Oh, she’s slow! Love’s messengers should be thoughts, which fly ten times faster than sunbeams” Scene 6 1. What does Friar Laurence mean when he says, “So smile the heavens upon this holy act That after-hours with sorrow chide us not!” (lines 1-2) What he means is that he hopes the heavens will be satisfied and happy about the marriage so later nobody regrets it. 2. Is Romeo fearful of the future?
With his morbid sense of understanding he expresses his endless hatred and neglect towards the day that is known as “Labour Day”. Many times throughout this piece Bruce uses repetition to emphasize his mood and to show the importance of the words he is saying. This illustrates how he is not just an angry person since he does enjoy the little things in life as well - Labour Day is just not one of them. “Labour Day was like a sniff of the woods or a glimpse of the sea before they lead you down to the dungeon.” As stated in the introductory paragraph, is a perfect example of how Bruce feels about this day. This simile expresses how summer is such a lovely experience for him that can easily be ripped away without the slightest notice.
Edward Thomas Quotations – The power of language * “Silence/Stained with all that hour’s songs.” Synaesthesia of sound being described in a visual term (MARCH) * Conversational – “Now I know that Spring” (MARCH)/“But these things also are Spring’s” (BUT THESE THINGS ALSO) * Language and words prove that we love the Earth, “As the earth which you prove/ That we love.” (WORDS) The problems with language * Names are confusing and pointless. They “half decorate, half perplex, the thing it is.” (OLD MAN) * To someone that knows the name of something (herb), it is meaningful, “In the name there’s nothing to one that knows not Lads-Love, or Old Man.” (OLD MAN) * Words have their own ability to choose who they want to have relationships with – Problematic idea, “Choose me/You English words?” (WORDS) * Unable to express his love for the addressee – his language is literal and has no figurative meaning or imagery, “Loves this my clay”/”Its dying day.” (NO ONE SO MUCH AS YOU) Memory * Jealousy of his daughter’s ability to remember her childhood from smelling plant/his incapability to, “I sniff the spray and think of nothing” / “She will remember, with that bitter scent.” (OLD MAN) * Loss of memory and dreaming capability, “And have forgotten since their beauty passed.” (TEARS) * Very aware that death is inevitable and he is overly eager for death rather than life. Remembers that he will die as this is what he longs most for, “Remembering again that I shall die.” (RAIN) * Struggles with his memory-frustrated that he can’t remember things, “And silences like memory’s sand.” (THE SUN USE TO SHINE) * He has no memory of previous months and seasons to make him feel better/they have no importance to him as he is drifting in age and will die, “And August gone, again gone by, not memorable.” (GONE, GONE AGAIN) Joy * Other
This links in with the idea of fate, as fate can’t be organised or forced to follow specific rules, just like a free verse poem. The use of formal diction suggests that the speaker of this poem is a knowledgeable and wise person who knows about both the lives of the two characters talked about in the poem. The poem suggests that the speaker is excited about the two lovers meeting and thinks they are destined to be together. Throughout the poem there is a very joyful tone, which is created by the positive outlook of the speaker and also the imagery used by the poet. Due to this poem being free verse, the use of imagery is less than most other poems, however the poet still creates a scene in your mind through imagery, but also with the use of figurative language.
In line 7, he envies the artistic talent of one man, and the opportunities afforded someone else. The simile of a lark is developed in lines 10-12, when the speaker describes the effect that a thought of his love has on his "state," or emotional well-being. The fact that the lark rises from the "sullen earth" at "break of day" implies that the day is much happier than the night; day break is compared to the dawning of a thought of the beloved. As the lark "sings hymns at heaven's gate," so the poet's soul is invigorated with the thought of the fair lord, and seems to sing to the sky with rejuvenated hope. The final couplet of Sonnet 29 declares that this
In a vulnerable moment, Hamlet explains: d’E 2 As one in suffering that suffers nothing– A man that Fortune’s buffets and rewards Hast ta’en with equal thanks. And blessed are those Whose blood and judgment are so well commeddled That they are not a pipe for Fortune’s finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him In my heart’s core, ay, in my heart of hearts As I do thee. (3.2.62-70) Hamlet reveals here the reasons why he holds Horatio in such high esteem, and, in doing so, specifies important
Your Smile Fades In The Summer “Fate fell short this time, your smile fades in the summer, place your hand in mine, I'll leave when I wanna.” In the song, “Feeling This” by, Blink 182 it stresses the point of beautiful things not lasting forever. Because of the sinful nature of man, nothing in our world lives on forever no matter how beautiful it may be. In the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” Robert Frost claims that nothing lasts forever. The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” tells a story about appreciating the things people have in life, and also about the reality of losing them. Throughout the poem the poet shares aspects of nature and life and how in an instant they will be gone.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), `The Bard of Avon', English poet and playwright wrote the famous 154 Sonnets and numerous highly successful oft quoted dramatic works including the tragedy of the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet; "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell: my blessing season this in thee!" --Lord Polonius, Hamlet Act I, Scene 3 While Shakespeare caused much controversy, he also earned lavish praise and has profoundly impacted the world over in areas of literature, culture, art, theatre, and film and is considered
All summer in a day 1.) The authors purpose for writing this short story “All summer in a day” is to show the reader that sun is a really important thing in life and life wouldn’t be sustainable with out it. Like on planet Venus, there is no sun which life isn’t sustainable. “She knew they thought they remembered a warmness, like a blushing in the face, in the body, in the arms and legs and the trembling hands.” “But then they always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forest, and their dreams were gone.” These two examples that the author provided in this selection is to show how much those individuals living on Venus wanted the sun to appear more often rather than every seven years. 2.)
The poet wants to show the meaning of life. He sheds light on the fact of death and the brevity of our life. The rhetorical question shows that the poet belittles man's life because it is short and transient. The word "division" shows that man's happiness is short and temporary. The word "short" shows the brevity of the earthly life.