shakespeares sonnets
Compare and Contrast the theme of love in six sonnets Sonnets are extremely important poems. Most sonnets are about the theme of love. The poets used sonnets to express the powerful emotion of love for their lovers. Love is a universal emotion as everyone probably feels love for someone at one time in their life. There are many types of love such as unrequited love, love and loss and romantic love. There are a large amount of poems about love because poems are a good way to express your feelings for someone. Most sonnets have different rhyme schemes and structures depending on who wrote them. For example in sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare, he uses ABABCDCDEFEFGG and this creates the rhythm of iambic pentameter and he uses the structure of three quatrains and a couplet. Perhaps the most common aspect of love explored by sonnets is romantic love. When we think of love poems we, first of all, think of odes: a verse written in praise of a person or object. "Sonnet 130" by William Shakespeare and "Garden of Beauty" by Edmund Spenser both focus on the theme of Romantic love. The two sonnets both use natural imagery to describe their lovers but the two sonneteers use the natural imagery and the ode in radically different ways. Edmund Spenser uses his senses to explore his lover's beauty. He describes what she smells like and what she looks like. He uses a series of similes in
Thomas Hardy: The Withered Arm, pre 20th Century - Juanita Casey: The Seagull, 20th Century - Both stories explore the power of emotions and attitudes to influence relationships and events - Compare the ways the two authors go about their explorations.
Comparative Wide-Reading Assessment. English EN2 English Literature Thomas Hardy: The Withered Arm, pre 20th Century Juanita Casey: The Seagull, 20th Century Both stories explore the power of emotions and attitudes to influence relationships and events. Compare the ways the two authors go about their explorations. Can an internal attitude affect a physical event? This is the question both the authors are asking the reader in their stories. In connection with this the two authors are also trying to find out if peoples emotions and attitudes can effect and influence relationships whether it is their own or another persons. In Hardy's story, "The Withered Arm", he focuses on the relationship between Rhoda Brook and Gertrude Lodge and how their emotions subconsciously affect what happens to other people and then how these consequences affect their relationships. Casey however focuses on the relationship between the husband and the wife and how the rejection towards the wife and her emotions and attitudes toward the seagull could effect what happens to her husband. I intend to explore the issue of whether emotions and attitudes can in fact influence relationships in both the short stories, first with relation to Hardy's issues and then I shall write about The Seagull, in comparison to The Withered Arm. In the Withered Arm, Hardy begins his story by setting the scene so
Compare and contrast the poems 'Death of a Son', 'Mid-Term Break' and 'Remember' - What approaches do the writers take on the subject and what techniques do they use to convey their message?
Compare and contrast the poems 'Death of a Son', 'Mid-Term Break' and 'Remember'. What approaches do the writers take on the subject and what techniques do they use to convey their message? Think about * Structure * Narrator and their characters * Poetic techniques * Tone and mood * Setting in time Death of a Son by Jon Silkin This poem is a noting down, by Silkin, of his son's death, which comes from Silkin's own personal experience. Understandably, because of this, it is an extremely sad and distressing poem. It tells the reader of Silkin's struggle and his son's struggle, in what may have easily been the most difficult period of both their lives. Certainly for the son - although as a note at the start of the poem is tells the reader that the son was only one year old. Following the theme of sadness in this poem comes the awareness that fathers are not supposed to suffer the loss of a son, and for that reason there isn't a word to describe it - not as there is for widows or orphans. Silkin feels the injustice of this strongly. The first stanza starts off by saying that 'something' was no longer present; that something was missing. However it is unclear whether this 'something' was a burden. Whatever the something was to him, he does miss its presence. This can imply that Silkin, although his child was mentally ill, was a devoted father; there is also the
Love and Loss
