Different apspects of love presented in the poems you have studied in To His Coy Mistress and A Woman to Her Lover
In To His Coy Mistress and A Woman to Her Lover, different loves are portrayed and the way the poets have shown the attitudes towards love are form, structure, different rhyme schemes, altering tones of voice and punctuation. There are two main types of love in To His Coy Mistress; there is a desire for the women through a physical love and a longing to take the girls virginity quickly. In A Woman to Her Lover, a perfect love is trying to be achieved by the woman by explaining what exactly she wants in a partner. Here I have examined the points in which the different loves have been shown. To His Coy Mistress has three parts to it because it is a dialectic poem. The first part is the thesis, where the speaker states that, if he had all the time in the world, he would take that time to love her: 'Two hundred to adore each breast. But thirty thousand to the rest.' The speaker is trying to explain that life is short and so they should not wait for each other to fall in love, but just make love to each other now. In the antithesis, the speaker says, 'Times winged chariot hurrying near.' He is explaining how death is coming close to us by personifying time and making it seem as if time is galloping towards them, which also means that the end is near and that if she does not want to be with him, she will die alone. The antithesis is about this, so the man is saying that they should
poems - compare and contrast
English Coursework Compare and Contrast In this piece of coursework Im going to be comparing the two poems, 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning, with 'Salome' by Carol Ann Duffy. Both poems are centred on heterosexual relationships which explore the links between sex, love, and death, yet show the concept of women's rights in comparison to the men. Both poems are written in the first person, almost as monologues. Both reflect similar sentiments with regards their view and emotions to their relationships. Robert Browning writes from the perspective of a duke whose wife, the duchess, has in his view flirted or exploited her sexuality, 'she liked what'er she looked on, and her looks went everywhere'. He presents as jealous and resentful that his wife was able to attract the attention of other men, he makes references of gifts they bought her, 'the bough of cherries some officious fool broke in the orchard for her', and that she responded to their attention, 'all and each would draw from her alike the approving speech, or blush at least'. This implies that she had the capacity to attract attention and that the duke was jealous and resented her attentions to other men. Whereas in Salome Carol Ann Duffy reflects similar sentiments in a modern context. The poem is re-laid from a female perspective in an age where women are easier able to be more explicit with regards their
Discuss the Reasons Browning(TM)s Characters Have for Murdering Their Victims
Discuss the Reasons Browning's Characters Have for Murdering Their Victims in Three of his Dramatic Monologues Robert Browning was an English poet who lived from 1812-1889. He was known for his use of dramatic monologue. Three of Browning's best known dramatic monologues are; My Last Duchess, Porphyria's Lover and The Laboratory. The earliest of which was Porphyria's Lover which was first published in January 1836. It was set in a cottage during a storm, Prophyria comes to see the cottager, who quite shockingly murders her, with her own hair. The Laboratory, the second of the three poems, was published in June 1844. But is set in the 18th Century. Many believe that the Marquise of Brivilles may have influenced Browning. It's believed that poisoning was common in this era. The murderer is a strong and determined, but very jealous and embittered, young woman, who's believes her husband is having an affair. My Last Duchess the most famous of Browning's dramatic monologues, is set late in the Italian renaissance period and was the last to be published in 1845. In My Last Duchess the Duke is giving a tour of his gallery to an emissary when he reveals a painting hid behind a curtain. Many believe this poem was influenced by Alfonso II fifth Duke of Ferrara and his wife Lucrezia di Cosimo de'Medici whom he married in 1558. Lucrezia died three years later in suspicious
What is a culture? How does it affect the behaviour of an individual?
