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- 2581: Analysis of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Poetry
- ... their origin or mechanism can increase their beauty or enrich their charm. To attempt to account for them, to write footnotes about them, if it were hoped thereby to make them more powerful in their effect upon the imagination, would be ridiculous and pedantic, however fruitful of knowledge and interest the exercise might be. While the Philosopher has wandered away into a vague limbo of unfinished projects and the Poet of ...
- 2582: "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodor Roethke
- ... 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 the whole routine of the beating is messeged. The drunken father, his breath " Could make a small boy dizzy", yet ...
- 2583: Sir Gawain and The Green Knight
- ... awareness that the change does only seem to be sudden. Careful exlporation of the plot, setting, and character descriptions illuminates several deviations from the established convention of the ideal society existing within the text. The effect is then a type of balancing act-- blah blah blah The opening of the piece sets a fairly typical stage for an Anthurian romance, giving relevant historical and geographical information. King Arthur's court is ...
- 2584: Compare and Contrast: "Strange Fruit" and "Telephone Conservation": Theme of Racial Prejudice
- ... a simple poem. The title suggests that the fruit is the unnatural black body hanging from the tree which hangs like a fruit. This image makes it a metaphor to give the whole poem an effect. The authors intention 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 ...
- 2585: Emily Dickenson And the Theme of Death
- ... the Hour of Lead-- Remembered, if outlived, As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow-- First--Chill--then Stupor--then the letting go--" The innovative diction in this passage creates an eerie atmosphere all by itself. The effect of this passage is reminiscent of the famous macabre monologue at the end of Michael Jackson's Thriller. Dickenson also excellently portrays the restlessness of the mourners in this following passage: "The Feet, mechanical, go ...
- 2586: Housman's "To An Athlete Dying Young"
- ... that the voice and view of death is one of the athlete's friends and not Housman presenting the story. Legggett, the author of The Poetic Art of A. E. Housman, says: Housman achieves the effect of the assertion of two contradictory attitudes--gaiety and grief, triumph and defeat--in a number of poems about death. Although the 'philosophy' of death in "To an Athlete Dying Young" has been discussed as ...
- 2587: Analysis of the Poem: The Fly
- ... vividly and passionately poetry can express something, even something as trivial as a man's battle against the fly. The strong overstatement of this poem also makes it entertaining. This poem thus creates an interesting effect for the reader, using this combination of overstatement and descriptive imagery. This combination results in a highly captivating and intriguing poem that, if merely for the imagery alone, is worthwhile reading.
- 2588: The Blues
- ... King. This British appreciation for the Blues dated back to the thirties and forties when British audiences bought Blues recordings by African Americans when white Americans weren't. The Blues continued to have a major effect and influence on Rock and Roll and other music 1970’s.
- 2589: The Beatles and the Sex Pistols: A Study
- ... bad hand in life and do nothing about it. Although, "No Feelings" seems to be negative, I think in reality it is trying to rouse up people to do good, thus making it similar in effect to "All You Need is Love." The Beatles were definitely unparalleled in the field of song writing. For example, let's look at "Eleanor Rigby" off of Revolver (1966). This is from the opening lyrics ...
- 2590: Native American Music
- ... variations of this dance resulting in a solo display. The costume is an elaborate style that correlates with the vocal approach of music. Bells are tied around the legs of the dancers for an added effect. The Zuni Lullaby illustrates a contrast with Plains singing to assist in confirming that there is not an individual style to Native American music. Through the Native American styles of music, repetition becomes a prominent ...
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