Blake is the Enemy of all Authority(TM)- to what extent is this a fair analysis of Blake(TM)s attitutude in The Selected Poems(TM)?
'Blake is the Enemy of all Authority'- to what extent is this a fiar analysis of Blake's attitutude in 'The Selected Poems'? Hanoom 13 sh Blake's poetry often serves to propagate his anti-authoritarian views and loathing of institutional power. Furthermore, his views often impress upon the reader his belief in the human right for both spiritual and social freedom, unconstrained by established convention. Blake's treatment of the institution of the church and religion is often contemptuous and shows his attitude to what he sees as the hypocrisy of an uncompromising establishment which in his eyes causes misery, rather than nurturing the human sole. In 'The Garden of Love' Blake conveys his anti-clerical message in the stanza "the gates of this chapel were shut" and reflects his view of the church as exclusionary. Moreover, the "shut" gates imply that the path to heaven and God does not start at the foot of the alter, but in individual belief and spirituality. The idea is further reinforced in the poem by the image of priests "binding with briars my joys and desires" and thereby placing the priests in the position of Christ's oppressors, making them seem malevolent in robbing people of their natural joyful impulse. The alliteration and assonance within the "binding with briars" further reinforces the idea of a cruel path to supposed salvation. 'The Marriage of Heaven and
Commentary on "The Patriot" by Robert Browning
The patriot The patriot was written by well-known poet Robert Browning who was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Browning is best known by some of his short poems, such as Rabbi Ben Ezra, How they brought the good News to Aix, Evelyn Hope, The Pied Piper of Hammelin, A Grammarian's Funeral, A Death in the Desert. The patriot - An Old Story is characteristic of Browning in the sense that it reflects his murkiness, deep religiosity and robust optimism. This poem is about a man (the patriot) who was once recognized as their hero and was cherished and could accomplish anything that he preferred however he is later misunderstood and is rejected by the public and is sentence to death. He confesses that he is sentence to death for the wrong reason and has strong hope in God that he will be saved from the public's misunderstood views. He says that he is safe in heaven, and as a result this show that deep down he believes that he is morally correct regardless of what the public thinks. The common theme used in this poem is "the rise and fall of fortune" which tells us that pleasure never lasts long also Robert Browning, throughout this poem, suggests that his fame was stolen in a metaphorical sense. The poem starts of with the subtitle "an old story" which indicates to reader
Analysis of Oscar Wildes poem, The Ballad of the Reading Gaol.
From the Ballad of the Reading Gaol-An analysis The world we live in is neither as perfect or just as we perceive it as: it is brutal and pitiless and does not even let the dead rest in peace and the dying even less so. A similar thought is expressed in Oscar Wilde's poem, "The Ballad of the Reading Gaol". Wilde, who was himself imprisoned for some time, relates the story of a man who is sentenced to death by hanging, but who comes to terms with his own death. Wilde, in his poem might be trying to convey many things: harshness of the society that is judging them, murder that is not always premeditated, but gets punished severely nevertheless, overbearing love that changes and kills the things that every man loves, the harsh and painful lives of prisoners in prison. There is a hint, by the repetition of "blood", consecutively followed by "wine", that the person who killed his wife wasn't totally in control of himself, that the blood was shed when it was influenced by the wine and that if he hadn't been intoxicated he wouldn't have committed the murder. On the other hand, the repetition of "dead" twice and then replacement by "murdered" seems to make the act particularly heinous. Throughout its 109 verses, Wilde uses repetitions of certain lines again and again. He also uses anadiplosis to repeat a similar idea as in the previous line. Thus, Wilde retains the form of the poem
Baxter's "Elegy for my Father's Father" :poetry analysis
Elegy For My Father's Father: An analysis What does death hold for an eighty year old man who has never spoken his heart? And why is he not afraid of what the mouths of the dead say? These are only a few questions among a lot of questions that could be asked about the poem. The way the poem is arranged is strange and only the things laid out plainly can be interpreted as what they are. But the ambiguity is intentional and adds quite a lot to the poem. Though the term 'Elegy' means lament, the tone of the poem is mixed, with celebration, sorrow and possibly regret. One of them may be for a life lived without expression of feelings, but the feeling expressed might not even be regret as in the end, his heart was "unafraid". The poem refers twice to the fact that 'his heart had never spoken'. The reader gains the impression of a somewhat grim and taciturn man. Even his family seems to find it difficult to mourn his passing, a sentiment expressed in lines nine to eleven. It is not clear if his family feels as awkward as he in expressing their emotions or if in fact there was no love for him. The word "bitter" stands out when describing his descendents. Maybe he and his family indeed had an unpleasant relationship. Maybe this answers our question as to why memorial is denied for him especially since we see him work so hard. Distance in relationship can be shown by the fact that
What methods does Browning use to tell the poem Porphyrias Lover?
