It is as if the mere meaning of the words is not enough to express the philosophical concepts Eliot wants to explore, as they "decay with imprecision". ... In justifying time, he has already justified himself and the aim of this section is to reach the idea, written in the very last line. ...
What is literature? We have to answer some basic questions when we study theory of literature. What is literature? What is literary study? Are they both different? What is the distinction? These questions are followed by the questions about the nature of literature, its functions, etc. Theory of lit...
Poets like Arnold of nineteenth century started to hold a very pessimistic view about the Victorian crisis, and in almost all his poems, he seems to express only a negative attitude toward his contemporary age. ... Unlike Arnold, he expressed a compromising attitude to his age and its intricate problems. ... In section 2 it is shown the difference between human time and natural time in lines 5 and 7 to 8 and in section 22 lines 5-12: And glad at heart from May to May:In section 2 another concept is expressed, the poet immersion in nature. ...
Its most basic principle was that in short fiction and poetry, the writer should aim at creating a single and total psychological or spiritual effect upon the reader. ... I sat engaged in guessing this, but did not express a word to the fowl whose blazing eyes now burned into my heart (73-74). ...
Allen Ginsberg's Motivation for writing Howl Richard Eberhart, the Pulitzer Prize winning poet of 1966, remarks, "Ginsberg's Howl ushered in a new generation." Many 20th century poets have attested to the freeing effect that Ginsberg's poetry had upon them in the late fifties. But to allege that Ginsberg's Howl "ushered in a new generation" of poetry is to degrade the true historical impact of his poetry. (Breslin 225) However, "Throughout the long history, poetry has relied on evolving rules about what a poem is, with new kinds of poetry building on earlier kinds to ...
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...
