analysis and comparison of two war poems
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How is imagery portrayed in one peom by armitage and one other poem
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Compare how two poets make use of spoken language to present their ideas
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A Christmas carol - section review
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Compare Wordsworths view of London in Composed Upon Westminster Bridge with that of Blake in his poem London.
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Compare and Contrast the attitudes to war in Tennyson(TM)s Charge of the Light Brigade(TM) and Owen(TM)s Dulce et Decorum est(TM)
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Ducle Est Decorum Est
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Using two poems that you have studied so far compare the presentation of family relationships.
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ENGLISH LITERATURE - Comparative Essay
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How do Rossetti and Angelou portray oppression in their poems, "Cousin Kate" and "Still I Rise"?
How do Rossetti and Angelou portray oppression in their poems, "Cousin Kate" and "Still I Rise"? Christina Rossetti and Maya Angelou were and are both female poets who, due to unfortunate geographical and historical circumstances, both faced oppression, in similar and dissimilar ways. Rossetti was an unmarried woman living in the Victorian era, a rarity in its self, and did a great deal of work for the Anglo-Catholic community across England with experience and interest in the establishments which specialised in helping "fallen women" (single mothers) who were looked down on in that day and age and gave inspiration to the story behind "Cousin Kate", drawing sympathy toward these scorned women who society forgot and sneered at and brought a revolutionary approach to the matter to the public eye; maybe it just wasn't their fault. These women were ushered to the dark corners of society and looked down upon. Rossetti was concerned with "Christian Victorian woman's resignation to mutability, unfulfilment and need for patient endurance." Angelou, a woman of African-American descent, lived through a great deal of the 20th century, witnessing many changes to the treatment of her kin: the Civil Rights Movement, assassination, the Ku Klux Klan (a group of extremists who preached hate against Catholics, blacks, homosexuals and Jews among others). Her poem "Still I Rise" is