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- 2141: “Fanthorpe’s Poetry Stimulates The Reader To See People And Things In A New Light”
- ... it always rolled down again. This poem explains how Sisyphus is constantly unsuccessful in his task but continues to repeat it over again. He realises that it is a simple task to carry out. “The interest lies Not in the difficulty of the doing, But the difficulty for the doer. I accept this As my vocation:” Here Sisyphus is saying that he accepts the task, even though he constantly fails, he ...
- 2142: The Poetical Work and Polynesian Cultural Inheritances
- ... poem ‘Compulsory Class Visits’ suggests that maori culture is falling because their own people are being moulded into the shape of the settlers: “and even the maori start to call themselves new zealanders.” The only interest in maori culture now only comes through ‘compulsory class visits’. Further, the class visits are suggested as simply aesthetic, synonymous with ‘plastic maoridom’: at the powhiri they are directed to sing there is no kaea ...
- 2143: The Test of Honor in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ... poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain is presented with a number of choices, and must, as a result of these options, make difficult decisions. In most instances, his choices trap his natural self-interest in preserving his own life against his sense of honor. Honor was a major factor in the Age of Chivalry - commanding a much higher priority than it does in our society today. Gawain made more ...
- 2144: A Couple of Frosted Poems
- ... because of a bout with tuberculosis and the birth of his second child. Three years later his eldest child died, which he later addressed in his poetry ("Robert Frost"). In 1912, having been unable to interest American publishers, Frost moved to a farm in Buckinghamshire, England wrote prolifically, attempting to perfect his poetic voice. During this time, he met such literary figures as Ezra Pound, an American expatriate poet and champion ...
- 2145: E.E. Cummings
- ... moving, one's motion causes the other to seem still (106). The 'd,' at the end of the poem is showing that after the poet has finally named the object he saw, he immediately loses interest and stops, as writing more to further organize his thoughts would be superfluous (106). The contrasting words in this poem are very important. 'against' contrasts with 'across', and signifies a halt. It seems that the ...
- 2146: The Lives and Works of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning
- ... Irving Stone. (Lovett xxv) Elizabeth Barrett Browning received fame and credit while alive for her many wonderful literary works. On the other hand Robert Browning has gained a devoted body of readers arousing the deepest interest and enthusiasm for his style after his death. The Browning’s lives, works and how they intertwine increase the knowledge and spirit of Literature in English history.
- 2147: Point Of View In Three Edgar Allan Poe's Poems
- ... in science fiction and the detective story. His writing came to have enormous importance for modern French literature" (X, John Richardson). Edgar Allan Poe wasn't out to frighten his audience. According to Peithman, his interest for his audience was within the human mind. In three of his works, "Morella", "Ligeia", and "The Oval Portrait", there are several similarities and differences of elements of fiction such as theme, plot, tone, symbol ...
- 2148: Nature Imagery in Adrienne Rich's "Twenty-One Love Poems"
- ... garbage" and "tabloid cruelties" (I). Rich may say of most pornography what she believes of the medical profession's approach towards women's health: "it has reflected male needs, male fantasies about women, and male interest in controlling women" ("Compulsory Heterosexuality" 216). At the same time Rich becomes familiar with the reality of these degrading characteristics of the man-made scene, the speaker also points out the few growing plants she ...
- 2149: Poems of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge
- ... to be since he wrote the ballads that followed this preface with these men in mind. He also took the time to explain for whom they were written. He continually tries to "adapt to the interest of mankind permanently" throughout the preface. (141) Near the end of the preface, Wordsworth provides even more evidence of his concern with others. In his definition of poet, (147) "man speaking to men," he claims ...
- 2150: The Works of Poet Carl Sandburg and His Effect on American Poetry
- ... is how they are all so strongly connected to each other. All of his poem's include an analysis on the common man in the commonplace. His study of people is out of his complex interest in them. "Mr. Sandburg loves people, I should say the 'people.' But I believe it is more than that. I think he has a real love for human beings....For Mr. Sandburg has a remarkable ...
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