The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost
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Does Claudius Portray An Average Machiavellian Villain Coursework
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud I will in this essay present a short introduction of the romantic hero, the poet, and the significance of the depiction of nature.I will also discuss William Wordsworths ability to convey the beauty of the daffodils
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Love as Joyous
Love as Joyous Both Plath and the Metaphysical Poets show love as joyous by suggesting a strong physical intimacy between themselves and their lovers. Donne, known for his hedonistic ways tried to seduce his lady in the poem 'To his mistress going to bed" by relating her undressing to a holy analogy. "Hallowed temple... heaven... paradise... Angels" gives a sense of purity about the relationship and emphasises the innocence in that the love they are about to share is purely between them. Along with this, in order to fortify the intimacy felt during love making Donne uses polysemic terms such as "My mine of precious stones" which not only displays mine as a first person possessive pronoun- perhaps showing pride in the possession he has over his mistress- but also the mine that is her genitals- the new land he is yet to discover. Similarly Plath uses polysemantic terms as a way of showing the exclusivity in her relationships in the poem 'Ariel , specifically referring to the apparent lesbian affair she had soon after her and Ted Hughes split ' - " The child's cry melts in the wall" not only suggests that when with her alleged lesbian partner she's free for the burden of motherhood and can just focus on their passion but also that when being in a homosexual relationship the possibilities of conceiving a child are none an therefore there is no-one else to detract from the bond
Life is Like a Shell.
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Analysis of literary tools used by Phil Larkin
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How do the introductions to Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, Earth(TM)s Answer and The Shepherd work as an introduction to Blake(TM)s style and concerns?
How do the introductions to Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, Earth's Answer and The Shepherd work as an introduction to Blake's style and concerns? It must first be noted that there is a stark contrast between the songs of innocence and of experience. The Songs of Innocence convey a childish, innocent and sweet nature, with word choices to suit this mood, whereas the Songs of Experience represent the experience of age, and the imagery and language used is far more hellish than heavenly. A direct comparison to show this is 'The Lamb' in contrast to 'The Tiger'. The Lamb is written with childish repetition. The Tiger is hard-featured in comparison to The Lamb, in respect to word choice and representation. The Tiger is a poem in which the author makes many inquiries. Ultimately, the question at hand is 'Could the same creator have made both the tiger and the lamb?' This is a theme that echoes throughout Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience. The Songs of Experience contain much darker subject matters, and the introductions to both songs of innocence and experience show the difference clearly. The Introduction to the Songs of Innocence relates directly to the period of romanticism. In it lies the key romantic elements: Imagination, emotion, idealism, the importance of childhood and nature. Nature is a key element that resonates throughout the poem and to the
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