Compare the different presentations of London that are found in the poetry of Wordsworth and Blake.
The poetry of Wordsworth and Blake differ greatly in the style in which they are written, in particular the poetic structure, such as the length of lines and the rhyme schemes. The William Wordsworth poem 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802' was a sonnet written mainly to convey a sense of happiness and good-nature in reference to both London at the moment in time, as well as his mood and outlook on the world and its beauty at the present time. The William Blake poems analysed in this essay are taken from 'Song of Innocence', and refer to the innocence of children and the corruptness surrounding them in the town of London, contrasting to the wonderful sights that Wordsworth describe the city to offer. In 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802', the poem begins with a very optimistic outlook on the appearance of London from the bridge which continues throughout the first octave. The comparison to other cities on Earth is made with 'not any thing to show more fair', where the breaking up of the words not, 'any' and 'thing' emphasise the beauty of London in first impressions, as opposed to simply using the alternative, 'nothing'. Emphasis is also placed in the description of an everyday person who would look upon London and see nothing of Wordsworth's imagery as being a 'dull' man. In further reference to extravagance, the effect of referring to the city
How does Rupert Brooke uses language in order to convey a war patriotism?
How does Rupert Brooke uses language in order to convey a war patriotism? Although Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen both wrote war poems they differ broadly from each other. Despite the fact that both authors' have a totally different opinion concerning war they have certain aspects in common. In Rupert Brooke's poem The Soldier he develops a glorifying idea of patriotism. He seeks to transmit the message that it is beautiful to die for one's country - it embellishes death - and that no matter where he is buried the soil he is buried within will absorb his English body, acquire English ways and become in its turn, part of England. Rupert Brooke's 'The Soldier' is very patriotic as Brooke loves his country and is ready to die for it. This perhaps is not surprising as it was written in the first few months of war when the whole country was swept by a tide of patriotic fervour. Early positive feelings and approaches toward World War One diminished over the course of time. War poetry, in the first years of the war, was written to encourage men to go and fight. At the beginning of the battle men were overwhelmed by the idea of being able to fight for their country's future. They felt strongly and were convinced when signing up to fight for their country that it was the right thing to do. Nevertheless, once they were hurt in battle and lived the miseries of WWI these
Compare and contrast the views of autumn in Ted Hughes' 'There came a day' and John Keats' 'Ode to Autumn.' How do the poets use language and structure to convey these views?
Compare and contrast the views of autumn in Ted Hughes' 'There came a day' and John Keats' 'Ode to Autumn.' How do the poets use language and structure to convey these views? In the poems 'There came a day' by Ted Hughes and 'Ode to Autumn' by John Keats, different view points of autumn are noticeably portrayed using language to convey the poets' opinions. As Keats was a pre-twentieth century poet, this may explain why he included his own positive feelings and love towards autumn and nature. Hughes on the other hand was a twentieth century poet and wrote his poems from a factual view rather than a personal one - hence why his thoughts were negative; as autumn is a season of decay and end of life. The poem 'Ode To Autumn' is addressed to Autumn by name. The reader can already assume that the poem shows optimistic views about Autumn, as the title means 'to praise autumn'. In 'There Came a Day' however, the reader feels cautious about 'the day', and is quite uncomfortable about it. This title sets quite a negative, possibly sinister tone. To begin with, 'Ode to Autumn' starts with a colourful, cheery introduction. Keats uses positive word choice such as 'fruitfulness' and 'mellow' to present autumn in a positive way. The alliterative "mists and mellow" adds to the soothing image described in this poem. I feel it creates a soft and peaceful tone; unlike Hughes' word choice
Four poets who explore the immense poignancy of the Parent/Child relationship are, Seamus Heaney: Digging, and Follower, Gillian Clarke: Catrin, and William Yeats: Song of the Old Mother.
