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Furness abbey The Abbey was busy. Children running around everywhere, noise, sound all around. Guides were showing round groups of rowdy tourists from all countries eager to see the sights of the beautiful wrecked monastery. Every Language flying round in the air like bees buzzing round a hive, all proclaiming the same thing in there own tongue. The fact that the monastery was so beautiful. Everywhere there were people and children. All the words were indistinguishable, just becoming one of many that rose up like a great cry to the heavens. The abbey was like a bright and vibrant tear in the tranquil and peaceful countryside. No animals were to be seen amongst the stonewalls some so high and beautifully adorned that you wondered whether you were still in the north west of England, or whether you were in another world of pure beauty. Others were so meagre and ruined that it was impossible to see how they could have been walls at all. All of nature looked dulled in comparison with the vibrancy of the abbey. Here it was clear that humans had total and complete control and Mother Nature had no power. The sun was high in the sky shining brightly overhead bearing down with hot burning fingers piercing the skin and tearing at the flesh within. A slow stream snaked lazily round a bend, licking the corners but never quite touching them it seemed. Then the stream rose up to meet

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Comparison of Wordsworth and Malouf.

Wordsworth and Malouf In the poems of Wordsworth and the novel An Imaginary Life by David Malouf, the theme of gaining understanding of our environment through actively engaging with it is a central one. Through William Wordsworth's Romantic poetry and David Malouf's 'An Imaginary Life', I have been able to compare and contrast the ways in which each composer evaluates the wild and draws an understanding about the relationships of humanity to the world. Malouf's prose fiction is written as an interior monologue comprising of no dialogue, which aids us in identifying completely with the narrator, accepting his ideas and his perspective. Wordsworth, representative of his 19th century Romantic literary context reflects in his language the rural, harmonious landscape and the inspirational, spiritual presence in solitary rambling of childhood. In An Imaginary Life, the author takes its protagonist the Roman poet, Ovid to exile from Rome, the centre of culture at the time, to the extreme bleak wilderness at Thomis. Cut off from civilization in an alien landscape, Malouf's truncated description of nature 'No flower. No fruit' emphasizes the emptiness of the land. It is through this exile that Ovid undergoes many changes which eventually lead him to an enlightened state of oneness with nature. Without language, Ovid is lost, a child who has to relearn "Will I have to learn

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“Songs of innocence” and “Songs of experience”

William Blake was born in 1757 in London and died in 1827. Some of his most famous are in two volumes of poetry-"songs of innocence" and "songs of experience". "Songs of innocence" written in (1789); were written for children, easy to understand, very simple vocabulary, simple verses, ideal, happy and optimistic. "Songs of experience" written in (1794); had more difficult ideas and vocabulary, pessimistic, realistic and sad. Blake's world was transformed by the "Industrial Revolution". Children worked in mines/factories/up chimney's etc. In the 18th century people were encouraged to accept their role in life by promising a reward of a better life after death providing they are good whilst living on earth. Blake did not share this view at all! Blake did six poems three where "songs of innocence" and the other three were "songs of experience" and all six were made as three pairs each pair consisting of one "songs of Innocence" poem and one "songs of experience" poem. The pairs were as follows:- "Songs of innocence" "Songs of experience" ) Infant Joy Infant Sorrow (Babyhood) 2) Nurses Song Nurses Song (Childhood pre-work) 3) The Chimney Sweeper The Chimney sweeper (Work) In Blake poetry we have studied 6 poems "Infant Joy", "Nurses Song" and "The Chimney Sweep". All these have two separate poems but with the same title the difference between the

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Write about two pairs of poems from "Songs of Experience" and "Songs of Innocence" highlighting their differences and showing how these are made clear through Blake's poetic techniques

