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- 5731: A Comparison and Contrast of Love in Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and C. Day Lewis's "Song"
- ... A gown of the finest wool" (13) , but the speaker in "Song" promises that "thou shalt read of summer frocks (dresses)" (6) . This demonstrates that the speaker offers what he can, and does not fabricate stories about the way things will be. When he speaks of an "evening by the sour canals / We'll hope to hear some madrigals" (7-8) , he knows that because of the pollution they will more ...
- 5732: Shakespeare's Sonnet Number 126: Critique
- ... By some chance he thinks of his love (be that love male or female we know not). These thoughts overwhelm him with joy. His whole mood becomes like the lark at break of day. In short, he is uplifted. To show just how happy the poet has become he gives us a final contrast in the closing couplet. For thy sweet love rememb'red such wealth brings That then I scorn ...
- 5733: Comparison of Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 and Sonnet 116
- ... dying fire, "In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,...." All of these images express the fading light of a life in decline. The short, dark days of winter, the last rays at sunset and the glowing remnants beneath the ashes all evoke the beauty of a once vibrant life which is coming to a close. In contrast, sonnet 116 ...
- 5734: Gettysburg
- ... Hancock's commanding presence rallied the nearly spent bluecoats, and a defensive line on Cemetery Hill, including Culps Hill was secured. The AOP had fought better than they had ever fought before. This record was short-lived however, for on Day 2 uncommonly desperate fighting would be commonplace. Meade himself arrived at the battle a few minutes after midnight, July 2. This sixth and final commander of Union forces at Gettysburg ...
- 5735: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: The Pitiful Prufrock
- ... after all: "I am no prophetand here's no great matter;/ I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,/ And I have seen the eternal footman hold my coat, and snicker,/ And in short I was afraid." In this line, Prufrock's fears betray his desires. He knows the approval he covets comes from a frivolous, futile, class of people. He has heard them talk for years and knows ...
- 5736: Unbroken
- ... for his own peace. A shaman, unstuck in time. A stroke of genius and a slap in the face of this world. Always restless, searching for answers. Impulsive and inspired, writing down his thoughts. Funny stories about Elvis and his followers, the Elvi, or dirty poetry. Painting his visions on sheets that hang from the eaves or painting me with psychedelic designs. It doesn't matter which. All of it makes ...
- 5737: Henry James And William Dean Howells
- ... social scene. (Matthiessen 14) The first phase of James' writing begins when he is twenty-one, in 1864 and continues until 1881. He was extremely popular during this time, especially during after publication of a short story Daisy Miller, which is concerned with the destruction of a naive American girl by European mores. James continues the theme of placing Americans without sufficient social experience into the complex society and culture of ...
- 5738: "Dover Bitch": Mockery of Victorian Values in "Dover Beach"
- ... women into "...cliffs of England crumbling away behind them,". This supports the idea that Hecht is aware of the changes that are happening and he is envious of the way things used to be. In short, Hecht uses the Victorian values shown in Arnold's "Dover Beach" as a comparison to the changes of values of his time. Hecht brings reality to Arnold's romantic poem. But in reality, Hecht is ...
- 5739: The Poetry of William Cullen Bryant and Emily Dickinson: The Theme of Death
- ... where children played ,We passed the the fields of blazing grain," shows her use of Idealisation of Nature.Bryants whole poem is Idealisation of nature, by choosing but one sentence would be cutting the poem short.By both authors using the same romantic element is just another example of how they are similar. Thanatopsis and Because i could not stop for Death,are somewhat dissimilar , for instance when in Dickinsons poem ...
- 5740: The Personification and Criticism of Death in John Donne's "Death Be Not Proud."
- ... unfortunate: "why swell'st thou then?" (l 12). The confidence Donne shows throughout the sonnet comes from the belief in "the victory of Christ over Death through the Resurrection" (Dr. Gerald McDaniel, lecture). With "One Short sleep past, we wake eternally" (l 13), he tells death that after the eyes have closed for the last time in life, we will enter into the afterlife of eternal life. In the end, Donne ...
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