Dylan Marlais Thomas.
Dylan Marlais Thomas was born is Swansea, Wales on October 27, 1914, he was the product of Florence Williams, a nurturing housewife, and David John Thomas, a religious English teacher. Thomas's father exposed him to poetry at an early age, Shakespeare and the bible were his bedtime stories, and by the age of four he was reciting verses from both. By the age of eight he was writing his own poetry, even before he entered the Swansea Grammar School in September 1925, where he was a quiet student often lost in his own thoughts. When he attended school his only real interest was editing the Swansea Grammar School Magazine, where along with editing he published poems imitating popular works of the time. Thomas often used his mothers caring nature to avoid tasks that he thought to be unpleasant, school being one of them. His mother thought of him as a sickly child, so he got out of school often, not to go play with his friends but to stay home and indulge himself with his fathers immense selection of literature from the family library. This is where Thomas's real education took place, he read a diverse selection of authors such as; Edgar Allan Poe, the Brothers Grimm, Sir Thomas Browne, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Here in his father's library, with his love for words and his vast selection of books, he nurtured his understanding of literature and talent for writing. Thomas left the
Analyse the Narrative Skills of Graham Greene in his Short Story 'The Destructors' - And show how they enhance their appeal to the reader.
Analyse the Narrative Skills of Graham Greene in his Short Story 'The Destructors'. And show how they enhance their appeal to the reader. Graham Greene was born on October 2, 1904 in Berhamstead, Hertfordshire. The fourth of six children, Graham was a shy and sensitive youth. He disliked sports and was often truant from school in order to read adventure stories by authors such as Rider Haggard and R.H. Ballantyne. These novels had a deep influence on him and helped shape his writing style. In this piece of coursework, I am going to analyse the narrative skills of Graham Greene in his short story 'The Destructors'. When analyzing his narrative skills I am going to look in depth on the various fields such as the plot structure and setting, characterisation, style, atmosphere, and the tension of the story. The information that I gather shall give me evidence to suggest whether or not Graham Greene is an effective and successful narrative author. The plot structure is profound and slightly ambiguous nearly throughout the whole story because we cannot really identify an immediate story line until Trevor introduces the big plan. Although, even from then we cannot really predict what is going to happen next accept just read on. This is an effective use of the plot by the author as it keeps the reader in suspense and as well as entices the reader to read until the end of the
'Poetry is the image of man and nature' (Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads). Critically evaluate the importance of nature in Romantic poetry.
'Poetry is the image of man and nature' (Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads). Critically evaluate the importance of nature in Romantic poetry. Nature is a prevalent and vital motif in Romantic poetry, providing an essential polarity in the face of an increasingly industrialised society. The notion of nature, the great outdoors, for example, offers the poet both literal and metaphorical escape from the 'fever of the world'1. In Lines Composed a few Miles above Tintern Abbey2, William Wordsworth celebrates man finding solace in nature, seeking its 'serene and blessed mood', far away from the 'din Of towns and cities'3. Indeed, there is a sense in which Wordsworth is both physically and mentally retreating to the natural world and the beauty of its 'deep seclusion', this idea of psychologically or perhaps spiritually attuning oneself to nature, the catharsis of its 'tranquil restoration'. Catharsis is perhaps the key word here. The poet's escape to nature rejects society's citified 'din' in favour of finding a 'purer mind' amongst nature. Nature becomes a refuge where the: heavy and weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened. Wordsworth ostensibly underlines a sense of emotional articulation that comes with man's reunification with nature. Nature has a restorative power. It speaks to the unconscious, the poet's 'feelings... Of unremembered pleasure'.
Consider the uses - symbolic or otherwise - of natural imagery in the poetry of Coleridge.