.INTRODUCTION What is a culture? How does it affect the behaviour of an individual? Does it play a major role in determining the response of an organisation, to its routine and unexpected situations? Management today is all about getting things done through people (Hofstede, 1980). In order to do this effectively one has to understand and know the people who have to do them. And here the notion of culture has its significance. Culture here is seen as the predicted behaviour and the shared ways of thinking of an individual in a group. Here culture is not a property of individual, but of group. This group can be a nation, region, ethnic group or a work organisation. As various authors have shown (Hofstede, 1980; Hall, 1990; Robbins, 1993) that national differences-that is, national cultures- hold a key significance for managers in order to understand the behaviour of a worker, as it is inherent and hence affects the behaviour of an individual the most. But how much does it affect the nature of an individual? If you know somebody's national culture can you predict his/her behaviour? To a certain extent yes, but the accuracy of your prediction is not guaranteed (Mead, 1998). However if this prediction is not certain then what impact will it have on the organisational culture? IKEA, a global player in furniture industry, has established itself successfully in all parts of
Compare and Contrast the way the poets(TM) present the relationship between men and women in The Beggar Woman(TM) and To His Coy Mistress(TM)
Compare and Contrast the way the poets' present the relationship between men and women in 'The Beggar Woman' and 'To His Coy Mistress' Harry Bedford In this essay I am going to be comparing and contrasting the style of which William King and Andrew Marvel present the relationships between the gentlemen and mistresses in the poems 'The Beggar Woman' and 'To His Coy Mistress' In both poems, the gentlemen are trying to persuade the mistresses to have sex with them; this makes the poems seductive poems. The difference in both poems is the status of the woman. In 'To His Coy Mistress' she is in the same class as he so it would prove harder for him to seduce her. Whereas in 'The Beggar Woman', the woman is of a lower class which may mean she would be easier to persuade as she is more eager. The structure of 'To His Coy Mistress' is 'octosyllabolic' which means that each line only has eight syllables. The theme of 'To His Coy Mistress' is introduced early on in the poem as it says 'Had we but world enough, and time' which shows the reader that time is an important virtue of this poem and is shown throughout. This links in very well to the other theme of Carpe Diem (seize the day). 'To His Coy Mistress' is split up into three sections, through the stanzas. In the first section the gentleman appears to be very flattering in hope that he will seduce the woman so she will have sex
Comparison between Dulce et Decorum Est & The Last Night
Dulce et Decorum Est - Wilfred Owen's renowned war poem for its frowning on the glorification on war, and The Last Night by Charlotte Gray, similarly depicting the effects of war on the unimpeachable youth, in prose form. Both are excellent representations of the devastation that war truly is and can only result in, and are both written in historical context, only Dulce et Decorum preceded the latter. Dulce directly juxtaposed another war poet, Jessie Pope, who romanticized the concept of it and really manipulated the patriotic conscience. The irony here is that the even after the former described the trauma that war produced, and the unacceptable manner in how people revered the act, the world went on to WWII. Which almost questions why did it happen, did not the destruction of the previous war play any guilt or effect on the countries' leaders? Over the course of this essay, I aim to reveal the physical and mental effects of war - as well as covering the idealism and the theme of slaughtering the innocents. In the beginning verse of Dulce, the author plays upon the image of a man walking. Contrastive to the propagandizing posters that were often seen at the time that rendered an erect, striding man holding a gun confidently- a picture of tired, old men is illustrated, which emphasizes the idea that they have aged far too quickly. "Bent double, like old beggars" and
Organizational changes
