The poem functions as a satire on interesting facts of fashionable life. ... Pope's way of satirizing the fashionable society and its non-serious values is represented in the style of an epic poem, through the use of familiar epic devices. ... The plot of the poem begins with a beginning of a day. ... " On the whole, the poem does include all elements necessary to be defined as a mock-epic satire. ... By using a satirical approach to the subject and epic poem elements in a humorous way to refer to the values of an unfit society, he manages to create a new and special vision of his s...

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His first section highlights the importance of judging a poem on how it is written, rather than what it is written about. He explains that a critic must " treat of Poetry in itself and of its various kinds, noting the essential quality of each, to inquire into the structure of the plot as requisite to a good poem; into the number and nature of the parts of which a poem is composed; and similarly into whatever else falls within the same inquiry...

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In this poem she uses a highly intelligent and scathing verbal irony. ... The poem also has traces of situational and cosmic irony. ... One difference between the last poem, "Middle Passage," and the other two are that the authors of the previous poems lived during the time of slavery and had personal experience with the peculiar institution. ... In "Middle Passage" Hayden uses standard epic conventions and devices and alters and inverts them to his liking. His inversion technique of the epic has been called by some critics an "ant-epic." ...

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Lyrical libido refers to the development of the sexual nature in poems as a literary devise using erotic allusion, narrative, or imagery within various poetic structures. ... Homer's Iliad established the prominence of the epic. Although epic poetry and lyric poetry were cohabitants of ancient literature, epic poetry had a public dominance with its emphasis on legend, myth, and masculine adventure. ... Traditionally, a lyre accompanied the lyric poem. ... With this peak of male sexual fantasy, the magical proportions of a sonnet are practiced as the poem displays an abrupt Volta. ...

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Also, he focuses on theatre and literature (comedy, tragedy and epic). ... A poem may also be deeply descriptive, metaphorical and rhythmic resulting in the perfect harmony of written work and song. Homers the Iliad and the odyssey are some of the most recognized examples of epic poems written in that period, describing the story of Achilles and the end of the Trojan war, followed by the outstanding adventures of Odysseus. ...

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Grendel is portrayed as a horrifying creature in the epic poem of "Beowulf", translated by Burton Raffel. ... In "Beowulf, heroism and fame are two of the most important thing to the people all through the poem. ... In the poem of "Beowulf" religion is present from beginning to end. ... Both were present in the epic poem. ...

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Epic It is a long narrative poem dealing with heroic exploits or adventure. ... Sonnet Is a poem composed of 14 iambic pentameter linmes dealing with emotions, feelings and ideas. ... Elegy A poem for the dead. ... Ode A poem addressed to some praised objects, person or quality. ...

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This poem is allegorical record of Dante's quest to overcome sin and find God. ... Dante starts the poem trapped in the shadows of his own sin and this is his quest to find light. ... Dante's poetic side and adoration for an epic love, clouds his sense of reason. ... As the poem progresses we see Dante the Pilgrim and Dante the Poet becoming more and more similar. ...

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His poems, 'Wild Swans at Coole' explores the conflicting tension of perpetual youth and our inevitable mortality while his great philosophical poem 'Among School Children' takes this dichotomy further in an often despairing quest for meaning in the face of 'sixty winters' of pain. ... The poem is structured in 5 stanzas, each consisting 6 lines, along with a rough iambic meter. ... The nature and persona's recognition of mortality brings the poem to a sombre conclusion as the physical distance between the poet and swans represents the vast metaphysical ga...

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From the notable to the obscure the variety of translation gives us an unusual opportunity, one to criticize and secondly to develop our own ideas on the original intent of the epic. ... The feel of the poem, the originality is somehow lost when the said epic is translated to plain English. ... To be frank, the Seamus Heaney translation leaves some readers looking for more, those who know of the epic's origin would be left unsatisfied. ...

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By the time she was twelve years old she had written her first "epic" poem, which consisted of four books of rhyming couplets. ... Her first collection entitled "The Seraphim and Other Poems- was published in 1838, and her second volume "Poems, by E. ... The poem is a love story that defends a woman's right to intellectual freedom. ... This poem led to the marriage of Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning. ... The poem "Casa Guidi Windows- takes place in Italy and Leighton describes it as a "discursive poem- and addresses perfection and let downs of the Italian Risogimento. ...

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Poetry has a long history, dating back to the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Early poems began as part of an oral tradition, from folk songs to focusing on uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song, and comedy. ... While studying literature, you will notice that poems comes in many, many different forms. ... After every poet finishes, each of the judges declares a score for that particular poem. ... For the most part slams enforce a time limit of three minutes, any time after that a poet's score may be docked according to how long the poem exceed the limit. ...

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She sought inspiration for her creativity from the Hindu epics and myths. ... The Casuarina Tree is another elegant poem with nostalgic association of brother and sister snatched away from the poet. There is a confluence of various influences in the poem- Wordsworthian and Keatsian as we see in the famous poems like The Solitary Reaper and Ode to Nightingale respectively. ... It is the tragedy of her life that marks her poems with a neoromantic tinge. ...

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Sonnets traditionally were happy and about love or an epic tale. ... There is a strong marching beat to the poem and as it is entitled 'anthem', I believe that Owen wanted this poem to sound like a funeral march. ... Both poems make the reader feel helplessness. ... There is irony in 'Dulce' also - the whole poem is ironic. ... Both poems have an alternate line rhyming scheme. ...

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Elizabeth Bishop's poem entitled "The Fish" is an epic story of a recreational fisher and the catch of her lifetime, the elusive, battle tested fish. ... Through this narrative poem, Bishop's use of fruitful word choice and neat organization draws us into her unconscious battle with the fish. ... The first 64 lines of the poem have built for the expected yet bizarre ending. ...

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It includes the full gamut of all human experiences, from war poems and epics, through psalms of worship, love sonnets, to nursery rhymes - anything people think about or sing about. ... In Romantic times, for example, lyric poetry differed from epic and drama, for it was supposed to be a language of feelings. ...

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It includes the full gamut of all human experiences, from war poems and epics, through psalms of worship, love sonnets, to nursery rhymes - anything people think about or sing about. ... In Romantic times, for example, lyric poetry differed from epic and drama, for it was supposed to be a language of feelings. ...

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Addison first achieved prominence with The Campaign (1704), an epic celebrating the victory of Marlborough at Blenheim. The poem was commissioned by Lord Halifax, and its great success resulted in Addison's appointment in 1705 as undersecretary of state and in 1709 as secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland. ... His first important poems, written in 1742, include "To Spring,"" "On a Distant Prospect of Eton College,"" and a sonnet on the death of his close friend Richard West. After years of revision he finished his great "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard- (1751), a meditative ...

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The common theme of love forms a bridge between these four poems and throughout the rest of Mu'allaqat. The first of these poems, The Wandering King, is especially amorous in regard to Imr al-Qais' description of his horse. ... The poem of Tarafa is unusual both in structure as well as in his description of his camel. ... (84.29-32) These descriptions of Tarafa's she-camel are used as a literary vehicle to express love and bring power to the poem. ... " (143.3-10) These descriptions are reminiscent of the gardens from the Song of Solomon and perhaps even the epic ...

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Many historians consider him the "modern man" because of his innovative poems focusing on individuality. ... He wanted to restore the ideals of Ancient Rome by unifying Italy and wrote a Latin epic, Africa, which dealt with the results of the Punic Wars. ...

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