The narrator explains in the first line that he “may cease to be” and rushes to include he is afraid to die “before [his] pen has glean’d [his] teeming brain”. It almost seems as though Keats was unable to fit his ideas neatly into spaced lines, with punctuation marks because he is afraid to lose valuable time while he is still living. In Longfellow’s poem, however, pauses, punctuation and composition of multiple sentences produce a relaxed tone and overall feel of the poem. The poem is filled with caesuras that decrease the entire speed of the poem. “Half of my life is gone,” the comma allows for a pause and a deep breath to continue on to say “and I have let the years slip from me”.
The poet seems angry with the modern life and annoyed at the fact that so many people waste their lives by worrying about the “deadlines” and reading the “junkmail”. In the first stanza the poet is trying to present to the reader what an everyday life looks like for many people. At the same time she is trying to show us that we should forget about all those things and concentrate on the nature. She uses repetition of the word “let” which is like a command; this suggests that she wants the reader to realize that the modern world is very chaotic and not important. She reinforces this fact by saying the “e-mils fly like panicked, tiny birds” which implies that the modern life is very hectic and unorganised.
How has T. S. Eliot utilised specific elements of his form to engage varying audiences intellectually and emotionally? T.S. Eliot’s ‘Preludes’ and ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ explore the self-consciousness caused by the intense pessimism of a toxic urban world, which leads to passivity and a lack of agency. Eliot uses varying elements of the form of poetry to present the major concepts of his modernist context, the conflict between the individual and society, disempowerment and time and the ritualistic nature of life, which also allow him to intellectually and emotionally engage a present day audience. Eliot portrays life as tarnished through urban decay, which is typical of the modernist era.
George and Lennie know that their dream will take time and hard work. George and Lennie in the story Of Mice and Men, reveal the challenges and struggles one must go through because the American Dream is so difficult to attain. John Steinbeck wanted to show you the amount of work and heart you have to give to conquer your dreams; that most people cannot overcome the work you have to go through because they are too lazy or that something goes wrong and it is no longer attainable. For George, it was the death of Lennie that made the American Dream unattainable. Overall, the American Dream is different for everyone, but it is still a great challenge and it is hard to accomplish for
MIGRANT HOSTEL A tone of instability and insecurity is set within the first stanza where the accumulation of the nouns “comings and goings”, “arrivals” and “sudden departures” suggests a sense of chaos and highlights the lack of stability within the poet's life. The use of enjambment of “wondering/ who would be coming next” allows the emphasis to fall heavily on “who”, illustrating the transient nature of the hostel environment and putting emphasis on the uncertainty of who is to arrive next. This constant change becomes unsettling and prevents the poet from finding a place of belonging and further hindering his self-identity, leaving him lost and confused. The physical and emotional divisions set up by different nationalities is further
The poem deals with the complexities of belonging and the daily struggles of assimilating. The opening line, “No one kept count” shows the reader that the persona and his family are in a negative situation. The emphasis on the ‘no’ highlights the personas tone which is also negative and the lack of order within the hostel. “We lived like birds of passage”, is an example of a pronoun to show that the migrants tried to unite and feel a sense of belonging within another but failed as the persona still feels a sense of not belonging. Pronouns are used throughout the poem to make the reader connect with the persona.
Imagery plays an enormous part in society, as within society, imagery is everything. Shallowness, rather than depth and substance, will always be the order of the day in today's society. However much we try to obey the laws of society, and the pressures that society can bring, there is a certain inevitability about it all. People are miserable, gray, tired, and worn. They are sick of the mounting pressures put upon them; sick of working long hours for little pay, sick of obeying the law when the law is nowhere to be seen for them when they may need it the most.
Quote 3: People who are always mad, sad, or disappointed, are always the ones who are not going to help others prosper. “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” The Author wanted readers to hear him not literally hear him, but to hear him in his context. I heard him saying that doing for others makes you feel better of yourself and who you are as a person. Helping people is what life is for so that’s what he wants readers to
The article, Why I love Shoplifting, talks about the unfair treatment that big corporations force upon citizens of the world. The essay explains and expresses the opinions of a shoplifter and why she steals from corporations. The author gives valid reasons for why people shoplift and why it is acceptable for them to do it. In the essay, the author analyzes the pros and cons of shoplifting in order to establish a credible connection with the audience, thus providing a credible connection with them. Using the collective knowledge of ex-corporation workers, the author uses rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and logos to express the true nature of the shoplifter’s intentions.
Minimum Of Two Minimum of two focuses on ordinary people who struggle to cope with challenges/Change. Discuss...... In Tim Winton's collection of short stories, Minimum of Two, it embraces interesting individuals and relationships, which process some significant messages. His characters are ordinary people who battle to maintain loyalty against all odds and there are many characters that find it difficult to move on, to let go of their past and to cope with challenges and change. There are also characters that have moved on and trying to make something of their lives.