In Wild Oats It explains that a person, over the course of time, comes to realise that his greatest desires of love, are unattainable, and second best things will have to suffice. The central purpose of this poem is to show that love is one of these great desires and despite flashes of promise it contains scarcely anything that is more than fragmentary. Larkin reveals this through tone and diction. Both poets seem to focus a lot on the physical side of love where lust and desire are involved however Abse makes it sound more sensual and even spiritual when he speaks of Eros in his poem. Larkin portrays this sense of objectification in his poem with regards to woman as he describes a woman as a ‘bosomy English rose’ and then follows on to call her ‘beautiful’ throughout the poem portraying the sexual lust involved with love.
In the early seventeenth-century, English poets used metaphysical poetry to enlighten highly intellectual and often abstruse imagery in their works, which further advanced the poetic style of John Donne. Donne’s poetry makes use of complex images, which are remarkably convincing to the reader. Despite the use of extensive techniques and varying images, the greatness of Donne’s poetry is the simplicity in the ideas expressed. John Donne’s poem, “The Triple Fool,” suggests unrequited love and folly through his use of creative imagery, sorrowful diction, and assertive tone. Firstly, Donne's poetry is highly distinctive and individual, adopting a multitude of images.
AP English 9-23 “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by William Wordsworth has both literal and interpretive SOAPStone’s. The literal subject on the poem is nature (field of daffodils, clouds), but the connotation of the subject is that a person should not be miserable because they have minor problems, in the quote “I wandered lonely as a cloud” (line 1) the speaker is alone but in “a poet could not be but gay” (line 15) explains that the speaker may be “lonely” but he finds/notices the positive rather than the negative. The denotative occasion in “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is romantic because of the poems connection to nature (examples of a connection to nature is the use of words such as “clouds” “vales, hills” and “daffodils”), the connotative is similar to the denotative but it also includes the comparison between people to nature. The literal audience of the poem is the general romantic crowds (mainly in the romantic era), the profound audience are people the speaker wants to notice/appreciate natures positives and beauty, most lines of the poem use personification (in this case human traits to nature within a field of daffodils) in situations that would seem undesirable if used with human figures rather than natural figures such as “daffodils … fluttering and dancing in the breeze”(lines 4-6) which give a pleasant image to the reader. The literal purpose of the poem is to inspire the reader to be outside and enjoy nature, but the deeper purpose of the poem is to encourage the reader to be more optimistic/or look at the positive, when the speaker states that he is lonely he also mentions natures beauty and clarifies “a poet could not but be gay” because of his experience with nature.
The concept of the artists’ imagination as a separate entity, able to transcend the physical is a rather Romantic one. However Harwood does not limit the idea to only artists or poets in particular; she extends the creative drive to mean individual, spiritual passion. This allows the poem to appeal to a wider audience, as the reader is enticed with the idea of possessing a passionate self. The ‘space between love and sleep” is an intangible time between two definite states of universal human experience. The phrase incites the reader to reflect on such moments in their own life, and to consider “space” with renewed significance.
In the verses which lines do not rhyme in couplets, there are two words which rhyme in the third line. This is challenging for the audience to understand, but pleasant and interesting to speak, as it rolls of the tongue. The descriptive device of alliteration is employed by Carroll, in order to create interest and a certain feel or mood through the sound in the Ballad. When it is read aloud, through the language, it creates rhythm and shows that the poet is capable of using effective alliteration, while still being able to create the mood that they want. Alliteration is used to describe actions, places, or out of celebration, such as, “gyre and gimble...claws that catch...snicker-snack...callooh-callay...and tumtum tree.” Through this use of interesting and descriptive alliteration, Carroll enables the reader to create sounds when spoken that makes a feel that imitates the story.
In ‘Sonnet 116’ many metaphors are used to explore love for example the speaker says “Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken” which is implying that you can’t measure love and also love is endless and priceless. ‘Sonnet 116’ also suggests that love is constant, also shown in the metaphor “It is the star to every wand ‘ring bark,” which “the star” could show love, like the star in the night time sky, it can be watched everywhere throughout time. As well showing love is not restricted by anything. Shakespeare also uses personification when he says “Love’s not time’s fool” this is showing that love doesn’t change overtime. There is repetition and near repetition that empathises the constancy of love when Shakespeare says “Which alters when it alteration finds”.
Brave new world depicts a society in which every single person is synthesized through hi-technology process without a biological mother. Unequal conditions are set ahead of time for different stages, however everyone is instilled with the idea that his or hers life is the best of all. In the sacrifice of free will, emotions, as well as a basic understanding of the world around them, people in this distorted utopia lead a superficial happy and full-filling life. While Brave New World sufficiently reveals the possibly horrifying outcome of uncontrolled technology and science developments, it also warns us about the current education system. Sleeping education is the method that is widely used in the society in Brave New World.
Into The Wild Thematic Essay I don’t know a lot about the world, but in reality, who does? We can read about the experiences of others, and try to envision ourselves as them. But we can’t see what they see, taste what they taste, touch what they touch, smell what they smell, or feel what they feel. The mind holds bewildering dreams. We are the earth, and our dream is the sun; it warms our skin, it shines through our dusty windows, it lets us see beauty that gleams in its golden rays.
Although facing many obstacles in its time, the enlightenment ideas are still very much of our lives. ‘the leading ideas adumbrated by Europeans between 1500 and 1800 still provide most of the signposts by which we make our way’ and as Rude comments ‘In the wider context the Enlightenment reached into almost every brand of knowledge’. Philosophes with no common programme or manifesto began the spread of ideas that formed the basis of many modern day values. The demand for free intellectual thought without interference from state, at the time was viewed as a daring emancipation from the religion controlled education, and the political defence of this religion control. The idea of education for children began with the writings from Locke, as did feminism with the mind having no sex.
‘The glory invites me’ Discuss how feelings and ideas inspired by the natural world are explored in ‘The Glory’. In your answer, explore the effects of language, imagery and verse form, and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Thomas you have studied. Edward Thomas’ poem ‘The Glory’ is one about the beauty of nature, and the way he uses it to escape from other troubled parts of his life. In this poem, he depicts how nature helps him to find peace, though it is not unequivocal as it reminds him of how imperfect he is himself in comparison to nature, as well as his inability to capture its flawlessness. One way in which Thomas seems inspired by the natural world is through his contrast between the simplistic beauty of nature “sky and meadow and forest”, “untouched dew”, “new mown hay”, and the impossible complexity of expressing this beauty in words “I cannot bite the day to the core”.