Darwin suggested that humans are actually originated from the apes. ... Human race became calculating and materialistic. ... In what way in Tennyson's imagery of nature in "In Memoriam" distinctive from the Romantic Presentation of Nature as God-Nature? ... As I have read, Tennyson's notions of time are initially dependent upon the strict division between human time and time existing in nature, the first is linear, the second one is cyclical. ... In my opinion winter represents the death of nature, but the difference is that nature regenerates, whereas human being only dies. ...

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These all signify for the writer an understanding of his own predicament both as a human being and as an artist. ... They are, it can be said, a contemplation and overtly subjected response to a reading of a particular human condition. ... He realises the transitory nature of human life; and by the end of stanza six recognises that the Nightingale would not cease to sing if he were to die "Still wouldst thou sing, an I have ears in vain- To thy high requiem become a sod." ... The poem allows Keats to "transcend his imprisoning self hood to sympathetic contemplation of other lives" hence, it ca...

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It was a must to note that language is a human creation contained cultural heritages of linguistic group. Here, it can obviously be seen that there are four natures of literature. The first nature of literature is imaginative. Traditional literary works fulfill this nature. ... Philosophist, claimed as the third nature of literature. ...

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He never gave nature the respect and praise that it so deserved. ... In his maturing he began to see more of what nature really had to offer him. ... Brian Barbour informs us that " the human mind was building a world in which the human spirit could not live" (Brian Barbour p.154). ... He feels ashamed that he could at one time not realized what nature's true purpose is. ... There was a time when he saw nature with just the naked eye but now he views nature with all his senses so he can grasp it's true beauty. ...

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Of course, England can't really bear children so this is an example of personification, the attribution of human qualities to non-human things. ... England can't really give anything, so this is another example of personification (the attribution of human qualities to non-human things). ... Nature Imagery SYMBOL ANALYSIS There's a lot of nature in this poem. ... Nature is endowed with English-ness here, as it will be again soon. ... England can't really do these things, so this is a case of personification (the attribution of human qualities to non-human things). ...

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Writing about sex, (the) human body, many other "taboo" subjects and common objects and people, Whitman and Dickinson address the larger matters of life, namely death and religion. ... Poetry of the Nature In this poem Dickinson creates her characteristic fusion of nature and art, of the rose and the poem (Fart,Carter,2005). ... In the first case, a possible interpretation could be that Emily is revealing the particular value of the poem she is writing to her cousin; in the second one, the interpretations would be the exact opposite, that is that Dickinson performs her own failure ...

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The tempo of the poem is fast forcing you to be instantly involved, driving you to contemplate just how almighty nature really can be. The poem talks about how nature has the might to crush a mere mortal, "And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks". This extract signifies how the poem exclaims its omnipotence and exuberance, showing a zest for life and a realistic view into how we should view nature. ... The poem is full of power and impact derived from Thomas's infinite assessment of nature and what nature has the power to do. Thomas reall...

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This image which appeals to the sense of sound and also to basic human compassion is very striking as it is clear that there continue to be more victims of the "broadening darkness", which represents in this poem something which has destroyed a genuine and lively love. ... These three aspects of nature which shall no longer be a reality for her, underline her intimation that she shall be irrevocably absent from all which is so real for her presently. ... Irrespective of the nature of the death of the speaker, it's results will be completely irrevocably, and the reader can sympathise with ...

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Psychological Critical Theory's definition is a work of literature has done something valuable if it shed light upon the human mind, for example: Hamlet, Crime and Punishment, The Fall. ... Behind his work is a deep feeling for life's fundamentals-love, loyalty, and awareness of nature and of God. ...

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This comedic turn shows the difference between the noble, allegorical characters in the story (Alcyone, Juno, Seys) and the realistic, human characters of the poet's world. ... This slightly humorous and earthy beginning "earthy because it includes references to snoring, nakedness, and human infirmity "is a convention of this type of poetry, and it does not necessarily include any biographical details from Chaucer's life. ...

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Whereas The Waste Land and others of Eliot's early works take an interest in the effects of time on culture, the Quartets are concerned with the conflict between individual mortality and the endless span of human existence. Accordingly, each quartet focuses on a particular place with its own distinctive significance to human history and takes off from that place to propose a series of ideas about spirituality and meaningful experience. ... It bears the marks of human presence and abandonment, empty pools and formal hedges gone wild. ... The first line of the second section of "Burnt Norto...

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Doctor Faustus - Marlowe's Play Doctor Faustus in Marlowe's play is presented as a gifted German scholar at Wittenburg, who has reached the limits of human knowledge by successfully learning everything he can, and now he thinks from the point of view of conventional academic disciplines. ... At this level, it is very clear that Faustus is no longer a normal human being but a spirit under full control of the devil. ... Apart from his ill intention, the villainous nature of Richard is also revealed through his physical deformities, making him look extremely unattractive. ...

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That is, he had strong convictions in the power of human love and reason, the perfectibility and ultimate progress of man and the power of the human mind to change circumstances for the better. ... Human beings couldn't see hope but they can feel it, so did nature. ... Shelley used many wonderful images to show that nature perceived Hope's presence. ...

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THREE ASPECTS ON BLAKE"S THE LAMB INTRODUCTION The literature at the beginning of the 19th century, reacted to the Enlightenment which emphasized reason and practical use in human abilities. The poets of the preromantic age, in reaction to the reasoning turned again to nature, senses and sentiments. ... In some respect the poet himself is participating in the state of innocence by having a child's nature. ...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publica...

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Of course, both poets had different methods of achieving this - Whitman's method was to open oneself to the world - to nature, and to other people. ... This is the first key connection between Whitman and Rilke's ideal of the self, as Rilke also believed that humans had to stop focusing on what we think the world is, and start noticing the truth: Yes, the springtimes have needed you. ... (The Eighth Elegy, p. 210) This "Open" that Rilke mentions represents what humans could see if they were able to remove their filters, but it also is demonstrative of what happens when we focus...

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The reader gets an intimate look at the human suffering of an alcoholic's family and the refusal of those in power to halt the molestation and beatings. ... Linda McCarriston uses alliteration, assonance and punctuation throughout her poems that create an atmosphere of anger, rage, contempt and human brokeness. ...

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Then, when humans were first able to string sounds together to form words and to compose complex words with multiple syllables they were in fact composing the first poems. ... Religious documents capitalized on the memorable nature of poetry. ... That is because its syntax and rhyme scheme facilitates memorization in the human mind. ... A "howl" is a prolonged instinctive animal cry and Ginsberg's poem forcefully depicts the sense of a "sudden, angry eruption of instincts long thwarted, of the release of excluded human and literary energies"(Breslin, 227). ...

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Goblin Market is one of Christina Rossetti's major narrative poems. Rossetti tells the story of two women and their betrayal that arrives in a vast number of levels each with varying effects. These betrayals are background by false ideals spawned from the innocence of these women. Their innocence is...

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