Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a female composer in a patriarchal society that is hi ghly religious and traditional, wrote reluctantly about her love for Robert Barrett Browning throughout her poems. Sonnet XIII specifically reflects on parochial Victorian age values and shows how Barrett Browning does not conform to female expectations as she wrote spontaneously about her obsession with love. Similarly, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals the consequences of obsession with love and the impact of non-conformity in social and historical contexts through the characterisation of Gatsby, who refuses to conform to expectations of immorality and develops an obsession with this. Thus, the issue of different context and forms is significantly ineffective as the consequences of obsession relatively have the same effect even if the influence was different. Barrett Browning presents positive consequences of obsession as her sonnets, whilst being heavily influenced by religion and spirituality, also
[2] The rhyme scheme of this poem is abbaabbacdcdcd. This Petrarchan sonnet uses the last six lines (sestet) to answer the first eight lines (octave). Summary Wordsworth gives a fatalistic view of the world, past and future. The words "late and soon" in the opening verse describe how the past and future are included in his characterization of mankind. The author knows the potential of humanity's "powers," but fears it is clouded by the mentality of "getting and spending."
apocalypsis "revelation," from Gk. apokalyptein "uncover," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + kalyptein "to cover, conceal" (see Calypso). The Christian end-of-the-world story is part of the revelation in John of Patmos' book "Apokalypsis" (a title rendered into Eng. as "Apocalypse" c.1230 and "Revelations" by Wyclif c.1380). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Cite This Source Cultural Dictionary Apocalypse [(uh- pok -uh-lips)] Another name for the New Testament Book of Revelation; from the Greek word for “revelation.” Note : An “apocalypse” is a final catastrophe.
The Aeneid, written by Virgil, is a prime representation of epic poetry and it encompasses all epic themes. In his attempt to continue the Aeneid, Maffeo Vegio looks to use Virgilian style and tone to tell story Aeneas' story after Aeneas kills Turnus. Although he touches upon some Virgilian techniques, he would be viewed through Virgil's eyes as a sub-par epic poet. Vegio does not capture the Aeneid accurately, partly because he does not stay faithful to the epic dactylic hexameter, and he arouses a different attitude toward the story as perceived by the reader than Virgil does. Some of the Virgilian techniques that Vegio attempts to imitate include the use of epithets, similes and metaphors, role of the gods, symbolism, and various others.
Interpreting Poetry: Auden’s Shield of Achilles The Shield of Achillesî is a nine-stanza poem that uses an episode from Homerís ancient Greek epic Iliad (c. 800 b.c.e. ; Eng. trans., 1616) to meditate on the violence and brutality of the modern world. The poem begins with an unnamed woman looking over the shoulder of an unnamed man; the two are named in the last stanza, but those who know the Iliad well will immediately recognize from the poemís title that the woman is the goddess Thetis, the mother of the Greek hero Achilles. The man over whose shoulder she looks is Hephaestos, the god of fire and metal-working, who is commissioned by Thetis in book 18 of the Iliad to make a shield for Achilles to carry into battle.
2. Discuss the differences and continuities between Homer’s Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad. Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad gives a contemporary insight into Homer’s ancient epic poem Odyssey. Atwood challenges and criticizes this epic story by transforming this classical myth “by means of demythologizing devices and burlesque conventions of the Greek satyr play and the Menippean satire” to expose the vast double standards that Homer instills amongst class difference and gender (Staels 2009, 100). This “metafictional parody is… used to seriously rework a literary model… to call attention to its conventions and limitations by putting it in a new, contemporary context” (Staels 2009, 101) that is achieved “through the technique of self-conscious mythologizing and demythologizing” through the use of a contemporary Penelope (Staels 2009, 103).
Amy Bushong 3rd period Mrs. Palmer APE IV. Prometheus: Emblematically Silent, the Classic Rebel Within the poem “Prometheus” by Lord George Gordon Byron, the titanic figure is conceived by Byron and the romantics as a symbol of divine rebellion subjected to experience the characteristics of mortal beings as punishment. The flavor of defiance within the poem is only heightened by the constant images of oppression and the pride with which Prometheus carries his punishment, bearing with it the theme of unapologetic revolution. According to critics, Prometheus is meant to represent the all too human Napoléon Bonaparte, a kindred spirit who, like the Titan, “no more loved or hated his kind; he was a determined rebel against them, who craved to subdue them-or at least to be an object of wonder and terror.”(Dennis) Beginning in the very first stanza, Prometheus displays compassion towards the lower race of man, despite being in possession of the power to remain apathetic. This unique characteristic is rewarded with torture, expressed by the imagery and figurative language present throughout the poem.
An important theme throughout the poem is the concept of war used to glorify violence. The title of the poem which was widely used propaganda at that time exalts the concept of war, saying it’s a good and honourable thing to die for your country, but in reality, as evidenced by the soldier in the poem could not be more different. The idea of suffering is explored with the use of depressing and dismal language. The use of simile such as “bent double like old beggars” gives the impression that the soldiers have been prematurely aged, and seemingly deformed by the harsh conditions of war. This simile is an important contrast of the information people were fed at the time of soldiers being strong and proud.
With the author’s specific use of diction, structure, parallelism, irony, and symbolism, the poem emerges into a metaphorical tale about the coldness and negligence, rather than sympathy and consolation, many people display during a great misfortune. BODY Diction and structure are the foundation of any literary work. To begin with, Parker uses words like “them” and “they” in her poem rather than more specific and definitive names. This word choice creates a mysterious atmosphere and raises the question: Who are “they” and “them”? The diction the Diction and structure 1 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON Analyzing a Poem writer uses leaves the perpetrators nameless.
Compare the ideas and attitudes shown to war in ‘The Yellow Palm’ and ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ Both poems present different ideas and attitudes towards war. They are set at different times and places. ‘The Yellow Palm’ by Robert Minhinnick is set in a busy street in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. The city first came to the attention of the world after the First Gulf War of 1990 and the poem has references to Saddam Hussain, the country’s dictator, who people wanted out of power. On the other hand, The Charge of the Light Brigade tells the story of a brigade consisting of 600 soldiers who rode on horseback into the “valley of death” who were obeying a command to charge the enemy forces that had been seizing their guns.