Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a female composer in a patriarchal society that is hi ghly religious and traditional, wrote reluctantly about her love for Robert Barrett Browning throughout her poems. Sonnet XIII specifically reflects on parochial Victorian age values and shows how Barrett Browning does not conform to female expectations as she wrote spontaneously about her obsession with love. Similarly, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals the consequences of obsession with love and the impact of non-conformity in social and historical contexts through the characterisation of Gatsby, who refuses to conform to expectations of immorality and develops an obsession with this. Thus, the issue of different context and forms is significantly ineffective as the consequences of obsession relatively have the same effect even if the influence was different. Barrett Browning presents positive consequences of obsession as her sonnets, whilst being heavily influenced by religion and spirituality, also
* “That poet’s use of enjambment gave his lyrics a subtle complexity his competitor lacked.” 27. Meter: * The cadence, rhythm, and lilt of word structure. * The poetic measure of the word pattern. * “Pharoah Monch constantly alters his meter when he mcs.” 28. Fiction: * A story which is made up and based on imagined incidents.
Poetry and drama have a few key features that emphasize their per formative nature. One is the use of rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration, and other types of sound symbolism. For example, in Gwendolyn Brooks' "We real cool", the poet uses a strong rhyme scheme, a consistent meter, and an almost sing-song tone to demonstrate the lack of education of the narrator and his or her youthfulness. It also emphasizes the last line "We die soon.". Another is in "unity of action".
Williams 1 Shana Williams Professor Susan Cooper English 102 20 September 2013 Altered Reactions in Adversity Diverse as the stories “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb, and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin appear, they share similarities. Jake, from “Love in L.A.” and Mrs. Mallard, from “The Story of an Hour” are two seemingly young individuals experiencing different forms of adversity yet, they share a comparable alter in their authentic reactions. Jake and Mrs. Mallard indulge in subconscious battles, except their reasons and battles are unrelated. Though their situation concluded extremely different, Jake and Mrs. Mallard feel a sense of freedom. Dissimilar in settings, Jake on a crowed freeway daydreaming of his 1958
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.
Nevertheless, the speaker in different poems plays different roles, as for example within the poem ‘High Windows’ by Philip Larkin, ‘Through two points only one straight line can pass by Yehuda Amichai and ‘Annus Mirabilis’ by Philip Larkin once again. High Windows, a poem written during the sexual revolution of the 20th century, the speaker describes the differences between two different generations, one that is sexually conservative and the other that is liberated, however the speaker within this poem helps to voice the search for happiness and freedom that each individual generation seeks Nevertheless, there is a paradox existing within the speaker of the poem as it is not clear as to whether the speaker wishes to alienate himself from the younger generation or try to relate to the them, it is this paradox that the speaker evokes that serves to highlight the change in attitudes towards between two distinct generations. Firstly, through the diction and language that the speaker wishes to portray to the reader, Larkin accentuates the speaker’s desire to understand and relate to a younger generation. The speaker’s initial description of “a couple of kids” (1) we notice how he is trying to set an initial irony as the way in
However, they are different in their writing styles. Shelley is considered one of the Romantic .poets whilst Larkin falls firmly into Modernist poet genre. Poetry critic Proffesor Tijana Stojkovic writes, "Philip Larkin is an excellent example of the plain style in modern times. "(Unnoticed in the Casual Light of Day) Both the poems are on the surface about monuments. Ozymandius is about the monument of Rameses II whilst An Arundel Tomb is about the tomb of an earl and countess.
Zaviah Wray Merrell English 105-C2 30 July 2013 The New Formalist Dana Gioia is one of “the most controversial, unwelcomed conservative critics of his generations” (Darling 2). Gioia is “the visible spokesperson for a movement in poetry called New Formalism, which stresses the appropriateness of traditional form for contemporary poetry as well as urging a return to storytelling in verse”(Darling 2). Gioia tells stories in his poems by reliving circumstances that have happened throughout his life. Gioia is known for using free verse in his poems to catch the reader’s attention. Gioia uses figures of speech, imagery, and rhyme to communicate and relate to the reader.
These experiences include the strong attachment between author and book which is also hinted at the beginning with the possessive pronoun ‘Her’. However, if the context of Bradstreet being a female writer and the period of time in which the poem is set in is taken into consideration, the use of ‘Her’ and a female persona could also be interpreted as the poet’s attempt at an egalitarian approach to literature. This is subtly suggested towards the end of the poem when the speaker states, “If for thy father asked, say thou hadst none;” The poem begins with the archaic pronoun ‘Thou’ and it immediately sets up the historical context of the poem. Recognition of the archaic form is vital as it helps modern readers gain a clearer picture of the predicament at that time and
In 'The Painter', we see surrealistic techniques employed. He also was interested in the music of John Cage and his poem, ‘Melodic Trains’ has been written in a musical-musing style. Charles Altieri, in ‘Self and Sensibility in Contemporary American Poetry’, labels Ashbery “the major poet of our minor age”. Ashbery himself commented in ‘The Invisible Avant-Garde’, that “Artists are no fun once they have been discovered” and it seems that his poetry is an attempt to elude what Eliot called “the lemon squeezing school of criticism”. The main purpose of Ashbery’s poetry as Ashbery himself asserted is: "to record a kind of generalized transcript of what's really going on in our minds all day " The best example is ‘Melodic Trains’ which is innovative and based on stream of consciousness technique recording a real transcript of our minds.