Now the characteristics of metaphysical poetry are not easily defined, but universal similarities between the poets are noticeable. The main features of metaphysical poetry are certainly passion in the writing, the poems are generally very lyrical and of course, particularly in Donne's poetry, they are very witty. ... Donne, being a metaphysical poet, used many techniques in order to create his own style of poetry. His love of wit, inventiveness and elaborate stylistic manoeuvres reflects strong in all his poetry. ... Throughout his poetry, Donne presents different arguments about what e...

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Kipling was born and raised in the English colony of Bombay, India, a place he later recalled in his memoirs: "My first impression is of daybreak, light and color and golden and purple fruits at the level of my shoulder" (Kipling qtd. in "The Poetry Foundation," 2014). ... Instead of pronouncing a self-imposed burden in poetry and literature, our society shows progress, though there is still a long road ahead when it comes to removing racism from the global stage. ...

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Within four years his first volume of poetry, Departmental Ditties, was privately published but quickly became a success. ... Besides poetry, Mr. ... Writing his prose in this particular fashion has also become quite a negative topic of Kipling's poetry. One critic even went as far as to use the Latin phrase "facit indignatio versum- to describe his poetry, the phrase meaning "the verse is hardly poetry."" ... This volume of poetry, Kipling's first, was primarily influenced by his experiences in India (Sandison 165). ...

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In a typical sense, a reader of poetry will only come to truly appreciate a poem, once he or she has managed by some degree, to obtain a sense of conquest over the disorder, meaningless, and enigma which characterises most forms of poetry. ... For the purposes of this assignment, the term "context" not only refers to the specific historical period, but also to the cultural, political, literary and artistic contexts by which poetry is written. ...

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The Elizabethan era took place in sixteenth century England. It was a time where poetry and poets flourished because Queen Elizabeth loved poetry. There were many poets around. One of the most famous was Shakespeare. One of Shakespeare's topics in his poems, was the rival poet. The rapid expansion o...

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Lyrics poetry promotes everyday use of Chinese language 2. ... The Exeter Book, collection of English poetry, first copied d. ... One of the most important Norse gods was Odin, the god of death, poetry, and magic, the Anglo. name for Odin was Woden. ... He also played an important role on the lives of people who produced great poetry and also maintained a somber. ... To the Anglo. creating poetry was important as fighting, hunting, farming, or loving. ...

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Poetry can sometimes be very difficult to understand and to analyze. John Donne makes his poetry easy to understand because he does not use a difficult language to get his message through his readers. ... Since the poetry was written in the 1500 and 1600 hundreds, the words were different and the meanings were different. ... His writings were published a short period after his death, and until today he too is very famous for his poetry. ... Donne's poetry does not have much in difference either except for the tone, but Marvell also uses different poetic terms in his. ...

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He regularly discussed poetry with his friend Samuel Coleridge, who at the time was also a romantic writer. ... "In his poetry, William Wordsworth, urged his readers to look to nature for and understanding of life, and in doing so, he became a major force behind the Romantic Movement." ...

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He regularly discussed poetry with his friend Samuel Coleridge, who at the time was also a romantic writer. ... "In his poetry, William Wordsworth, urged his readers to look to nature for and understanding of life, and in doing so, he became a major force behind the Romantic Movement." ...

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He regularly discussed poetry with his friend Samuel Coleridge, who at the time was also a romantic writer. ... "In his poetry, William Wordsworth, urged his readers to look to nature for and understanding of life, and in doing so, he became a major force behind the Romantic Movement." ...

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The English novel which was destined to live, in fact out live all other forms of literature, whether poetry or drama, and shine even today on the horizon of English literature as a bright star, actually rose and greatly developed in the 18th century. ... They not only needed education but also being unable to comprehend the classical poetry of Pope and Dryden that was envogue, demanded a simpler medium to cater to their needs and to their tastes. ... This indeed was quite a contrast from the poetry being written at that time. ...

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Her poetry suggests that her life centered around her husband and the love she received from him, "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold, Or all riches that the East doth hold (67, Grimsted)." Her poetry also gave light to another important position women had in Puritan society, childbearing. ...

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Her poetry suggests that her life centered around her husband and the love she received from him, "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold, Or all riches that the East doth hold (67, Grimsted)." Her poetry also gave light to another important position women had in Puritan society, childbearing. ...

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This book won the New York Poetry Centre's First Publication Award, while his next book, Lupercal, was released in 1960. 1962 brought about the separation of Ted and Sylvia which culminated in Sylvia's suicide in 1963. ...

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Due to his revolutionary ideals, which he had manifested in his poetry, he was considered a non-conformist, an atheist and a subversive and dangerous immoralist. ... His motivation in writing poetry derived from these revolutionary ideas as well as "his consciousness of his duty as an artist in the immense and fiery process of social change of which he knew himself to be part-, according to Richard Holmes. ... Stanzas 1-9: Hearing the violence English people were faced with, Shelley felt some power drove him to write poetry. ...

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Moreover, Sir Philip Sidney had the leisure, the wealth, the education, the wit and the will to make English itself the subject of some of his poetry and his treatise about language, A Defence of Poesy. ... The playwrights combined the rich vocabulary and poetry and charmed voices of the courtiers with the slang and sensation and vulgar quick-fire action of the commoners. ...

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British Authors • Joseph Addison: o 1672-1719, English essayist, poet, and statesman. He was educated at Charterhouse, where he was a classmate of Richard Steele, and at Oxford, where he became a distinguished classical scholar. His travels on the Continent from 1699 to 1703 were recorded in R...

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The Renaissance From the 14th Century onwards there were many advances and developments made in Science medicene and art. The renaissance began in Italy spreading and influencing other parts of Europe, reaching England by about 1500. People looked towards Italy as the centre of new learning. People...

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A poet does not achieve the highest levels of success until generations and generations after his death have critiqued and recognized his works of art, as seen by the revered poet William Blake. He lived and crafted his finest masterpieces during the era of Romanticism, which is marked by the earlie...

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In Edmund Spenser's poem, titled Sonnet 75, the author depicts a story of true love, a love that cannot be forgotten no matter how many times the tide rolls over it. In the poem, Spenser uses such literary devices as figurative language, personification, and the almighty symbolism among others. This...

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The Comparison of Early English Literature The island of Britain has a very diverse history that dates back to its early inhabitants. The Celts (Britons) were the first inhabitants of the island, and were a tribal people with a pagan religion. As the Roman Empire expanded, the Romans came to t...

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Define the term satire The word satire derives from the Latin satira, meaning "medley." A satire, either in prose or in poetic form, holds prevailing vices or follies up to ridicule: it employs humour and wit to criticize human institutions or humanity itself, in order that they might be remodel...

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Wordsworth's Nature In most of Wordsworth's poetry he seemed to try and make the reader aware of their environment, of their dependence on it for health, sanity and ultimate happiness. ...

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William Wordsworth was best known for his romantic poetry and played a key role in launching the Romantic Age of English literature. Although this ballad may not whisper expressions of endearment, it is still no exception and only the rhetoric is more subtle than his typical works. The sonnet, "The...

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The walking tour of Europe not only offered him the inspiration to write "Daffodils" but also shaped his poetry and political sensibility helped him perceive that beyond the wealth, the materialism, there was nature. ...

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