Metaphysical poetry has been identified as being highly intellectual as it deals with metaphorical themes that compare dissimilar and abstract ideas. ... The idea of metaphysical poetry is depicted through the various techniques such as paradoxes, symbolism, figurative language and poetic techniques which he uses to represent his focus on the broader concepts of human (being) existence. ... Therefore finally making a statement that carries a mocking tone that there is no reason for his mistress to be "quaint" when her "honor turn to dust" in simpler terms meaning her old f...

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Question What attitudes and values are apparent in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poetry and how are they expressed? Response Throughout his whole poetry collection, Percy Bysshe Shelley emphasises the power of seen and unseen nature to describe his beliefs and philosophical approaches to life, religion, love, power, oppression, narcissism, revolution, mutability, immorality and morality. ... The poet is able to come to terms with the forever changing state of the human life which mutates and differs due to varied emotions, feelings and even political revolutions. Moreover, in his early poetry,...

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In analyzing the poetry of William Butler Yeats, my interpretation of his work has been strongly enhanced by his innovative use of textual forms, structures and features, especially in light of his response to change. Ultimately, the poetry of Yeats demonstrates a response to modernity and reveals that he has reconciled himself to the inevitability of change in a modern world. Textual forms and features clearly illustrate his intellectual and emotional journey of coming to terms with change. ... When composed, in 1920, Yeats had come to terms with the rejection of Maude Gonne, and has now marr...

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Discuss Representations of Love In One or More Poems Read in Class Many different poets throughout history have represented love, perhaps the most common subject matter chosen in poetry, in many different ways, and many of these ideas certainly do not conform to what the current generation would consider love', mostly due to the advent of sexual equality and equal rights. ... In many ways I see this as this as more of a representation of lust rather than love, disguised under layers of affectionate terms. ... Without knowing all the details of the poets life however, it is impossibl...

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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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Donne's love poetry expresses a wide variety of changing views and attitudes towards love. Through his poetry Donne portrays love at times as physical, at other times as spiritual, and sometimes as a combination of both. Often times when Donne is speaking about physical love he describes it in terms of a religious experience, as in To His Mistress Going to Bed, this description of physical love would seem to imply that it holds great importance to Donne. ...

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Romanticism was a diehard period of history when its seeds became planted in poetry, artwork and literature. ... Written by William Woodsworth, this form of poetry was free, expressive and without constraint as evident by this passage: "If this belief from heaven be sent, If such be Nature's holy plan, Have I not reason to lament, What man has made of man?" Such passages from his work indicates that poetry and literature was also used as a form of rebellion or distaste for political institutions or social conditions during the 19th century. ... This involved looking at life in terms of th...

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Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), in his Essays, wrote that "Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance." ... Poetry differs from prose and other genres by that has formal devices and techniques used to construct it, and that without such techniques poetry is not, as such, poetry. ... The first stanza of the poem can be seen to carry a large amount of personification and imagery, using such terms as " delicate outline , bony slopes wincing , clean, lean, hungry country." These terms are used to convey Wright's message to...

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He was mainly known for his satirical poetry work and competence as a translator. ... He severally demonstrated his animosity through his poetry work. ... The Rape of Lock is perhaps one of Pope's greatest works in poetry. ... In the poem, he describes ordinary human beings in heroic terms. ... He became one of the greatest writers of the restoration period through his poetry and essays. ...

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The unconventional subject matter of the sonnet reflects Paterson's statement in terms of the argument that the "eye of the beholder" is referring to the poet's individual perception of sonnet writing, as whilst the melancholic tone of this poem implies an inaccurate representation of what a love poem is to the reader. To the poet it is just that as it is a true representation of "real" love and real-life problems that come with it, it is not a fairytale as depicted by traditional poetry. ... In his poem "Sonnet 130" he demonstrates a clear manipulation of the idea of love, mocking t...

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Apollo sponsors similar artistic fields such as epic poetry and statuaries. ... As a result he is also connected with vitality and cycles and sponsors music and lyric poetry. In Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy the terms Apollinian and Dionysian are used to designate the two central principles in Greek culture whose figurative marriage resulted in the metaphorical birth of tragedy. ... The presence of Apollo and Dionysus can be seen in both music and poetry in a number of ways. Not to confuse their figurative marriage with another familial metaphor, but they are brothers as well...

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Duffy's poetry has been described as "emotionally captivating" and "indescribably accessible" by many notable poetry critics, and this poem is certainly no exception to her many outstanding works. A formidable icon in the poetry industry, Duffy describes poetry as that which "comes from the imagination, from memories, from experience, from events both personal and public so [she] will be following the truth of that and [she] will write whatever needs to be written.... In the context of love, the author could possibly assert that love is more authentic and more sur...

