The narrator explains in the first line that he “may cease to be” and rushes to include he is afraid to die “before [his] pen has glean’d [his] teeming brain”. It almost seems as though Keats was unable to fit his ideas neatly into spaced lines, with punctuation marks because he is afraid to lose valuable time while he is still living. In Longfellow’s poem, however, pauses, punctuation and composition of multiple sentences produce a relaxed tone and overall feel of the poem. The poem is filled with caesuras that decrease the entire speed of the poem. “Half of my life is gone,” the comma allows for a pause and a deep breath to continue on to say “and I have let the years slip from me”.
Harmonium and Nettles Harmonium and Nettles both highlight the theme of memory. As they both are looking back over past memories that are painful, the poems feature the feelings of being helpless in stopping the hurt that was caused. The writer in Harmonium feels remorse for the things he hadn’t said to his father as Armitage states “then mouth in reply some shallow sorry phrase or word too starved of breath to make itself heard”. The writer in Nettles is protective of the recurring threat to his child that he can’t destroy. “rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed,” this quote shows the father cannot destroy them .They differ in the way they felt powerless however as in Nettles the father is feeling powerless because of a physical threat whereas in Harmonium it is an emotional threat of the inevibility of death and unspoken feelings that makes the writer feel powerless.
Use of alliteration with ‘handle’ and ‘hold’ puts a strain on how delicate his body must be at this time. In ‘Nettles’ the poet gives us an image that even though he feels well and truly sorry for his dear son he wants him to learn from his mistakes. “We soothed him till his pain was not so raw.” The way he says, ‘not so raw’
Guy Montag, the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, who has never been exposed to books, has a fondness for books. But is this just because he is a book character that this is possible, or is every single human being like him? This essay will discuss whether or not human beings have an innate ability and desire for books, and are able to be moved by words, or whether it is something that has to be fostered through culture. Both can be argued for, and this has been seen through history. First of all, it can be said that this desire for books and affinity for words is an innate ability to all human beings.
The tone after reading this passage comes out as a dark and depressing one in which you feel for the boy and know that he is having a hard time with his father’s death. The effect on the reader is that he or she is now feeling involved in the story based on how real it came across and now they are feeling for this little
He gets over whelmed with second thoughts of decision which he made at that moment. In order to get him back on his quest a benevolent guide, his internal strength of curiosity and concern about young man assisted him in his experience. He then started imagining the worst scenarios that could happen to the young man. He wonders “if he is mentally disturbed” or “if he is thinking about suicide”. The narrator is unable to live with this sense of regret and unanswered questions, filled with frustration.
John Steinbeck uses literary elements throughout his novel to bring the book to life. He uses characterization, foreshadow, conflict and more. John Steinbeck characterizes the two main characters, George and Lennie, well throughout the story. In the novel Lennie is not as well educated as George. George has to always remind Lennie about things cause he forgets.
Quote 3: People who are always mad, sad, or disappointed, are always the ones who are not going to help others prosper. “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” The Author wanted readers to hear him not literally hear him, but to hear him in his context. I heard him saying that doing for others makes you feel better of yourself and who you are as a person. Helping people is what life is for so that’s what he wants readers to
Evaluating ‘Finding Forrester’ Writing holds an almost mystical power. It changes those who wield it, and changes those around it. In “Finding Forrester” young Jamal Wallace uses this power to become the student of the reclusive William Forrester, a man so changed by the power of his writing he doesn’t even view himself as a human anymore, just the mystical author that wrote the amazing book “Avon Landing”. Their writing and the majesty behind it leads them to a level of trust and friendship that must withstand the force of each others frailties as well as the hammer blows of the world around them, and succeeds. “Finding Forrester” shows that geniuses don’t become geniuses by themselves, but only by allowing those close to them to uncover
Why was he living like this? Why did teach as his job? From time to time, it seems that he is slightly depressed and has only Vivian to cheer him up. It tells in the book how he always wants to run away somewhere with Vivian, but Vivian kept on reminding