Consider the uses - symbolic or otherwise - of natural imagery in the poetry of Coleridge. In this essay I am attempting to show the way in which natural imagery is used by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in five of his poems; Kubla Khan, Christabel, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Frost at Midnight and This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison. Natural imagery is when a poet uses language to paint pictures in the readers mind of nature in certain ways, nature can seem so different in many different ways and the language a poet uses can change the way a reader may think of the objects his poetry is describing. Coleridge was a Unitarian; he desired a unity in nature and in all things. Coleridge's desire for ultimate unity, no more 'little things' is stated in is letter to John Thelwall written around the same time as Kubla Khan. ' I can at times feel strongly the beauties you describe, in themselves, & for themselves - but more frequently all things appear little - all the knowledge, that can be acquired, child's play - the universe itself - what but and immense heap of little things? - I can contemplate nothing but parts, & parts are all little -! - My mind feels as if it ached to behold & know something great - something one & indivisible and it is only in the faith of this that rocks or waterfalls, mountains or caverns give me the sense of sublimity or majesty!' Kubla Khan illustrates
How does William Blake use symbolism to comment on society in Songs of Experience?
How does William Blake use symbolism to comment on society in Songs of Experience? William Blake was a revolutionary philosopher and a poet who felt compelled to write about the injustice of the eighteenth century. Blake was a social critic of the Romantic Period, yet his criticism is still relevant to today's society. Blake encountered many hardships in his life, including an arrest for making slanderous statements about the king and country. All of the events that Blake endured in his life had a great influence on his writing. When Blake wrote the Songs of Innocence, his vision of his audience might have been a little blurred. The audience that Blake's writings were influenced by what were wealthy "soul murderers", who bought young children from their poor parents for the purpose of enslaving them. They forced young children to perform jobs that were inapt and dangerous for humans to implement. An audience, therefore, have to take into consideration the mental state of the speaker created by Blake. In William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" in Songs of Experience. The story is told by a little boy. In this particular poem, the speaker is "a little black thing among the snow". The little boy is black because he is covered in soot from the chimney that he is forced to clean, but how are readers to know this unless we are familiar with the term "Innocence"? Later in this
In What Way Imagist Poetry Influences Modernists
Table of Contents . Introduction 2 2. The Return to Classicism 2 3. Unconventional Form: Vers Libre 5 4. Innovative Content and Language 6 5. Image and Consciousness 9 6. Conclusion 11 7. Reference List 12 In What Way Imagist Poetry Influences Modernists . Introduction The England-based Georgians had been attacked by the modernists as "unoriginal and slack in technique, shallow in feeling, slight in intellect...and weekend escapism" (David 1976, p.204). The American-based Genteel Mode, on the other hand, was also criticized as "...in its Romantic spiritual elevation it did not grapple with experience..."(David 1976, p.204). Modernist writers contended that the society had undergone enormous changes at the beginning of the twentieth century and that the carefree and relaxed attitude, which was representative of Georgian poetry and the Genteel Mode cannot present the real situation of the society and demanded that people should break away from traditions. Imagists were such a group of poets who refused to obey and challenged the traditions of poetry composition (some of these practices, though, were disapproved by some of the critics). As David put it, "imagism has been described as the grammar school of modern poetry," which means that it plays a fundamental role in influencing the way along which later modernist writers followed to create their work. Reviewing how
Why has Donne's poetry been described as 'Metaphysical'?