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Literature also makes up a unique reading styles because of the different literary terms and rhetorical devices that it possesses such as simile, metaphor, imagery and many more. ... A metaphor is derived from a simile in that it equates different things without using connecting terms such as like or as. ... Poetry is organized by the division of each line of verse into "feet," metric units which each consist of a particular arrangement of strong and weak stresses. ... A line with five feet is called pentameter; thus, a line of five iambs is known as "iambic pentameter" (the most common met...

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One may view this as a contradiction in terms for example; Surely Dante could not have admired them so greatly to have placed them in hell however Dante (poet and protagonist) treats the classical poets as privileged and authorial characters, Contropasso in the Commedia is a concept based on the punishment fits the crime, the contropasso belonging to Canto IV of inferno includes mental anguish but an absence of physical torment. ... This show of appreciation towards the classical poets can be interpreted to a mild show of arrogance on Dante's part as he does place himself on par with them...

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While ecocriticism of Thoreau and Emerson has thus tended to dichotomize ecology and imagination in terms of the empirical versus the metaphorical, and in the service of sharply distinguishing Thoreau's ecocentrism from Emerson's anthropocentrism, it has neglected a rhetorical middle ground, the empirical figure of expression known as metonymy that plays a significant role in the natural history projects of both writers. ... On my reading, Emerson has his own more empirical, late natural history projects, work also left largely unfinished and generally neglected by critics because it...

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Lawrence in this essay is to deconstruct the metaphorical hierarchies that he establishes to define the novel and that should be done strictly in terms of the specific context of the specific places in which they appear. ... Immediately upon making this metaphor, however, he adds a supplementary metaphor that would seem to contradict it, pointing out the irreconcilability of his original metaphorical terms. ... Austin's terms, self-consciously performative (those that are not subject to classifications of "true" or "false" because they act out entirely personal propositions) rather than c...

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Paine continues to have a problem with the superstitious nature of the stories combined with the fact that the power of the so-called prophets is constantly being put in terms of evil. ... In an interesting twist on Paine's argument utilizing Aristotle's ideal on poetics, Paine claims that the imagery in the books supposedly written by Prophets is actually poetry. It meets all of the requirements, including being fictitious, extravagant and not fitting within any other category of form than poetry. ... However, he says, the book does not claim itself to be a work of poetry. ...

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It is because of this that he is "arguably the most influential American writer" of the eighteen hundreds, and many other writers and thinkers during the time "sought to come to terms" with him (Baym 211). ...

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His poetry "masters with equal ease, lyric grace, and wrenching guilt" (Knight 209). ... Byron often associated self-realization with guilt in his poetry; a personal identity was both attractive and repulsive (West 53). ... As seen in his poetry, Byron was capable of several moods and roles (Safier 527). ... It captured guidance to the world of unconsciousness in poetry. ... His early Newstead, England poetry "glorifies an old world of 'mail-coated Barons' and heroic deeds" (MacCarthy 18). ...

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This marked a growing liberality in religious thought and practice, and this period was significant in terms of religious searching and the development of new forms of religious thought. ... " The poem is innovative both in terms of style and content, forever altering the course of American poetry. ...

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Wordsworth's poetry is not based on imitations but on past memories. ... This suggests that poetry, like all forms of literature, does in fact evoke emotions. ... Bakhtin "[views] language-especially literary texts-in terms of discourses and dialogues. ... Bakhtin's view of language can be summed up in two terms: addressitivity and answerability. Bakhtin discusses these terms as "a word is always addressed to someone and anticipates, can generate, a response, anticipates an answer. ...

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In the simple identification of the work as poetry we already find a paradox-while the pastime of poetry is viewed often as a feminine pursuit, it was historically dominated by men. ... These seeming contradictions raise questions as to what constitutes femininity and masculinity, and how we ought to view the gray areas of gender roles-questions which the speaker grapples with in coming to terms with homosexual feelings, as evidenced by the resignation in the poem following the volta. ...

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With the help of Mephistopheles who is his agent representing Lucifer, they negotiate the terms of their agreement and agree that Faustus will sell his soul to Lucifer the devil in exchange for 24 years of power, and Mephistopheles will remain his servant and he will satisfy his every whim. ...

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Within lyric poetry, drama, and fiction, the greatest works are selected on aesthetic aesthetic grounds; other books are picked for their reputation or intellectual eminence together with aesthetic value of a rather narrow kind: styles, composition, general force of presentation are the usual characteristics singled out. ... In practice, we get automatic and unprofessional accounts of these authors in terms of their specialty. ...

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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, developme...

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