The dialect he uses is steeped with poetic fervor because it is the common language of the rustics lived in the vicinity of nature. ... A note of poetry is hardy to be found of the character only 'ever thirsty' Mary Byrne is worth mentioning. ... It is free from the bitterness that colors the shadow of the Glen' and also for the poignant pathos and the keen sense of fatality of "Riders to the Sea." ... He also asserted the note of Nature in Synge's Plays, especially in "Rider to the Sea." The nature serves as the Preserve and the destroyer in his play- the duality of the no...

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• Grade Level: High School

Generally, imagery includes all kinds of sense perception (not just visual pictures). ... Note that the connection between sound and pronunciation is sometimes rather a product of imagination and also that written language retains an aural quality, so that even unspoken your writing has a sound to it. ... The most common metric unit is the iambic foot, in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed one. ... A line with five feet is called pentameter; thus, a line of five iambs is known as "iambic pentameter" (the most common metrical form in English poetry). ... A drama may co...

• Word Count: 1599
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is due to the fact that during this time where Puritanism was the common religion, women had certain restrictions placed upon them due to the ideals and beliefs of the Puritans. ... In simpler terms it can be concluded that in this stanza of her poem, Bradstreet is stating how she is obnoxious to those who believe she should be doing the simple duties of a common woman. ... In this instance, Bradstreet is protecting the common Puritan belief that God can take anything he gives you. By blessing his name she is not angry with him, and has a sense of peace regarding this situation due to her...

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He is motivated only by the idea of being immortalized among men and really holds no sense of right and wrong. ... Specifically after Jim's death when Henry is making a speech he is interrupted by a description of the uncaring sun "pasted in the sky like a wafer."" (74) After his first encounter with battle he notes nature by saying "that nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment."" (47) And we are again remind of natures uncaring attitude on (127) " A cloud of dark smoke, as from smoldering ruins, went up toward the sun now bright and gay i...

• Word Count: 2113
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School