"Comparison of 4 different poems with different aspects"
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Write a comparative analysis of Neutral tones and Absence.The two poems I am going to compare are by two poets called Thomas Hardy and Elizabeth Jennings.
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Discuss the way love is depicted in the poems The Lady of Shallot(TM), La Belle Dame Sans Merci(TM), First Love(TM) and When We Two Parted(TM).
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Comparison of The Daffodils(TM) by William Wordsworth and Miracle on St David(TM)s Day(TM) by Gillian Clarke
Comparison of 'The Daffodils' by William Wordsworth and 'Miracle on St David's Day' by Gillian Clarke 'The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth is about a man who stumbles upon an amazing field of daffodils after a long day walking in the local hills of the Lake District. He is feeling sad and lonely and it instantly lifts his mood. The poem highlights the power of memory and the beauty of nature. William Wordsworth describes himself as wandering as 'lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills'. This suggests that he feels alone and isolated from the rest of the world. The poem then has an abrupt change as Wordsworth comes across an amazing sight, 'When all at once'. This changes the pace and seperates the poet's detached state from his now happy and involved state. The daffodils are described as a 'crowd' and as a 'host', which implies that he is suddenly surrounded and is not forlorn any more; when he says 'host', William Wordsworth conveys the idea that the daffodils are inviting him into their crowd and they are also the host of the whole poem; linking to the title. Wordsworth describes the flowers as 'golden', which emphasizes the fact that they are special and treasured. The poet uses personification, emphasizing unity, in 'Fluttering and dancing in the breeze'; this suggests that the flowers are calm and elegant, with energy and beauty. The pace of
war poems comparison
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Compare and contrast the way pre-20th century poets reflect on the theme of love.
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How is the theme of Remembrance explored in the poems Piano, Poem at 39, Remember and three other poems?
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Compare and contrast the attitudes shown towards love, in at least two different pre-twentieth century poems.
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Write about At a Potato Digging and three other poems you enjoyed reading.
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Compare and contrast the poems upon Westminster bridge, by William Wordsworth and London by William Blake. Explain which one is more effective and why
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