Tragedy and Art William Butler Yeats The theme of "Lapis Lazuli" is that all forms of art can surpass the tragedies experienced within the world; therefore making it gay. ... Art can bring people joy even in the worst of times. ... Civilizations rise and fall; yet it is the art that remains. ... Literature, music, and art are that which helps to make life gay. ... He combines the two words tragedy and joy in a perfect irony, yet understands that joy only comes from tragedy. ...

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Ode on a Grecian Urn When Keats started writing, in the early 19th century, ancient art was in fashion and Greek images were very popular. ... Both the Romantics and Victorians addressed the idea of preserving the perfect moment and Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn" is one such perfect moment captured in art. ... In the second stanza Keats embellishes his ideas of anticipation and imagination: "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter;" He describes how although music can be beautiful to listen to, none can be as satisfying as the most perfect piece of music you can compo...

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In Aristotle's "Poetics," we are introduced to the philosophers thoughts and writings on the varying types of art forms including poetry, dance, sculpture and some forms of music. ... A poem may also be deeply descriptive, metaphorical and rhythmic resulting in the perfect harmony of written work and song. ... While poetry is a beautiful and magnificent art form, at the same time as being fascinating, it cannot always necessarily illuminate anything let alone the human condition. ...

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Keats does three things in this ode to attempt to convey his thoughts: he uses a series of paradoxes in the poem to contrast the differences between the mortal life portrayed in the art on the urn and the frozen permanence of the urn itself, he makes use of a narrator who speaks to the urn and asks questions of both the urn and of the reader to show the mystery of the urn's art, and he also makes use positive and negative wording of the language in this poem to show his underlying feelings on the subject of the poem. ... Keats even refers to the urn as a "Sylvan historian" declaring t...

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The speaker of the poem is a poet who exalts the simplicity of classic art. ... She despised the abundance in art, but is modest and decent. ... The later poetry is not as perfect as the classic art. ... Numerous personifications refer to classical art. ... "Ode to Simplicity" is an ode which is a poets manifesto dedicated to classical art. ...

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It seems as though Baudelaire is bragging about how good of a writer in saying that he is God of the vision, and his work is a perfect art. ... This poem is kind of a reflection on how Keats feels about art, and in this poem, the art on a Grecian Urn. It also appears to be a journey into the world of art, aspired by an Urn, which is what the poem is based upon. ... He is speaking of the unheard melodies that are implicated on the Urn's art, and it seems like he views art as something that is eternal. ... Keats seems to imagine these painted figures as real people, like they were living in...

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By addressing the urn the speaker suggests "its changeless ungenerative descent through the ages...but it remains itself and transmits itself and its meaning directly. " Additionally, Keat's use of the word "bride " is a perfect illustration of "the inviolate, undisturbed sanctity " of the "urn-bride" (Patterson 210). ... As Patterson says, "The hint of disparagement in the earlier silence, the foster parent of the urn, has now become unmistakable, though reluctant, derogation; for here 'thy streets forevermore will silent be'" is equated with 'thou art desolate'. We...

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"Blake's art is one of putting the complex into the simple" William Blake's art is one of putting the complex into the simple, as evident in the poems published in The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience. ... All of these techniques used in The Lamb, and the fact that the speaker is an innocent child, add to the observation that Blake's art is one of putting the complex into the simple. ... The simplicity of language in this poem is a perfect medium for conveying Blake's anguished vision of a society dominated by money. ... As shown in poems published in The ...

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In the third stanza, Bradstreet openly criticizes her work, "My foolish, broken, blemished Muse so sings; / All this to mend, alas, no art is able, / "Cause nature made it so irreparable" (16-18). ... In the next stanza, Bradstreet boldly states her work will never be perfect. The line, "Art can do much, but this maxim's most sure: / A weak or wounded brain admits no cure" (23-24) says the problems she has with her writings are not something you can fix easily if at all. ...

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Her ability to always create the perfect poetic structure was a necessity, not a luxury. ... And though the correct answer is infinite, for poems are pieces of art and the theme or conclusion of art is dependent on what the reader discovers within him or herself, my theory is that Bradstreet wants to say something more but cannot because of the time period and her status as a woman. ... In "Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House," Anne Bradstreet creates a work of art that has many similarities to the previously discussed poem. ...

