Reading Prufrock through Marxist Lenses Prufrock can be described as an exploration of the Marxist idea through different poetic devices such as imagery and intertextuality. ... The "lonely men in shirt sleeves" mentioned later in the poem is a representative of the suppressed workers in capitalist society. ... Reading Prufrock through Modernist Lenses The speaker of the poem wrestles with the vital question of "self....

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He later wrote about Bolívar and his last journey down the Magdelena River. ... HE began reading at age 3 and publishing poems by the age of 12. In 1882 he tried to get a scholarship to a college by reading one of his poems but he was turned down because his poems were too liberal and filled with anti-religious sentiments. ... Later in his life his poetry was devoted to solving social and economic problems. ... First in his works he just portrayed the life of the poor and later he started to express their voices. ...

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Meaning in poetry is created from the reader making the connection between the literal and the metaphorical, and in doing so, "reading between the lines." ... These regularly reiterated ideas are clearly uncovered when analysis is applied to Yeats" poetry, which indeed, on first reading appears to be predominantly spontaneous emotion. ... "Long-Legged Fly" is clearly not a purely emotional poem and the unmistakably systematic structure of the poem, indicates that perhaps although all poetry may, on first reading, seem like a page of random emotion, it clearly does involve a number of ideas...

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After reading "Dulce et Decorum Est" the first time I found it immediately appealing. ... Later in the poem Owen describes the dead young man on the wagon where the bodies are placed. ... However, after I finished reading it the first time it was clear to me why. ... I enjoyed reading this poem immensely. ... I look forward to reading poems of similar nature. ...

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What I believe Elliot meant by that was the intense feeling one can receive from reading a poem. ... I can be sent into a world of Utopia, or a dungeon of sorrow by reading poetry. ... "Late Air" by Elizabeth Bishop is another poem which has personal touched me. ... Late Air From a magician's midnight sleeve the radio singers distribute all their love-songs over the dew-wet lawns. ... 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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Amy Lowell was not a very feminine woman in comparison to women of the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth century. ... She later published a controversial series, "Planes of Personality: Two Speak Together." ... Many people had enjoyed reading Lowell's early poetry, but disliked her later poetry because they believed it was too erotic and open. ... After reading poetry by the same author, in the same style, only with different words tends to make me bored. ... An author like Amy Lowell provides that easy reading in which you can explore the depths of you mind for m...

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As Perry Miller explains, in an era that subordinated women to men and men to God "women who stepped beyond their domestic defines through literature "by reading or writing "were considered dangerous to themselves and to society Puritans expressed considerable scorn for women who wrote or published- (360-61). On the other hand, Elaine Showalter offers the remark that "Bradstreet's writings [i.e. her important later writings] is more inflected by gender than by nationality; it is not American."" ... Jane Donahue Eberwein is one critic who points to generic debates about wome...

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As Perry Miller explains, in an era that subordinated women to men and men to God "women who stepped beyond their domestic defines through literature "by reading or writing "were considered dangerous to themselves and to society Puritans expressed considerable scorn for women who wrote or published- (360-61). On the other hand, Elaine Showalter offers the remark that "Bradstreet's writings [i.e. her important later writings] is more inflected by gender than by nationality; it is not American."" ... Jane Donahue Eberwein is one critic who points to generic debates about wome...

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The nature in which Phyllis Wheatley became a renowned poet is beneficial to know when reading her poetry. ... See him with hands out-stretcht upon the cross: Immense compassion in his bosom glows- Phyllis" faith is flagrant when reading such poems as the latter. ... She later went on to publish her poems in England, and was also baptized during her stay. ...

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Frost also attended Harvard University later in his life but again left early without receiving a degree (Literature, 1) In 1894, the New York Independent published Frost's first poem "My Butterfly" and he also had five poems privately printed. In 1895 he married a former schoolmate, Elinor White, whom he later had six children with. ... Success didn't take long as he quickly published "A Boy's Will" followed a year later by "North of Boston." ... He participated in the inauguration of President John Kennedy by reading two of his poems and he traveled in the Soviet Union as ...

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Reading any of his writings shows see the pain, but it is more evidently felt in his writing of the loss of his beloved in the poem "Annabel Lee". ... Pg 2 Also Poe has breaks in the alternating rhyme schemes to show the two emotions felt late in his life. ...

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In comparison he says, ""My Last Duchess", it is very unnatural that the Duke should betray himself so entirely to the envoy who comes to negotiate a new marriage as to let him have the same opportunity of knowing as we ourselves that his cold austerity and pride had been the death of his late wife. ... He emphasizes how charming the late wife was and how selfish, possessive, and demanding the Duke seemed to be. ... A question not really answered was, why would the Duke explain his issues with his late wife to the father's agent. ... There is a lot left for me to learn and understand ab...