What methods does Browning use to tell the poem Porphyria's Lover? Porphyria's lover was written by Robert Browning in 1836. It is about a psychotic character that lives in a cottage when his blooming lover who is Porphyria comes to visit him in the stormy night setting the fire place and bringing cheer to the cottage. While she is expressing her love toward him he wraps her "yellow strings" around her neck and strangles her since he feels she won't give herself to him forever. While strangling her he re-assures himself that she is feeling no pain. As he sits with her dead body, he has a thought that maybe what he did was right that's why God hasn't punished him yet. The common themes used in this poem are love; madness and power which tells us that Porphyria's lover want to take control of Porphyria's life forever. Robert browning, through out this poem, informs the reader of his madness and wanting to take control of Porphyria. This poem by Robert Browning is an example of dramatic monologue which is written in Porphyria's lover's point of view, but making Porphyria the dominant and the main character. When a poem is written in dramatic monologue form, it involves the speaker who reveals his character unintentionally while describing particular event or situation in order to build up a true picture of the actual events that took place by studying their language, tone and
The main interest of Maude Clare by Christina Rossetti is the contrast between Clare and Nell. What are your views?
The main interest of 'Maude Clare' is the contrast between Clare and Nell. What are your views? Maude Clare is a poem about social classes and secrets which was written by Christina Rossetti in 1848. The main focus of this poem by Rossetti is on two females from different social classes, one of them who is 'like a queen' and the other who is 'like a villages maid' as they both want the love of their lord Thomas also leaving him in a confused situation. This poem is written in a ballad form as it has 11 stanzas and has a rhyme scheme of AB AB. Rossetti has used contrast in this poem to describe the status of two women's as she says one of them who was 'like a queen' and the other who was 'like a villages maid'. The first stanza in this poem is describing the setting of the poem which is set in a church on Nells and Sir Thomas's wedding day. Many readers may argue that the poems main interest is based on Nell and Maude Clare differences as they believe that Rossetti wrote this poem to show the power of women in her society and how they were not as powerful as men showing the binary opposition of two things: strong and weak. At the time when this poem was written women who were not married meant that they didn't posses anything as marriage give them a status. In the poem when Nell says 'I'll love him till he loves me best' this could mean that even if Sir Thomas didn't love
The Island - Paddy Kinsale Critical Analysis
The Island - Paddy Kinsale The Island is written in the first person narrator and is conveyed from the perspective of a man who is remembering his childhood memory when he was on a boat with his uncle. The poem lacks metaphorical language and is very straight forward though it has very descriptive language and this conveys that the memories the narrator is describing are very vivid. The verses are free, these coveys the freedom felt by the speaker when describing his experience on the island, in addition this is emphasised by the word "free". There is a clear contrast between the age of the uncle and the narrator, words like "dark voice", "coarse" emphasise this notion. Moreover, even the boat is seen as "old" because it is described as "creaking and straining". The narrator is still young and naive; the boat trip to the island fills him with excitement and had longed for it a long time; this is conveyed with the words "excitement" ,"for years he would say he would take me", "I could have stayed forever". The vocabulary is simple but very descriptive and this continues to emphasise the young age of the narrator. Furthermore, words like "enormous", "immensity" depict the small structure the narrator had when he was experiencing this memory; he saw everything bigger in comparison to himself. "The rocks looked sharper, the air clearer, the breeze more salt" - depicts that
Cold in the earth is not a display of grief but an exploration of the psychology of loss. How does Bronte convey this message?