The Parent/Child relationship is a bond of unquestionable love and unity. Discuss how far you consider this statement to be true in the light of 2 Heaney, 1 Gillian Clarke and 2 poems from Pre-1914 Poetry Bank. The hardest part of raising a child is like teaching them to ride a bicycle. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realisation that this support is no longer wanted by the child- hits hard. This connection and urge to keep holding on is tied between the parent and child with the "Red rope of love". Four poets who explore the immense poignancy of the Parent/Child relationship are, Seamus Heaney: 'Digging', and 'Follower', Gillian Clarke: 'Catrin', and William Yeats: 'Song of the Old Mother'. Seamus Heaney, in the poem 'Digging' unlike 'Catrin' and 'Song of the Old Mother', writes in the position of the child: reminiscing the time when he looked up to his father and grandfather. Although Heaney is guilt-felt; that he didn't live up the family tradition of becoming a farmer, he feels adequate and tries to justify his own job. Similarly, in 'Follower' Heaney evokes watching and admiring his father when working. The title is both literal and metaphorical as to say Heaney 'followed' his father as a young child. However, Heaney ends the poem stating that his father is now 'stumbling'. Gillian Clarke on the other hand, portrays the
How is Love and Hate presented in 2 Pre and 2 Post 1914 poems?
How is Love and Hate presented in 2 Pre and 2 Post 1914 poems? Many find the word Love extremely difficult to describe/ define and many consider Hate a strong word. The dictionary defines Love as a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person while Hate is described as dislike intensely or passionately. The poem Havisham features what some may say righteous hatred towards the character's fiancé who was to blame for jilting her. The poem opens up with an oxymoron in shape of the first line "Beloved sweetheart bastard" which shows that she has a strong hatred towards her fiancé. It could also suggest that she is perhaps so upset that she just instinctively used swear words to express her anger which doesn't necessarily mean that she hates her fiancé, this would just show that she is upset. In a similar way, Sonnet 130 by Shakespeare which is meant to be a poem about love and affection ironically insults the person who is the centre of topic. The quote "Coral is far more red than her lips" shows that even though Shakespeare has involved most of the elements of a romantic poem in terms of comparison of one to nature and natural elements, it also insults her as Shakespeare is trying to imply that coral is better than the lady's lips. Alternatively, perhaps Shakespeare is insulting the lady with an intension of teasing her with the idea that it would provoke
Compare and contrast the way the childhood is presented in "Piano" by D.H. Lawrence, "My parents kept me from children who were rough" by Stephen Spender and "Half-past two" by U. A. Fanthorpe
Compare and contrast the way the childhood is presented in "Piano" by D.H. Lawrence, "My parents kept me from children who were rough" by Stephen Spender and "Half-past two" by U. A. Fanthorpe In all three poems the poets present childhood in different and exceptional way. In "Piano", childhood is presented in a very idealistic way. The poet is remembering the good old times when he was sitting under the piano and listening to his mother tenderly singing a powerful song. He remembers his loving mother, and all the factors surrounding her, only having a positive atmosphere. When on the other hand Stephen Spender is describing himself being teased and abused by his own peer mates in his youth. We can sense the fright and dread in the poem. Whereas towards the end, the poet forgives the awful children, and she even tries to make friends. The poem "Half-past two" is about a child, who gets a detention until 2.30pm, but doesn't know time. He fears that it will never end and feels lost. In the end the situation leads him to a shocking and unforgettable experience. Though all the poems present childhood in different ways, innocence is the main point in all of them. In "Half-past two" it is presented through language. The words are easy and sometimes made-up from a child's point of view of how life is. 'he knew a lot of time: he knew Gettinguptime, timeyouwereofftime'
Compare and contrast the poems Strange Meeting, by Wilfred Owen and I Have A Rendezvous With Death, by Alan Seeger
Compare and contrast the poems Strange Meeting, by Wilfred Owen and I Have A Rendezvous With Death, by Alan Seeger Strange Meeting is a poem by Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen was born in 1893 and died in 1918. He wrote Strange Meeting in the winter before his death. Alan Seeger was born in 1888 and died in 1916, and wrote I Have A Rendezvous With Death in . Both poems are about a meeting of some ilk. Strange Meeting is set in Hell, and is about a soldier killed in battle speaking to another soldier that he himself killed. The second soldier responds with kindness and wisdom, which shows how the two of them, though on opposite sides in the war, are really the same. I Have A Rendezvous With Death is not set in any particular location - it relies on the interpretation and imagination of the reader to think up where it could be set. It supposedly set during the war and is presumably about a soldier reflecting and apparently wanting death. The titles of both the poems have the same meaning in the sense that they are both meeting something. Strange Meeting represents an odd meeting of some sort, but is a fairly simple title and does not immediately communicate any striking ideas. I Have A Rendezvous With Death symbolises a meeting between a person and death. However, the use of the word "rendezvous" makes a reader think and feel that the voice of the poem thinks of death as a casual
Before you were mine by Carol Ann Duffy, Mother Any Distance by Simon Armitage, On my first Sonne by Ben Jonson and The Affliction of Margaret have very strong parent-child feelings.
