How are Relationships portrayed in 'The Seduction' and 'Cousin Kate?' In the poem 'Cousin Kate' written by Rossetti, she describes a young cottage maiden led astray
How are Relationships portrayed in 'The Seduction' and 'Cousin Kate?' In the poem 'Cousin Kate' written by Rossetti, she describes a young cottage maiden led astray by a wealthy Lord who leaves her with a baby to bring up on her own in disgrace. The poem was written in 1862 and society's attitude towards unmarried mothers was harsh to say the least. The poem is set in the countryside with country lanes, dust, gates and rye mentioned frequently. The poem is about the love and relationships between a young cottage maiden, her cousin and a rich lord who take a fancy to them both. The cottage maiden is disregarded and left with a child out of wedlock, while the cousin is taken out of poverty and lavished upon as the wife of the Lord. The poem is written in first person from the point of view of the cottage maiden so we only see her biased perspective of the events. From the beginning of the poem you can see the cottage maiden was in love with the Lord she calls him 'a great Lord' and asks herself 'Why did a great Lord find me out to fill my heart with care?' She's admitting he filled her heart with care, but by asking why, she's saying he hurt her. She also declares 'O cousin Kate my love was true.' Here she's expressing her sadness and the feeling of betrayal she has for her cousin she also says 'If you stood where I stand, I would have spat into his face, and not taken his
Shakespeare's portrayal of love in Sonnets 18 and 116, and in Romeo and Juliet.
Love has changes a lot since Shakespeare's time, these modern times love is a term used very loosely, Now everybody feels that they understand the meaning of love and all of the emotions that are involved init and even people of a young age such as 10 can say that they love a person off there own age. Where as in Shakespeare's time they linked love with things of great importance such as religion. Through out most of his poems and sonnets Shakespeare based most of his ideas on love which has carried through into modern days. Love was a very influential thing in his poets because it was not just love between a man and a women it was all sorts of different love such as a farther son bond which might have influenced him throughout the fair youth series. And love between a man and a woman was included which might have influenced him to write his dark lady series. Act 1 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet has many key features. One of the most important parts of Romeo and Juliet is where Romeo spots Juliet in the ball and starts to speak in soliloquy .Whilst speaking in soliloquy Romeo says "She doth teach the torches to burn bright!" this tells me that he believes that she is so stunningly beautiful that she is able t teach things to things that don't need teaching. Once they start speaking they use an extended Christian metaphor of Juliet lips being a shrine and his lips being "two
Compare and contrast ways in which attitudes to love are expressed in three of four poems you have studied.
AMDG. Joshua Gray Compare and contrast ways in which attitudes to love are expressed in three of four poems you have studied. Introduction: The poems that I have chosen are: 'To his coy mistress' by Andrew Marvell. 'Sonnets 18 by William Shakespeare, and 'To the virgins, to make much of time' by Robert Herrick. All the above poems are poems about the subject of love. Each poem is very passionate and complex in nature when you initially read it for the first time and consequently they have stood the test of time and lasted hundreds of years. This portrays a conclusion to what some poets say because they express how the poems will last forever. There are many various themes used throughout the poems. Time, beauty, praise for the beloved and how love can be confused by lust are all reoccurring themes in these poems and sum up many pre-18th century love poems. However, two themes that are central to this form of poetry are 'Carpe diem'- seize the day - and how the incessant march of time contributes to the fading of beauty. 'To his coy mistress' - perhaps the most controversial of the poems, deals with the theme 'carpe diem' but focuses more on lust than love, 'To the virgins' once again deals the theme of 'Carpe diem' and urges the young to enjoy themselves, this is also significant in it's title. 'Sonnet 18.' Shakespeare wrote a series of sonnets which
Comparison between ‘The Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth, and ‘Miracle on St.David’s Day’ by Gillian Clarke.
