How do William Blake and William Wordsworth convey their ideas about London in their poems 'London' and 'Westminster Bridge'?
How do William Blake and William Wordsworth convey their ideas about London in their poems 'London' and 'Westminster Bridge'? William Blake was born in 1757 into a middle class family. His father was working as a hosier but his mother was keen and the one in charge to educate his son well. Religion had a strong influence on Blake. He started reading the bible from an early age and this gave him inspiration in his later life; he apparently had visions of angels when he was young. He had a talent in drawing and had an endless appetite for reading, especially poetry. During his early career he became a professional engraver and rebelled against contemporary painters e.g. Josh Reynolds, Rubens etc. Later on he married an illiterate French woman called Catherine Butcher in 1792 and was later taught how to read and write and to engrave. Blake used to combine both his art and literacy skills when writing poems which helped other people understand the poem or to create a picture in your mind. In 1827 he died and was buried in Bunhill fields in London. Blake is still remembered as "the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". William Wordsworth was born in 1770 in Cumberland in the Lake District with both of his parents dying when he was very young. He was then brought up by his uncles and during this time he felt very isolated and worried. However in 1787 he went to St John's
In my poetry coursework I am going to look at three different ballad forms and the way which the poets have used them to portray ideas and emotions throughout history.Tyburn Fair, the ballad of Ned Ludd, Clever Tom Clinch going to be Hanged
In my poetry coursework I am going to look at three different ballad forms and the way which the poets have used them to portray ideas and emotions throughout history. A ballad is a poem; there are three main types, folk, literary and broadside. In my essay I will discuss the differences between the three types and compare then in detail. The first type of ballad is broadside, this type consists of topical or controversial issues and came about in the time of the industrial revolution. They could be described as tabloids by people today because they were talked about a lot, this was also a good way to create propaganda too since the broadside ballads were printed on one side of paper so many people could have a copy of them and they could be distributed easily. For example, in the ballad 'Tyburn Fair, the ballad of Ned Ludd' the topical issue is the industrial revolution. The second broadside ballad I have studied is 'Clever Tom Clinch going to be Hanged', this has the topical issue of public hanging in the time before the industrial revolution. A broadside ballad also has simple lexis and a strong rhythm and rhyme so it could be passed around, especially useful when used as a form of propaganda. Propaganda is where individuals are possibly forced to believe in something they may not have thought of. These ballads were a form of entertainment around this period of time as
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How do Tennyson and Owen use poetry to honour those killed in war? In this essay I will be comparing 2 poems that talk about those killed in war. I will be comparing them to see the poetic techniques used to in both poems and how they present different ideas about the war. Dulce Et Decorum Est... by Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen was a soldier himself and new what it felt like to be apart of the war. When at the front line Owen got trench foot and was sent away to hospital, here he met Siegfried Sassoon, a war poet. He was Owen's inspiration and later killed in action, this is where Wilfred wanted to carry on with what Sassoon started, writing wear poems. When Owen was fit enough he rejoined the army and returned to the front line. He was killed in action a week before the war was due to end. He was famous for being a poet and writing about the horrors of trench and gas warfare. Owen reacts to the war by turning conventional poetic technique into something that appears to be normal on the surface but in reality is tainted and/or corrupted. Owen apposes the idea of war as devastating and the idea of war as heroic to illustrate the poem's ultimate irony - 'Dulce Et Decorum Est, Pro Patria Mori' The rhyming structure is conventional, using full rhymes: sacks-backs, sludge-trudge, boots-hoots, etc. The rhyme scheme is of alternating rhymes: ABABCDCD EFEF etc. The poem is
A comparison of The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake & Charlotte O(TM) Neil(TM)s Song by Fiona Farrell
A comparison of "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake & "Charlotte O' Neil's Song" by Fiona Farrell The poems "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake and "Charlotte O' Neil's Song" by Fiona Farrell are both protest poems with both poets trying to make their objections about matters which have affected them. William Blake was an English pre 20th century English poet. In "The Chimney Sweeper" William Blake protests about the use of children to clean chimneys, in his poem he strongly disapproves of the church's support for child labour. Blake often viewed the church as oppressors rather than as an institution for religious guidance. His whole poem is about innocence and hope versus harsh reality. The theme in Blake's poem however is less explicit compared to "Charlotte O' Neil's Song" which is more straight to the point with its rhythm which makes it quicker and easier to read. Blake was also viewed as a rebel as he admired the French revolution which involved the removal of the king and queen, this is because he believed in a more democratic way of ruling. Therefore it is not surprising that he has chosen this subject to write about. Fiona Farrell is a contemporary poet whose whole poem was based on the theme of freedom from the tyranny of the rich. At the beginning of the poem Fiona uses an authentic 19th century ship's record which lists Charlotte O' Neil's name as proof that
Analyse how Poets present their attitudes to War in three of the poems you have studied.
