Medusa is described in a very negative manner. On the other hand, the final stanza makes us feel pity for her. Her lover had other ‘girls’ meaning he was unfaithful and the rhetorical question that follows makes Medusa seem desperate. This part of the poem evokes feelings from the reader as she is clearly distressed and suffering. She reminisces about when she was ‘fragrant and young’, illustrating her complete lack of confidence.
A. Rose Miller Period 5 11/21/2012 Lady’s Dressing Room Essay “A Lady’s Dressing Room” and Montagu’s Response The poem, “A Lady’s Dressing Room” is of a crude sort of off-color humor. I find it repulsive, in-your-face, and indecent. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s response was certainly understandable. The many insults she wrote toward men were justified considering what Jonathan Swift had wrote about women.
He quickly begins to mention how short life is even referencing her ‘preserved virginity’ being taken when she’s dead as ‘worms shall try.’ He finishes by focusing on the present and telling her to make the most of the time that they have now, which hints at the use of sexual innuendo. The speaker presents an argument in these three parts, however there are several layers of meaning to this poem. To his coy mistress is a poem, and ghazal is an ancient poet form often used to explain the beauty and pain of love. ‘If you are the rhyme and I the refrain,’ this is use of music to describe to describe fate and the feeling of eagerness is unnecessary as she is aware that when the time is right they will become one with each other. It also has several forms of sexual innuendo similar to ‘to his coy mistress’
An example of this would be when his sister Phoebe corrects him and tells him the poem was by Robert Burns. Holden comes back by saying “I know it’s a power by Robert Burns”. The author does this to show the change tone which Holden presents in the sentence. His change to a serious tone indicated his little regard to minute details; he only cared about the bigger picture. This also could be used to describe to describe his view on life seeing that he thought people were “boring” if they were just like everyone else and cared about the little details.
“Not a day since then I haven’t whished him dead”-Havisham This is very effective as the aggressive tone shows “Havisham” has been rejected and her love is causing her pain. Similarly in “Valentine” “Carol Ann Duffy” uses a very forceful tone with words like “here” and “take it” which tells us her lover is not being very co-operative and like “Havisham” suggests a degree of pain within there love. The theme of love is taken to a deeper level by “Carol Ann Duffy” when she shows through literary techniques that the pain of love can be dangerous. The theme of love is contrasted by violent metaphors in both poems. “Ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with”-Havisham This is another example of the pain of love and it is particularly effective as it shows the extreme physical tension within “Havisham” and describes the pain of love as a driving force of murder.
At any rate, the fact that he is not with her has driven her to insanity and forced her to keep him alive in her mind to escape the pain of unfulfilled desire. This poem is a villanelle which uses a number of metaphors, rhythms, and vivid imagery to express deep emotion, depression and a sense of hopelessness. The title could be taken literally to mean madness as in anger or it could be taken figuratively to mean madness as in obsession. The words of the poem suggest madness as in insanity. The author uses alliteration in only two lines of the poem.
While he is not seen as a saint within the poem (he remarks in a sarcastic matter to Plath in the poem), he positions the reader to empathise with him, painting the image that he is the placid one in the relationship, and the one who encourages her to embark on her creative pursuits “Get that shoulder under your stanzas/ And we’ll be away.”. The repeated use of the pronoun “your” creates an accusatory tone, suggesting that they were living Plath’s life, rather than their life. The poem also hints that Plath’s father was a monster. He describes her father as a goblin that influenced and controlled the mind of Plath’s. He even goes one step further
For the Young Who Want To, written by Marge Piercy, is a poem that perhaps exposes the potential doom and/or despair that awaits all artists and more specifically for this essay, writers. The theme of the poem captures the frustration that most writers will most likely experience before and/or during their career. Perhaps it can be summed up into one word. Perhaps not. Whether it be from family, friends, critics, whatever or wherever, there will be unavoidable opposition expressed towards the writer.
The death of her father -who died of brain cancer- influenced her to write her first novel titled, Hard Laughter, in 1980 (Flanagan). Since then, Anne Lamott has written more works of nonfiction and novels including, Rosie, Joe Jones, Blue Shoe, All New People, Crooked Little Heart, and Imperfect Birds (Anne Lamott). The theme in all her novels deal with loss, particularly the loss of loved ones and loss of personal control and her works include topics of alcoholism, spirituality, motherhood and religion. (Anne Lamott). From the topics Lamott has written, I imply that she writes what most of us don’t think about and of reality.
Katherine Chopin has composed numerous writings which promoted female self-assertion and sexual liberation. Most of her critics interpreted these writings to be immoral, because she spoke on subjects like adultery and suicide which were no where near