The Difference Between Slavery and Liberty - Freedom
The Difference Between Slavery and l iBerty - Freedom Henrik Ibsen said, "A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth". This quote gives us an idea of what freedom really is and how hard it is to earn it. In her poem, 'Caged Bird' Maya Angelou contrasts two birds, one which is free and the other is caged. In doing so she indirectly gives us the meaning of freedom. Even though both birds are the same, their lives are totally different; and in simply contrasting the two, she effectively shows that freedom is that which the free bird has, but the caged bird doesn't - the right to live life the way one wants. The free bird has been shown to have the freedom of choice and the ability to live life to the fullest as shown by the lines "A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current end". The lines "and dips his wing in the orange sun's rays and dares to claim the sky" further show that this bird is not barred or restricted by anything and is surrounded by happiness and has nothing to worry about. It also shows that he has limitless potential and as such, can aspire to reach the impossible. The lines "The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the trees' emphasize on the fact that this bird has freedom of choice and can think of new opportunities and can easily
This question is about feelings of sadness. Look at the Burial of St John Moore choose one more where there are feelings of sadness. With close reference to the way the poems are written compare and contrast how each speaker conveys his or her feelings of
This question is about feelings of sadness. Look at the Burial of St John Moore choose one more where there are feelings of sadness. With close reference to the way the poems are written compare and contrast how each speaker conveys his or her feelings of sadness. Show which poem has the more powerful appeal to you emotions. The two poems I am going to use are `The Burial of Sir John Moore` at Corunna by Charles Wolfe and `Remembrance` by Emily Brontë. The poem, The Burial of Sir John Moore is a soldier's-eye-view of what initially appears to be the hurried and rather undignified burial at night of Sir John Moore in an unmarked grave and immediately prior to the retreat of his surviving forces by sea. The clear sadness in this poem is of a death, just what Remembrance deals with. Although Brontë is writing about a death of a lover her use of first person narration, presents the reader with a very powerful description of the emotions surrounding the loss. In the poem, The Burial of Sir John Moore, the funeral they have for the major still respected even though it's in silence and nothing of what a man of his standards or any soldier should be having. The funeral differs a lot from what a funeral would be if the body was brought back home properly. "Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note" If that was back home, there would be the complete opposite from that line, all
Examine how William Wordsworth and John Betjeman present their views on the Urban world of Man.
Examine how William Wordsworth and John Betjeman present their views on the Urban world of Man Composed upon Westminster Bridge was written in 1802 by William Wordsworth, Slough was written in 1937 by John Betjeman. In Slough, Betjeman states how he wishes to bomb the town and how he wishes to "plough" it over and put it to better use. In Composed upon Westminster Bridge there is a different tone, with Wordsworth describing the beauty of London in the early morning. Both poems are similar in the fact that they both are about modernization. One of the differences between the two poems is that Betjeman describes Slough to be an awful place which deserves to be "Swarmed over by Death". Composed upon Westminster Bridge is the opposite as William Wordsworth describes London to be a brilliant, calming, beautiful place. Both poems are based on modernization and man's relationship with nature, which is frequently referred to in the two poems. In Composed upon Westminster Bridge, London is described in all its beauty before modernization; the harmony between London and nature is also heavily emphasized. For instance London is described as "open to the fields", this makes it seem as London is one with nature and is easily accessible. Wordsworth also uses the words "never did the sun more beautifully steep" this suggests that a morning in the city is more beautiful than it would be in
Compare the way four poets write about events which have happened to them
Compare the way four poets write about events which have happened to them In this essay I am going to compare four different poems on the theme of events that have occurred and how they are displayed. I will explore the different methods and techniques used by the poet to convey the story and event. I am going to compare, "The Affliction of Margaret", "On my first Sonne", "Mid-Term Break" and "Cold Knap Lake". In The Affliction of Margaret, the tone is set almost immediately, because the reader is asked a question, "Where art thou, my beloved Son" this is the first line of the poem and it suggest that the character has lost her son, because she is questioning "where art thou", from this we see that the poem is based on a mother and son theme. "Where art thou, worse to me than dead?" here the poet questions the audience, by using a rhetorical question, this technique involves the read more emotionally. The quotation shows that her son is missing, and the idea that it is on the same level of being dead, if not worse because having your child missing, creates a false hope that they will return, whereas knowing they are dead, will allow you to come to terms with it, and your mind will be at peace even though there has been a indescribable loss. The length of this poem supports the theme of the poem, because there are 11 stanza's which are fairly long. This unusual size for a
How does Morris explore child/ parent relationship in the Little Boy Crying?
