Both Keats and Hopkins present two different outlooks on nature through the theme, tone and imagery of their respective poems. The theme of Keats poem 'to Autumn' is that of the death of summer
Both Keats and Hopkins present two different outlooks on nature through the theme, tone and imagery of their respective poems. The theme of Keats poem 'to Autumn' is that of the death of summer and the rebirth of the spring in which autumn marks a pivoting point. The first stanza shows us the image of summer which progresses to the death of summer in stanza 2. Stanza 3 however presents the idea that Autumn is necessary and marks the rebirth of the year. Hopkins poem however tries to display a vastly different theme. Hopkins religious links are evident in his poems content and reflect how he feels about both nature and god. He views nature as 'Gods Grandeur' and the theme of the poem is focused around the idea that how can people move away from god and miss his splendour. The tone of the poem 'to Autumn' is that of a much darker tone to that of 'Gods Grandeur' and focus on the necessity of Autumn to present the death of Summer. This is shown by the line 'For Summer has o'er-brimmed their clammy cells'. Throughout the first stanza the poem refers to an overwhelming sense of fertility and the idea that what ahs been moving fast has slowed and is slowing dying. The second stanza then introduce the personification of autumn, with the lines 'Has not seen Autumn round here lately'. This stanza also introduces the idea of death further, where as it may be seen that Autumn has been
Compare attitudes towards other people in 4 poems. Compare 'Digging' and 3 others, one by Clarke and 2 from the Pre-1914 poetry bank.
Compare attitudes towards other people in 4 poems. Compare 'Digging' and 3 others, one by Clarke and 2 from the Pre-1914 poetry bank. Many poems are written to convey attitudes towards other people, however the nature of the attitudes can differ greatly, some are positive and some negative, also there are some uncertain or mixed attitudes within the poems. In Digging, by Heaney the poet is a character within the poem and describes his respect for his father with regard to his memories of watching him digging potatoes. This is evident in 'By God, the old man could handle a spade, just like his old man' this quote highlights his memories and the fact that the skill had been passed from his grandfather to his father. However such a positive point then leads into a slightly negative point when he mentions that he has not inherited the skill in 'But I've no spade to follow men like them.' This suggests he feels a sense of guilt; such conflict in attitudes also exists in Catrin: although the mother is affectionate towards her daughter in 'tender circles' this contrasts with the mother (the poet) mentioning 'the people and cars taking turn at the traffic lights' which suggests the peace in her life before differed greatly to the conflict the poet faced later on when her daughter was born. This suggests that the poet feels there is hostility between her and her daughter but at the
Ancient Mariner
How important was Imagination to the Romantic Poets? Refer to 'Ancient Mariner', 'The Nightingale' and 'Tintern Abbey'. To the Romantics, the imagination was a quality and that it belongs to everyone, not to a certain people. They believed that imagination is what made life interesting or beautiful, as it shaped our destiny and especially our personality. This is seen in three poems the 'Ancient Mariner', 'The Nightingale' and 'Tintern Abbey'. These three poems use imagination, in different ways to appeal to the reader. Furthermore, these poems use imagination, to connect to other themes of the poems together such as truth, nature and the divine pathway. Wordsworth uses 'Tintern Abbey', to show that the natural scenes of beauty implant themselves in the human memory and they feed the imagination, they are keeping it healthy: "These forms of beauty have not been to me/As is a landscape to a blind man's eye". They provide "sensations sweet". The memories of the scenes pass into his "purer mind/With tranquil restoration". He makes this sound like an "unremembered pleasure", as it is the value and benefit of seeing nature, beautiful scenes working subconsciously on the mind and some, passively cultivating the imaginative powers available in our human minds. Wordsworth explain that the natural scenes stored in his mind have given him 'another gift/ of aspect more sublime' It
The importance of being Ernest. Who is more honest and honourable; Jack or Algernon?
