A Prose Analysis On Milton's "Sonnet XIX"
.... is death to hide" is an allusion to the biblical
context of the bible. Line three refers to the story of Matthew XXV, 14-30
where a servant of the lord buried his single talent instead of investing
it. At the lord's return, he cast the servant into the "outer darkness"
and deprived all he had. Hence, Milton devoted his life in writing;
however, his blindness raped his God's gift away. A tremendous cloud
casted over him and darkened his reality of life and the world. Like the
servant, Milton was flun .....
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A Study Of Wordsworth's Poetry
.... mankind for misdirecting its abilities.
'Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers' (2:TW) Wordsworth also
hopes that the world would find more of itself in nature, similar to his
desire for his sister in his poem, 'Lines Composed a Few Miles Above
Tintern Abbey', to gain an interest in nature. 'For this, for everything,
we are out of tune;' (8:TW) Wordsworth also makes reference to the Greek
gods of the sea in this sonnet, who are associated with the pristine nature
of the world. The gods repre .....
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Shelley's "Ode To The West Wind": Analysis
.... than a pile of leaves. His
claustrophobic mood becomes evident when he talks of the "wintry bed" (6)
and "The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low/ Each like a corpse
within its grave, until/ Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow" (7-
9). In the first line, Shelley use the phrase "winged seeds" which
presents images of flying and freedom. The only problem is that they lay
"cold and low" or unnourished or not elevated. He likens this with a
feeling of being trapped. The important word is "se .....
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Beowulf: First Literary Superhero
.... bleeds to death. “Saw that his strength was
deserting him, his claws Bound fast, Higlac's brave follower tearing at his
hands.”(line 464-466)
Beowulf's unusual and courageous method of killing Grendel
demonstrates his bravery and physical strength. Before, Unferth had taunted
Beowulf about his foolish bravery but when he and all the rest of the Geats
saw that Beowulf's strength and power were worth boasting about, they were
humbled. To prove Beowulf was powerful, he hung Grendel's arm, claw, and
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Beowulf - A Noble
.... and painful death.Even though Beowolf didn't do this heroic and noble
act for the reward ing Hrothgar gave him a sword and eight horses with
golden cheek plates.
The second act of Beowolf's conflict with grendel showing his
nobility is not with Gredel himself but with Grendels mother. After Grendel
was killed his mother was very angry and killed a knight in king Hrothgar's
court the same way her son had. King Hrothgar was very disturbed by this
and didn't know what to do. He called for Beowolf and told h .....
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Christian Morals In Beowulf
.... the grievous guilt of Abel's murder." Cain
was the son of Adam and Eve and was the one who murdered Abel, his brother,
out of a jealous rage for God's favor to Abel. This shows us that Grendel
had more than just a dislike for the men, the song was showing Grendel that
his ancestor was looked upon as the bad person and was therefore the
underlying concept for Grendel's rage. This was the constant reminder to
Grendel of his evil past and thus his reasoning for his actions. We learn
to see Grendel as a les .....
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Beowulf: Link Between Traditions - Pagan And Christian
.... one of the cardinal characteristics of the Pagan's
beliefs. Hrothgar and his counselors make useless attempts to appease
Grendel in Verse 2. They can't offer him gold or land, as they might an
ordinary enemy. Like most people in a time of crisis they slip back into
old ways of thinking. Instead of praying to God for support, they
sacrifice to t he stone idols of their pagan past.
The Christian motifs that run through the poem contrast with the
pagan system of values that underlies the actions .....
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Beowulf: The Ultimate Hero
.... was Beowulf's father's close friend
who had been plagued by attacks for twelve years that threatened an entire
kingdom. Beowulf did not have to offer Hrothgar's kingdom help, but does
so because he wants to uses his God given strength to the best of his
ability. As soon as Beowulf heard of the troubles in this land he set sail
immediately. Beowulf continues to show his thankfulness by thanking God
for giving them safe travel across the sea. Beowulf is lead to Hrothgar
and offers him is "services .....
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Beowulf: Character Analysis
.... with Breca...swollen with vanity..." So, while his
cockiness was a flaw in the eyes of others, Beowulf saw it as self
assurance and used it to his advantage.
Beowulf also had a strong spirit of adventure. His spirit of
adventure was part of the reason that Beowulf went to fight Grendel.
Beowulf's strength and spirit of adventure had also led him to glory in
many battles, including that with Grendel. Beowulf used his glory in
previous battles to justify himself when coming to help Hrothgar. In
addi .....
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"Babi Yar" By Yevgeny Yevtushenko: An Analysis
.... of horror. Yevtushenko makes
himself an Israelite slave of Egypt and a martyr who died for the sake of
his religion. In lines 7-8, he claims that he still bars the marks of the
persecution of the past. There is still terrible persecution of the Jews in
present times because of their religion. These lines serve as the
transition from the Biblical and ancient examples he gives to the allusions
of more recent acts of hatred. The lines also allude to the fact that these
Russian Jews who were murdered at Babi .....
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The Works Of Poet Carl Sandburg And His Effect On American Poetry
.... His works included the use of free verse,
colloquialisms, an original type of rhythm, and oddly structured, prosaic
poetry that emphasized key phrases and images.(clc 35, 338) Sandburg was
the first of a long line of poets and authors to use the words and phrases
that he created in his poetry.
Sandburg's style of writing is what changed the course of American
poetry. Before Sandburg, most poetry and other literary works were
considerably similar, along with dull and boring. He carried poetry to
"new ho .....
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Characteristics Of The Beowulf Poem
.... "No one
knows who composed Beowulf , or why. A single manuscript (Cotton Vitellius
A XV) managed to survive Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, and
the destruction of their great libraries; since his name is written on one
of the folios, Lawrence Nowell, the sixteenth-century scholar, may have
been responsible for Beowulf's preservation."(Raffel ix) An interesting
fact that is unique about the poem is that "it is the sole survivor of what
may have been a thriving epic tradition, and it is grea .....
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Comparison And Contrast Of William Blake's Poems
.... in the evening dew;
That might controll
The starry pole,
And fallen, fallen light renew!
"O Earth, O Earth, return!
"Arise from out the dewy grass;
"Night is worn,
"And the morn
"Rises from the slumberous mass.
"Turn away no more;
"Why wilt thou turn away?
"The starry floor,
"The wat'ry shore,
"Is giv'n thee till the break of day."
The Chimney Sweeper (Innocence)
When my mother .....
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Compare And Contrast: "Dead Man's Dump" By Rosenberg And "dulce Et Decorum Est" By Owen
.... is still alive. He begs the cavalry to hasten their search and
find him. The troops hear him and begin to come barreling around the bend
only to hear the dying soldier murmur his last screams. In "Dulce," the
regiment are tired and marching like "old hags" because they are fatigued.
As the enemy discovers them they attack by dropping a gas bomb on the men.
As they scatter for their masks one man doesn't quite make it. He goes
through an agonizing process of dying. Like the soldier in Rosenber .....
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Contrasting Poets Lawrence And Shapiro In Their Views Of Nature
.... twentieth century was World War I. This was had pulled up new roots
that were "buried in the past," causing multiple conflicts between nations
(Granner, 611). The war reflects the bitterness and troubles put on
twentieth century poetry. The poets wrote of science fiction, anti-war
protagonists, and ridicule of authority. Leading poets in the twentieth
century are D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Dylan Thomas, and
H.G. Wells.
D.H. Lawrence views on nature are more humanistic, rather than
na .....
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