The poems “Ozymandias” by Percy Shelley and “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning are very different. However they do have something in common – both poems are representations of ones power. “Ozymandias” represents power as poem shows that human life is insignificant compared to the passing of time, even for egotistical kings such as Ozymandias, time is very powerful. “My Last Duchess” represents power through the narrative technique, which makes it seem as if the Duke is speaking directly to an audience, powerful as it captures the reader. Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" is about a ruined statue of a powerful ruler who once controlled an ancient kingdom.
Three poems which are mainly based on time but also use time to bring forth other themes are Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”, Emily Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and T.S Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. In Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” there are two major themes time and death and as is the case with many other poems of the same nature, time is used to bring more emphasis to and progress the theme of death. The first stanza refers to Death as a gentleman for he “kindly stopped” for the speaker as he was to take her along her journey. This is in high contrast to a more common view of death in which it is personified as a sinister unforgiving character who is merciless and unforgiving in his task. The second stanza states “We slowly drove—He knew no haste” (line5) which points out how slowly Death’s carriage progresses while taking the speaker away as if time was of no importance.
Andrew Gallant M. Stacey AP English 12 18 October 2014 Bullet in the Brain “Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias Wolf is a short story that discusses the nature of desensitivity of mankind. This theme is further explained through the use of narration, setting and the character. The narration of this story is the first thing that shows signs of the theme being about desensitivity. To start off, the title “Bullet in the Brain” is a very ironic title. After reading the story, one might suggest that Nabokov was referring to the main character Anders, saying that bullet in the brain is what he needed to be less critical about life and be more like society should be compared to the negative personality he has developed over the years.
Of course, knowing that Doyle had to figure out a good way to bring back Holmes, it was hard to believe at times while reading “The Empty House, but I give credit to Doyle for doing so in a way no one else could. Just by looking at the title of “The Final Problem,” I knew that the story was meant to finish The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series. As I started reading, a different image of Holmes showed up in my mind, because he was described as weak and pale, which was different from Doyle’s previous short stories. That was an image to the reader that maybe Holmes was dying. One of the biggest symbols in the story that represented death and an ending was Holmes farewell letter to Watson.
“The Dews drew quivering and chill, For only Gossamer, my Gown-, My Tippet-only Tulle -” (line 13-15) the last attire is been described as an old fashion gown and a kind of cape that is usually made out of fur is only tulle, this cold garment may never get warm, this dress is not appropriate for an end, this is not wedding this is a funeral. The theme of the poem was clearly seemed in every line, the dead has become morality instead of calamity, a natural part of the endless cycle. The view of the dead is a unique feeling that gets handled differently by every individual, and is usually based in personality and religious beliefs how someone will face the last step to
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.
Maybe even hating him a little” (15) • “Of course, marrying a poet was one thing, but fathering a son who preferred burying his face in poetry book to hunting…well, that wasn’t how Baba had envisioned it, I suppose. Real men didn’t read poetry –and God forbid they should ever write it!” (20). • “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything” (22). • The story of Rostam and Sohrab, where the father accidentally kills his son. “Personally, I couldn’t see the tragedy in Rostam’s fate.
The first reference is in line 1-2, where the speaker tells of the "traveler from an antique land." The second reference takes place during the poem as a whole; even though the subjects of the poem are for the most part “dead,” there is still the idea that the statute survives to tell the tale of a thousand years ago. Even though there is a lot of death in the poem, the speaker makes sure to point out the fact that the “passions” and feelings of the statue still survive. They are “stamp’d” onto the statue’s face. The author also makes a point of telling us all the features of the statue, things such as the “sneer,” the “frown,” “and the wrinkled lip.” These images very effectively symbolize the feelings of the statue, not only to the reader, but to the speaker, as well.
He was mystified by the clash between realities of society and destiny of God. After knowing where Milton is coming from and what state of mind he was probably in, one can finally know what types of literary devices he used to fully incorporate and portray his ideas. One of the literary devices Milton used in his poem is diction. One of the most common way a poet incorporates diction is highlighting and repeating one word. In this case, it is the word “forbid” as it is showed in lines 752-758.
Expecting the same kinds of stories, they are familiar with, students are only let down by books chosen for them. Books chosen for novel study have the reputation to be old and honest-to-god boring. Novels chosen lack a certain spark, that, coupled with dull and monotonous writing assignments, created recipe for disaster. When I first told my dad I'd be reading The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, he was amazed since he read that exact same book forty-three years ago. That is forty-three years of world events, evolution in technology and society left out as no one in the class felt any connection to the teens from the 1960's.