Write about two pairs of poems from "Songs of Experience" and "Songs of Innocence" highlighting their differences and showing how these are made clear through Blake's poetic techniques In order to complete this coursework I have chosen two contrasting pairs of poems to explain. Two poems will be taken from Blake's "Songs of Experience" while the other two from Blake's "Songs of Innocence." The poems that I have chosen have contrasts amongst themselves. The first poem I have decided to write about is the, "Tiger" and the "Lamb". "The Tiger" is a poem that has no obvious speaker. One can only guess whom the reader maybe, this is because the writer has written it in the third person. When reading the poem one can clearly tell that poem is written in rhyming couplets were the first two lines and the last two lines of each verse tend to rhyme. Tiger! Tiger burning bright In the forests of the night, This is the first line of the poem. The first line is a comparison to the skin and the eye of the tiger, which are known to be incredibly bright and be able to glow throughout the night. What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? The writer by saying, 'What immortal hand or eye' is trying to say that what great being, i.e. God, is able to create an animal of such fear and destruction. The writer has also used the word 'Symmetry' to symbolise the symmetrical

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War and Peace

Breaker' Morant - Major JF Thomas Thomas, played by Jack Thompson, was an intelligent man and well in his profession, although it didn ' t seem this way in the beginnings case. As is clear to the viewer, he is unorganised, aloof, and unconfident. This is seen in the scene that introduces him to the movie... scene). Notice how he is clumsy, and keeps dropping the papers. Further into the trial, Thomas ' s confidence grows. At first, he very confident, and this can be seen in his stance - note how he is leaning on the table for support, instead of standing up straight, with confidence. Yet his confidence grows. While the rules of war prohibited prisoners as shields from attack, prosecution witnesses admit under Thomas ' s effective cross-examination that placing railway cars filled with prisoners as the lead car for British trains stopped the bombing of rail Major Thomas forces Captain Robertson, a prosecution witness, to that he too had continued to use this tactic because "though irregular, it was effective. It is here that the viewer can clearly see his increased confidence, that is shown in his now confident stance, he is standing up straight and tall, and he raises his voice to make his point clear scene). Thomas felt that there were inconsistencies in the military code of the law trial, but mature consideration showed him that what was done in courtroom was

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How do poets use the theme of nature in their poems?

How do poets use the theme of nature in their poems? I chose the poem Storm on the Island by Heaney, October by Clarke and Patrolling Barnegat by Whitman from the pre-1914 poetry bank. These three poems are all linked by a central theme of natural destruction, storms and nature. The three poems consisted of many of the same details and descriptions of the storms and each poem had a unique section to that poem. How each of the poems was written was relatively similar and all three poets had used metaphors with two of them using personification. The purpose of October and Patrolling Barnegat are very similar, but Storm on the Island is quite different. All of the poets also use sympathetic background or pathetic fallacy. What is said in the poem is very similar. All three poems have lots of description, such as in Storm on the Island, "...exploding comfortably down on the cliffs," and in October, "...dead arm in the bright trees." At the end of Storm on the Island, Heaney writes about fear and this gives us an insight into the purpose of the poem. In October there is a very vivid description of the scene, "Wind in the poplars and a broken branch..." and this sets the scene very well for the reader, and gives them a very good picture inside their head. The experience that Clarke has when she knows that her friend is dead brings her to write an excellent poem that captures her

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Are we observers or participants in this world?

Are we observers or participants in this world? The natural world is defined as everything that we see around us, nature and animals, as well as the people that we live and interact with. Even though, many people see themselves apart from nature and merely as passive observers, others believe that all humans are active participants and are a part of this whole that we call nature. Many people view nature as being apart from them, a separate organism by itself, with no connection to the whole. The vision of this paradox is what blinds them from seeing that we are as a part of nature as the nature is a part of us. These "observers" define nature as only the natural world and the animals, but it is much more than that. Humans are also considered to be an element of this big whole. For instance, Stephen Jay Gould in his essay "Women's Brains" sees women as not being part of the whole or the nature. He sees the role of women in being beautiful, bearing children and performing any number of "feminine" or "house-work" tasks. He draws a clear line between "masculine" and "feminine," and puts them into separate, binary spheres. He promotes and supports his view in quoting Topinard: "The man...who is constantly active in combating the environment and human rivals, needs more brain that the woman, who [is] lacking any interior occupations, whose role is to raise children, love and

