‘The violets’, ‘A Valediction’ and ‘Sharpness of Death’ Gwen Harwood poetry deeply explores many aspects of the human experience. In ‘The Violets’ her poetry explores the passage of time. That the passing of time is inevitable and brings about loss and change. This poem explores the nature of memories and the role they play in finding solace for this loss. ‘A Valediction’ explores the importance of the balance between physical and spiritual love.
Emily Dickinson and the use of death as symbolism One of the best ways to portray a feeling or expression is by using symbolism, which most poetry does a good job of, however, there are few better than poetry by Emily Dickinson. The poems written by her are abstract enough where she could be talking about death and she is really talking about how she barely left her home town of Amherst, Massachusetts. She also uses symbolism to show the internal struggle of some things, such as losing your mind, symbolizing the felling of emptiness and loneness. “Because of I could not stop Death” is one poem that has the feeling that she is not saying what she means. The overall theme in the poem of death is actually another form of symbolism.
Addie, on the other hand, has the diametric view to Cora’s view on religion. She trusts in her own judgment of sin in her life. She even substitutes Jewel, her favorite child, as her Savior when she says, “He is my cross and he will by my salvation” (pg. 168). Cora loathes Addie’s impiety and religious views.
For aquinas, we were all made in the “image of god” and therefore the supreme good must be the development of this image. He believed in eternal law, divine law and natural law. Natural law refers to the moral law of God which has been built into human nature. It can be seen by anyone- we simply need our reason to understand it. Explain the strengths of the Natural Law theory Aquinas thought that all humans had INTRINSIC inclinations which led us to behave a certain way which led us to the highest good and by using our reason we can discover the precepts which further express Gods natural law built into us.
By doing this, she was able to provide a template in which readers could further understand their own human predicament. Dickinson’s poem, though written in the nineteenth century, expresses many of the same feelings toward pain common today. The poem exemplifies the experience of a person who has suffered greatly in their life. The cause of the suffering is never really identified, but is not important, because the purpose of the poem is to provide a universal median for identifying with the effect that suffering has on the human body and mind. In the first two lines, “After a great pain, a formal feeling comes/The nerves sit ceremoniously like tombs”, the speaker says that ones nerves are the first receptors to pain.
Within Emily Dickinson’s life, many of her past friends and family past away around her on a regular basis, which could conclude to the reason why death is described as a usual and cherishable thing in ‘The last night that she lived.’ The second stanza reveals the intensity of the poet’s reaction to the death. The quote ‘We noticed the smallest things’ depicts the eeriness that is in the environment as death has caused everything to become still which makes the narrator notice the minor details. The quote also shows that after a death, people see the environment from a different perspective due to the emotions causing the smaller things to take emphasis. The third stanza discusses the poet's feelings about death. It portrays the poet's jealousy of the death Woman because she died peacefully while others has to live and face the ordeals of life.
Despite Sylvia Plath’s long, drawn out, detailed poetry, her poems revolve around a central message. Plath’s dark personality helped to shape her poetry. The use of figurative language, recurring images, and poetic elements of poetry allow active participation from the reader. The common theme throughout her poetry may not become evident until the poem is done being read. Plath is able to strongly convey a central theme of suicide by relief of pain, and the result of abandonment and inactivity.
Emily Dickinson is one of the world’s most famous poets due to her unconventional character and style. The majority of her poems focus on the three main themes of love, fame and death. While she did live a rather secluded and withdrawn life, through her poems we gather more insight into her lifestyle and views on love, fame, religion, and death. The poems on love and fame show us her unwillingness to conform to what other people think especially in the 19th century as a woman, and are still very relevant now. Her poems on death, though, almost go beyond time.
‘People should not have any kind of sexual relationships outside of marriage.’ The Christian Church often has very strict views on love and sex. These are based on passages from the Bible. Christians are often encouraged to love one another in a non-sexual way. This type of love is called ‘agape’. As there are different denominations, there are different views on sexual relations before marriage.
This essay sets out to explore some of the ways in which the poet Gillian Clarke expresses her concerns about war in her work entitled Lament Throughout this poem Gillian Clarke uses imagery and metaphors to describe the death and destruction caused by war and how it affects every aspect of natural and human life. The title ‘Lament’ sets the sad tone of the poem. A lament is an expression of grief for things which are ruined or gone. The poet uses the title to begin a list of people and creatures which have been damaged by a recent war, so every verse (and also 11 lines), begin with the preposition ‘for’ after the word ‘lament’. In other words, each item introduced by ‘for’ is being mourned.