In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald illustrated an unattainable dream of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby wishes he can re-create the past again with Daisy, but Gatsby is so naïve to believe that it is possible. The book is filled with important symbols that serve as an important significance. The green light at the end of the Buchanan’s dock represents Gatsby’s dream of meeting Daisy again. The Valley of Ashes is a dark place, where only the poor live; they are separated from the rich.
The metaphor "the blood flowing" represents the heart which is a symbol for love implying that without marriage there is no love and you have to have love to survive. This is also supported with "house" and "day" as a metaphor signifying the importance of marriage in life. Blumenthal concludes the poem by revealing that each partner takes turn in holding up the ceiling, which can go on "for many years without the house falling". This suggests that by sharing our problems
Bri’Onna Frank AP Literature 5th period 11/15/11 Poem Analysis The poem “Lost Brother” by Stanley Moss is about the juxtaposition of the human race and nature, and reveals that even with varied traits and genes/cells, we are all bonded with life. The speaker in the poem is an individual who identifies them self with nature such as an environmentalist. An individual who looks to protect the land, even after “four thousand eight hundred sixty- two years,” though once destroyed they are emotionally “pained.” The diction provided implores the identity of the speaker being contrasted with that of trees, such as “our mother”, implicating they are of the same being. The speaker is addressing other environmentalist with the purpose of imploring them to enjoy the nature around them before the land and they too are “cut down” by a “bag of wind”. This implicates a theme of life, in the sense of living life to the fullest before it is too late.
He uses persuasion at the start of the poem, but then starts charming his mistress by saying he’ll love her once they have sexual intercourse. One of the most obvious similarities between both poems are that they both have a male narrator. Both poems are also similar as they both contain lines about death. In Sonnet 116, Shakespeare is saying that if its true love what someone is going through then they shall love someone even until they die. “but bears it out even to the edge of doom” He is really saying, that no matter what happens through life, you shall love that person unconditionally even when they die.
From here, we can figure out that the Garden of love is a metaphor for a woman, or Blake’s character’s love. In the first stanza, Blake’s character demonstrates familiarity of the Garden when he says, “Where I used to play on the green.” The words “used to” and “play” explains that he probably knew the Garden in his younger years because many grown up men do not usually “play” anymore. The author wants readers to know this because this poem resembles how love hopes to be rediscovered. Blake’s character wants to believe that his love still holds a place for him, but in reality, everything that once was, has now vanished. Many problems prevent Blake’s character from reconnecting with his lover of the past.
People are, in theory, all bound to a certain set of natural laws and moral codes and country rules, and part of the Romantic dogma is to break free of these bounds. This is precisely what Victor was attempting to do with his reanimation experiments: “Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world,” (M. Shelley 52) he says, further cementing his existence as a Romantic character. Mary Shelley was a self-professed lover of Coleridge, especially his poem, “Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner,” so it comes by no surprise that she also has references to his poem “The Eolian Harp,” which is another topic breached by several of the Romantic poets because of its place in classical poetry as well. The poem grants the idea of somewhat of a breeze of inspiration playing on the heart of the subject (Coleridge). Shelley takes this idea into her novel in several places, and means it as a breeze of discovery, not just as a breeze of inspiration.
Browning uses repetition to emphasise the depth of his love and to give himself reassurance that he will eventually get what he is looking for. He tells himself; heart, fear nothing, for, heart thou shalt find her-. The repetition on the word heart specifically showing his dedication, he’s putting all of his heart into finding this woman. In addition by ending the line with a dash it presents the feel of impulsiveness that the man may feel when looking for this love, showing that he enjoys the chase. The harsh ‘F’ sounds also add to his determination to find his love, portraying it as something that has to be fought for.
RELATIONSHIP FOCUS. * Ghazals should be written to a moral beloved (a man or a woman), usually about unattainable love, written from the perspective of the unrequited lover. * Ghazals are ambiguous as they should also be written to a divine love which is directed towards God, and the love for God brings completion to the poet. LINE BY LINE ANALYSIS. If I am the grass and you the breeze, blow through me.
She views her earthly love as one of a spiritual union through salvation as she gratefully acknowledges the love from her husband. She prays his rewards are in such a way where others will admire and remember throughout eternity (l.10). This is an extraordinary way of professing a wife’s love, appreciation and affection for her husband; this poem demonstrates her earthly physical passion in this world and the competing tensions between “the flesh” and “the spirit.” Another prominent aspect of this literary piece is the use of metaphors and similes throughout the poem. The beginning words, “I Prize” (l.5) describe their love as sexy in that she gleefully rewards him with her unconditional love. In addition, these
The poem is sorrowful because the speaker describes his grief of the untimely death of his love Annabel Lee. The poem is compassionate because even after the death of his beloved he still has a loyal unchanging love for her. The way Poe evokes all these different emotions through the use of rich and romantic diction, abounding symbolism, and lyrical rhythm is what really makes this poem intoxicating. The poem's romantic diction immerses the reader into the speaker's fantasy-like tale of love shared with Annabel Lee. He begins the poem with the first two lines, "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea," sort of how one would begin a fairytale with “once upon a time far away”.