Literature also makes up a unique reading styles because of the different literary terms and rhetorical devices that it possesses such as simile, metaphor, imagery and many more. ... Allusion is a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work. ... An internal conflict is a problem within a character. ... Characters either remain stable in their attitudes throughout a work (static characters) or undergo personal development and change, whether through a gradual process or a crisis (dynamic characters); but in any case they usually remain consistent in th...

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Throughout his literary career, Frost had been both celebrated and condemned for his works as a poet. ... In each of Frost's poems, there seems to be a character building theme, particularly "man's relationship to nature" (A Tribute to Robert Frost). ... He has inspired and affected the lives of a range of people, from interested readers, to the United States Senate, to the literary critics of last century, this century, and the next century to come. ... But I shall be lying" (Columbia Literary History of the United States). ...

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The mystery surrounding the poet Edgar Allan Poe is not quite as thick as the mystery surrounding his enigmatic literary achievements. ... Reprinted more than almost any other literary work, in many styles, The Raven timelessly entices readers to dare to embrace the darkness of their inner night (Poe x). ... The main characters of his poems and stories are unilaterally alone, and the setting is most dark; "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,/Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore" (Poe 12). ... His literary work was an indictment of futilit...

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Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... Thoreau's best-known work is Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1854), which embodies his philosophy and reflects his independent character. ... His first volumes of poetry, The Torrent and the Night Before (1896...

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In a book published in 2003 called "The Beat generation in San Francisco, a literary tour" by Bill Morgan, the people from these movements are described as "Stone Age hippies, in that they anticipated and articulated many of themes[] pacifism, Buddhism, the first voicings of an ecological consciousness.... In the Article "Literary Periods, Movements and History" about The Beat Generation, a good description of this struggle is found: "people began to question the rampant materialism of their society[] they saw runaway capitalism as destructive to the human spiri...

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A typical dictionary might define poetry as literary composition written in verse with meaning. ... It is the basis of every branch of literary and artistic expression. ... In the play the character Walter has many dreams for greatness in his life, but these dreams seem to be causing him a great heartache due to the fact that he has little opportunity to make them reality. ... At one point, the characters Ruth and Walter had passion towards each other. ... Poetry is a literary composition written in verse with meaning. ...

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In its various forms it has maintained it value and popularity throughout literary history. ... In his short lifetime, Keats became apart of his poetry by becoming all of its characters in one aspect or another. ... That is just one fascinating aspect of this poem and one example of how the quest genre has maintained its value and popularity throughout literary history. ... The "quest" genre has many enduring qualities which, in their varying forms, have, and will in future, maintained their value and popularity throughout literary history. ...

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It was the publishing of "Lyrics of Lowly Life" that had made Dunbar a national literary figure. ... He used his dialect to convey character in his poetry. ... He was praised both by the prominent literary critics of his time and his literary contemporaries. ...

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As these two main characters begin to further develop, Shakespeare introduces more characters into the storyline. ... Several major characters exist in Twelfth Night, and Shakespeare uses another character to counteract them. ... Out of every character that suffers because of love, Viola is the only character that chooses not to take a dramatic approach. ... According to Bloom, Shakespeare's character Malvolio is a supreme use of everything literary. ... (Bloom, 238) Malvolio as a character seems worthy of high praise in all aspects, especially as he is a perfect example of a characte...

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The non-academic literary movements of aestheticism, pre-Raphaelitism, imagism and others appeared in succession, nurturing a whole race of prose writers, poets, dramatist and philosophers. These people were to reform the literature of their time and to shape modern language, literary styles, poetic diction and verse. ... In a series of sometimes realistic and sometimes mythological episodes, loosely linked by the legend of the search for the Grail, Eliot presented a sympathetic glimpse of a line of characters uneasily looking forward to a world order based on certainty and stability of humani...

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A winged chariot is assumed to move quickly, so here the character unveils his natural attitude of being hasty and concerned about time. ... " Obviously, the character was not born during Noah's time. ... " In this case, the character uses hyperbole to exaggerate the beauty of his mistress and to flatter her. The character is fully committed to the conquest of satisfying her. ... After praising her and admiring her beauty, the character attempts to use romantic sarcasm to hasten her decision of fulfilling his sexual desires. ...

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" (I.i. 134) Earnestly professed by Lysander in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the character assertively articulates one of the play's most crucial themes: the complexities of love. ... In lines 1-2, Duffy presents somewhat of a literary crescendo. ... Duffy is world-renowned for her skilful intermeshing of intertextuality in her literary works, and, in this specific poem, we can assume that she alludes to Vincent Van Gogh's painting: "Starry Night". ...

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"All Sorts of Men" Lucy Hutchinson's poem entitled "All Sorts of Men" is an instructive poem written by a respectable, well-educated woman in the middle of the seventeenth century. The persona that authors this piece is quite similar to the poet herself and may express the same views as she. T...

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The oxymoron "discreetly loud" used to describe his father's tie conjures up an image of an eccentric character that evokes sympathy for the poet at such a loss. ... With the use of various literary, language and structural devices they both explore and portray the inevitability and finality of death....

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Dickinson is a free spirited writer, who expresses her thoughts through her own literary work. ... Furthermore, she stops everything just to follow him as she is captivated by his courteous character. ...

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Bradstreet and Dickinson, as poets, were able to break free of male oppression and literary traditions of the period, to portray their emotions and imagination through their works, expressing their freedom and the construction of being a poet within the works. ... Since Emily, as the character, is not allowed to dance, she imagines herself doing so, giving her great delight and also expressing a silent rebellion of sorts. ... By capitalizing "Man,"" the reader sees dominance in that character, and also hears a bit of sarcasm from Dickinson concerning the absurdity of women not dancing merely...

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"Her compact, forceful language, characteried formally by long disruptive dashes, heavy iambic meters, and angular, imprecise rhymes, is one fo the singular literary achievements of of the nineteenth century. ... For example, when I read her novel Sula, I had a hard time keeping all the characters straight, especially since it jumped from one time period to the next. ...

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In line 15, the specific reference to the literary character Venus, Auden thus mixes beauty and love with death and the dark side of life. ... In lines 24 to 27 the speaker again refers to characters, "fashionable madman" that forms part of his imagination. ...

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