How does Morris explore child/ parent relationship in the Little Boy Crying? The poem, "Little Boy Crying", written by Mervyn Morris is mainly about father and son's relationship. Poet shows the two main themes through this relationship; father's love towards his child and his effort to lead his child into a right world in life. Mervyn Morris explores the child and parent's relationship by using first person narration and language techniques such as allusion and emotive words. The important messages behind the poem are: parents love us and they will do anything to lead us to the right way. In the first stanza, the poet describes a boy who is very relaxed at first but he gets very tense with the father's punishment. "your laughter metamorphosed into howls" in the first stanza shows the change of the mood for the boy with his father's scold. "With three year old frustration, your bright eyes swimming tears, splashing your bare feet" in the first stanza is described from the father's view (using 1st person narrative) and he sees it as a wrong behavior and slaps the boy, causing the boy to tear. But the father does know the son's feelings when he is slapped; it is just the three year old boy's emotion. "You stand there angling for a moment's hint of guilt or sorrow for the quick slap struck", shows that father is hiding his guilt of hitting his child and boy is looking for any
The Mother - Commentary
The Mother Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get, The damp small pulps with a little or with no hair, The singers and workers that never handled the air. You will never neglect or beat Them, or silence or buy with a sweet. You will never wind up the sucking-thumb Or scuttle off ghosts that come. You will never leave them, controlling your luscious sigh, Return for a snack of them, with gobbling mother-eye. I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children. I have contracted. I have eased My dim dears at the breasts they could never suck. I have said, Sweets, if I sinned, if I seized Your luck And your lives from your unfinished reach, If I stole your births and your names, Your straight baby tears and your games, Your stilted or lovely loves, your tumults, your marriages, aches, and your deaths, If I poisoned the beginnings of your breaths, Believe that even in my deliberateness I was not deliberate. Though why should I whine, Whine that the crime was other than mine?-- Since anyhow you are dead. Or rather, or instead, You were never made. But that too, I am afraid, Is faulty: oh, what shall I say, how is the truth to be said? You were born, you had body, you died. It is just that you never giggled or planned or cried. Believe me, I
IMAGERY IN CAGED BIRD
IMAGERY IN CAGED BIRD Maya Angelou uses caged and free birds to symbolize the dream of attaining freedom. The poem illustrates the contrast between imprisonment and freedom through symbolism of a caged bird and a free bird and then between their dreams and desires. Although the poem paints a picture of a carefree bird in a beautiful landscape the caged suffering bird reaching out for freedom seems to dominate the poem giving it a serious and solemn tone. The beautifully written poem opens our mind to sad truths about segregation and oppression through a wonderful blend of similes, metaphors, rhyme, repetition, assonance and other figures of speech. The poem uses powerful imagery to convey the opinion and message of the poet. Metaphor "Bars of rage" symbolizes the anger and frustration of the enslaved not having the freedom to express the feelings. The "Narrow Cage" is used to describe the claustrophobic society in which the suffocated captives are subjugated to humiliation and denied equality in life or society. "Graves of Dreams the caged bird stands on" is another illustration sketching the disillusionment of the black oppressed people. They fear that freedom for them is merely a mirage -something so evasive something they can never achieve. White people represent the free bird able to "leap on the back of wind" and do as she or he chooses. The free bird thinking
How does William Shakespeare create a sense of tension within the play Romeo and Juliet(TM)?
Shakespeare Essay In this essay I will examine how William Shakespeare creates a sense of tension within the play 'Romeo and Juliet' using various techniques. I will provide evidence for the different tension areas from the play and elucidate them. I will also give some background knowledge of the play, a brief synopsis and isolate the different situations that the main characters are in, at alternative tension points in the play. 'Romeo and Juliet' is thought to have been written in 1595 by William Shakespeare. It is classified as a romantic tragedy as it follows many of the main themes, such as: betrayal, love, power and murder. They are also the ingredients of a tragic hero, as Romeo falls from grace because of the many conflicts he has in the play. As well as this, it is also assumed to be the greatest love story ever written. It is a play written to entertain the audience. The play itself begins with the prologue which sets the scene in detail. Furthermore he uses a sonnet which is traditionally a love poem. Shakespeare uses this because essentially 'Romeo and Juliet' is a love story. In addition, a sonnet ends with a rhyming couplet and sets up the play for the use of dramatic irony. This is when the audience know more than the characters on stage, for instance the audience know that 'Romeo and Juliet' will die from the prologue; whereas the characters obviously do
Ode to a nightingale themes
Ode to a nightingale 'Ode to a nightingale' could be said to contain many themes from mortality to fantasy, but what connects these themes together is they all about the contrasting elements of human life. The first theme you see is the contrast between pain and joy and how you need pain to feel joy. 'My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains' he is in pain but at the same time he feels numb 'as though of hemlock I had drunk or some dull opiate'. . His 'numbness' is not from envy of the nightingale's happiness but from over sharing the happiness, he is 'too happy' from listening to the song. He tries to avoid pain though his imagination, at first you may see the bird a reality but as you go though the poem you can see that it is more than that, it's symbolic. Although he does not say directly in the poem you can interoperate it in many different ways such as joy, art or poetry. During stanza two Keats escapes his pain by imagining 'country green' and longing for wine 'O, for a draught of vintage'. In the first and second stanza's he mentions drugs, poison and alcohol which are all ways people use to cope with pain and suffering, Keats himself used opiates. In stanza three he returns to reality and discusses death, old age and mortality of beauty. Youth 'grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies,' and 'beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes'. Stanza four starts 'Away! ... I
How The Poems I Am Very Bothered and Poem Compare
How Does Simon Armitage Bring Characters to Life in His Poetry? In "I am very bothered" and "Poem" Simon Armitage brings his characters to life by describing the mood and tone. He also structures both poems well and uses rhyme and rhythm to keep it interesting and to emphasise the point of his poems, especially in "I am very bothered". In both poems the number of lines per verse decreases. This means the later verses have all the information compacted into less sentences. This makes the last verse more interesting and allows the poem to end on a high note. At first glance it seems that neither poems have much structure. This is true for "I am very bothered" but not for "Poem". "Poem" is written as an Italian sonnet meaning it is in iambic pentameter and has a 4,4,4,2 pattern in it's verses, although in "Poem" the first two verses are put together. "I am very bothered" is also a sonnet, but the similarities end there. It is not in iambic pentameter and does not have a specific structure to the verses. In "Poem" we get the idea that the main character, Father, husband and Son, has done few bad things in his life. These things stand out more than the everyday good deeds he did for his family, "taxied her to church", "tucked his daughter up at night". This makes the poem seem judgemental. The last verse is written in the past tense, making the poem seem slightly morbid,
