Ulysses seems to have realized that community is not what he desires by stating “…I mete and dole/ Unequal laws unto a savage race/ That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me” (Tennyson, 3-5). The ideals of a community no longer satisfy this king. This is clearly reiterated with the statement from Ulysses that he “cannot rest from travel…” (Tennyson, 6). If one is to take the idea that Tennyson wrote this poem in order to move forward from his grief; then Ulysses is clearly Tennyson stating that
Discuss ways in which Thomas develops a sense of doubt and uncertainty in “Glory”. Thomas depicts an overt theme of doubt and uncertainty in The Glory, a trait characteristic of the war poet, with the stanzas each conveying starkly the indecisive nature of Thomas. Indeed, as critic Michael Kirkham notes, The Glory exudes “a spirit of ascetic self-denial”, and these traits hence liken the poem to Old Man and March, in which Thomas’ vacillation is also perceivable. Firstly, Thomas depicts his indecision and doubt in the Glory through the poem’s rapid fall in tone as it progresses. Indeed, the poem begins rather rhapsodically, with Thomas proclaiming “The glory of the beauty of the morning”, in which the rather unorthodox meter applied to somewhat create an emphatic and celebratory spectacle of the daybreak.
Nicholas Bostic Ms. Frankie Goss English 102 September 19, 2010 Applying a Critic’s Opinion In the Poem “The World Is Too Much with Us” by William Wordsworth we are presented with the idea that the world is too tied up in the materialism of the Industrial Revolution and are failing to admire the beauty of nature. It is the opinion of the critic MH Abrams that Wordsworth’s poetry comes in two different forms one is positive “light… simple [and]… Forthright” and depicts ideas of “Life, love and joy” (Abrams). While the other style is “darkness” and depicts things that are “complex [And] problematic” and leaves you with a feeling of “despair of life” (Abrams). It is my belief that this poem fits the category of the latter. It is dark and presents us with a problem; we are left with a feeling of despair for the world.
Thus, the poem is his perspective, his interpretation, his perception of the events of that day and consequently – as inferred within the poem-of their lives together. For this reason, it is subjective. Through the use of flashback, we are given a double perspective, one of the young, naive Ted Hughes who has limited life experiences and is about to fall in love with the young talented American writer on the photograph, and that of an older reflective poet who is influenced by the disastrous relationship that developed. The last line reveals this conflict: • At twenty-five I was dumbfounded afresh By my ignorance of the simplest things. Hughes hindsight doubtlessly creates tension within the poem - tension between what he remembers and what he has since learned.
Shelley saw this as a form of “selling out” that would ultimately diminish Wordsworth poetic powers, and hence diminish poetry. He refers to the poet, Wordsworth, as a “poet of nature”. He feels that he is too foolish to understand what he is giving up. To Shelley, a poet of nature is a poet who derives more inspiration from the world of nature than from the world of men. Wordsworth is crying over his happy memories that may never return.
Medusa is told in the first person as a dramatic monologue by a woman who is insecure and worried that her husband is cheating on her. The poem begins: ‘A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy’ and it is this jealousy which has turned the woman into a gorgon and now everything she looks at turns to stone. This feeling of doubt resonates throughout the poem, exemplified in the line, ‘but I know you’ll go, betray me, stray from home’. Unlike our feelings towards the traditional monstrous character, this poem evokes empathy for the character as she is clearly distressed and suffering. Especially when she reminisces in the final stanza about the time she was young and beautiful, illustrating her complete lack of confidence.
In “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, which is an abstract diction and has deeper meaning lying inside it, the poet gives us a beautiful image by explaining different views in the poem .However; we can see the beauty of his art by understanding the deeper philosophical meaning beneath the poem. The poet used personification, metaphors, symbolism, synecdoche and refrain to compare the cycle of nature with cycle of life. The main message of this poem tells us that with all the different effects that we cause to nature, eventually nature will dissolve us, our experiences and ideas and continue on its path. The Persona in this poem is the poet himself who gives us different images from a town and it’s sea shore .In the first line of the first stanza “The tide rises, the tide falls “(l.1), the poet is talking about a repeating cycle in nature. By paying close attention, we see that at the end of all three stanzas in this poem, Longfellow used refrain by repeating the same line.
King lear by the phenomenal Shakespeare showcases how quickly a person can wither away when they are not able to come to terms with life. In the novel, we watch the main character King Lear struggle with reasoning, fear and agony, nothingness, which ultimately lead him to his undoing. Existentialism states that human reasoning is weak and imperfect, and that there are dark places in human life which are “ non reason” and to which reason scarcely penetrates. We see this concept in the novel King Lear, when Lear demands that his daughter compete for the inheritance of land by articulating their love and loyalness towards him. His daughter Goneril is the first to speak and uses big fancy words such as, “ Sir, I love you more than word can wield the matter”( 1,1,60).
Sassoon uses blameful language to describe the ruthless of government in order to reveal the ugly hidden massage as settling the situation. At the beginning of the poem, he uses the phrase “simple” (l.1) to imply innocence, as well as using “solider boy” (l.1) to adumbrate the character is in his early age. The unfriendly government that currently send young soldiers into a dreadful condition. The phrase “crumps and lice” (l.6) describes the terrible hygienic conditions in the army environment. Lacking of aims in the army originates from the nerves and sadden, hence they need a way to relief, “lack of rum” (l.6) defines rum was given to troops, steadying nerves, increasing confidence and forget.
It seems that I must bid the Muse go pack, Choose Plato and Plotinus for a friend Until imagination, ear and eye, Can be content with argument and deal In abstract things; or be derided by A sort of battered kettle at the heel. W.B Yeats Compare and contrast the poems above: Hardy Subject Matter: Problem of Old Age. Persona looking at his reflection and laments how people have grown cold towards him in his old age. Tone: Bleak and melancholic, seen by the diction=> “grieve”, “fragile frame”, “hearts grown cold”, “lonely” all connote the utter lack of hope. Explicit in sating his feelings Highly emotive with a lot of adjectives that make the persona’s current emotional status very apparent.