d. Have you read William Blake’s poem “London” from “Songs of Innocence and Experience”? 7. Identify the correct sentence. a. In order to assess you’re level of improvement in the course, you need to take both the pretestand the post-test.
Explore the way writers use settings to present themes and ideas in the poems you have studied. In this essay I will be looking at the poems ‘London’ by William Blake and ‘A Vision’ by Simon Armitage. Both poets use a place for their setting, one an actual place; London, and the other based on a model for the future Huddersfield. Both poems are written in the first person, this helps the reader to visualise and understand the poet’s ideas and attitudes about the subject matter. Blake’s poem is set in 18th century London, where he writes about the things that he sees, hears and feels whilst out walking through the streets.
This week I chose to discuss Christina Rossetti’s poem “Uphill”. The psychological criticism approach is the one I chose as being best suited to understand this poem. “Uphill uses a lot of allegory and symbolism. Using the psychological criticism approach “you may take a work that has obvious symbolism and interpret what each image means” (Composition and Literature 13). “Another use of psychological criticism in literature is to attempt to understand the underlying motivations of a character …” (13).
Stevenson 1 Jessica Stevenson Ms. Hays English 202 22 March 2012 An Explication of William Stafford’s “Ask Me” The poem “Ask Me” is not as it may seem the first time you read it, you have to read through it a second maybe even a third time in order to take notes about the true meaning that Stafford is trying to get across. William Stafford gives us a paraphrase of his own poem “Ask Me”, giving the reader a look into what the poem means to him. By giving us the reader a more in depth explanation of his work it allows us to understand the meaning within the poem itself. So now let’s take a look at it and see what his thoughts were. This poem is like no other of William Stafford’s.
The distinctively visual is used throughout peter goldsworthys novel ' maestro ' and the painting By edward munch ' the scream ' 1893. there is some overlap between the distinctively visual techniques used by these writers and painters. This is done through the use of visual imagery, metaphor, exaggeration and the use of colour. The extended metaphor of peter goldsworthy “to describe the world is always to simplify its texture, to coarsen the weave: to lose the particular in general”, portrays that once you try to represent something, you lose something of its real life essence and that the act of writing about something in the world simplifies it. Both texts revel important insights into human experiences by showing the reader how the character
Each poem I have chosen reflects aspects of contemplation, sadness or regret. Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" examines feelings of regret and choices in time, Sir Walter Raleigh's "Life" is a poem of contemplation; of existence and time before its end. Finally, John Milton's "Of Time", a typically dramatic piece by the 16th century master of 'epic' poetry. "Of Time" is written of the bittersweet relationship between mortal lives and the aching shortness of said lives. The chosen image of an hourglass is a typical, although, undeniably apt choice of symbolism wherever time is involved.
Somehow they seem to interconnect by the historical context which motivated these writers to produce such kind of work related to journey although each one of them have described journey in a different way regarding to historical phase which was going on at the time. First of all the historical context of the poem “The Road Not Taken” is World War I and urbanization. This source is useful to show how Frost’s life and his time period affected the poems meaning. Themes can also be used to argue that Frost doesn’t take a side with individuality, but is just trying to say that life is full of choices that can make a difference (Shurr, 2003, 584-590). This source is really admirable because it is very thorough and provides a plethora of
Be sure to explain the literary elements and apply them to the work. Why are these elements engaging to the reader? Choose a work from the week’s reading. How do the literary elements affect the reader’s reaction to the poem? Remember to use specific examples from the text to support your points.
Macbeth Shakespeare Controlled Essay Within this essay I am going to analyse ‘Macbeth’ and a few poems from Robert Browning, focusing on the characters’ voices created by the authors within the texts. I am going to analyse Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s changing/deteriorating state of mind and the language Shakespeare uses to convey this to his audience, past and present. In addition, I am going to examine a series of Robert Browning poems to see if he has employed similar linguistic devices. Within ‘Macbeth’, Shakespeare has made use of the soliloquy form to create a clear sense of the character’s voice. This form gives the audience an insight into the mind of the character and the issues that that character is wrestling with.
Realist writers use literary devices to show people as they are. Time manipulation for example, is when an author uses different elements to suspend, accelerate, or to alter chronological order of events to add to the effectiveness of the story. Ambrose Bierce, Kate Chopin, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman use this to better focus on the true meaning of their works. In the stories, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, the Story of an Hour, and The Yellow Wallpaper they use time manipulation to add to the story as a whole. Ambrose Bierce’s An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a story told in limited third person.