The importance of being Ernest. Who is more honest and honourable; Jack or Algernon? The characters Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff are both dishonest and dishonourable. They both live a double life. Jack goes by the name of John or Jack in the country and pretends that he has a wastrel brother named Ernest in London who is ill very often and requires his frequent attention. Algernon pretends that he has an invalid friend named Bunbury in the country and whenever he wants to avoid unwelcome social obligations, he ''goes Bunburying'' instead. Jack Worthing is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax who is Algernon's cousin. When he tells her that he loves her she says she loves him too but it is only because his name is Ernest. [Gwendolen: My own Earnest! Jack: But you don't really mean to say that you couldn't love me if my name wasn't Ernest. Gwendolen: But your name is Ernest.] (Act 1, Page 18, Line 2) This shows that he only loves him because his name is Ernest and also she said that it has always been a dream of her to marry someone of the name Ernest. Jack doesn't tell her that his name isn't really Ernest even though they are planning to get married and therefore he should tell her the truth. This shows that he is very dishonest. When Lady Bracknell who is Gwendolen's mother hears that Jack wants to marry her daughter who she is very controlling of, she interviews his
Compare Introduction and London
Compare Echoing Green and London. 'Echoing Green' and 'London' are bipartite poems written by William Blake. Blake introduces 'Echoing Green' in a positive way; however, he contradicts 'Introduction' with William's other poem 'London', which is intensely depressing. They both have one similar major theme and that is nature, even though they both give different opinions and ideas about it. In 'London', Blake was trying to express the ghostly lifelessness of London by showing signs of life but never life itself, except, again, for the beginning 'Marks of weakness, marks of woe.' In contrast to, 'Echoing Green', where it gives merry sounds and images which accompany the children playing outdoors: 'While our sports shall be seen'. The mood of 'Echoing Green' is very calming and refreshing; the children are linked to innocence. Blake might have wanted the readers to see the older people, as a symbol of experience, because they have suffered the pains and misery. Furthermore, the children are ignorant of the hardships that the older generation has endured. The hardships that are endure, are further seen in 'London', especially with diseases and 'blight'. The diseases that might have existed during that time were quite fatal, and the older generation would have lost their loved ones. This might symbolise the loss of their innocence. Blake once wrote that 'imagination was access
Explore the ways in which the poets use language to portray themes in two of the poems studied - "Song to the Men of England" and "Caged Bird"
Q: Explore the ways in which the poets use language to portray themes in two of the poems studied Some of the main themes of "Caged Bird" and "Song to the Men of England" are lack of freedom, poverty, and social injustice. "Caged Bird" is written by Maya Angelou and the poem tells the story of a bird inside a cage, wishing to fly around the green fields. "Song to the Men of England" is written by Percy Bysshe Shelley and tells the story of a man who tells the working-class people in England that they must not let the tyrants abuse them, they need to be free. In this essay I will explore the features the poets use to explore these themes. In "Song to the Men of England", the poet uses a metaphor to compare the tyrants to bees - drones, defined as non-working, male honey-bees. Wherefore feed, and clothe, and save, "From the cradle to the grave, Those ungrateful drones who would Drain your sweat - nay, drink your blood?" This kind of bee doesn't have a sting so this could mean that if the ordinary people in England stay united, the powerful tyrants can't harm them (like bees that fly around, disturbing, but without a sting to harm anyone). In "Caged Bird", Maya Angelou uses a metaphor of a bird inside a cage. That is the main metaphor, because the whole poem is a metaphor itself. A metaphor of slavery, in which the bird represents a slave who is isolated from the things
pre 1914 poems- prophyrias lover and meeting at night
The poem "Porphyrias Lover" is told in first person sense, by the lover. It begins to be more of a story rather than a poem. You can tell this because at the beginning of a story it sets the scene of it. For example, "The rain set early in to-night The sullen wind soon awoke." This shows that at the beginning of it there is a storm that is happening and it helps to show that it is a story because stories always start with the setting of the scene to begin, the lines "It tore the elm-tops down for spite" and "and did its worst to vex the lake." These lines show that a storm is building and this could also have a second meaning of the person whom is telling the story's madness is awakening. The author uses first person words like "I" to show that it is a story; this is because stories use first person verbs to create a sense of past experience or knowledge. The fact that it only uses first person views shows that it is only his view upon the subject. It also shows that he may think something that may not be entirely true to Porphyrias point of view. For example, he believes that he is helping her by killing her. So that she can be with him forever, but she does not want this because it says the she has vainer ties dissever. At the start of the poem it describes the weather and how the storm, or anger of the lover, is growing. The description of Porphyria is shows that the
Discussing Arthur Millers' formation of a miserable story The Crucible.