Love and Loss Referring to 6 poems (3 in great detail), explore how each poet conveys the pleasure or pain of love. In this essay I am going to refer to six Pre 1914 poems and 3 poems in detail , I will also explore how each poet conveys the pleasure of pain and love. The anthology is about "Love and Loss". Love is expresses in many ways. There is dedicated love where a person is dedicated to the person that they love, false love where a person is just having the person on, first love where a person instantly falls in love on first sight, brotherly love where a man loves another man like a brother for example in a war and also unrequited love where someone loves a person but the person does not acknowledge them. There are many types of love in the world today. There is also Loss where there are many ways in where a person has lost someone or they have died. The poems that I have studied all contain some sort of love and loss. Most have love whereas some have loss. Some of them are mixed with love and loss as well. Love and relationships are used a lot in these poems. The poems that I am going to compare and convey pain and love are * " When We Two Parted" by Lord Byron * " Remember" by Christina Rossetti * "How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barret Browning * " A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti * " La Belle Dame Sans Merci" by John Keats * " First Love" by John
Far from the Madding Crowd Coursework - My dear Mary,
Far from the Madding Crowd Coursework My dear Mary, Love has its ups and downs, believe me. You must never make the mistakes that I made. True love only comes at a price. I should know. For it was only after years of knowing Gabriel and years of emotional suffering and disappointment that I realised he was the one. At the beginning I knew he liked me, and so I flirted with him and led him on. I often almost lost him, but I was so lucky that his love for me never faded. I will always remember the first time I set my eyes upon Gabriel. It was on a journey, which took me to Norcombe Hill. I remember it well. I was young and beautiful and no one knew it more than me! I sat in the carriage alone waiting for the Waggoner to return with the wagon's tailboard, which had gone missing. I couldn't resist but take a glimpse of my face in a mirror, which lay, wrapped up on my lap. This was one of my greatest weaknesses -vanity- and it led me to a lot of distress in the future. When the Waggoner had returned, within a few minutes we had reached a tollgate. A turnpike keeper stood in front. The Waggoner, by my demand, offered 2 pennies less than which was required for me to be able to pass. Gabriel must have heard the argument and out of his great kindness, which I only realised much later, he offered to pay the '2pence' extra. The terrible thing is, as I rode past him, he gazed at me but
Trickster: Shaman of the Liminal.
Trickster: Shaman of the Liminal The Native American Trickster is a figure who defies category. He is at once the scorned outsider and the culture-hero, the mythic transformer and the buffoon, a creature of low purpose and questionable habits who establishes precedent, dabbles in the creation of the world that will be, and provides tools, food, and clothing to the people who will inhabit that world. He may assume an array of contradictory personae in the course of a single narrative, moving from one to the other with the skill of a practiced shape-shifter while tripping on his tail at every turn. Trickster creates through destruction and succeeds through failure; his mythic and cultural achievements are seldom intentional. "Defining such a various creature," writes Jarold Ramsey, "is a little like trying to juggle hummingbirds" (26). Ramsey attempts to reconcile Trickster's inconsistencies by pointing out the tendency of Native American myth-narrative to carry out "a plurality of significant and interrelated functions simultaneously" (24), and goes on to outline an inductive/deductive approach to Trickster study that is "attentive to character features and role" (27). However, any effort to arrive at a more complete definition of this most illusive of characters must eventually leave the search for definition behind. Even Ramsey's emphasis on cultural perspective and
The Son's Veto Thomas Hardy
Both the 'Son's Veto' and 'Kiss Miss Carol' examine the relationship between a child and its parent. Compare what Thomas Hardy and Farrukh Dhondy have to say about that relationship and show how the situation in each story is typical of its period and setting. The Son's Veto Thomas Hardy: Thomas Hardy was a British novelist and a poet who was born in 1840 duringQueen Victoria's reign and died at the age of 88 in 1928. Most of Hardy's works are set in the countryside of Wessex. 'Far from the Madding Crowd' (1844) was his first important novel followed by other works such as 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' and 'Jude the Obscure.' Hardy's characters were often portrayed as victims of a predestined fate. Hardy's women were portrayed as victims of prejudice, abuse and a male dominated society. In his later years Hardy turned to poetry; 'The Dynasts' is considered to be his most ambitious verse. The 'Son's Veto' is the story of Sophy, a middle class, widowed, handicapped woman who lived alone, with a son who went away to boarding school. She was originally from the working class but her marriage to Mr Twycott led her into the middle class world and out of her home village into London. After her husband's death she meets Sam, an old friend from her working class days. He proposes to her and describes a happy life they could lead together. Sophy explains the inportance of her son,
The Miller's Tale - Translate the millers tale in modern English.
