Eliot is one of those clever men who find it amusing to pull the leg of a temperate reader. ... The young man expresses thought on a variety of themes, ranging from his appearance to classic literature to death. ... Eliot all but alienates readers with a cyclone of aimless thoughts and comments on the milieu and frame of mind. ... With Eliot's distinct style, the reader must focus on the wider picture. ... Alfred Prufrock" is a classic literary piece that will not soon be forgotten....

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When a reader picks up a book, they will most likely expect the pages to be adorned with the classic structure of what is called 'prose', which is defined as "the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse." ... However, the book Ludlow, by David Mason, surprises and entices the reader with its non-traditional style of writing, as Mason writes in poetry, which compliments the book better than classic prose style could. ... Poetry is usually romanticized and written in a uniquely artistic way to evoke a specif...

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In Sonnet 73 one will realize Shakespeare follows the classic pattern of the iambic pentameter with a slight variation; the poet utilizes the "spondaic foot" or heavey stress in the beginning of the fourth line in each of the quatrains. ... In the first quatrain, the poet uses the autumn season as a metephore for his progression in years; for as autumn progresses the leaves are " yellow, or none, or few,".The tree, personified as an aging man, leaves the reader with an image of a frail older man whose body is weakened and shivering with age... The reader should be aware the coup...

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Beowulf is a classic epic that dates back to the Anglo-Saxon time period. ... It is a classic story of a kingdom that finds themselves in trouble from a monster that is terrorizing, and killing people at random. ... Here the writer uses a sort of "grr" sound to imitate a growling, which helps the reader to visualize how the monster may be. ...

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John Keats uses various techniques in his compositions to evoke a reader's response to his theme. ... On first looking into Chapman's Homer is an Italian sonnet, with 14 lines, in the classic rhyme pattern of abbaabbacdcdcd, and is written in an iambic pentameter, which gives the poem a lyrical flow. ... His followers, observing his transports of joy, rushed forward to join in his wonder, exultation, and gratitude" Keats's poems very often uses comparison and metaphors extensively to evoke the readers emotions. ... Keats uses the metaphors, comparisons and extremely sense evokin...

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It projects the image to the reader of the uniformed Australian person laying on the deck of a ship, chanting the poem, enjoying a well earned rest. ... It presents the reader with the clear image that the soldier has no fear of death and confronts each day as any other in his life. ... To start this poem, in stanza one the poet delivers the reader with an image of "strolling with my sheep, by the old stream". ... This enables the reader to easily flow with the poem as they read. ... There appears to be an attempt to take the reader into the mind of the soldier using classic imagery, reinfo...

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Each possesses an incredable ability to connect to their young readers and their incredably stories appeal to everyone. ... His poetry combines easy to read poetry styles with cute and creative stories that appeal strongly to young readers. ... He also uses many clever hrymes in his poetry which makes it easy to read and flows nicely for the young readers. ... The pictures that go with each poemt hat he writes put a clear idea of what he is talking about into the head of the reader making the poetry more fun and easier to follow. ... He takes classic stories and puts new twists and funny ...

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Following the classic Italian sonnet format, Wordsworth uses iambic pentameter and a certain rhyme scheme to guide the reader through a series of cases that may lead the reader into believing that we are all forced into a certain lifestyle or routine. ... Although Wordsworth does not clearly state his position, the lines take on a bit of a sarcastic tone that makes the reader think that nuns, hermits, and students are not truly "contented" with their lifestyle. ... Wordsworth knows that our paths can become so repetitive and tiresome so he encourages the reader to take breaks from th...

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Bishop tells the classic fishing story with a slight twist. ... This is used to remind the reader of the unattractiveness of the fish. ... In conclusion, most of the poetry that we read today used a variety of poetic tools to enhance the meaning and give the reader something to think about like a possible hidden meaning. In most cases the tools used in each poem helps the reader to understand what a specific poem is trying to convey. ...

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Overall, the speaker depicts Helen in this poem with no compassion; nevertheless, it encourages the reader to sympathize with her as one feels pity for her. ... Helen is described as white, which is sometimes perceived as a color for purity, but the reader soon finds that this white is a life-less pasty white, a white that is eventually compared to the whiteness of dead skin which the author concludes is the only state in which Greece could really love Helen. . ... Furthermore, Poe shows that "thy classic face"(line 7) indicating that her face is of the perfect classical beauty. ... Poe cr...

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This is commonly related to the readers personal relationship to their interpretation of the poem. ... Poetry has a very therapeutic aspect from both the writers and the readers perspectives. ... An example of a classic poet who has made me feel sensational, Lawrence Lawrence is D. ... Lawrence is making the reader weigh the importance of these commonly significant things. ... His poem "The Reader" combines the natural beauty and sorrow of entropy: The Reader All night I sat reading a book, Sat reading as if in a book Of sombre pages. ...