The great play writer, Arthur Miller formed a miserable story "The Crucible" during the dark Mc Carthy Ela. The story was based on Salem Witch Trials and the event behind the history. The author created a parallel story to spend the reader the message of how he thinks about the Anti-Communism activity of the 1950's. The Salem Witch Trials and Anti-Communism activity of the 1950's are parallels. Many of the events are similar within "The Crucible" and the Red Scare. For example, Parris said, '"You will confess yourself or I will take you out and whip you to your death"', (pg44) a situation often seen in the Red Scare. The people in "The Crucible" are forced to confess-which is very similar to when people needed to confess to keep their job or their life in the Red Scare. The author used these lines to show the evilness in Salem Witch Trials in relation to the Red Scare. For people to get freedom in the Red Scare they had to accuse others and that was the "hunt rule". The same thing showed up in "The Crucible", Abigail accuses Elizabeth of being a witch by poking a needle in herself as proof. To help Abigail accuse other, the helpers shouted "Herrick, Herrick, it is a needle." (pg74) The author points out that there are people who know the truth but do not stand for it, like the girls in "The Crucible". It wasn't easy to stand for the truth because people fear it so much.
Compare and Contrast the poem "Father and Son" by Mary Nagy and the excerpt "Father and Son" from the Odessy by Homer
Ben Cooke 0-1-12 Period 7 For as long as fathers have had sons the bond has been a strong and awesome one. Its no wonder two authors from totally different periods of time have chosen this bond as their topic. After reading “Father and Son,” by both Homer and Mary Nagy the reader would be able to pick out a lot of differences and some similarities. The two stories tell about a father and son's relationship towards each other. The stories are very different from one another yet some what similar. Overall that both poems were about the bond between father and son. Mary Nagy is a writer from more modern time and therefore uses language that is easier to read and understand. This was definitely one of the biggest differences the reader noticed between the two poems. Another big difference was that she wrote the poem from the mother's perspective. Not only did we get to see the father and son's feelings but the mother as well, her description of the father and sons bond really comes from her heart, this made her poem a lot more emotional than Homer's. Mary Nagy's poem is more of a real poem because she has more of a rhyme scheme, every other line rhymes throughout the entire poem. Finally, Mary Nagy does not give any of her characters names. I am not sure why except when some one reads her poem perhaps they can think of themselves as the father, son, or even the
How do poets discuss love and attraction throughout literary history?
How do poets discuss love and attraction throughout literary history? Throughout literary history poets have presented love and attraction in a variety of ways. For example one such form that love is traditionally associated with, is the sonnet. Shakespeare is an example who uses the sonnet form often, one such sonnet is Sonnet 130. Another more untraditional form is through a political statement that Christina Walsh decides to use in A Woman to Her Lover, or the powerful imagery presented as feelings in Robert Browning's The Laboratory. A woman to her lover is a poem that voices out the change in attitude of many women in the nineteenth century, that women should be treated as equals to men. Although she seems to be quite angry in the first stanzas, the poem does not take on a cynical theme unlike The Laboratory, in which the poem takes on a very cynical theme of the jealousy which could be involved in love. This is shown when it states, "What a drop! She's not little, no minion like me--that's why she ensnared him: this never will free". This suggests that the woman may be mad that her husband is having an affair. The laboratory's theme does not bear any resemblance to Sonnet 130's as Sonnet 130 seems to go with the theme "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Sonnet 130 has a more similar theme to a woman to her lover as they both talk about non-physical love. The tone