Why has Donne's poetry been described as 'Metaphysical'? To answer this question one needs to define the term 'Metaphysical' because, although it can be applied to any poetry dealing with spiritual or philosophical matter, it is complicated by the fact that it is now generally only applied to a group of seventeenth century poets. Therefore as David Reid has aptly remarked it is a "particularly fuzzy term" and therefore it is "futile to try for watertight definition". The first problem is that behind the term, 'Metaphysical,' lies a history of different critical approaches - Giordano Bruno, the first critic to attempt a conceptual formulation of "concettismo", as the 'Metaphysical' style was known in Italy, concluded that 'Metaphysical poetry' was essentially concerned with perceiving and expressing the universal correspondence in his universe. However, Samuel Johnson wrote that "about the beginning of the seventeenth century [in England] there appeared a race" of Metaphysical poets and therefore the problem is that there are different descents of critical views about the term. Furthermore Johnson talks of a "race" of these poets but the problem is that there is not such a line of descent as this statement would suggest. There are connections between poets, who are classed as 'Metaphysical', like Dunne, Cowley, Hubert and Marvell, but only here and there; for example in
William Blake was one of the first romantic poets, writing during the French and American revolutions in 1780
William Blake was one of the first romantic poets, writing during the French and American revolutions in 1780. Romantic poets believe that people should be free to follow their own desires, everyone has a right to pursue and fulfil their desires in order to be happy, that imagination is more important than science and logic, and that childhood is important and should be innocent. Blake was a visionary writer, he talked to God and angels came to him in his dreams and visions. He translates these experiences into his poems. He viewed God as an artist, active and full of passion and love, rather than a scientist. However, Blake disliked institutions such as the Church and formal religion, the government and the royal family. Blake believed that people should have open marriages and to enjoy sex, possibly with multiple partners, and was also against unions such as marriages. Society and the Church taught people to think that sex was sinful and wrong, whereas Blake believed sex and desire is a connection to God and spirituality. Blake was especially frustrated with the Church, he thought they were controlling people, especially the poor and working classes. These institutions would teach that although people may be poor and unhappy in this life, if they do not rebel they will be able to go to Heaven and be rewarded. This was seen by Blake as a form of brain washing, 'London', a
To many linguists, literary creativity refers to the way people uses literary-like features in everyday discourse. It traditionally associated with poetry and other forms of literature, which includes playing with the sounds and structures of language rep
To many linguists, literary creativity refers to the way people uses literary-like features in everyday discourse. It traditionally associated with poetry and other forms of literature, which includes playing with the sounds and structures of language repetition, metaphor, rhyme and rhythm. These could be found in everyday conversation that have connects with everyday creativity and literature. According to Maybin and Pearce, literary creativity involves the breaking rules of normal language uses, asserting and strikingly different local norm, for example, deviation. In other words, it is distinct from ordinary language (Swann, 2006, p.3). Literary language has a higher valued form of language where words and phrases are carefully chosen for the artistic effect and responded to aesthetically by listeners and readers. People could see the literature as a distinct way of using language. There are different approaches to look up to the study of creativity in language (or literature). According to Michael Toolan, literary creativity may involve the breaking rules of normal language use, asserting and strikingly different local norm, for example, deviation. In other words, it is distinct from ordinary language (Swann, 2006, p.3). In terms of literature, a textual approach can be used to language study, i.e. the analysis of concerning with the formal properties of spoken and
Compare and contrast the views on human nature and conflict of any two of the following thinkers: Thucydides, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Schmitt, Morgenthau, Kissinger or Mearscheimer. Machiavelli and Thucydides
Euan Clark Student No. 040008140 Compare and contrast the views on human nature and conflict of any two of the following thinkers: Thucydides, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Schmitt, Morgenthau, Kissinger or Mearscheimer. Machiavelli and Thucydides For Machiavelli, Man starts out as weak and defenceless. He turns out to be 'a fickle simulator' - avaricious of other men and a traitor to his leader. Despite this, a prince must seem to be good - even if he is not always. Conflict for Machiavelli is to do with war, and conflict between differently interested parties of which he has various comments to make. On the other hand, Thucydides sees Human Nature on the battlefield - and discusses only this. He accepts Human Nature to be multi-faceted, but again he is interested with the Human Nature of war. It is changeable, he allows - agreeing with Machiavelli. Thucydides also states that Human Nature is resolute once a person is decided a particular course of action and lastly that Human Nature repeats itself over time. Conflict in Thucydides is a matter of realistic statecraft, as it was for Machiavelli, and this becomes quite apparent as Thucydides continues his History. Human Nature in Machiavelli Man's life begins in weeping and often ends, because of ingratitude and envy, in solitude, poverty and despair. Or, because of ambition and war, in screams, sobs and sorrow. ¶