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Then as Frost shows to readers, the speaker is looking for the best route by searching deep into the "undergrowth." "Frost presents a classic conflict-the decision between the common easy path and the exceptional challenging path" (Choice are never easy). ... The poem The Road Not Taken has been labeled as the classic conflict of life's decisions, however, critics like Jay Parini feel completely different. ... Kearns believes that Frost rarely displays his own feelings in his writing; that he keeps his readers at a distance. On the contrary, in The Road Not Taken Frost lets hi...

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Frost presents to the reader a moment in anyone's life where an difficult dubious choice has to be made. ... Frost presents a classic conflict- the decision between the common easy path and the exceptional challenging path. ... The simple word choice interests the reader by not unnecessarily complicating the poem. ... The tone of the poem also enables the poem to relate to the reader on a personal level. ... Frost has used numerous techniques to convey the meaning of the poem to the reader. ...

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Frost presents to the reader a moment in anyone's life where an difficult dubious choice has to be made. ... Frost presents a classic conflict- the decision between the common easy path and the exceptional challenging path. ... The simple word choice interests the reader by not unnecessarily complicating the poem. ... The tone of the poem also enables the poem to relate to the reader on a personal level. ... Frost has used numerous techniques to convey the meaning of the poem to the reader. ...

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Frost presents to the reader a moment in anyone's life where an difficult dubious choice has to be made. ... Frost presents a classic conflict- the decision between the common easy path and the exceptional challenging path. ... The simple word choice interests the reader by not unnecessarily complicating the poem. ... The tone of the poem also enables the poem to relate to the reader on a personal level. ... Frost has used numerous techniques to convey the meaning of the poem to the reader. ...

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This shows the reader how Melius, Skora 2 thoughtless the General was about killing innocent countrymen. ... The first couplet in each stanza ends in an exclamation, which is used to grab the reader's attention. ... Mood is a poetic element which is defined as the feeling created in the reader by a poem or story; Words, phrases, repetition, rhyme and exaggeration all work together to create mood. ... When the Restoration period started, most authors still wrote about the classic Romans and Greeks, and most people were just getting over their superstitions. ... Hunting states that th...

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Romantic literature departed from the traditional materials, form and style of preceding Neo-Classic literature, embracing innovation in these areas. Instead of the serious genres, high subjects, and elevated style and decorum of the Neo-Classic period, Romanticism heralded an era of social, political and literary revolution, new beginnings and "high possibilities". ... Both "The Lamb" (Songs of Innocence) and its contrary "The Tyger" ("Songs of Experience") invite the reader to consider God and creation in different ways. ...

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The reader can picture these two situations, a child examining an ordinary object as if it is suddenly extraordinary. ... The writer also makes use of powerful words such as "celestial" and "glory" which gives the reader a mental image of brightness within the nostalgic atmosphere. ... It is a classic description of a childhood game where imagination is all powerful and anything is everything. ... The poem tells the reader that once the key is lost it can never be found again, which is somewhat of an exaggeration although is much more effective. ...

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In the classic love poem "I am Not Yours,"" by Sara Teasdale, she writes and compares her desired perfect love to nature's harmony. ... Right from the beginning the reader is aware of Teasdale's romantic situation. ...

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These characteristics, influenced by his Scottish background, are easily identified in his classic poem To A Mouse. ... The imagery used by Burns is so detailed and vibrant that it gives the reader a sense of actually seeing what he describes. ...

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Auden also uses a great deal of imagery to assist the readers ability to comprehend the subject: " . ... Many critics praise Auden's work in "As I Walked Out One Evening," and cite it as a classic piece of Auden's collection. ...

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Death is a sad thing and the reader is reminded that one day they will be just like the dead animal. ... The reader is then asked if they would question the wind's shaping and to watch mildew grow on a mirror in the spring. ... From Baudelaire's "A Carrion", to Keats" "Ode on a Grecian Urn", and Ghalib's V and XII Ghazals, we have now seen three examples of classic Romanticism works. ... Readers today can relate to the sadness and meanings to these poems, and that is probably why they are considered great works. ...

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Pope has succeeded in creating a highly effective form of satirical comment, one which seems quite paradoxical in that it could have made the Augustan reader laugh or smile whilst the true nature of their ways was being made clear to them, one can only marvel at such a degree of skill and artifice in a poet. ... They are described, for example, as "the light militia of lower sky" , an obvious reference to military formations that would have been a common feature of the classic epic genre. ...

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Soul are in many respects sensitive to ways of speaking and thinking about the soul [psuchê] that are not specifically philosophical or theoretical. We therefore begin with what the word 'soul' meant to speakers of Classical Greek, and what it would have been natural to think about and associate with the soul. Psyche Although willing to provide a common account of the soul in these general terms, Aristotle devotes most of his energy in De Anima to detailed investigations of the soul's individual capacities or faculties, which he first lists as nutrition, perception, and mi...

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