The following analysis investigate, separately, a passage from Whitman's "Song of Myself" and Emily Dickinson's poem 334 -see Appendix- focusing on thematic contents and on the formal aspects which lead to their interpretation. ... The letters of Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson distinguished herself not only for her poetry but also as writer of letters sent to friends, relatives. ... Dickinson transcended not only poetry conventions of her time (by her free-verse, her particular use of punctuation and capitalization) but also epistolary ones, especially those for women,...

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All these distinctions between literature and non-literature: personal expression, realization, lack of practical purpose and fictionality are restatements within a framework of semantic analysis of age old aesthetic terms such as: unity in variety, aesthetic distance, framing, invention and imitation. ... Where in Plato there was a "quarrel between poetry and philosophy", by Aristotle's scheme poetry is more philosophic even than history (a chronicle of "real" events). ... In Book II of The Republic, Plato begins a discussion of poetry which is concerned with gods an...

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Ironic that chandler perceives more from his wife through the distance of a photograph, a dim analysis of a living creature and its entire existence by the pixel fabrications of a picture. This is symbolic of Chandlers detachment from an outside, inspirational world, that holds lines of poetry by men that could touch life and feel passion. ... Chandler is fond of poetry not because they are an artistic emblem of truth, or beauty. ... Chandler muses on his "poet's soul" as he walks to meet with Gallaher, and Joyce deliberately does not include a line of poetry in that portion of the story....

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The poetry of John Keats articulates an astonishing literary liturgy, which has influenced much of the study of nineteenth century literature; though during his short lifetime he was deemed to be a "lower class cockney," and an ignorant, unsettled "pretender" to a higher culture. ... These works, although they have been subjected to much critical analysis, remain the "ultimate expression of Keats's genius" and as such "secure his reputation as a great poet." ... These two are polar opposites and show to great extent the profound and deep intensity with which Keats constructs his poetry. ....

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Thus, an analysis of the relationships between nature and physical sensations, and their roles in the formation and function of imagination in Wordsworths "Tintern Abbey" and Anna Barboulds "A Summer Evenings Meditation," demonstrate the ways in which these poems constitute Romantic lyrics. ... Indeed, according to Wordsworth, "The end of poetry is to produce excitement in coexistence with an overbalance of pleasure" (Wordsworth, Preface, 580). Wordsworths emphasis on the role of poetry as a "nonviolent" stimulation and one of pleasure, as well as the various roles of imagination in nature, a...

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Different authors use various figures of speech to present their characters in plays or poems. For actors, figures of speech usually help to determine the most prominent traits of characters. The first part one of this paper analyzes the character of Doctor Faustus who is the protagonist of Marlowe's play who was overwhelmed with the desire to possess power and the presentation of the character as a pure villain in the play. This will be compared with the character and the figure of Richard III in the eponymous play by William Shakespeare, while identifying the significance of his figure...

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Claude McKay's volume of poetry, Harlem Shadow (1922), Jean Toomer's experimental novel combination of poetry and prose, Cane (1923), and Jessie Fauset's novel about a middleclass black woman, There Is Confusion (1924) were among the first books written by Blacks to be published. ... First, The Survey Graphic, a magazine of social analysis and criticism, produced a Harlem issue in March 1925. ...

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This also works outside of teaching Shakespeare as I have used this model for other topics, including poetry, where students can witness each other's efforts, build on and learn from such evaluative exercises. ... There are loads of strategies here that I can apply to other texts, especially poetry, and I am really excited about it!...

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The Construction of the Palestinian Social Movement. In Order to remember I shall continue to carve All the scenes of my tragedy And all the stages of the disaster On the olive tree in the courtyard of my house. In order to understand the origin, development and current status of the contemporary movement for reconciliation within Israel, we must first take a look at the historical impact that Zion colonialism has had upon Israeli Arabs, or the Palestinians. While the terms colonialism and imperialism are familiar, the term Zion colonialism is argua...

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Orff never actually belonged to any Nazi party but his work was considered to be some of the greatest examples of Nazi art, and unlike Shostakovich, Orff never wrote music in praise of his leader or reflected anything to do with Nazi Germany, but his cantatas, which were controversial, were set to German medieval poetry (in Latin and Bavarian dialect), and classical texts by Catullus, Sappho and Euripides in the original languages, along with additional Latin lyrics by the composer himself. ... With this knowledge, Kowalke attempts to challenge a position that many have taken: "If the musical ...

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Abstract This article applies some concepts of Freudian psychoanalysis to Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Oval Portrait". It also in a specific manner tries to make parallels between Poe's own character and his projections onto his tales and poems, in here "The Oval Portrait". The main focus will...

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Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...

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