Sight Poem Essay Edgar Allen Poe and Hilda Doolittle present contrasting views on Helen of Troy, whose abduction was the cause of the Trojan War. Each poem speaks of Helen in very opposing ways. Edgar Allen Poe presents Helen nearly as a goddess in his poem “To Helen”. Poe uses a gentle, tranquil tone in his poem. He expresses admiration for Helens beauty, comparing her beauty to “Nicean barks of yore.” (line 2) He continues comparing her hair to beautiful flowers, which apparently held a wondrous smell according to Greek mythology.
H on the other hand is a woman's interpretation of a 19th century fictional character and how this character is left with feelings of violent hatred after being let down in marriage by her fiancé who has wed her to gain some of her riches. The theme of the poem is violent and confrontation but does compare and contrast with PL with the gothic nature. These four dramatic monologues do vary in storyline and tone however he same themes are made apparent in all of them and is what gives these poems a link and comparisons. Desire, death, domination and obsession as well as the balance of control between men and women over the past four hundred years are all explores. In Shakespeare's play "Much Ado about Nothing" we are also resented with these evident themes through two very different kinds of women with diametrically opposed attitudes to love and marriage.
we imitate and rod her adulate envy admire neglect scorn. Leave alone invade, fill ourselves with her. we love her, we say and if she isn’t careful we may even kill her.” The poem shows us that the public manipulates and controls her. They are ready to destroy her if she is not careful enough. Accordingly, Helen in “Helen in Hollywood,” is used by the cosmetics advertisement.
The speaker explores the pain of love through word choice, tone, contrast and structure. In the poem the speaker presents their partner with the unconventional valentine gift of an onion. The speaker then goes on to use the onion as an unusual metaphor to describe love. Duffy challenges the clichéd valentines day version of love and presents the more real and raw version of love. It also presents the truth that love hurts and can be sinister and painful.
It also suggests that she misses her past through the use of a rhetorical question which makes the reader feel sympathy for her. In the poems “Medusa” and “Les Grands Seigneurs” both of the poems explore gender conflict through love/relationships and they are both written from a woman’s perspective. In “Les Grands Seigneurs” the character was single and she was able to manipulate men and was “their queen”. We can interpret that she controlled the men through lust. In the poem “Medusa” gender conflict through control is also illustrated when she says: “a suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy”.
Medea, the main character of the tragedy, was an extremely radical anti-heroine who continues to inspire both admiration and fear in the readers today. Euripides makes one sympathize with Medea's downtrodden state and applaud her strength and intelligence. However, her bloody and vengeful rampage shocks and unsettles audiences even to this day. Throughout the play, Medea interacts with the dominant males in the storyline. She defies both her husband and her king.
‘broke/choke’ Here a rhyming is used by the poet in order to emphasize the mothers’ trauma and desolation which shows that she was affected emotionally and physically. The title of the poem ‘‘The Hero’’ is an oxymoron in comparison with the rest of the poem. Meaning that it is ironically termed in order to create a comparison between the real meaning of a hero and Jack who is the kind of coward who gains the contempt of his comrades by trying to escape. The ironic tone of the title also raises the question of what a hero is through the whole poem which shows how cruel the war is to have destroyed precious ideas of heroism. The first stanza begins with ‘‘Jack fell as he’d have wished, the Mother said’’ An image of a grieving mother opens the poem.
He says ‘thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.’ This clearly shows that he is trying to make Juliet feel comfortable. Romeo indicates that if she even touches me I would be forgiven from all my sins. Later on in this stanza the speaker makes it clear that he views the woman he is writing to as worthy of praise. He employs Hyperbole to express the extent of his adoration for her physical qualities: He claims that ‘An hundred years should go to praise thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze.’ Such an exaggerated notion in relation to the extent of her beauty perhaps suggests a sincere love for the lady- he might well devote his life to her. However his focus upon her physicality could be interpreted as a clear signal that his seeming commitment is superficial; he merely intends to
Compare And Contrast ‘My Last Duchess’ And ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ On the Issue of Love ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ are poems which were written by Robert Browning during the Victorian period. The poems expose the failure of a relationship and the complex nature of love between a man and a woman. The aspects of jealousy, vanity, pride, obsessive desire, beauty, and flirtatious behaviour are depicted in both poems. The poems were written in the form of a dramatic monologue; this gives the reader an insight into the narrator’s inner thoughts and motives when involved in a particular situation. Using this literary technique, Browning allows the reader to explore the abnormal psychology of the two speakers and also to get closely involved with two acts of murder.
English 4 3/16/06 In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130”, Shakespeare describes a woman that he once loved. The sonnet clearly mocks the typical clichés, in which women’s eyes were compared to the sun, stars, and other beautiful things. Although he is obviously trying to poke fun at the clichés, he refuses to use typical descriptions. This technique sets Shakespeare’s lover aside from the other women that are always described in clichés. But not using the typical means of description, he shows how the woman is a unique lady.