Pre-1914 Poetry Unit. Analyse how Poets present their attitudes to War in three of the poems you have studied. "Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out. Neither side is glorious. On either side they're just frightened men messing their pants and they all want the same thing - not to lie under the earth, but to walk upon it." Peter Weiss. S This famous anti war quotation by the German writer Peter Weiss clearly shows the attitude that Rilke, Whitman and Southey had to war whilst writing their poems. Each of the three poems that will be discussed in this essay leads the reader to think that war is pointless but takes a different approach to do this. Rilke talks about the feelings of the loved ones who are left behind when the men go off to war and the feeling of desperation as they can do nothing to stop them. Similarly Whitman talks about the feelings of the loved ones at home when someone they are close to gets injured or dies, and they get the dreaded letter that is sent home from the frontline when all they can do is sit at home thinking that somewhere someone they love is suffering for their wellbeing and they can't help them. Whereas in Southey's poem has a much more hidden message. In his poem he puts the message across that war is pointless by giving two opinions in the poem but overall the opinion
How and in what ways have the poets in this anthology conveyed the Macabre? The Raven, The Tiger and La Belle Dame Sans Merci. To show the relative differences I will also be comparing these poems with The Kraken, The Sick Rose
How and in what ways have the poets in this anthology conveyed the Macabre? "The Raven", "The Tiger" and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" all represent the macabre. Each of these poems have individual themes that stand out, however to capture the real notion of the Macabre these themes on their own have no great significance. But, when stitched together they make the fabric which is the very essence of macabre. To show the relative differences I will also be comparing these poems with "The Kraken", "The Sick Rose" and "The Listeners". 'The Raven' is closely associated with the macabre the poem encourages the reader to inquire about what's going on. The way the story is portrayed makes it very difficult for the reader to understand what is going on because there isn't anything to use as a base to build the reader's interpretations on. This leads the reader to anticipate what is being described. One example of this is who is the raven? We do not know who the raven is; neither do we know if it is actually real. When the raven enters the room he "perched upon a bust of Pallas". The image created in literal terms would be the raven sitting on a shoulder of a statue of the Greek God Pallas. However, by this stage the reader knows things aren't as simple as they seem. They would think of the raven to be omniscient because it presents its wisdom when it's responses of "nevermore" makes
POETRY COMPARISON OF 'TO HIS COY MISTRESS' AND 'ONE FLESH'
POETRY COMPARISON OF 'TO HIS COY MISTRESS' AND 'ONE FLESH' The two poems that I am going to compare are 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell and 'One Flesh' by Elizabeth Jennings. The poem 'To His Coy Mistress' is about a man who is pressurising his mistress or girlfriend to live for the moment. In other words it means that he wants her to have sex with him. The poem that I have chosen to write about is a 'Carpe diem' poem, which is a traditional motive in classical love poetry. In this case it is about exploiting the idea of time quickly passing in order to pressurize the young woman into having sex with him. Carpe diem also means "seize the day" which leads to meaning "live for the moment because eventually you are going to die". The poem was written in the 1640's. It looks like a love poem but Marvell is criticising the old idea of Carpe diem poetry. His choice of imagery undermines the tradition, and Marvell uses contemporary Renaissance culture to show that the traditional rhetoric is false. Marvell lingers on the idea of death; 'the grave's a fine and private place', which was an obsession with the Renaissance writers in a perverse sort f logic, not stopping at old age but going into the grave. "To His Coy Mistress" is not a persuasion to love but a 'critique of persuasims based on Carpe Diem' [John Moss]. In other words it means that Marvell is not writing a