Compare at least four poems you have studied, where parent-child feelings are shown. Write about 'On my first Sonne', one poem by Carol Ann Duffy, one poem by Simon Armitage and one other poem from the Pre-1914 Poetry Bank. 'Before you were mine' by Carol Ann Duffy, 'Mother Any Distance' by Simon Armitage, 'On my first Sonne' by Ben Jonson and 'The Affliction of Margaret' have very strong parent-child feelings. In 'Before you were mine' we see the poetic voice seeing her mother, when she was younger and having an almost obsession with her, whilst 'Mother Any Distance' is written from a male poetic voice to his mother, whom he is trying to break free from. 'On my first Sonne' and 'The Affliction of Margaret' both deal with loss; in 'On my first Sonne' the poetic voice's son has died and in 'The Affliction of Margaret' the poetic voice has lost her son. These are similar, but again the poetic voices have different genders. 'Before you were mine' uses four stanzas each written in five lines. Each stanza shows us a different time frame from the life of the poetic voice's mother. Overall there are three stages. The first stage is when ten years before the poetic voice is born and the poetic voice refers to her mother as being 'Marilyn' possibly showing she admired her mother then. The second stanza is when the poetic voice was a younger girl and refers to her mother as doing
Poem November analysis
November "November" is a poem about a man who is accompanying a friend who is taking his grandma to the hospital, where she is going to die. "Badly parked car" show the distress that John (the poets friend) is in, and that they are rushing. . "Four short steps to our two" shows an uneven rhythm and echoes her tiny steps; this shows the poor health his grandma is in and how the poet and John are walking faster than her. "We have brought her here to die and we know it" is a blunt statement that they can't ignore the sad truth of what is happening, and it shows the inevitability of the death of the grandma. The poet does not show any emotion towards grandma, and describes the events as how he sees them and not how someone who is emotionally attached to her would describe the events. The closing lines "The sun spangles" shows there is only a brief flicker of light and the daylight is fading away like the life of the grandma. The poem also goes from morbid death to life. "One thing we have to get, John, out of this life." Shows he tries to take something positive out of the day's events. In the poem "On my first sonne" the poem is about a father who is mourning the death of his seven year-old son. The poem is the father's way of saying goodbye to his son. The poem "On my first sonne" shows a lot of grief and sadness that the poet has towards his son, whereas in
The two poems that I will be comparing are On my first sonne by Ben Johnson and Nettles by Vernon Scanell.
Bn Shaun Ali The two poems that I will be comparing are "On my first sonne" by Ben Johnson and "Nettles" by Vernon Scanell. Both poems share a similar theme about emotions and how they care for their children. Nettles express the writer's emotions and feelings for their child when it says, "with sobs and tears the boy came seeking comfort and I saw white blisters beaded on his tender skin. We soothed him till his pain was not so raw" this shows the parents emotions for how much he loves this child and it further goes on to "went outside and slashed it with fury" this also shows the parent cares for the child as they are getting pay back for what the nettles have done to the child. On my first sonne also talks about emotions for a child as it says "lov'd boy" this is explaining how he loves his son just like how the parent loves their child in Nettles. On my first sonne also talks about religion when he says "Exacted by the fate, on the just day" this shows he is talking to God and about religion. The poets use very different styles of language to convey their message. For example Nettles uses comforting words such as "soothed" and the poem on my first Sonne uses sad language like "to have soone scap'd worlds" and also just simple words such as "Farewell" express his sadness for his child. Another difference between the two poems language used is that On my first Sonne uses