Comparison between 'The Daffodils' by William Wordsworth, and 'Miracle on St.David's Day' by Gillian Clarke. The Daffodils by William Wordsworth was written in the eighteenth century. Gillian Clarke wrote miracle on St.David's day in the twentieth century, 1980, making her a contemporary poet. The obvious comparison between the two poems is their involvement with daffodils, but there are many others. For instance they are both based on real, spectacular events, and vivid memories. They were both also written several years after the event took place. This is perhaps the first instance that the poet realised the incredible, lasting effect that the moment had inflicted on them, and that they could clearly recall the event such a long period of time after. However, as always when comparing two poems, there are clear differences, more in the structure of the poem than the content. There are still differences in the subject and setting, for instance, Miracle is set in an enclosed, cold setting, with the beauty on the outside rather than inside, whereas The Daffodils is something beautiful happening in setting surroundings. The structure of the poems has obvious differences, the most noticeable being length and rhyme. Miracle is more like a piece of prose than a poem, but is written in poem form. It is also a great deal longer and some stanzas are linked together to try and keep
The Population Growth of London 1801 - 1881
The Population Growth of London 801 - 1881 At the turn of the 19th century, London was populated by close to a million people. London was becoming a World City and its economy was rapidly changing in structure and character. It provided financial services on a national and international level, and provided a market for local, national and international goods, therefore becoming a centre of innovation where all things exciting and new arrived in London first. The growth of the economy provided vast employment opportunities attracting thousands of migrants and immigrants to the Capital. By the end of the century, the population of London had quadrupled to almost four million. This rapid rise in population is illustrated in fig.1. We can see that the curve is steeper after the 1830s - 40s period. This is because of the development of the railways, underground and tramways, resulting in the acceleration of population growth in the suburbs of London. Fig. 1 While London reaped the benefits of this explosive growth and the domination of world trade, it paid the price of untold squalor and filth. London suffered massive social problems - the divide between the rich and the poor was too great. Many migrants and immigrants who travelled to London to start a new life were disillusioned by the glowing reputation of the Capital, and found often found themselves in terrible poverty
Wider reading Course Work - “The Woman in Black” and “The Withered arm.”
Jessica Williams Wider reading Course Work - "The Woman in Black" and "The Withered arm." Thomas Hardy's "The Withered arm and Susan Hill's "The Woman in Black" are both texts set around the turn of the century and share the theme of women in society. They explore the class systems and the differences in morals, attitudes, women's rights and roles in society and how a person's social status can completely change the outcome for two different people in the same situation. Both texts feature a woman and their struggle against society after having illegitimate children and being abandoned by their lovers. The two women are Jennet from "The Woman in Black" and Rhoda from "The Withered Arm." Through these characters the writers help the audience to understand the roles of women in the early century and late 19th century by providing a comparison. "The Woman in Black" and "The Withered Arm" explore class differences through Jennet who, born in to a rich family is upper/middle class and Rhoda who, born in to poverty is lower class. Jennet was born in to the upper middle class and lives as a lady in the small rural village of Crythin Gifford. She was brought to her child she was up in a highly respected family of great prestige. When Jennet gave birth shunned by society and in fear of losing their social status and respect, her parents disowned her. In the time that the texts
Comparing 'My Last Duchess' & 'Porphyria's Lover'Poetry Coursework
Comparing 'My Last Duchess' & 'Porphyria's Lover' Poetry Coursework By Louise Sophocleous Robert Browning was writing in the Victorian period and is known chiefly for his dramatic monologues which were poems with a specific protagonist speaking mostly to a specific auditor in a dramatic situation. These two poems are good examples of dramatic monologues whereby a setting is conveyed to make atmosphere. In my last Duchess a distinct sense of place and time helps to recreate the drama to make the audience feel more involved in the poem. However Porphyria's lover is less distinct. The details of time and place are vague and this helps to focus the readers mind on the drama of the action. In both poems a central character discusses the murder of their wife or lover. In the poems it is through their descriptions of this action that the characters are conveyed. In Porphyria's lover the mans character and presence appears concealed in a state of limbo until Porphyria arrives 'I listened with heart fit to break' this gives an impression that he is obsessive about Porphyria and has no control over his life. It is Porphyria's presence that lights up his life. It is she who murmurs 'how she loved me' in other words Porphyria appears to be the active partner. It is Porphyria who is making the choices. He sees himself when meeting with Porphyria as silent and passive. 'When no voice
How does Arnold explore the ongoing theme of religion in the poem Dover Beach?
