A poet can experience various emotions that can be both negative and positive through an encounter with a place. This is evident in poems “Harbour Dusk” by Robert Gray and “William Street” by Kenneth Slessor. Gray creates a negative atmosphere to his poem “Harbour Dusk” however the poem does not completely revolve around negative connotations as such. At times in the poem ‘Harbour Dusk’, the poet portrays a isolated and tranquil surrounding though the atmosphere delivers a sense of melancholy. On the other hand, Slessor’s poem “William Street” challenges the readers by attributing beauty to the urban setting of the city streets.
Novelist Nikolai Gogol was known to his contemporaries and is regarded by the world as a pioneer in Russian literary romanticism. Gogol’s “The Nose” stands as one of his more abstruse novels and exhibits his mastery as a romanticist writer. Evidence of its fundamentally romantic style can be seen in the vivid, embellished imagery, subjective point of view, and supernatural references found throughout the work. For example, Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov turns his attention to the slim girl inside Kazan Cathedral and finds her “bent over to pray like a spring flower” and also observes that her yellow hat is “as light as pastry” (Gogol, 50). The use of similes and metaphors to describe common objects and occurrences is standard in the type of imagery unique to romanticism.
Both “The Prelude” by William Wordsworth and “London” By William Blake” convey strong ideas and feelings about a place. Blake’s poem is most subjective about the city, contrary to the title. The reader would think that the title “London” is objective and unbiased; however Blake’s condemnation of the city is apparent from the start of the poem. On a simple level, the poem is a description of the misery Blake sees as he “wanders” around London. On a deeper level however, he is criticizing not only the condition of the city itself, but the monarchy and government who oppress it.
How does Blake present a troubled city in his poem London? In the poem ‘London’ by William Blake he uses a first person narrative, this makes the poem appear more personal, it is also written in the present tense which creates immediacy and gives the illusion that it is happening now. In the first line where he says ‘each charter’d street’ the word charter’d is repeated in the second line when he describes the Thames, the use of this shows that London is a city bound by law and there is a lack of freedom, the Thames is a natural river which cannot be changed, Blake is saying that he isn’t free and neither is the Thames this is a juxtaposition. Blake uses repetition again in this stanza with the word ‘marks’ the first is used as a verb. ‘Marks of weakness, marks of woe’ Blake uses marks as an abstract noun to describe the sadness of the people that he meets and also as a concrete noun to describe the physical cuts and scars.
Discuss the significance of irony and humour to Postmodern practice Irony and humour is used in many post-modern artworks to reflect upon the issue it is addressing. The integration of irony and humour often signifies the artist’s reaction to the modernising world. In Ursus Wehrli’s best-seller, ‘Tidying Up Art’, he has attempted to bring order and structure to many famous artworks. For example, in his rendition of Van Gogh’s artwork ‘Bedroom’, Wehrli has decided to clean up the mess in the room and transform it into a tidy space. This idea was brought to life through his own experiences of immaculate hotel room service and his wonder as to how Van Gogh’s cluttered ‘Bedroom’ would look like if it too, had undergone the room service present today.
Paris is often thought of as the city of love and romance. However James Fenton opens his poem with the sentence “Don't talk to me of love.” By starting with a morose tone and a negative imperative it not only shows the narrator is getting over a broken relationship, but it also shows the reader that the narrator finds it a difficult subject to talk about. Fenton then goes on to say “I've had an earful / And I get tearful.” Rather than both words of the rhyming pair coming at the end of lines, “tearful” is in the middle of the second line. The rhymes actually seem to give a lighter atmosphere to the first stanza, even though Fenton is feeling down. He describes himself as “one of your talking wounded,” which of course is a play on the phrase “walking wounded” used to describe people who have only slight injuries.
Nathanael’s literary style and theme of his stories were passionate romanticism and mainly dark romanticism. The spectacular author had many amazing works and so many popular books. One of his greatest works was The Scarlet Letter (1850) and Twice-Told Tales (1837). Edgar Allan Poe once said, "The style of Hawthorne is purity itself. His tone is singularly effective—wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes... We look upon him as one of the few men of indisputable genius to whom our country has as yet given birth".
People thought that Brown’s irony was sharp, his ideas were exciting, and he was not only and protestor of his time but one of the first times. Brown’s Work protested the classical folklore in the way it was written. “He infused his poetry with genuine characteristic flavor by adopting his medium geniality and optimism” was James Johnson reaction to his
“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury The story, which has been chosen for linguistic analysis, belongs to a prominent American writer Ray Bradbury. He is known for his fantasy stories and science fiction. In his stories he effectively combines a lively imagination with a poetic style. The story tells about a man, Mr. Leonard Mead, who liked walking along the streets of the city in loneliness. He enjoyed his loneliness during his so called journeys.
In the story, Usher recites the poem “The Haunted Mansion.” It is a poem about a palace, once glorious and mighty, becomes “pallid” and “desolate.” At first glance, it may appear to the reader that this is the true meaning of the poem and all that Poe had sought to express. After analyzing the poem though, Its meaning becomes apparent. It is really an allegory about the human mind and how it can become corrupt by paranoia and the delusion of evil. Poe uses several literary devices help the audience understand this allegory. The first and most abundant of these devices used by Poe is personification.