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The Life of Emily Dickinson After getting my midterm prospectus back and reading all the feedback given to me, I realized the original topic I chose was too broad. ... These challenges she met would later contribute to the strength of her poetry. ... Her aphoristic style, whereby substantial meanings are compressed into very few words, can be daunting, but many of her best and most famous poems are comprehensible even on the first reading."... They divorced six years later. ... In doing this, the reader can sometimes become confused and not fully understand the meanin...

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Someone she loved once passes by - too late to feign indifference to that casual nod. ... It's as if Harwood is just sitting back watching this woman - and reading her thoughts. ... how the children "whine and bicker" and later on states how "sweet" it is "to hear their chatter." ... In this case, the person thinks it is morning when it is, in fact, late afternoon. ... Harwood's skill in her use of language to create amazingly elaborate and realistic images and vivid atmosphere is remarkable, and this is what really captivates me when I"m reading her poetry. ...

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Once you start reading this book, you almost can't put it down because the mix of poetry and prose is something unbelievable. ... The author also uses a broad vocabulary, much of it from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. ...

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This life starts to seem fragile a few lines later, "And stowed into the little hospital" (10). ... Reading deeper, one can find, "Our throats were tight as tourniquets" (22), to be an indication of the decreasing morale of the bystanders and Shapiro as well. ...

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History goes back to later attempts on features such as repetition, verse form and rhyme. ... These performances are then judges on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience. " In 1985, a construction worker and poet named Marc Smith started a poetry reading series at a Chicago jazz club, the "Get Me High Lounge, " trying to discover a way to breathe life into the open mic, in a poetry format. ... Now, twenty-eight years later, it is finally old enough to drink there....

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His predecessors had relocated to New England among the first settlers in the late 17th century. ... These ideas would only deepen later on, as he got to know the works of British neo-Hegelian philosophers F.H. ... Alfred Prufrock, which was later included in Eliot's first volume, Prufrock and Other Observations (1917). ... From 1911 to 1914 Eliot was back at Harvard, USA, reading Indian philosophy and studying Sanskrit, but then he returned to France. ... From 1917 to 1920 Eliot also edited a small unprofitable magazine Egoist and later another quarterly edition, Criterion, which was t...

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Just by reading the poem, the reader can see through the speaker's tone of voice and word choice that she is trying to convey sorrow for her abortions. ... (lines 22-24) After reading these lines, the reader might believe that the speaker did what she had to do given the circumstances in her life at that time. ... Later on in the stanza, the speaker once again changes her word usage when she now calls her children her "dears" and "sweets"(lines 13-14). ... Reading Literature AND Writing Argument Ed. ...

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He enrolled in Dartmouth College in 1892 and later Harvard, but never earned a formal degree. ... One mows the grass; later another comes to turn it for better drying- (Gerber 124). ... The type of tone the reader gets from reading the poem is a peaceful positive feeling that makes one feel like many in this vast world. ... While reading the poem the audience hears something like a song, especially because of the rhyme scheme of AA, BB, and CC. ...

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From reading his poetry, one may find a sense of formality, as he writes of clever (and sometimes shocking) logic. ... After reading a few of Donne's death theme poems, one may find that the reason behind this obsession with death is because he was possibly just scared of it. ... Some of his later poems consisted of mans struggle with the spiritual world, Gods beautiful creations, and the outcome of human sin. ...

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After reading this poem, one can conclude Whitman is not interested in conventional thought. ... I am very happy in reading it as great power makes us happy" (Sunday Herald). Emerson later recanted his praise because he feared the backlash he might receive from the more prudent thinkers of the time, but at the time he wrote this to Whitman, he was obviously deeply touched by "Leaves of Grass." ...

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During the nineteen-sixties, Anne gave spirited public readings accompanied by the music group, "Her Kind" (Discovering Biographies 1). ... The book, Transformations was published two years later (Academy of American Poets 2). ... I enjoyed reading some of her earlier pieces. ...

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Dunn, a 2001 Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry was also scheduled to recite his poems later on, these students had the benefit of meeting him in a more personal setting. ... At 7:30 p.m. he then attended a forum open to the public to commence on the reading of his poetry. ... He has taken dozens of poetry readings at colleges and universities including Yale, Harvard, Princeton and continues to do so. ...

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Blake sets up this notion that this is the true way of living, but later on will disagree with this as being the solely "good- existence. ... Blake wants to make known what kind of lamb we are reading a about, a "Little Lamb."" ... These six lines are written in iambic trimeter, which allow for "normal- reading. ...

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