Compare and Contrast the depiction of London in Upon Westminster Bridge and From a London Drawing Room
English Coursework - Poem Comparison Compare and Contrast the depiction of London in Upon Westminster Bridge and From a London Drawing Room The title of each sets the scene of where the poem is being written. From a London Drawing Room represents a high status and class. Upon Westminster Bridge is also literal as Wordsworth is describing his exact sights and feelings as does Eliot in From a London Drawing Room. The perspective is set very clearly in both poems. From a London Drawing Room is blank verse. The rhythm is no doubt placed to represent the monotony of London and how boring it is and also the endless, repetitive hustle and bustle. Upon Westminster Bridge is a Petrachan sonnet, has a rhyme scheme of ABBA CDC CDC and constant rhythm. It is Iambic Pentameter. It can be divided into an octet, which is descriptive of London, and a sestet, which is a natural world description, which also focuses on his emotions. The tone of From A London Drawing Room is very bored and pessimistic about London itself. It is bored at the monotony of the entire affair of living there. Upon Westminster Bridge is very positive about the beauty of London and how it merges with the natural world. These contrast very well in the way that they are complete opposites. In comparison, they both contain similar information about architecture, except one is positive and one is negative towards it.
Compare and Contrast Violence in Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy and three other poems
Exploring the Violence in the Following Poems, Compare and Contrast: * Hitcher by Simon Armitage * Salome by Carol Ann Duffy * The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy * My Last Duchess by Robert Browning In all the poems, the themes of violence/violent individuals are recurring. However, as well as similarities between the violent acts there are also differences which make them poem more individual and means it stands out from the rest. In Simon Armitage's poem (Hitcher) the main character shows a lack of remorse for the innocent hitcher who has fallen victim to his violence. By using phrases such as "I let him have it" and "you can walk from there" Armitage makes it seem as if the hitcher deserves the violence he is receiving, and makes the main character sound very bitter and unsympathetic. This is very much the same in one of Carol Ann Duffy's poems (Salome). Here the main character, Salome, is clearly portrayed as emotionless and with a lack of remorse. The vocabulary used suggests Salome's bitterness as it clearly shows she has no remorse for what she has done. "what did it matter?" In asking a rhetorical question the reader feels more involved, and in many cases would like to respond. From the question Salome's trail of thoughts moves on without a mere thought for what she has done, and continues onto what she sees as more important matters. However, in Salome there
Discuss the works of two people who write on the theme of people and landscape
"Discuss the Works of 2 Poets Who Write On the Theme of People and the Landscape" The works of William Wordsworth and RS Thomas is very first-rated work. The poems that I will compare about landscape are "A Day in Autumn" and "On Westminster Bridge". The poems that I will weigh against about people are "Tramp" and "The Solitary Reaper". I will first illustrate "A Day In Autumn to you" They are describing a typical day in Autumn". The air is windless, there aren't much leaves left in the trees but the one's that are there add "decorations" to the trees. Later on in the poem it says "From the day's chores, pause a minute, Let the mind take its photograph, of the bright scene". This infers that we should take a moment out from our daily routines to look at and appreciate the beauty of the nature that lies outside. R S Thomas describes this "picture" as "something to wear, against the heart in the long cold". He is trying to acquaint with us that, that if we are feeling cheerless or something tragic has happened then take a look outside at the beautiful autumn scenery and it will warm you up inside and make you feel better. R S Thomas delineates Autumn and shows the elegance of it. It uses Autumn to describe the landscape. He says that the landscape is so magnificent that you should "take its photograph" R S Thomas wrote post 1920 poetry. Now I will describe "Westminster
Comparison of 'Mylast Duchess' and 'the lady of Shalott'