The Miller's Tale Translate the millers tale in modern English Once on a time was dwelling in Oxford A wealthy lout who took in guests to board, And of his craft he was a carpenter. A poor scholar was lodging with him there, Who'd learned the arts, but all his phantasy Was turned to study of astrology; And knew a certain set of theorems And could find out by various stratagems, If men but asked of him in certain hours When they should have a drought or else have showers, Or if men asked of him what should befall To anything- I cannot reckon them all. This clerk was called the clever Nicholas; Of secret loves he knew and their solace; And he kept counsel, too, for he was sly And meek as any maiden passing by. He had a chamber in that hostelry, And lived alone there, without company, All garnished with sweet herbs of good repute; And he himself sweet-smelling as the root Of licorice, valerian, or setwall. His Almagest, and books both great and small, His astrolabe, belonging to his art, His algorism stones- all laid apart On shelves that ranged beside his lone bed's head; His press was covered with a cloth of red. And over all there lay a psaltery Whereon he made an evening's melody, Playing so sweetly that the chamber rang; And Angelus ad virginem he sang; And after that he warbled the King's Note: Often in good voice was his merry throat. And
In my essay I will give some information on William Blake's history and also compare five different poems. The poems I will compare are "London", "The Chimney Sweeper
William Blake In my essay I will give some information on William Blake's history and also compare five different poems. The poems I will compare are "London", "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence) with "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience). I will also compare 'The Lamb" with "The Tiger". I will explain the poems first and explain what I thought the poem was about when I read it and using this knowledge I will compare. William Blake was a profound genius to some, and a nutcase to others. A British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver were some of his many occupations. Born in 1757 on November 28th William was the third of five children to a successful London hosier. William grew up in Soho, London where he was first educated at home, chiefly by his mother. From the age of 6, William Blake was amazed and intrigued by spirits; angels and ghosts. He saw and conversed with the angel Gabriel, the Virgin Mary and various other historical figures. Blake was always enclosed in his personal visions and always seemed to be in his own world. His visions and beliefs made William the man he was and the way he is portrayed to the world today. William was deeply influenced by gothic art and architecture and this showed in his work. After finishing his apprenticeship Blake set out to make his living as an engraver. After studies at the Royal Academy School, Blake
Duffy's Style
Duffy's Style In her poems Carol Ann Duffy explores many subjects and themes including love, a female's perspective of well known legend, dream-like poems, other people and poems from her own experience. Some poems with these themes include, 'Valentine', 'Mrs. Midas', 'Dream of a Lost Friend', 'War Photographer' and 'Originally'. Many of Duffy's poems are in a speaking voice (monologue). Some are humorous, some serious and others are very realistic. The poet uses images and imagery, sensory and emotional writing to convey ideas. To make the reader aware of an important part of the poem or to keep an idea with them, Duffy uses a variety of sentence structures and different styles. She often uses narrators. A persona (which most of her poems are set in) allows Duffy to express an idea from another point of view. The structure that she uses in her poems contains regular stanzas and both internal and external rhyme. In this essay I will be discussing the poems Valentine, War Photographer and Prayer. I have chosen Valentine, as it is a poem that has a touch of humour but also brings about a serious point about love. It makes the reader think about love from a different angle and it challenges people's ideas about valentine. War Photographer is a poem that is written from a serious view. I have chosen this poem as it makes the reader think about someone who has had