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Interpretation of "Twilight" by Byron

Interpretation of Byron's Twilight by E. Yanduganova, 1085 ) Structure According to its structure, the poem is a sonnet. It may be formally divided into three quatrains and a distich, so that it resembles a Shakespearean sonnet. However, Renaissance sonnets were traditionally written in 5 feet iamb, while the Twilight is written in tetrameter. If Byron did draw from that tradition, he must have taken into consideration the sonnet 145, which is the only one to have a 4 feet meter. Those lips that Love's own hand did make, Breathed forth the sound that said 'I hate', To me that languished for her sake: But when she saw my woeful state, Straight in her heart did mercy come, Chiding that tongue that ever sweet Was used in giving gentle doom; And taught it thus anew to greet; 'I hate' she altered with an end, That followed it as gentle day, Doth follow night, who like a fiend From heaven to hell is flown away. 'I hate', from hate away she threw, And saved my life, saying 'not you'. Not taking into account the debates about this sonnet, we state that it has to do with lovers' vows, which have an unstable nature. It also makes use of the images of day and night, where day is seen as bliss for the lover, and night as a time of misery, a popular Renaissance custom. However, the Twilight's structure is more complicated than that. Indeed, the first quatrain is easily

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Interpretation of Shadow, Silence and the Sea by A. C. Swinburne

Interpretation of Shadow, Silence and the Sea by A. C. Swinburne From what we know about Swinburne's creativity, his poetry is a colourful mixture of philosophical statements, artistically painted images and ubiquitous alliteration. His principal theme in lyric is nature, which is used both as a material for the whole poem and as a detail to introduce other themes and images. Analyzing Shadow, Silence and the Sea, we first see the description of landscape. Swinburne is known to have been fascinated with landscapes, especially water scenes. The poet himself confesses of "a pure delight in the sense of the sea" (letter to Edwin Harrison on February 5, 1890). The fact, that the poem was written nearly a quarter of a century later after the actual voyage to Loch Torridon, suggests that the impression was still vivid in Swinburne's mind and seemed to correspond to his way of thinking. In addition, his choice of theme makes him a follower of the Romantic tradition. Image of sea and the peculiar devotion to night were crucial to the Romantic poets. As a person associated with the Pre-Raphaelites, Swinburne would highly value their creativity. The major artistic device used in the poem is alliteration. Swinburne builds it by repeating the sounds s and sh inside words which create an image of a spectacular yet peaceful starry night. It seems strange, as these sounds are usually

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With reference to the poems of Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Federico García Lorcas tudied in the course, discuss the uses of poetry and the ways in which the three writers exploit this medium.

SPPO1120 - modern writing Louise Maddison Student No. 020-861-829 With reference to the poems of Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Federico García Lorca studied in the course, discuss the uses of poetry and the ways in which the three writers exploit this medium Poetry is a vast genre of literature that is used to express emotions, feelings and ideas. Every writer has different reasons for expressing their ideas through this medium. Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez and Federico García Lorca were all Spanish poets who lived around the same era. Does this mean their uses of poetry were the same? Did they write poems for the same reasons? In order to discuss how they have used poetry it is necessary to understand their poems in more detail. At first glance it seems that Antonio Machado explores nature and the beauty of it in his poetry. In his poem Crepúsculo Machado describes a nature scene. Although he doesn't use the first person, it is clear from the content that the poem is implicitly about him. He has therefore, used nature to mirror himself. The cold images of stone and marble in the poem, like the statue of Cupid, communicate a lack of expression on the poet's part. With Cupid having connotations of love and with the statue being constructed from stone it is possible to say that Machado finds it difficult to express love. Antonio Machado,

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