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- 2541: "A Dream Within A Dream"
- "A Dream Within A Dream" If ever a poet's life influenced his writing ,Edgar Allan Poe did. Poe's personal emotions were evident in all of his writings but no more so than in the poem, "A Dream Within a Dream." In this poem Poe's feelings of loss and hopelessness are clearly reflected, "Yet ...
- 2542: Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
- ... a grammar school in Stratford that belonged to citizens of the town. There he studied Latin Literature writers. Many feel that this education was not the only reason of Shakespeare’s talent and knowledge on writing. On his way home from school, little William was intreged by the sites and sounds of the scenery. The reader can see these observations described in beautiful works in the poems, sonnets, and plays that ... to picture a beautiful woman whose beauty can not be taken away by any means. The reader, by reading on, can than picture flowers blowing in a breeze. Sonnet 18 is very typical of his writing style. Romantisicm runs rmapid as a theme in many of his poems. He best shows this style in lines 10-14: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ... a grammar school in Stratford that belonged to citizens of the town. There he studied Latin Literature writers. Many feel that this education was not the only reason of Shakespeare’s talent and knowledge on writing. On his way home from school, little William was intreged by the sites and sounds of the scenery. The reader can see these observations described in beautiful works in the poems, sonnets, and plays ...
- 2543: Comparison and Contrast of William Blake's Poems
- ... social injustices of his time. "Blake had an 'innocent' mind, at least a mind that was in a more 'innocent' state of that mind that wrote the 'Experience' poems" (Dorrbecker, p.125). Therefore, he was writing about his world, at the time, an innocent world. The Songs of Innocence, of course, are not "children's poems." They are a picture of the soul's perfect existence, when it is at one ... but which in modern civilization cannot be. These poems all have a childlike directness and a sense of controlled joy in the human and natural world that show none of the signs of a grownup writing for children. In innocence, there are two factors. One is an assumption that the world was made for the benefit of human beings, and the other is ignorance to this world. As the child grows ... not knowing experience. Blake can wrote his innocence books before he had been exposed to the social injustices of his time. Also, one can write abo ut innocence from remembering it. However, living innocence, and writing about it are two different things.
- 2544: Analysis of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
- ... to eternity. Throughout the poem, Dickinson develops her unusual interpretation of death and, by doing so, composes a poem full of imagery that is both unique and thought provoking. Through Dickinson's precise style of writing, effective use of literary elements, and vivid imagery, she creates a poem that can be interpreted in many different ways. The precise form that Dickinson uses throughout "Because" helps convey her message to the reader ... wedding journey to the heavenly altar where she will be married to God" (qtd. in Davis 117). Symbols give the poem a deeper outlook on death, eternity, and immortality. Even though Dickinson's style of writing is concise and to the point, she is able to use many vivid images to paint an everlasting picture in the reader's mind. Each image that she uses builds upon the other images. The ... after reading the poem, the reader could never view death in a singular way again. Poetry at its best leaves the reader with new ideas about the topic at hand. As a result of the writing of the poets of the nineteenth century, readers are given many different ways of regarding various aspects of life. Works Cited Adventures in American Literature, Pegasus Edition. Ed. Francis Hodgins. Dallas: HBJ, 1989. 330. ...
- 2545: The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop: Gone Fishin'
- ... then goes on to clearly illustrate what she means by "wallpaper": "shapes like full-blown roses / stained and lost through age." She uses another simile here paired with descriptive phrases, and these effectively depict a personal image of the fish. She uses the familiar "wallpaper" comparison because it is something the readers can relate to their own lives. Also the "ancient wallpaper" analogy can refer to the fish's age. Although ... white flesh packed in like feathers." This wording intensifies the reader's initial view of the fish, and creates a visual, again, on the reader's level. Bishop next relates to the fish on a personal basis: "I looked into his eyes… …I admired his sullen face, the mechanism of his jaw." Through this intense diction, a tone of respect is produced. It is as if, for a moment, the poet ... first, an image of a helpless captive and the reader is allowed to feel sorry for the fish and even pity his situation. The narrator's relationship with the fish then grows to one of personal regard as she looks into his eyes and describes his stare. Because the reader is following the story with the poet, the reader's relationship to the fish evolves as Bishop's does. Next, ...