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Poetry is a form of art that is used to put the author's emotions and stories on paper. The author uses this art form to get his or her points across and allows the reader to feel what the author is feeling. ... She shows how love is a perfect match of two individuals but it also shows the pain that love can bring with it. ... With all of these thoughts reviewed I came away with the idea that a poem should be taken for what it is and that is what you the reader gains from the art work. ...

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He does however allow some emotion in so that you can appreciate the feeling the view gives him and the impression it makes, "..such exquisite art that you regard them with delight and astonishment." Also the use of abstract nouns and the adjective 'exquisite' here is a perfect example of how Polo has used words to depict passion and surprise. ...

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It is an art. ... Ancient Greek thought held that poetry, drama, and other forms of fine art were imitations of reality, a reality that could be actual or potential. Indeed, their phrase for what we think of as "fine art" was "imitative arts", and great importance was attached to poetry as an integral part of the Greek education. Some questions naturally spring from this broad theory of art, for example: what exactly is being imitated by the poet or artist? ... This is because art was held to be an imitation of nature or reality, and Plato and Aristotle's theories on n...

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Barnard (1999) asserts that Keats is one of the great English romantic poets, whose prime belief was in art and beauty. ... Keats appeared as a poet who, through his art, escaped the "sordid and disturbing environment of nineteenth century life". ...

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The perfect construction can be seen by the rhyme scheme and the amount of syllables. ... "Thou, sun, art half as happy as we," (25) would initially appear to be an ordinary love-sick statement that belongs in a love poem. ... Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere" (27-29). ...

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"The art of the poet is to remove the feelings of others by exhibiting his own" In looking at Larkin's poetry, it becomes apparent that Larkin is cynical towards the world in which consumerism has replaced religion. ... They represent the pretence that life can be perfect, and should be. ...

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In the second line, "Thou art lovely and more temperate", he is saying that this person is lovelier and gentler than a summer day (Shakespeare). ... This quote explains how nature is not always perfect by saying the sun is sometimes too hot and often times the clouds cover to sky causing that gold complexion to be dimmed. ...

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(Wadsworth 517) This girl has got it bad, it sounds like she is saying they have the perfect marriage. ... This is starting to seem like a not so perfect marriage after all, one-sided. ... This poem speaks of his lover almost like she is the perfect woman. ... Thou art more lovely and more temperate....

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He uses many methods to gain the perfect description of how he saw industrial London but the most outstanding method is his use of imagery. ... Blake's use of imagery, repetition, punctuation and rhyme all work together to produce a powerful work of art in my eyes. ...

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Langston Hughes is considered by many readers to be the most significant black poet of the twentieth century. He is described as the adored author of poems steeped in the richness of African American culture; poems that display Hughes affection for black Americans across all divisions of region, cl...

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The repetition of "more" in Thou art more lovely and "more" temperate strengths her superiority. Furthermore, the adjectives "lovely" and "temperate" insinuate that Shakespeare's lover is of perfect balance, unlike nature that experiences "Rough winds....

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Three Poets" view of the Poem: Macleish, Moore and Ferlinghetti. Poetry can supply a reader with a unique insight into the mentality of the poet. However, it is a very distinct experience when one can encounter a poets" view on what poetry is for the poet. To learn more about engineering, on...

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"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was an early twentieth century poet, dramatist, publisher, playwright and literary and social critic", one of the twentieth century's major poets." and a leader of the modernist movement in literature T.S. ...

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In formal prose the simile is a device both of art and explanation, comparing the unfamiliar thing (to be explained) to some familiar thing (an object, event, process, etc.) known to the reader. ... A perfect rhyme is one in which the two sounds correspond exactly ("by hook or by crook"). ...

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Empathy is perhaps the most powerful tool of the poet. A poet can use empathy to build a bond between the reader and their work; but a quality poet can use empathy to tear that bond down as well. Throughout "A Prisoner in a Dungeon Deep," poet Anne Brontë effectively wields empathy, pity and estran...

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