Compare the ways poets reveal feelings in Nothing(TM)s changed(TM) and What were they like?(TM)
Compare how poets use language and imagery to portray war in 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen and 'MCMXIV' by Philip Larkin. In the poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est,' Owen uses vivid imagery and language to create a graphic description of the gas attacks to emphasise and dramatize the effect of pathos to the reader. 'MCMXIV' by Larkin, portrays war by vivid imagery and strong use of language; Larkin retrospectively describes the preparation made as the people of England leave their homes to battle in the First World War. War is portrayed effectively in 'Dulce et Decorum Est' when Owen places realism amongst the poem; 'GAS! GAS! Quick, boys!' Emphasis is placed on the word 'boys' as this creates an insight as to how soldiers addressed one another in a frantic situation, it also conjures an image of the soldiers being young, thus producing an emotion of sadness at such innocence. However, Larkin begins the poem with a sense of naivety, by describing the awaiting to be enlisted as a somewhat enjoyable daily event; 'Grinning as if it were all An August Bank Holiday lark;' The word 'grinning' suggests the soldiers are unaware of the reality of the situation, or perhaps choose to be ignorant in acknowledging the truth, therefore allowing the reader a perception of the soldiers' emotions and once again presents - similarly to 'Dulce et Decorum Est,' - an authentically closer
The Planners and the City Planners
"The Planners" (Boey Kim Cheng) and "The City Planners" (Margaret Atwood) "The City Planners" by Margaret Atwood and "The Planners by Boey Kim Cheng" are two poems that are very similar in their ideas and images about human hand in nature. Both of them are critical to this, so both poets make references about what they think and feel while writing them. In the poem "The Planners", we can see the author's response to and assessment of city planners, architects and designers and their way of doing their jobs. He brings out how these people plan perfectly every building and makes great use of space and how society is blinded by this particular perfect order. The growth of the cities takes place at any cost: "they build and will not stop even the sea draws back and the skies surrender" Natural resources are paying the costs of the expanding cities. But nature is not the only one paying for the consequences of the behaviors of planners, history as a whole is also being destroyed: "They erase the flaws". The planners have decided that what has been achieved in the past is not appropriate and to some extents not perfect enough. He also compares the planning as mathematics with some kind of irony. He introduces an enumeration where he describes a narcotic effect of the planning: "Anaesthesia, amnesia, hypnosis". The poet finishes his poem saying that he will not be pessimistic
Agony aunt
Dear Agony Aunt, There is a whole in my chest where my heart once was. It is no longer there as the love of my life-Demetrius tore it out and he doesn't even care. I have given so much love to him, I have done everything I can do for him, I have lost all my dignity and self esteem, but still he will not return my affection. It is not fair as my best friend, Hermia; although she is more beautiful than I she cares for him much less than me in fact she could care for a pig more than him. But still he gives all his love to her and not so much as a drop of love to me. He even has her father's consent to merry Hermia, much against her will. Hermia is in love with Lysander and wishes to marry him. They are in such a deep trance of love that they are risking both their lives to elope. Demetrius knows of this plan but still has not given up hope he has gone early to the woods to be there when they arrive and he is intending on killing Lysander. I have followed in hope that when he sees how in love they are he will turn to, but my plan is failing as instead he has turned to me and told me he would plunge a knife through my heart if I don't leave him alone. I am still desperately in love with him. Now Lysander is playing a horrible trick on me. He is saying how he has no love left for Hermia but has seen sense and has fallen for me. Please help me I am confused and love struck
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
Peoms Essay- Comparing Stealing, Education for Leisure and Hitcher
Poem Essay - Comparing Stealing, Education for Leisure and Hitcher. The subject matter of stealing is different to the subject matter of education for leisure, by in stealing the boy wants to steal a snowman and starts by stealing its head and in education for leisure it's about a lonely boy who is tired of being ignored and kills a fly and a goldfish in revenge and takes a knife from his house a walks around with it. In hitcher the subject matter is different again to stealing by there are two hitch hikers, one who is jealous of the others ones freedom. All three poems are similar due to there all about someone who as problems either loneliness or anger or jealously, but they are different due to they all have a different story to tell. The theme of stealing is the boy is lonely and steals a snowman to be his friend and he is very bored and therefore is just doing it for fun, whereas in education for leisure all the boy wants to do is play god and be in charge of the world and in hitcher the man is just jealous of freedom. To compare education for leisure and hitcher both want to be in charge and be free to do what the wish. The tone of stealing is the poet tells us he is boastful, big and bragging, he is proud of himself for stealing a snowman and he is a bit bitter and there is a sense of revenge and loneliness. In education for leisure the tone is he is tired of being
Comparing Cousin Kate and The Seduction.
COMPARING "COUSIN KATE" AND "THE SEDUCTION" Cousin Kate is a pre twentieth century poem, written in ballet style (set in verse0 in a very rural countryside. It was written by Christina Rosseti, her voice is that of a young woman working as a cottage maiden that falls in love with a lord and gets pregnant, and is then discarded for her cousin Kate who marries the lord. The second poem "the seduction" is a more modern poem with an urban setting, and is written in narrative form. The rhyme and rhythm is disjointed and irregular. A teenage girl goes to a party and leaves with a young man who gets her drunk and seduces her. Shortly after the young girl discovers she is pregnant as a result of this one night stand and her whole life is shattered. Both poems have many similarities although were in different eras. They are both about love and the exploitation of it. The voice in both poems is of the seduced, who were virgins before and now share the same sentiments of bitterness and public ridicule; however their feelings towards being pregnant were different. In the seduction the teenager was distraught when she realised she was pregnant. She tore up all her glossy magazines and broke the heels of her high white shoes, and cried that shed missed all the innocence of her teenage carefree years, now her future is bleak, her childhood gone, and her dreams of a successful future
Comparing 'The Charge Of The Light Brigade' and 'Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori'
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