Explore the ways Shakespeare presents strong feeling of Love in 'Romeo and Juliet' and one or more poems from the Anthology of love poems. Throughout history love has been one of the strongest emotions known to mankind. William Shakespeare in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ portrays how love a powerful influence on anyone under it grasps. Shakespeare made R&J to be performed to the public whereas as 'To my Dear and loving husband' by Anne Bradstreet and ‘sonnet 180' by Shakespeare himself were both made to read aloud. Shakespeare uses a combination of techniques to show a true heartedness of love between Romeo and Juliet in Act 1 Scene 5 and Act 2 scene 2.
(Poe) At the end, the narrator admits that his soul is trapped under the raven's shadow and shall be lifted, “Nevermore.”. (Poe) This poem is a fantastic representation of life in America during the 1800's. During the Romantic period, it validated strong emotion, placing emphasis on emotions like apprehension, horror and terror, and awe. In “The Raven”, you can see that Poe was putting emphasis on awe, as the narrator was amazed by the Raven at first. “But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only, That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
The poem’s theme appears to be about unrequited love and a man wooing his “coy mistress” to sleep with him, but this poem does has a deeper meaning, which is really impressive and therefore is striking. The theme of mortality is highlighted in this poem through word choice and by using imagery which reinforces the idea of death. Words relating to death such as “ ashes” and “grave” are used to emphasise the lack of time that we have and the stark contrast between the slow, idyllic first stanza and the sped up, heavier second stanza shows the difference between the idealistic eternity and the reality that we are all mortal and have to die at some point. Another deeper theme introduced is the idea of “carpe diem” which is shown through the lustier language in the poem, word choice such as “time devour”, and also through the quickened pace of the second stanza. The speaker is not simply asking the “coy mistress” to sleep with him, what he is saying is if there was all the time in the world then life would be ideal but there is not so they have to live for the moment.
He wants the raven to deliver Lenore to him or show him to her, but the raven only mocks him seems like and shows’ him how no one waits for you after death, you are all by yourself. The tone of the poem seems very depressing and melancholy. Death is very melancholy when experienced by anyone, especially a lover such as Edgar Allen Poe wife. Words like darkness, sorrow, sad, farewell and flirt represents death and love. This poem uses a lot of literary devices, such as alliteration, assonance and internal rhyme.
S10027031 The Nightingale in “Laustic” The nightingale in “Laustic” contains many symbols which awaken readers to deeper meanings. The story is telling us that there’s an elegant lady who married a violent knight; however fell in love with her neighbor, another knight who held a good reputation lived in next door. They proceeded their affair secretly and prudently, still be aware of the husband. Here comes the point, the woman used nightingale which always sang the sweetest songs that seized her heart at night as an excuse of her insomnia. The husband clutched the bird, and slain it cruelly in front of his wife.
Poe’s words themselves give the poem its mood. In the beginning, the narrator has hope because he believed that the raven was the one he loved but that hope has turned into anger when the raven kept repeating “Nevermore.” Poe was a master of choosing words that created mood. The scary and weird feeling of this poem makes Poe look like a cheaper! This mysterious poem is among the best-known poems in the national literature. The setting, the symbols of the incredible flow of art and the auditory imagery of the melancholy ideas all make up a different level than classical poetry.
In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” a man is disturbed on a chilly December night by an ominous raven. In “Danse Macabre” Steven King says “… we take refuge in make-believe terrors so the real ones don’t overwhelm us, freezing us in place and making it impossible to function in our day-to-day lives”, King’s quote could not be any more fitting for “The Raven”. This man, presumed to be a student speaking to his lost love, could merely be hallucinating. It could be nothing but a dream conjured up by the “volumes of forgotten lore” (Poe 2). Poe’s use of anaphora, dark themes, and antithesis allow “The Raven” to capture the essence of King’s quote.
Also, he is saying that she is about to become his wife. For Paris to express his feelings to Juliet in such a short scene would be very difficult for him. Paris is genuinely heartbroken when he thinks that Juliet is dead; 'Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew...The obsequies that I for thee will keep nightly shall be to strew thygrave and weep. Paris goes to visit Juliet's tomb and talks to her whilst she lies there in apparent death. He compares her to a flower, which seems to be his way of showing affection.
Gatsby’s Fairy Dream In the early 19th century, at the end of the “Romantic Period”, an English poet named John Keats composed a poetic masterpiece called La Belle Dame sans Merci. The Romantic writers, along with Mr. Keats, created a political, social, and literary movement that explored how much love defined the human nature. La Belle Dame sans Merci, on the surface, may seem to be just another Romantic poem revolving around the tale of courtly love, but in truth, there is a deeper meaning and story associated to the love that the knight feels for his fair lady. The romantic encounter that the knight and the beautiful fairy have in the story abruptly ends in tragedy for the smitten, young man as he becomes so enraptured with the mythical,
I could visualize that the person he is talking about is the most beautiful individual ever. I could see this by the way he compared her to “…night of cloudless climes and starry skies.” I could also sense feel as I read the poem. He described her cheek and brow, “so soft, so calm, yet eloquent,…” Figurative Language: What poetic devices were used in this poem? What did these poetic devices do for the poem? Did these devices help create imagery or communicate the author's feelings?