Poetry essay In this essay I am going to explore the comparisons of two pre 1914 poems both written during the Victorian era. I have chosen to compare 'My last duchess' by Robert Browning with 'The lady of Shalott' by Alfred lord Tennyson. Both of these poems share similar themes including power and possession. In 'My Last Duchess' we see the story of the Duke De Ferrara's relationship with his past wife unfold. The poem is set during the l Italian Renaissance in the late 1500's. The narrator (the Duke) is showing a tour around his artworks in his home when he comes upon a painting of his late wife who is left unnamed. The duke explains to his guest the story behind the picture. I think this poem is a fine example of dramatic monologue, typical for the likes of other Victorian works. Throughout the piece the character of the duke is portrayed through his persona. The Dukes dominance is recurrently evident throughout the poem simply in the way the text is presented. The poem is only one stanza long which suggested to me that the Duke is speaking in one fluent verse and this reinforces the Dukes' authority and control over his words. 'The Lady of Shalott' also describes a woman, who displays the typical qualities of a Victorian lady i.e. Unattainable and unadulterated. The lady is shut away in a room high up in a tower where she is shut out from the realities of the
Compare and Contrast the depiction of the countryside and the language techniques used by John Keats and Gerald Manley Hopkins in To Autumn(TM) and Binsey Poplars(TM)
Compare and Contrast the depiction of the countryside and the language techniques used by John Keats and Gerald Manley Hopkins in 'To Autumn' and 'Binsey Poplars' The Victorian era was a time of great change. The industrial revolution brought about a rapid expansion of towns and cities, causing the rural population to flood in, drawn by the need to find work in the factories and mills and escape the poverty of the countryside. The countryside was disappearing quickly and writers, such as John Keats, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Thomas Hardy, regretted its loss and constantly looked back to an idyllic, romanticised past and were concerned about capturing something that they thought would be swallowed up by the ever-expanding industrial landscape. In 'Binsey Poplars', Hopkins begins by treating the trees not just as a thing of beauty, but as his own, something deeply personal to him. 'My aspens dear' These beautiful trees gave shade and protected the earth from the sun by their leaves, adding to the sense of peace and tranquillity of the scene, a feeling which is heightened by Hopkins' use of alliteration, '...whose airy cages quelled, Quelled or quenched in leaves the leaping sun...' These things of beauty, Hopkins laments, have all been destroyed by man, 'All felled, felled, are all felled.' Whilst the repetition of the word 'felled' suggests that sound of the
Pre 1900 poetry; Comparison of Ozymandias and Song
Pre 1900 poetry - First Draft In the Victorian era society's view on death was very different than it is today in this essay I will compare two poems from the 19th century "song" By Christina Rossetti and "Ozymandias" by P.B Shelly which have two completely opposite views on death and how you are remembered after it. "Song" by Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894, is about her expressing her humble view on death to someone close, such as a lover, and her simplicity about wanting to be remembered. On the other hand "Ozymandias" by P.B Shelley, 1792 - 1822, is about an Egyptian king who has opposing views to Rossetti on death and therefore wants to beat time in order to be remembered. In the poem Ozymandias, the poet is telling us about a meeting with a "Traveller from an antique land." Shelly uses the idea of time and distance in the first line to make the poem seem timeless. The poem then is told from the traveller's perspective. The traveller tells the poet about a statue in the desert of an ancient king and how the statue has simply corroded away over time and left merely rubble. This idea is conveyed from lines "Two vast and trunk less legs of stone" and "near them, on the sand half sunk a shattered visage lies." These lines also illustrate how old the poem is by the use of "Visage." In Ozymandias you automatically have a feeling of dislike for Ozymandias this is because the
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Compare the ways in which the poets present their stories in 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' Both of the poems I have chosen to compare are written by Robert Browning. In ways these poems are both different and similar to each other. Two of the main similarities are that both of these poems are concentrated around the death of a woman and they're both dramatic monologues. A dramatic monologue is a poem in which a single speaker who is no the poet utters a poem at a critical moment. However the way in which he presents both stories has quite a few differences. My Last Duchess first appeared in 1842, consisting of 56 lines, the poem is written in rhyming couplets meaning that the end of every pair of 2 lines rhymes. The rhyming couplet give it a rigid structure but the punctuation makes it quite flexible-iambic pentameter. The basic story in this poem is that the narrator (supposed duke of Ferrara) is giving a guest a tour of his home, when he comes across a picture of his late wife, he says about how she always flirted then explains how he had her killed so that now she would only smile for him. Porphyria's lover first appeared in 1836, consisting of 60 lines, the poem is written as one big stanza but is sort of split into 5 line rhyming schemes of a-b-a-b-b etc. The basic story in this poem is about a man who killed his love Porphyria so that she could be his