Dover Beach Essay Kunal Dasani How does Arnold explore the ongoing theme of religion in the poem 'Dover Beach'? Arnold explores the theme of religion in 'Dover Beach by using extended metaphors and vivid diction. Religion is the most prominent theme in the poem and the concept of religion in the poem is introduced in the second stanza. Arnold uses his description of the beach to convey the collapse of religion by using an extended metaphor to describe the sea. The sea is described as the 'Sea of Faith'. The word 'faith' links faith in that time to the ebb of the tide. This conveys to the reader that faith was once strong and looming over the world like a tide but has now fizzled out into nothing like a tide does. Also, this line is the shortest in the poem and this is pivotal as it brings in faith into the poem and other ideas about the world and shown from then on when the beach is described. Also, the writer describes the 'Sea of Faith' having been 'round earth's shore. This shows Arnolds remminisance for the past when religion was full and plentiful. In this way he uses the sea as an extended metaphor, the way religion retracts from the shores of the world. He backs this up by describing religion as laying 'like folds of a bright girdle furl'd'. The words 'bright girdle' indicate a supportive and resplendent sense. The writer also looks at what has been left
Look again at Upon My Son Samuel his Going for England, Novem 6, 1657 by Ann Bradstreet, in which the speaker conveys her feelings towards her child, and at one other poem from the anthology in which the speaker conveys his or he
Look again at "Upon My Son Samuel his Going for England, Novem 6, 1657" by Ann Bradstreet, in which the speaker conveys her feelings towards her child, and at one other poem from the anthology in which the speaker conveys his or her parental feelings. With close reference to the way each writer has used language to convey those feelings, compare and contrast what each poem has to say about parental feelings and explain which poem you regard as most successful. The poems "Upon My Son Samuel his Going for England, Novem. 6, 1657" and "A Parental Ode to My Son, Aged Three Years and Five Months" both convey the speaker's parental feelings towards their child, but they do so in very different ways. Ann Bradstreet had herself completed the journey from England to America and knew of the dangers on such a voyage, therefore her fear and terror can be felt throughout the poem. Thomas Hood on the other hand has a much more lighthearted approach as he uses bathos to create a humorous picture of parenthood. The speakers in both poems are the poet as well as the parent, but differ in the fact that one is the mother and the other the father, thus the parental concerns are expressed in very different ways. In "Upon My Son Samuel..." the speaker expresses her worries very directly and sees herself as being primarily responsible for her child. Therefore she does all she can to protect him,
Westminster Bridge
Westminster Bridge. Westminster Bridge is written by William Wordsworth. The poem depicts a city/city life and is a reflection of the style of romantic movement. William Wordsworth describes things he sees positively, e.g. "earth has not anything to show more fair". Which means he likes to look at things his way, which is to look at the beautiful side of things. It creates pleasurable passages that are easily read and understood while still accessing a great deal of emotion and image form. It gives different readers many different interpretations of what the poem is about, the images and emotions felt, yet still maintaining the secret of what Wordsworth himself would have had in mind about the meaning of the poem. Upon Westminster Bridge creates for the readers that sense of awe that was felt by William Wordsworth whilst gazing upon the view of London and this awe can be seen from the very beginning of the passage, "Earth has not anything to show more fair." Just the language used is like a spell cast upon the reader giving off a sense of calmness and tranquillity. He writes as though he appreciates the rare opportunity to see the real beauty of London. The poem gives you the feeling as if you were part of the poem or the author, sitting on Westminster Bridge admiring the view. In this descriptive poem he goes into the finer details of what he sees and what is around him.
