Papers on Poets and Poems
Blake's "London": An Analysis
Words: 648 - Pages: 3.... in every action. That the manacles are of the minds is
significant, for the mind is the freest part of the individual. The body
may be constrained by the environment, by other bodies, by health, or any
number of other restraints. The heart, which is to say the emotions , are
pulled this way and that by the influence of others. Even the soul,
according to predestinists, is limited by the supply or lack of divine
grace. Not so the mind; it is the only part of the individual which may
truly be said to be free.
Weakness is also illustrated in the repetitions in the first and second
stanza:
" I wander through each chartered street, .....
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Porphyrias Lover
Words: 903 - Pages: 4.... think this means that she is too egotistical to give up her easy and luxurious lifestyle for her Lover and after they make love she would happily return home to her husband, and leave her Lover alone. I think that although she does love her Lover she is too weak to give up this other man. I feel that Porphyria is definitely in love with him, but seems to be too weak to act seriously on her feelings. Porphyria traveled at night in a storm to meet her Lover which shows that she is certainly interested and devoted to him.
I also think they are having an affair because the poem is called "Porphyria's Lover". It would explain why the relationsh .....
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The Effect Of Poetry
Words: 486 - Pages: 2.... leaving others behind to live without them. "Fly" eases those fears and reassures everyone that everything will only be better.
Celine Dion sang this song in remembrance of her infant niece. She had no children of her own at the time and was very close to her niece, who died SIDS, and she expresses her feelings for the child very eloquently in the song.
In the song, she gives her niece permission to stop fighting and to fly above the clouds on an endless journey of happiness.
A friend of mine introduced me to this song while I was in the hospital with my daughter. After listening to the words of this song, I made the heart-wrenching decisi .....
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Lord Byron's Euthanasia
Words: 941 - Pages: 4.... lot for the next few years and his mother died on August first, 1811. On January second, 1815, Byron married Anne Isabella Milbanke. They had one daughter, Augusta Ada, on December 10, 1811. Byron and Anne Milbanke divorced one year later and Byron left London forever. Byron went to Switzerland where he befriended Percy Shelly, another promenent poet at the time, and became fairly obsessed with him. In 1824, after Byron had send over 4000 pounds to the Greek fleet, he sailed to join Prince Alexandros Mavrokordatos, to join his forces and fight with him. Byron contracted a fever and died on April 19th, 1824 in Missolonghi, Greece.
Lord Byron' .....
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Coleridge's "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Words: 864 - Pages: 4.... is to make sure that he or she
believes it temporarily to be true is because the Mariner in the story is trying
to get the point of forgiveness from God across to the reader and if the reader
chooses not to believe the story behind the poem then they will not understand
the effect of the point of the tale. Coleridge's main point in writing the
story was to get people to understand forgiveness by understanding the poem.
The Mariner in the poem is telling his tale to a "Wedding Guest" who has
no choice but to listen and to believe. The "Wedding Guest" in the poem
represents "everyman" in the sense that "everyone" is to be at the marriage .....
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By Means Of Power
Words: 784 - Pages: 3.... is on its own line, while "yourself"(4) is on the next. This is the theme that is running throughout the entire poem.
In the next section of Lordes poem she describes a dreamlike situation. This is where her son has been shot, probably in the face. Although "blood from his punctured cheeks and shoulders/is the only liquid for miles"(9-10), "my mouth splits into dry lips"(12). With the death of her boy she is willing to sacrifice her own need of any quenching of her lips. She is "thirsting for the wetness of his blood"(14) but it is more important to resist the temptation, "trying to make power out of hatred and destruction"(18) .....
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Politics
Words: 1659 - Pages: 7.... his political views through his poetry.
Additionally, Ferlinghetti became more vocal with the use of protests and
further publication of controversial and/or anti-government materials through
his publishing house, New Directions. By using poetry, Ferlinghetti was able to
reach a vast audience including those whom he was criticizing. Through his
poetry, Lawrence Ferlinghetti blatantly and subtly criticized the American
democratic system and politicians.
In 1957, Ferlinghetti received his first national attention.
Ferlinghetti was arrested and brought to trial as the publisher of a collection
of obscene poetry, Howl and Other Poems by Allen .....
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Analysis Of Bryant's "Thanatopsis"
Words: 570 - Pages: 3.... include lines 57 and 66. In line 57 he writes, “In their
last sleep the dead reign there alone,” and in line 66, referring to death
and burial, Bryant writes, “And make their bed with thee.” This connection
between death and sleep creates an intriguing metaphor which adds depth and
meaning to the poem.
By using this strange metaphor I believe Bryant wishes to suggest
his faith in an afterlife. While examining the differences and
similarities of death and sleep the reader is left with some very thought
provoking questions. The answers to these questions reassure some readers
while confusing others. Sleep is a time of rest. .....
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"Ode On A Grecian Urn"
Words: 725 - Pages: 3.... by different individuals. Although a "bride," it can never be entirely fulfilled. In the next line it is the "foster-child of silence and slow time," the urn exists in time because it is only throughout time and its events that we can even begin to understand the scenes it presents in their relation to our own experience. "The Sylvan historian, describes the panels on the urn that present ancient woodland scenes, they probably tell the history of a past way of life.
In the second and third stanzas Keats is talking about the music that is playing to the spirits, because he says "it's sweeter unheard." Also, that is must be young and very r .....
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Easter 1916 By William Yeats
Words: 462 - Pages: 2.... animals represent the pivotal uprisings and revolts made by the liberty seeking Irish rebels.
A horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
The long-legged moor-cocks call;
Minute by minute they live:
The stone’s in the midst of it all (932)
Here is an example of events supporting the stone’s cause, in which the overall constancy is maintained. This constant is the underlying strive of the stone to disrupt the stream enough to cause a response that will favor the stone’s well being, that is independence. Indeed the disturbances and splashing caused by the animals represents the actual reality of the .....
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