Poem: I Guess It Was Not In Jane's Mind
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Whitman's Live Oak, With Moss
.... himself as a different person when he is
in the company of his companion. With the live Oak representing Whitman,
and the tender green Moss representing Whitman's companion, these two
separate entities form one. Happy, loving, and open-minded, the love
emanating from Whitman is a sign of true life.
As the poem progresses on, Whitman uncovers the sadness of his life.
Viewing praise as a hollow feeling, Whitman expresses his constant sadness
in life.
When I heard at the close of the day how I had been praised
in the Capitol still it was not a happy night for me that
followed; Nor when I carouse .....
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Blake's "London": An Analysis
.... to predestinists, is limited by the supply or lack of divine
grace. Not so the mind; it is the only part of the individual which may
truly be said to be free.
Weakness is also illustrated in the repetitions in the first and second
stanza:
" I wander through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered Thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe,
In every cry of every man,
In every infant's cry of fear.
In every voice, in every ban,"
Blake's repetitions empha .....
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Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" And Sir Philip Sidney Of Sonnet 31 From Astrophel And Stella: The Moon
.... the moon is quite serious, which is also the tone of the essay. He
takes the moon very seriously, as if it were divine. He adds character to
the moon, as if it were a person. He describes the moon's “love acquainted
eyes” (line 5) and remarks how “wan a face” (line 2) it has. This imagery
makes the moon more real and praiseworthy, for how can you admire a person
without a face? The imagery adds a face to the moon for others to admire
as does himself. Philip Larkin's attitude toward the moon is quite
different, although there is a definite connection between the two poems.
Larkin's attitude toward the moon is quite bitter .....
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"My Papa's Waltz" By Theodor Roethke
.... a waltz. The poet is led around the house, dancing - not
beaten around. Which is also brought throu by the meter - trecet iamb - the
beat of the waltz, thus the main image is shown through the meter as well,
giving the reader more of the feeling of a dance in contrast to the
'secondery images' which are more associated with the rough experiance of a
beating. Given such parameters the poet installs some sort of relaxation in
the reader ( maybe even in himself ), in order to make the subject - the
beating - more readable, and lessening the effect of the drunkness and the
beatings, making his father more human. By this dance metaphor .....
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Poetry: Not Me
.... tired of the grades he brought home.
She made him study each day after school.
He was grounded from TV, and from the phone.
He was shut in his room and force-fed gruel.
His grades slowly improved, thanks to his mom.
Although he didn't thank her at the time.
He averaged all B's by the time of the Prom.
He imagined that God had dropped him a sign.
No longer requiring his mom's motivation,
He came home on his own and went straight to his room.
Reading Provided some mental relaxation.
He even read during lunch in the afternoon.
Still not .....
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: One And The Same
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poet questions the significance of a person's achievements by asking, "My
great thoughts as I supposed them, were they not in reality meagre [sic]?"
It would be hard for any person to measure their self-accomplishments on
the planetary scale which Whitman is speaking of. The second verse of the
poem introduces the metaphor of the world being a "simple, compact, well-
joined scheme" with the people dissolved into the "eternal float of
solution." Like the mechanical"scheme" that Whitman refers to, much of the
poem consists of topics that possess a repetitive or mechanical quality.
Sunrises, sunsets, tides, seasons, circling .....
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Ozymandias (1818): An Analysis
.... had wielded in life.
The irony in this poem lies in the difference between what Ozymandias
intends -- to hold onto the glory of his works after time takes its course
with him -- and what actually happens. This great monument's "frown, / And
wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command" and the inscription on the
pedestal are all meant to inspire fear in the viewer. However, natural
weathering and (possibly) destruction due to conquest have dismembered this
image of the king and rid him of the awe-inspiring ability he once
possessed.
Rhyme plays an elusive part in "Ozymandias," which, when one looks closer,
emphasizes certain aspect .....
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Prose And Style In D.H. Lawrence's Sons And Lovers
.... had known, but she could not
keep the moment. [14]She wanted it again; she wanted something permanent.
[15]She had not realized fully. [16]She thought it was he whom she wanted.
[17]He was not safe to her. [18]This that had been between them might
never be again; he might leave her. [19]She had not got him; she was not
satisfied. [20]She had been there, but she had not gripped the—the
something—she knew not what—which she was mad to have. (336-337)
This passage, from D.H. Lawrence's novel, Sons and Lovers,
describes the thoughts of Paul Morel and Clara Dawes after they have spent
an evening of passion together. .....
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Compare And Contrast: "Strange Fruit" And "Telephone Conservation": Theme Of Racial Prejudice
.... is to make people understand exactly what is
going on. He also tries to make us feel guilty as we are the murderers
because we are white.
The poem 'Telephone conversation' is staged by a black man who is
looking for a flat but ends up phoning to a landlady who is racist but
tries to be polite in finding out whether he is he is a dark or light one.
When he first speaks to her he feels awkward as he feels he has to
confess that he is African. Also I think he feels as though he has been in
the same position before somewhere else and he knows what is expected from
people like the landlady he is speaking to.
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Rich's "Living In Sin": An Analysis
.... the stove. The portrait of
her miserable life contrasts sharply with that of her lover. While she
struggles with the endless monotony of house chores, he loafs around,
carefree and relaxed. During her monotonous morning routine, the man
flippantly goes "out for cigarettes." Although he too notices the
problems in the house, he satisfies himself with merely complaining.
Rather than taking action and tuning the piano, the man merely "declare[s]
it out of tune, [and] shrug[s]" indifferently. The woman does not even
control her home's furnishings. The food and painting are both results of
the man's whimsical desires. In order to .....
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Robert Frost's Use Of Nature In His Poetry
.... "Oh, I kept the first for another day!" (line 13). He
also knew that the possibilities of him actually returning to ever walk the
path not chosen were very slim. He made a decision and "took the other"
(line 6) path. It is obvious that these two roads in the woods symbolize
paths in life and choices that people make in the journey of life itself.
Decisions that people make, large or small, have an impact on their future.
The speaker says that the path he choose "made all the difference" (line
20) in his life. Frost does not name specific decisions that are made and
he does not tell what the results are. He leaves the optio .....
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