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“Expostulation and Reply” and “The Tables Turned” are two poems written by William Wordsworth during the Romantic Period, which lasted from approximately 1789 to 1840. During this period, known as the Age of Enlightenment, European philosophers prioritized rational thinking. They believed that everything should have a logical explanation for why it occurs. Romanticism, on the…

Answers Consider the trade-story as if it describes two separate trades, where: In the first trade, the man buys something for $60 and sells it again for $70, so he makes a profit of $10. In the second trade, the man buys something for $80 and sells it again for $90, so he makes again…

The poem, Thanatopsis, written by William Cullen Bryant, is a wonderful literary work which explores the often controversial questions of death. Within his well written lines Bryant attempts to show the relationship between deaths eternal questions and the ongoing cycle of nature and life. Upon concluding the poem many readers are able to reaffirm their…

While both poems of John Ashbery and John Keats speak about man and his view or fear of death and mortality, which are seemingly big and almost “world shattering,” albeit common place an issue for a man, both poems can also have a less grim and lighter reading: that which address a ‘death’ more feared…

Probably the most underrated African American poet of his clip. Countee Cullen is a really rebellious dissenter themed author who is all about procuring the rights and self-respect of black people and uses that really passion to fuel his poesy. In the verse form “Incident” . Cullen uses a mixture of rhetorical devices which he…

In the poem Mrs Lazarus, Duffy uses onomatopoeia in the words “ripped”, “howled”, “shrieked”, “clawed” and “retched”, this creates a sense of violence because she is grieving for her dead husband. She is depressed, angry and passionate. She is trying to convince herself he isn’t dead but deep down she knows he is dead. I…

The poets Judith Wright, Oodgeroo of the Noonuccal tribe and Bruce Dawe examine the strong inevitable belonging that exists in human and loss experienced by the aboriginals if they losses their sense of belonging. The poets also explore the deterioration of the environment. Oodgeroo’s and Wright’s lyrical reflections and Dawe’s bleak perception on modern day…

The poem, “Comete”, by Les Murray, is a whimsical piece filled with words that wander through the reader’s imagination until they eventually culminate in a staggering image of a confident woman, walking down the street, her hair blowing behind her.  However, the poem is almost too confident, and there are several hints that the poem…

The poem written by “Wendy Cope”, titled ‘Sisters’, is a well-structured poem, which describes the rebellious attitudes of two bad sisters. The use of several literary devices such as a detailed description of tone, and the change in tone, also, insight into the personalities of the characters and their nature of social relationship, assists in…

Belonging essay – (Paraphrase of the question asked). Sometimes a sense of not belonging can be based on issues outside our control. The texts, Peter Skrzynecki immigrant chronicles (Migrant hostel/ Feliks Skrzynecki/ Saint Patricks) express the issues of belonging, alienation and segregation. The related texts, “Bend it like Beckham” directed by Gurinder Chada and “the…