It can be noted that brighter, vibrant colors, appear at the beginning at the poem, and begin to deteriorate into bleaker, darker colors as the poem progresses, along with the speaking voices emotions. An example of this can be seen at the beginning of the poem ‘Spinster, in which she describes the colors of spring as “a rank wilderness of fern and disarray”, expressing the speaking voice disdain for this disorder. As the poem progresses, the woman praises winter for its orderly format, “Of white and black”. Plath is obviously attempting to portray the speakers disdain for disordered arrays of colors, and prefers the contrasting colors of both white and black.
At the beginning of the poem the Earl is presented to us using the adjective "grim" to create a negative figure within the story. Tennyson portrays how Godiva breaks free from the Earls control as she "unclasp'd the wedded eagles of her belt" and she frees herself from the stereotypical contrast. Tennyson contrasts the boldness of Godiva's actions as she "rode forth" with her weakness as the beginning of the poem, shown by Tennyson's reference to the Earl as "her Lord". Therefore she defies the odds and takes charge of what she had to do in order to get rid of the taxation for her people, which “built herself an everlasting name.” Godiva is presented as the property of the Earl who is powerless without him however Tennyson portrays a shift in the balance of authority. Tennyson also tells the story in Godiva through his use of time and form to highlight the greatness of Godiva as she “builds herself an everlasting name”.
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.
Also the simile “like a silken knot,” the use of this simile is comparing her to something soft and fragile, therefore there is a theme of possessiveness and this shows that lower class women in the Elizabethan era were easily manipulated by higher class men. However, the “Lord” shows his commitment towards “Cousin Kate”. “I watched her walk along the lane,” in this quote the verb shows his concentration on Cousin Kate and implies that he is falling deeply in love with her at first sight. Therefore, there is a theme of falling in love at first sight not only in the poem “Cousin Kate” but also in Romeo and Juliet. In a dialogue with religious metaphors that figure Juliet as a Saint and Romeo as a pilgrim, he tries to convince Juliet to kiss her as it would be the only way in which Romeo can be free from
(490) Shakespeare has a different approach on describing his love in his poem, “130”. All throughout the poem Shakespeare is explaining how his mistress is not this beautiful “Barbie” type woman: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. (404) At the very end of the poem, Shakespeare claims that even though she is not this goddess type woman, he still loves her: “And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare”(404). Poe and Shakespeare’s poems have several differences.
As Antonia Fraser revealed in her biography Maria Antoinette: The Journey, Marie-Antoinette's reputation for sweetness and kindness became even more entrenched in 1774, when as the new Queen she asked the people to be relieved of a tax called "The Queen's belt," a tradition at the beginning of each reign. "Belts are no longer worn," she quipped. It was the onslaught of a propaganda that later ruined her reputation. Unhappy Marriage “Maria Antoinette was not satisfied by her marriage.”7 In fact, as Maria’s lady in waiting Campan wrote in her diary The Memoirs of Maria Antoinette, Louis was insensible and egocentric. Although Louis became a devoted husband and he admired Marie's character, in her early years in France his apathy made Maria Antoinette feel isolated.
Particularly in the late seventh and sixth centuries B.C., romantic love was presented as something directed primarily at members of ones' own sex. Some revoluntionary Greek lyric poets of this period such as Sappho, Theognis, and Ibycus expanded the parameters of love by extending the appreciation for same-sex love. What was exceptional about these poets was their unique stylistic effects of evoking intimacy and devotion. Commonly, a manifestation of the power of aphrodisia was known as eros, or the divine power of love and sex-drive (Ogden 311). Therefore, in this paper, homoeroticism solely refers to eros between the same sex.
In Jane Austen’s Emma, Austen expresses the importance of not judging others based on class, their employment, or events of the past. This belief of Austen’s, is shown throughout the novel: from the opening when Emma discourages Harriet to marry the wonderful Mr. Martin, based on his employment, to insulting the kindly Miss Bates because of her tendency to speak dully. Ironically, Emma judges others so harshly, when she does not heed nor take criticism aimed at her lightly. Austen employs motifs to further show this tendency to judge others in the form of reoccurring insight to the judgmental mind of Emma. This parody, set in the early nineteenth century, shows the constraints of culture in England, and the tendency to judge others, but not one’s self.
The diction the Diction and structure 1 HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON Analyzing a Poem writer uses leaves the perpetrators nameless. Furthermore, Parker structures her subjects according to importance. She writes about a rose first, then a bird, and finally a deserted girl. Each time the idea of feeling toward the subject is more tragic Effect of devices on theme and more meaningful. The diction and structure used in “Solace” connect the theme in that without them, the poem would not have the impact that it sends out to the reader.
Attention Getter: “What's in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet.” Have you ever heard these lines? It was taken from “Romeo and Juliet” the famous play by William Shakespeare. Since ancient times, roses are considered to be the symbol of love and giving someone a rose has been considered a beautiful gesture because each type of rose has its own meaning according to their stories and legends. So, we can say that roses speak their own language.