Soto's main element in the piece, however, is his use of magical realism. His writing reminds me of another Hispanic writer Gabriel Marquez who utilized magical realism in his novels and short stories. Magical realism is when imaginary scenes and fantastic events are depicted in a very real and "matter-of-fact" tone. ... Keeping magical realism in mind, I think that the theme is one of hope and optimism through hard times. ... Soto's use of figurative language, form, and magical realism bring his poem, what seems like a simple child-like poem at first glance, to be a representati...

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Lucinda Matlock' - In "Lucinda Matlock,"" Edgar Lee Masters demonstrates the literary devices of the realism and frontier era. Edgar Lee Masters wrote during the realism period, his writing being greatly affected by his life. ... In his works Edgar Lee Masters demonstrates the realism and simplicity of the frontier era. ...

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Larkin goes on to present the theme of reality more by using harsh, blunt and hard words to show realism, snaggled-toothed, boss-eyed, tits'. ... The realism of the Fight cancer' poster is very life like and Larkin uses this pessimism to show the realism of life and how the advertisement of Sunny Prestatyn' had tried to deceive us. ... The poem Essential Beauty also uses advertising to cover realism. ...

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Compare and Contrast Comparing and contrasting can be an easy task, just as it can be a difficult one. I have chosen to compare and contrast two poems from the Age of Realism and the Romantic Era. The first poem I have chosen is The Lotos-Eaters by Lord Alfred Tennyson, and the second poem I ha...

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Amaris Baxter Langston Hughes; "Mother to Son" 1) 1930's; Realism 2) Biographical Theory of Criticism 3) Post-structural Theory of Criticism Through the literary works of Langston Hughes, it is clear to see that he uses his own style and language to portray realistic traits. ... Realism Hughes poem "Mother to Son" was written during the Harlem Renaissance. ...

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Gabriel Garcí Márquez was a Latin-American journalist, novelist and story writer, and a central figure in the Magic Realism movement. ... One Hundred Years of Solitude was the most popular work of Magic Realism. ...

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"Song of Myself" can be classified as either romantic, transcendental, or as realism. ... Whitman's controversial views and very evident propensity towards homosexuality, "Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore, / Twenty-eight young men, and all so friendly, / twenty-eight years of womanly life, and all so lonesome" (lines 193-195), which of course the vast majority of Americans at the time did not want to even think about, is why this writer feels his work also covers the tenants of realism. ...

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Call of the Wild: Final Essay "Call of the Wild" is one of the most poetic books I have ever read. Usually, you read either prose or poetry, but this book combines them both into something beautiful. Jack London, the books" author, uses descriptive language and poetic elements to enhance your ou...

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", brings into the heart of the responder the immediacy of the war, and further communicates the barbaric acts man does to man, combined with the further use of first person "we flung him in", Owen demonstrates the immediate experiences of the men What is particularly distinctive about his poems is the realism with which Owen portrays the horror, the futility, the suffering, which for Owen represented the brutality of war. ...

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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Politics" "The Song of Wandering Aengus", although structurally different to "Politics", maintains certain prevalent themes - but it is made apparent that the poet's general outlook has changed slightly in the thirty-seven years that have passed between the wri...

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Language and Vision in Romantic Poetry Growing up, is it good? Is it bad? What is gained from growing up? What is lost? These are questions that one will inevitably ponder at one point or another in his or her life, that is, if he or she has not already. Questions such as these dealing with the pro...

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The poem, "Dulce Et Decorum Est," by English poet Wilfred Owen, conveys various key ideas relating to war and its consequences. These concepts have been expressed through the utilisation of textual detail and a variety of poetic and language techniques. It gives the responder a highly realistic port...

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The Flea appears deceptively casual in its composition and style but is infact a complex argument. Sentences such as "And this, alas, is more than wee would doe" epitomise the misleading colloquial language. When commencing the first stanza there are insinuations of a conversation continuing, althou...

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Also the mentioning of real places such as "Sleuth wood" adds to the realism of this magical landscape for the fairies and the reader, enabling Yeats to contrast between the human and natural with the world of the supernatural. ...

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In 1851 Browning wrote an essay on Percy Bysshe Shelley, and in it he both praised the Romantic poet who had so influenced him, and also explained how he, Browning differed in his own poetic project. Shelley, according to Browning, was a subjective poet, a poet who wrote from the perspective of the ...

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An American writer who made his mark on American Literature in the 20th century is Edgar Lee Masters, an amazing poet, novelist, and biographer who made his reputation in Spoon River Anthology poetry. Rather than using rhymes, Masters preferred his free verse style of writing in his poetry, especi...

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"Christina Rosetti seems towards the dark side of life." Choose three poems and consider how far they support this view of her work. A common interpretation of the work of the 19th century poetess, Christina Rosetti, is that her work is depressing, morbid and highly pessimistic. However, in this essay I shall explore this in further depth by looking at three poems: "A dream", "A Birthday" and one of the many poems entitled "Song", beginning "When I am dead, my dearest." By looking at her use of language, imagery, themes and her addressee I shall explore to what extent I agree with the sta...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...

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