‘To His Coy Mistress’ is a comedic depiction of unrequited love, showing how love can be represented in a light-hearted way whilst communicating the deeper significance of what it means to feel this way about someone. Likewise, ‘Sonnet 43’ presents us with a serious topic, portrayed in a carefree way. ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is set into three stanzas of unequal length, each showing a new stage in the relationship. The beginnings of each stanza are a giveaway as to what we should expect from it. ‘Had we’ tells us that the persona is fantasising about what could happen, and that the images created here have in fact not happened yet.
As a result, the author creates a realistic conversational story. The use of fragments makes the story personal because the author uses them to call attention to Geraldo and details around him. By calling attention to the details the author is able to humanize the character which makes the story of his death personal foe the reader. Hence, Cisneros expert use of simple colloquial diction and short direct sentences makes the story personal and realistic to the
The autobiographical nature of the first passage in “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” introduces the reader to the apparent truth and reality of the story, signalling also what is to be expected in the rest of the collection. Simultaneously, its use of literary techniques in order to illustrate realism to the reader signals that the story is rooted in artifices and the semblance of truth, as is its nature as a work of fiction. M.H. Abrams defines literary realism as “the everyday, the normal, the pragmatic,” and Le utilises this concept in his opening passage to set the tone of the short story and the collection of work. Images such as
People thought that Brown’s irony was sharp, his ideas were exciting, and he was not only and protestor of his time but one of the first times. Brown’s Work protested the classical folklore in the way it was written. “He infused his poetry with genuine characteristic flavor by adopting his medium geniality and optimism” was James Johnson reaction to his
The sun becomes the focus because of the red color. It is aimed to capture the fleeting life. Since this piece is painted during the Impressionistic period, the style centers on the overall picture, not on the details. Although some critics derogate Monet’s art for its quality as to whether it can be defined as impressionism, a reaction to the brutal and chaotic transformation of French life both in content and in style, Monet’s painting clearly suggests the fleeting life of urbanized Paris. Unlike the first piece I described, Turner’s The Slave Ship is more dramatic and intense.
William Shakespear is a wonderful writer that uses different methods to get his message across in a creative and interesting way. In the play “Romeo and Juliet” he uses the different categories of the English language to bring to the audience attention that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed” and fate brings them together. Inevitability of fate would be one of the main themes of the play. Romeo and Juliet’s love for one another brings them closer together but the fight between their two sides would lead to the death of these two lovers. William Shakespear often us motifs to paint a picture of what’s going on in the story.
The rhyming in this poem is very well structured and continues in the same fashion throughout the poem, e.g. “time...crime”, “way...day.” The fact that the rhyme scheme lasts throughout the entire poem is a parallel to the way that the speaker’s love for “his coy mistress” endures. This engages the reader’s feelings because since the rhyme scheme is so dependable and trustworthy, there is sincerity in his expression of his pure love for her, even though the poem is mostly about his lust and desire. This reminds us that behind all of the lust and fantasy, there is an enduring love for the
(MindEdge, 2012) “The Romantic period emphasized the boldly heroic, the individuals, the imaginative, and the irrational, believing that aesthetic authenticity could be found in strong emotional response. Romantic artist stressed with dramatic action.” Romantic paintings in general are characterized by
However, they value different means of love although their love maybe as much as each other. In the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet, the line of "are you going to leave me so unsatisfied?" and "I would be satisfied if we made each other promises of love" said Romeo. However, the persona in Sonnet 18, he written that "once you 're captured in my eternal verses, as long as men are alive and have eyes with which to see, this poem will live and keep you alive ." These show differences as Romeo value more at immediate promises, and at the opposite, persona in Sonnet 18values more in eternal love.
William Blake "The lamb" versus "The tiger" - Blake's own decoration of his own volumes There is no doubt that William Blake was both a great artist, and a brilliant poet. He had the gift of ennobling simple words and things through imagination. He used his talent and imagination, but also his vision to create something that was incomparable and unusual for that period in the British history. Being convinced that poetry, music and art are all forms with a common content Blake decorated his poems with drawings and colors, using an original and unique technique of engraving. This way appeared his famous Illuminated Books.