Love poems
Poems The four seventeenth century "love poems" I will be comparing are "To His Coy Mistress", "Shall I Compare Thee...?" and "My Mistress' Eyes", along with "The Flea". All the four poems are based on the subject of "love". Each poem touches on a different aspect of love although they all have a lot in common. Two of the poems were written by William Shakespeare: "Shall I Compare Thee...?" along with "My Mistress' Eyes". They are also both sonnets. "To His Coy Mistress" is written by Andrew Marvell, and "The Flea" by John Donne. Andrew Marvell's and John Donne's poems are made up of three stanzas, each airing a different argument. I will analyse the four poems also their purpose, the nature of their representation of love, the form of the poem and the techniques used by the poets. I will also include my opinion on which poem I enjoyed the most, together with some comments on modern day attitudes. The first poem I will be looking at is "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell. The poem is made up of three strands of argument: flattery, fear, and passion. Everything in the poem is trying to persuade the woman to sleep with the man; he only has sex on his mind. We read the poem through the eyes of the poet and by doing this Marvell gives us a look into his mind and what he is thinking. This technique brings the reader into the poem. This verse depends on the 'if' and 'had
A comparison and contrast of 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell and 'Ending' by Gavin Ewart
A comparison and contrast of 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell and 'Ending' by Gavin Ewart 'To His Coy Mistress' was written by a poet called Andrew Marvell who was born on the 31st March 1621. He was a Cambridge-educated priest, poet and a Member of Parliament. The poem was written in the year 1652. The theme of the poem is love and its passionate beginnings. The genre of the poem is 'carpe diem' which is Latin for 'seize the day' or 'get the most out of life'. Carpe diem was used effectively by Horace; therefore this poem is quasi-Horatian. The theme is basically love and physical seduction which occurs at the beginning of a relationship. The poem shows how men seduced women typically in the seventeenth century. The title of the poem suggests that the woman is generally shy, a little withdrawn and maybe secretly wanting to get involved with the man. The form of the poem is lyric. There are three sections to the poem, marked by indents at the verses. The poem's context is time-period. The form is quite suitable to the theme because it shows in three sections how the man seduces the woman. In the first section, he is flattering and complimenting her. The second section is dark, pressuring and the mood gets much more sombre at the mention of death behind them. The third section is more upbeat and rushed because he's saying to her 'now I've explained everything to
Comparing To his Coy Mistress and Sonnet 130
Compare and Contrast Two Love Poems: 'To His Coy Mistress' Andrew Marvell and 'Sonnet 130' William Shakespeare Sonnet 130 is a love poem in sonnet form by William Shakespeare that controversially goes against the standard love clichés of a traditional love poem by describing his love honestly and very realistically. The tone of the poem appears negative but in fact he is actually showing his realisation that love has imperfections but his love is enough to overcome any of them and the beauty of love is a fake sugar-coating of physical beauty. His love is expressed as the love that what lies beneath; the innermost feelings of each person. The poem (though controversial in its context) is traditionally structured in sonnet form with fourteen lines and ten syllables per line. The ABAB rhyming structure is carried out throughout the poem until the last two lines which are rhyming couplets. This typical structure, along with the obvious iambic pentameter, creates an easy-flowing read with a pleasant rhythm. At first glance, the context appears to be very insulting and even the very title - 'my mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun' - imply an offence. Unlike the majority of the love poems of the period where the poets' lovers were all described as goddesses that glide and having beautiful golden hair, Shakespeare describes his love as having 'black wires grow on her