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Discuss the shifts of register and their effects i
Literature
Poetry
n the following twopoems: Thomas Gray, “On a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes”and James Kirkup, “A Correct Compassion”. You should make use of thefollowing terms where appropriate: field, tenor, mode, intertextuality. The shift of register and the effect it has in poetry can make a majorimpact on the reader.Thomas Gray, “On…
Analysis of Parting Words
Literature
Pleasure
Poetry
Soul
Every time we open our eyes we should be thankful that God has granted us another day to live. We shall enjoy the endless pleasures of life that is offer to us and live each day like it is our last. Death is part of our lives and it is something that we must face…
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Alcoholism
Feeling
Loneliness
Poetry
Edwin Arlington Robinson frequently explores the distress and profound difficulties encountered by individuals throughout their lives in his poetry. This recurring motif is evident in his works such as “Richard Cory,” “Miniver Cheevy,” and “Mr. Flood’s Party.” Loneliness, the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption, and suicide commonly emerge as key concerns in his verses. It…
Napelon as Portrayed by Pushkin and Lermontov
Napoleon
Poetry
Russia
“We all now pose as Napoleons– Millions of two-legged creatures For us are the instrument of one.” –Eugene Onegin, by Pushkin Napoleon in Russian Thought Despite Russia’s own history with Napoleon Bonaparte in the Russian invasion of 1812, Russians came to view Napoleon with a strange sort of admiration and reverence. In much the same…
Analysis of Phillip Sparrow
Humanism
Poetry
Prayer
John Skelton an early tudor poet and laureate is a well known poet for his poem “Phillip Sparrow” also known as “The Book of Phyllyp Sparowe”. Many have argued that this piece was a satirical poem and others argued that it was just a story of a girl who lost her pet sparrow. Given a…
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ” and “Loveliest of Trees” Analysis
Literature
Poetry
Robert Frost
The poetic language and writing in these two poems “Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening ” and “Loveliest of Trees” describe man’s attraction to the beauty of the nature outside. Robert Frost and A. E. Houseman each use different types of sentence structure, imagery, and diction to depict the environment and feelings of the…
Analysis of “Wife Hits Moose”
Literature
Poetry
We all have the desire to command our fate but the grade to which we are able to attest that desire concretely is. ironically. non under our control. Thomas Lux’s verse form. Wife hits moose describes the narrative of a inquiring moose clashing with a married woman driving through a forest route during twilight. The…
Comparing Portrayals of Sirens in ‘Siren Song’ and the Odessy
Literature
Odyssey
Poetry
Every writer, author, and poet presents stories in their own unique way. Homer, the poet who wrote “The Odyssey,” and Margaret Atwood, the poet behind “SIREN SONG,” offer contrasting perspectives on the sirens. The songs sung by the sirens in both poems differ from each other. Furthermore, the use of imagery by these poets depicts…
Analysis: Poem by Michael Longley
Literature
Poetry
Sound
The poem says it is for “Michael Lonlgey”. I assume this is one of a group that Heaney wrote with and exchanged poems with. The first stanza conveys his compulsion to play around wells. He liked the mechanism and the sound it made. There’s alliteration of “dark drop”echoing the bucket hitting the water. There’s an…
Apostrophe ; Personification: Poetic Comparison
Literature
Poetry
Sylvia Plath
Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem, “Ode to the West Wind” and Sylvia Plath’s poem “Mirror” both employ the poetic tools of apostrophe, the address to something that is intangible, and personification, the application of human characteristics to something inanimate. However, they form a paradox in the usage of these tools through the imagery they create. Both…
| description | The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago-based American foundation created to promote poetry in the wider culture. It was formed from Poetry magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthropist Ruth Lilly. |
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| quotations | “All poets, all writers are political. “Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” —Virginia Woolf. “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” —Rita Dove. |
| information | Founded: January 1, 2003 Headquarters location: Chicago, IL Key people: Michelle Boone, President Formerly called: Modern Poetry Association |