- 2546: Blake's "The Fly"
- ... emphasis over the other words. Same in stanza five the word "die" is said with an accent giving the same sad effect. This poem was taken from "Songs of Experience." During this phase Blake's writing was written from an adult viewpoint. This viewpoint was quite sad and depressing because Blake felt that once a man grew up he realized that reality was terrible and was not a good place to ... joy befall thee." This poem is very light and full of happiness. These poems were quite the opposite from the "Songs of Experience" which were mainly sad, therefore, Blake began to question life during the writing of this collection. However, he was still very deep in his meanings and works. Like a true Romantic, Blake's poems were full of imagination and creativity, very much like other romantic poets at the time. Thus, one can see "The Fly" is sad in tone, yet deep in meaning. Romantic poets looked toward themselves as well as nature as sources of inspiration when writing their works, Blake was no exception to the rule. This poet displayed nature in this poem by relating the fly to the human. However, the main point and theme of the poem came from ...
- 2547: T.S. Eliot's "The Wasted Land"
- ... writings. There are several reasons for his using this approach, from a feeling of being isolated, to a problem articulating thoughts (Bergonzi 18, Cuddy 13, Mack 1745, Martin 102). What influenced Eliot the most in writing poetry was a book he read written by the English critic, Arthur Symon, titled The Symbolist Movement in Literature. This book is about French symbolist writers of the 19th century. From this book, the author ... in ever fully articulating meaning. Although it is fragmented, it also reveals moments of continuity and wholeness quantified with recurrent themes of time, alienation, isolation, and articulation. Because Eliot used fragmentation as his style when writing this poem, it survived being cut in half by the editing of Ezra Pound. Many author's argue that Ezra Pound could have edited many more parts out, without effecting the meaning Eliot was trying ... 1758) are piled on the divan, yuck! There is no excitement, no energy. I am sure this has a direct bearing on Eliot's feelings towards sexuality. After this scene Eliot switched back to fragmentary writing. Within these fragments there are some echo's of the typist and then the verse ends with one word, "burning " (Mack 1760) standing all alone on the page (Cuddy 30, Mack 1750, Martin 109). ...
- 2548: Element of God In Poetry
- ... give us joy if we follow his commandments. It is as if God has spoken his word through the writings of John and of Blake, that God has given both men the gift of beautiful writing, so that they may sing the words of God! As often as our Lord has given us scripture in the Bible of his love and tenderness, there is also a reminder of His ultimate power ... the message of God in a beautiful way, that we may want to read it again and again. Followers of the Christian Faith agree that the men who wrote the scripture in the Bible were writing the words of God, because God was speaking to us through them. I believe that the great poets of our recent history were also writing the words of God, for He was speaking to us through them. How else could the scripture of the Bible, written 1800 years earlier, contain such similar meaning? Blake said, "The Jewish & Christian Testaments ...
- 2549: Analysis of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
- ... to eternity. Throughout the poem, Dickinson develops her unusual interpretation of death and, by doing so, composes a poem full of imagery that is both unique and thought provoking. Through Dickinson's precise style of writing, effective use of literary elements, and vivid imagery, she creates a poem that can be interpreted in many different ways. The precise form that Dickinson uses throughout "Because" helps convey her message to the reader ... wedding journey to the heavenly altar where she will be married to God" (qtd. in Davis 117). Symbols give the poem a deeper outlook on death, eternity, and immortality. Even though Dickinson's style of writing is concise and to the point, she is able to use many vivid images to paint an everlasting picture in the reader's mind. Each image that she uses builds upon the other images. The ... after reading the poem, the reader could never view death in a singular way again. Poetry at its best leaves the reader with new ideas about the topic at hand. As a result of the writing of the poets of the nineteenth century, readers are given many different ways of regarding various aspects of life. Works Cited Adventures in American Literature, Pegasus Edition. Ed. Francis Hodgins. Dallas: HBJ, 1989. 330. ...
- 2550: Comparison and Contrast of William Blake's Poems
- ... social injustices of his time. "Blake had an 'innocent' mind, at least a mind that was in a more 'innocent' state of that mind that wrote the 'Experience' poems" (Dorrbecker, p.125). Therefore, he was writing about his world, at the time, an innocent world. The Songs of Innocence, of course, are not "children's poems." They are a picture of the soul's perfect existence, when it is at one ... but which in modern civilization cannot be. These poems all have a childlike directness and a sense of controlled joy in the human and natural world that show none of the signs of a grownup writing for children. In innocence, there are two factors. One is an assumption that the world was made for the benefit of human beings, and the other is ignorance to this world. As the child grows ... not knowing experience. Blake can wrote his innocence books before he had been exposed to the social injustices of his time. Also, one can write abo ut innocence from remembering it. However, living innocence, and writing about it are two different things.
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