Organizational changes take place when the force field that counterbalances change is overcome. Different power base utilization facilitates these types of changes. Change could be a topic in and by itself but we have chosen to incorporate the use of different power bases and their effects on change. Power, in organizational change, is having the potential ability to influence behavior, to change the course of events, to overcome resistance, and to get people to do things that they would not otherwise do.(1) Understanding when to use a particular type of power base can ease the difficulties encountered when making the change. The influence, of the director of change, can be undermined by the follower's acceptance or rejection. An individual appointed by upper management (position power) could meet with massive rejection from the followers; whereas, another could ease into the position because follower's perceived the leader's behaviors (personal power) indicated that he/she possessed the leadership skills for implementation of the change. The change process comes in many forms and fashions. Lewin's Three Step Model, Gap Model, Behavior Modification Model, Conditions for Change Model, Second Order Planned Change Model, Bifurcation Model, and the Plan/Do/Study/Act Model are a few used to implement change. The effectiveness of each varies on the understanding of the
Comparing poems
COMPARING POEMS This essay has been committed to compare and contrast two poems. One of which is "To His Coy Mistress" authored by Andrew Marvell. He was born on March 31st 1621 and was an English metaphysical poet, as well as the son of an Anglican clergyman. He died on August 16th 1678. The second poem is "The Beggar Woman" which was published by William King. He was born in the year of 1663 and died in the year of 1712. Both poems put up with numerous resemblances that can only be obtained by reading between the lines. About love, power, sex and control have been encrypted in order to present different poetic elements such as imagery. Although they are alike they fluctuate in a variety of ways. Both poets' express different stories in their poem nevertheless there are many similarities. In "To His Coy Mistress" Andrew Marvell portrays the man wanting to have sex in the company of the lady. Firstly, charm is used within the poem in the bid to attempt to seduce the woman. By doing so, the gentleman is certain that he possibly will have sexual intercourse with the woman. Much of the smooth talk relates to the theme of love as spending time with the woman is well thought-out however sex is a prime matter. He says that if he had time, he would use up time it admiring each part of her body, because she deserves to be admired. He afterwards refers to intimidating the woman in
cousin kate
GCSE Coursework Assignment Pre 1900 and Post Poetry Comparison Listed Author: Christina Rosetti In this assignment I will be analysing two poems, 'Cousin Kate' and 'The Seduction'. Christina Rosetti wrote 'Cousin Kate' in 1879. In this poem Christina describes a cottage maiden who was discovered by a wealthy Lord who appears to fall in love with her but deceives her because half way through it becomes apparent that he is using her for her ability to have a child. The Lord desires a son in order to have an heir to his belongings. During his time with the maiden he comes across Kate who is the maidens younger cousin. The Lord then ditches the Maiden for the younger sexier cousin Kate. When the Lord is with Kate the Maiden discovers she is pregnant with the Lords child and has a baby boy. She has mixed feelings for her son, as she is ashamed of him because she is not married to his father but also proud of him because he is hers. The Maiden does not inform the Lord about their child. Kate fails to inform the Lord that she is incapable of having children because she knows that if she tells the Lord he will 'dump' her for another. The Seduction is written by Eileen McAuley and is based in the 1980's in Blackpool. The poem is about a teenage girl who goes out clubbing for what seems to be her first time. Half way through the night a boy about the same age persuades the girl to
Compare "Sonnet" and "No second Troy"
Comparing 2 poems-1st draft In this essay I'm going to be comparing two love poems. The two poems I will be comparing are "Sonnet" be Edna St Vincent Millay and "No Second Troy" composed by Irelands most famous writer, William Butler Yeats. I hope to look in detail at both poems and to be able to compare and contrast both pieces. "Sonnet" was written in 1917 be Edna St Vincent Millay. Edna St Vincent Millay was a middle class citizen born in Maine, America. She was very well educated and began writing poetry from the age of 15. "Sonnet" is a love poem structured around betrayal and depression, we can see this in the first line "Time does not bring relief; you all have lied" Here Edna St Vincent Millay is referring to the people that told her at the time of separation that things would get better in time and directly accuses a friend or family of lying to her. The first and second lines make use of enjambment which makes the poem flow, it gives the poem a slow rhythm to suit her emotions. Enjambment is used frequently throughout the poem. "Who told me time would ease me of my pain!" Millay uses an accusation tone here to show her emotions, which I believe suggests that she is unstable, as she wants to blame anybody apart from herself. Millay uses personification to display her emotions as the "weeping of the rain" which refers to her tears and also rhymes with "pain" in