3. 'Cold in the earth is not a display of grief but an exploration of the psychology of loss.' How does Bronte convey this message? 'Cold in the earth' is an exploration of Bronte's psychological journey, which is full of struggles and pain as she copes with her lover's death. It is also an account of how Bronte attempts to reconcile herself to the truth, although she appears to be unsuccessful in doing so at the end. She is trapped in her own psychological maze of loss, constantly alternating between thoughts to remember or forget her lover. We could see her psychological flow in the poem: Firstly, her memories of Bronte with her lover is frozen along with the 'deep snow piled above' her lover's corpse. Secondly, she is in the dilemma of forgetting her beloved and these memories or not. Then, she represses her wish to die and leave this world ('Sternly denied its burning wish to hasten down to the tomb already more than mine'). Fourthly, she cannot let go of her love for him, and she doubts upon the thought of forgetting that 'divinest anguish', whether she can move on with her love without such thoughts of memories('How could I see the empty world again?'). At last, no conclusion is reached. Bronte is as confused and torn as before. In this way, we see that the whole psychological of loss is run in a circular path. Her memories of the 'golden dreams' are a 'divinest
Hitcher and Before you were mine
English Literature Hitcher Hitcher is about a persona who has is "under the weather," meaning he is unwell; however he is being put under lots of pressure in his work place. This makes him feel very frustrated. We sympathise this character because it is written in 1st person narrative, making it personal and we become personally involved. We feel empathy. This occurs in the first word of the poem "I'd." The third line is italicised to indicate that this is not what the persona is saying but his boss/manager. Plus, the word "fired" is short and this emphasises the word to show seriousness and that there is no negotiation. As a result, we feel sympathy for him and the pressure the man is under. However, when he picks up the Hitcher we are able to see contrast in the two characters. For instance, the persona is trapped under society's law and he has many worries especially about work, but the Hitcher is the entire opposite. The Hitcher's character is totally contradictory to the persona since he is free and has much more relaxed lifestyle. But, this caused major jealousy because the Hitcher does not have any care in the world, so he "let him have it." He uses this colloquial term to some up what he was doing in a pleasant way, this reflects his lack of remorse and that he is reassuring himself that he hasn't done anything wrong. This disgusts us and gives us a shock because
To what extent is Hardys poetry dominated by relationships?
To what extent is Hardy's poetry dominated by relationships? When looking at this question it is important to define what could be meant by the term "relationships". What the word immediately connotes is an emotional connection between a couple. A lot of Hardy's poetry concerns this type of "relationship" but he is by not so narrow that this is his only subject matter. However the broader definition of just any state of "connectedness" may also be taken into account when coming to a conclusion. Hardy's most positive poem about relationships is "When I Set Out For Lyonesse". It was written after a trip to Cornwall in which he met Emma Gifford who later became his wife. At the start of the poem the landscape is cold and desolate and love feels "a hundred miles away". He does not describe what happened whilst he was there and he creates an aura of mystery around the Arthurian Lyonesse. The importance of Lyonesse is emphasised by its repetition within the poem. The mystery is enhanced when he proclaims that no "prophet" or "wisest wizard" could guess what would "bechance at Lyonesse. He himself seems incredulous that he could find love because the outlook in the first stanza is so decidedly bleak. When he returns he is transformed by what has happened and "magic" is in his eyes. He has a "radiance" which, unlike the macrocosmical "starlight", comes from within. Love is