Pre 1914 Prose Coursework
Pre 1914 Prose Coursework In this essay I am going to compare The Monkey's Paw by W.W Jacobs and The Red Room by H.G Wells examining how the writers create suspense. Both stories were written during the Victorian period. The stories are similar in the following ways, they both have an unknown which in the Monkeys paw is the Monkeys paw and in the Red Room the unknown is the shadows which represents fear. The way the themes compare is that both stories were to do with strange and frightening things. For Monkeys paw the them is that fate ruled peoples lives and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow, which meaning something sinister is going to happen and in the Red Room the theme is fear, darkness and shadows which represent fear. Both writers use different techniques in creating sinister settings to their suspense. In the Red Room the author uses 1st person, which makes the reader feel more involved in the story and it emphasises the emotions felt by the reader. When using 1st person the narrator is the central character. For the Monkeys Paw W.W. Jacobs uses 3rd person which is the grammatical category of forms that designate a person or thing other than the speaker or the one spoken to examples of forms in the 3rd person include pro nouns such as she and they. Also its in the point of view of someone outside the story. Also the settings both authors use
Compare and Contrast the depiction of London in Wordsworths Upon Westminster Bridge and Blakes London
Compare and Contrast the depiction of London in Wordsworth's 'Upon Westminster Bridge' and Blake's 'London' Wordsworth traditionally wrote poems of a rural theme, focussing particularly on nature and the natural world; this can be related to the fact that he spent most of his life living in the Lake District and so it is a little unusual for Wordsworth to have written a poem based on London. It was written on what he saw as he passed by London on his way to Dover and shows his perception of London from Westminster Bridge. Many would argue that since he didn't look deeper into London and see the downside of the city life, that his poem creates an outlook on London that would more commonly be associated with tourists as opposed to Londoners. Blake on the other hand, is a Londoner, and his view on London seems darker and casts a rather gloomy image about the place. The poems were only written four years apart from each other, and there is no strong evidence to suggest that such a large change occurred between the two dates that the poems were written. Wordsworth's 'Upon Westminster Bridge' is a classic sonnet in terms of structure. It is split into the octet and sestet and is composed using iambic pentameter each line having ten syllables with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. The octet, as is traditionally the case, describes the subject in question
Compare and contrast To His Coy Mistress and John Donnes The Flea and consider which is more persuasive of the two?
Compare and contrast To His Coy Mistress and John Donne's The Flea and consider which is more persuasive of the two? To His Coy Mistress, written by Andrew Marvell in 1681 and The Flea, written by John Donne in 1633 are examples of metaphysical poetry. Both of the poems try to convince their partner to have sex with the poet. The poems are also examples of dramatic lyric poetry because the poet addresses another person and is directly talking to them, but the person is not actually saying anything in response. The poet of The Flea uses a flea as a metaphor to encourage his partner to have sex with him by using things that the flea does and translating them into the situation they're in. Andrew Marvell, in To His Coy Mistress uses words such as "rubies" as metaphors to try and convince his partner that if they don't have sex now soon she will be dead or too ugly for them to have sex. The poets use lots of different language techniques to help them to convince their partners to have sex with them. Some techniques are used in both poems; an example of this is the use of metaphors. In The Flea, Andrew Marvell uses the flea as a metaphor to convince his partner to have sex with him by saying "And in this flea our two bloods mingled be thou know'st that this cannot be said a sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead." this shows us that the poet thinks that because their blood is