚ and tone to address his complex attitude towards desire. “Thou blind man’s mark‚ thou fool’s self-chosen snare” (line 1). Sidney invokes metaphors to describe the subject of his poem before revealing what it actually is. The contradicting and confusing images are likely due to his passionate
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In Sir Philip Sidney’s “Thou Blind Man’s Mark”‚ he expresses that his abomination of desire. He argues that how bad desire can affect himself‚ and why he wants to get rid of desire. Sidney‚ like any excellent writers‚ employs tactical reasoning and persuasive devices to plead with audiences to take his side. In this poem‚ he illustrates a couple of such devices. At the beginning of this poem‚ the speaker Sidney does not tell his audience what are the main topic and the theme of this poem. Instead
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Poetry is literature which expresses feelings‚ ideas and emotions ultimately to tell a story‚ but the intensity‚ reality and drive of the story is portrayed through the used of distinctive style‚ genre‚ rhythm and beat. Robert Creeley and Emily Dickinson both use poetic language and form in order to convey and allow the reader to unpack the poem and create meaning. Robert Creeley’s Broken Back Blues‚ explores the genre of Blues which allows the piece to carry a pensive tone which evokes a Jazz
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Kenneth Slessor was a well known Australian poet whom was also an official correspondent during the second World War. Slessor was born on the 27th of March 1901 in Orange‚ New South Wales. Kenneth Slessor was one of Australia’s leading poets. He was notable particularly for the absorption of modernist influences into the Australian poetry. William Street and Beach Burial are the two poems that contain such techniques which shape significant ideas in Slessor’s poetry. William Street is a poem
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"My Papa’s Waltz" is one of most popular contemporary poems written by Theodore Roethke. The poem was first published in 1942 by Heast Magazines‚ Inc. from The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. It is a poem about a boy recalling a time with his father while they share a dance of waltz. This poem consists of four quatrains written in iambic trimeter with a simple rhyme scheme. It uses imagery‚ metaphors‚ and simile to invoke a strong impression. Each image captures an emotional richness all told
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