devices to steadily increase tension in the reader. Significantly‚ this allows one to reflect on the association between words and their meaning. As pre-Raphaelite visual artists asked themselves what is actually seen—instead of what is imagined—Rossetti asks what is actually written. As a poet‚ she accomplishes this through her EXCESS detail created with the use of repetition‚ alliteration‚ consonance‚ the rhyme scheme‚ and association of words and phrases. However‚ for brevity‚ I will focus on
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How have the composers of the poems you will be discussing constructed their representations of women? Compare and contrast the themes and values represented in your two chosen poems. The representation of women have changed throughout the course of history. The Ruined Maid composed by Thomas Hardy and I Am Man-made by Susan Wicks both incorporate similar values of the submissive nature of women‚ yet do not fail to integrate two very different values of female sexuality and male dominance‚ respectively
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How does Philip Larkin explore the role of women in at least two poems you have studied? Philip Larkin’s relationships with women are often scrutinized in the media. He was often accused of misogyny and never married‚ though had several prominent relationships. Having once said‚ “Sex means nothing – just the moment of ecstasy‚ that flares and dies in minutes”‚ one could infer that Larkin had a dismissive attitude towards sexual relationships. Two poems from the Whitsun Weddings collection‚ Wild
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In “After Death‚” Christina Rossetti portrays that life has no value until it is taken away: The curtains were half drawn‚ the floor was swept And strewn with rushes‚ rosemary and may Lay thick upon the bed on which I lay‚ Where thro’ the lattice ivy-shadows crept. He leaned above me‚ thinking that I slept And could not hear him; but I heard him say: “Poor child‚ poor child”: and as he turned away Came a deep silence‚ and I knew he wept. He did not touch the shroud‚ or raise the fold That hid my
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how is the theme of loss and separation explored in remember‚ a mother in a refugee camp and poem at thirty nine? The three poems Remember written by Christina Rossetti‚ A Mother In A Refugee Camp by Chinua Achebe and Poem at Thirty-Nine by Alice Walker share the same negative theme of loss and separation. Remember explores the pain felt by losing loved ones. A Mother In A Refugee Camp emphasizes the relationship between a mother and her child living in a refugee camp. Poem at thirty nine is
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How is Marxism presented as a metaphor in Christina Rossetti’s poem ‘Goblin Market’? In Goblin Market‚ Rossetti presents Marxism as a metaphor through a number of different characters and through the language used. It could be argued that in the poem there is this idea that consumerism is bad‚ and that we are never satisfied with what we have which is essentially the theory behind Marxist views. An example of this in the poem is that once Laura has had a taste of the fruit she immediately wants
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"If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me‚ I know that is poetry" (Emily Dickinson). Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. Poetry is the style of writing which sometimes has a unclear or secret theme. Poetry is often used to express or describe personal feeling or emotions. Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden- Robert Hayden is the speaker in this poem. He talks as the son to the father. This poem talks about the love of son to the father‚ who
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unfortunate reality many college students face on college campuses‚ an environment that is supposedly a so-called safe place. The general public tends to play stalking off as not being that bad‚ and that the victim deep down really loves the attention their perpetrator shows them. But how do the victims of stalking feel about their experiences? Do they feel like they have been violated in some way? Research conducted by Dr. McNamara and Dr. Marsil indicate
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This essay will address how Shakespeare and Rossetti engage with the sonnet form‚ through Rossetti’s “A Sonnet” (1881) and Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 52” (1609). Both poets arguably subvert the traditional Petrarchan sonnet genre‚ though in different ways. Rossetti’s “A Sonnet” explores the sonnet as an art form rather than as a means of currency‚ as this was a use of sonnets at the time‚ and how if treated as a commodity‚ the value of a sonnet is diminished. Similarly‚ Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 52” challenges
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Rape Culture and Victim-Blaming According to the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime‚ victim blaming can be defined as “a devaluing act that occurs when the victim(s) of a crime or an accident is held responsible — in whole or in part — for the crimes that have been committed against them”. It can appear in forms of negative social response from authoritative organizations (lawyers‚ police‚ etc.) or from the victim’s social circle (friends‚ family‚ school‚ etc.) towards the crime that
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