After reading The Apparition by John Donne I noticed the narrator was having a similar thought that I have had before. I believe the narrator was venting in some way because he was stating that when he becomes a ghost he is going haunt the person who has done him wrong. I noticed this emotion from the narrator when he stated‚ “I am dead/“ And thou thinkst thee free/“From all solicitation from me (Lines 1-4). I also think the narrator is venting because it seems the narrator just wants the person
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condemned to the eighth circle of hell‚ which is reserved for those who’ve committed treachery or freud. The epigraph sets the stage for a confession of the damned. Just like Montefeltro‚ Prufrock makes that assumption that the audience can relate to his pain. 2. We can assume that the speaker of the poem is Prufrock‚ a character Eliot creates through the use of dramatic monologue—a technique in which a speaker addresses a silent listener‚ often revealing qualities he or she might wish to keep hidden
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The poem To The Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time written by Robert Herrick contains direct diction‚ meanwhile the poem Song written by Sir John Suckling contains supportive word choice. The poems discuss the theme of Carpe Diem and are directed at the people whom the speaker think needs to live more freely. First of all‚ the poem written by Robert Herrick is directed at young females who are on their prime. For instance‚ he uses phrases like “You may forever tarry” to emphasize the importance of living
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to ask as a condition of asking it. Or perhaps in order for Prufrock to be able to ask the question he would have to not care what the answer would be; in that case‚ the answer wouldn’t matter. Lines 7-9 Prufrock‚ the persona of the poem‚ issues his invitation to an unspecified “you” to go with him to an as yet unspecified place. To establish when they will be going‚ he introduces the disconcerting simile “like a patient etherised upon a table.” This peculiar use of simile reflects immediately
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“The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer and “The Flea” by John Donne; in both cases it is a means to an end: in the first the old woman wants to get “the thing that most of all Women desire” and in the second the lover seeks “How little which his lover (thou) deniest him (me)” and uses an allusion to marriage to achieve this. In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” the old woman seems to ask the knight a naïve request; there is no hint that what she will ask of him is to marry her: “Swear me true
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relationship makes him vulnerable to being hurt. This most likely hints at his fears of the unknown‚ change and complexity which explains his attachment to the Natural History Museum‚ where “the only thing that would be different would be you” (65). As a result‚ he completely detaches himself from people and through his pessimistic persona‚ he is constantly on the lookout for reasons to hate being an adult. However‚ when looking at his circle of “friends‚” they’re privileged‚ rich and adults‚ like him.
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Bruce Weigl approach to writing is captivating and pure. In the first poem What Saves Us Weigl writes about a young man who is preparing to deploy to Vietnam. The first half of the poem is entirely about the main character’s desire to have sex with his presumed girlfriend. “The next morning I would leave for the war.…. I thought to myself that I would not die never having
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Donne utilizes the insect as an exemplification to express how his beloved has refused him of something he believes to be so insignificant. His persistency becomes more incontrovertible when Donne (1633) states “And in this flea our two bloods mingled be;” (line 4) elucidating a validity in the speaker’s eyes through the creation of a new bond that has
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worry about the punishment or reputation. Above all the poet‚ in a desperate effort to persuade his lover to yield‚ offering that the opportunity is now. Poems or songs reflecting the carpe diem theme tend to focus on youth. Both Robert Herrick’s poem “To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time” and Catullus’s “Vivamus et Amemus” reflect the key characteristics of this specific genre. Catullus makes his appeal in the first three lines of the poem by saying “Vivamus‚ mea Lesbia‚ atque
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speaker is trying to convince his love interest to have a sexual relationship with him. The speaker’s‚ love interest rejects his request of intimacy because it is hinted that the female lover is a proper lady‚ and does not believe in premarital sex. John Donne represents the sexual union of the speaker and lover‚ with the use of imagery‚ rhythm‚ and the conceit of a flea. The flea is utilized as a metaphor to represent the relationship between them‚ and to further persuade his love interest into sleeping
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