“rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed,” this quote shows the father cannot destroy them .They differ in the way they felt powerless however as in Nettles the father is feeling powerless because of a physical threat whereas in Harmonium it is an emotional threat of the inevibility of death and unspoken feelings that makes the writer feel powerless. Furthermore they both include the reality of family life as the poems are realistic and the poems, especially Nettles, have both the love and misery of family relationships. In Nettles the love in the poem is the protective instincts of a parent towards his son but the misery is the Nettles that had hurt his child and the fact that being protective isn’t enough to stop him from getting hurt. The realistic relationship in Harmonium is the family resentment and frustration from a son to his father. We can tell that the writer resents and is frustrated by his father as it says “and he being him can’t help but say.......... and I, being me” which shows that he is frustrated at their relationship.
Firstly, Donne's poetry is highly distinctive and individual, adopting a multitude of images. The poem offers elaborate parallels between apparently dissimilar things, “Then as th’ earth’s inward narrow crooked lanes, Do purge sea water’s fretful salt away,” (Donne, Lines 6-7) Donne's poem expresses a wide variety of emotions and attitudes, as if Donne himself were trying to define his experience of love through his poetry. Although, “The Triple Fool” gives a limited view of Donne’s attitude towards love, Donne treats the poem as a part of experience, giving insight into the complex range of experiences concerning love and grief, “I thought, if I could draw my pains through rhyme's vexation, I should them allay.” (Donne, Lines 8-9) Overall, the imagery in “The Triple Fool,” contributes to Donne’s sorrowful diction of love and grief. Moreover, Donne explains that poetry is for love and grief, and not for pleasing things, but songs make love and grief even worse. The first verse of the poem states that he is two times a fool, a fool for loving, and a fool for admitting it, “I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.” (Donne, Lines 1-3) Donne follows to say that he would still not be wise, even if “she” (Donne, Line 5) returned his love.
The “On the Rainy River” Essay Arun Benny English 30 -1 “Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.” Every individual is provided with a chance to do what is considered right by their morals and choosing not to is an act of cowardice. In Tim O Brien’s, “The Things They Carry”, the author reveals an irreconcilable internal conflict between human beings desire for what they perceive to perfect, and the need to accept the reality of the situation; regardless of the outcome a sacrifice must be paid. The author has done a proficient work of illustrating the moral split an individual to do the right thing or to the make a sacrifice for the better good. Tim O Brien’s perception of courage varies with time. His notion of being “too good for [war], too compassionate, too everything” demonstrates his disagreement to go to war.
1. “The only thing worse than a boy who hates you, a boy who loves you” -Narrator 2. “Papa’s face, It traveled and wondered, but it disclosed no answers. Not yet.” -Narrator 3. “Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Leisel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like the rain.” -Narrator 1.
Jeff Minden DesRoches English 1510 3/14/2012 Tradition Without Reservation Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” raises many questions concerning the destructive and blind rituals of humanity. This short story clearly expresses Jackson’s feelings regarding people's inability to change traditions and formal procedures. She also shows how people's lack of compassion can be exhibited in situations regarding customs and values. Jackson presents the theme of the story by cleverly disguising the setting and using profound symbols. The very names of the characters are congested with deeper meaning.
Half-caste relies heavily on comparisons to enforce the poetic speaker’s feelings of how misguided it is to judge things of contrasting colour as only “half” worthy. Mimicry of “half-caste canvas”, “half-caste weather” and “half-caste symphony” builds a strong case against judging based on their physical “make-up” alone. The poetic speaker
To some extent I agree that Auden’s poems are occupied with suffering as he manages to incorporate a constant idea of suffering whether it’s obvious or not in his poems. We start with Musee des Beaux Arts, this poem focuses around the story of Icarus. The idea of suffering that Auden presents is one that makes it seem as it is a matter of unimportance. “The ploughman may have heard the splash, the forsaken cry, But for him it was not an important failure” the fact that the ploughman didn’t even react to the suffering of Icarus nor anyone else shows that it is something that people cannot really sympathise with as they are not in the same situation. However this is human nature and Auden is merely showing from this poem that suffering is something that no person can understand until it happens to them and when they see someone else suffer it’s almost a relief to them that it isn’t happening to them.
Character Essay The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock An insecure yet very opinionated character was Prufrock. A “seen it all” kind of attitude was through the whole poem, but there was still a simple love character beneath him that he was too shy to show. He expresses a lot of himself, though he lacks a sense of confidence. (40) “And indeed there will be time, to wonder, ‘Do I dare? And ‘Do I dare?’, Time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair”.The poem starts out with verses of “what not to do with your love”, yet he fails to express the person he has feelings for but also fails to recognize himself in all this.
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.
Reminiscent of Kurtz’s last words (“The horror! The horror!”), Eliot’s poem reflects on the hopelessness and futility of life to those unable to ascend to Heaven. Using setting, Eliot effectively enhances the poem’s feeling of being lost in the dark and hopeless. In many sections of the poem