The poem continued into " I say/ It's in the reach of my arms/The span of my hips/The stride of my steps/ The curl of my lips ". As a mother of four, I know what it means to have a full-figure. Angelou sparked flames in women movements around the world because of →
Maurya's resigned, beautiful speech and that of others drew me to her plight and helped me relate to her. The content of the poem is another element that brings out the quality of the poem; the poem addresses the hardships and difficulties that come with life in rural Ireland, as well as the fear of →
In his poem " To a Stranger", Walt Whitman delivers an impeccable piece of literary work that exalts the body, concepts of attachment, sexual love, romantic friendship and the comprehensive theme of homosexuality." To a Stranger" signifies traditional ideologies of love at first sight as the subject of the poem speaks of his love →
Through the development of the character, Ronald, and the speaker from Swing valley, we are able to apprehend how recollection memories can lead to happiness. When it comes to ecstasy, it's not a word in Ronald's dictionary. In life, this is a metaphor of that moment of finally achieving the goal you →
The author has beautifully used vowel sound in the rhymes ' touch' and ' much' which again has been repeated into the words ' enough, ' and ' rough'. After analyzing the poem " To Earthward" one aspect that comes into the mind of readers is →
In the later part of her life, people began to call her a mythical figure as she became the most isolated person and used to stay most of the time in the confines of her home. I feel this is not so as in early part of her life she was a socialized person and →
His actions are further unjust because he is not concerned with the benefit of his people or the fact that his actions are causing a standstill of progress in the war, but rather the personal glorification and praise that he believes is due to him by his fellow people. These actions, however, do not require →
In this book, Odysseus uses his cunning to rid his home of the unwelcome suitors, and Penelope, in turn, uses her cunning to protect not only herself, but her people as well, by forcing Odysseus to prove his identity to her. Also augmenting Penelope's unwillingness to accept Odysseus' return is her awareness of the results →
The pool is used symbolically, like with Myrrha's, and literally, such as the naval battle, and it is an integral part of this production because of all the things it represents and the novelty it adds to the entire show. Another part of the production, which may not stand out as much as the pool →
The ancient, alliterative poem tells the tale of the adventures of the strong and courageous warrior, Beowulf, who comes to the aid of Hrothgar, King of the Danes. Beowulf himself is the nephew of Higelac, King of the Geats, and is said to have the strength of 30 men in each of his arms..
Honestly, who could deny that Beowulf was one of the greatest heroes of all time? I will wait. Beowulf was the epitome of strength and fearlessness.
Eve decided to eat the apple and after sharing this news with Adam, he decides to eat the apple too. One of the main underlying conflicts in Paradise Lost is the concept of free will. The twist to this tree is that knowledge is the awareness of everything, including good and evil.
The call here is the phone call home but the speaker also meditates on the idea of a person being called home to God as in the medieval play ' Everyman'.* The opening of the poem, it could be argued, is not poetry, it is ordinary, everyday speech. And yet the arrangement of the lines →
So poetry are inevitable part of literature. Literary Genre Analysis To his coy mistress The speaker of Andrew Marvell's poem," to his coy mistress" addresses to the women who is slow in responses to his sexual advancements and uses exaggerated metaphors to seduce his mistress. Though this rhetoric is harsh but the speaker craftily →
Measured by these criteria, Homer's classic tale certainly qualifies as an epic: Odysseus, King of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War, sails boldy around the Mediterranean on a difficult ten-year voyage, escapes from several perilous encounters, and reclaims his home after he acknowledges the powerful influence of the gods in the lives of mortal →
Arming then has meaning as verb. The denotative meaning from arm is part of body which consist of two long parts of the upper body that fixed to the shoulders and have hands at the end. The connotative meaning of Rock here is the faith, beliefs, or religion that people have to →
Both these texts demonstrate this process of discovery are confronting and aggressive, leaving a major impact on an individual, resulting in a change of their perspective on the world surrounding them, through perspectives of self-discovery, geographical discovery and physical discovery. Discoveries involve a process of transformation which can result in healing, reconciliation and renewal ideologies. →
In order to make the connection between the author's motive in the poem, and its effectiveness through analysis- one must first understand the context of the poem. The poem appears to be written by a single father, to his only child , in hopes to help " you delicately step into the wild →
" As I went up by Ovilliers / In mud and water cold to the knee" : the poem begins with a realistic scene in the Somme, as a soldier tramps through the flooded British trenches." three jeering, fleering spectres": The ghosts are laughing, mocking the soldier." Here's a right brave soldier": the first →
Telemachus has active mind and stout heart and he is on the way to match his father's skills and cunning. The Importance of Telemachus From the beginning of the epic novel it may seem that Telemachus plays central role as Odysseus does not appear till Telemachus realizes his responsibilities before his palace →
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Supporting the belief that Man is created with sufficient qualities to withstand on his own, Milton's God effectively detaches himself from the implications of Man's fall upon Adam and Eve's eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Not only is free will compatible with the doctrine of Milton's God, but also it serves as the epitome →
The soldiers will live on in the world' memory and will honour the soldiers glory forever. Form The poem is a narrative that is told in chronological order from the beginning of the battle when the soldiers are given orders to when the soldiers return from battle. The shortest stanza is outside →
Oblivious of the society, their acts bring them happiness and fulfillment. In the poem, Love Calls Us to the Things of This World, Richard Wilbur talks of human existence and the human soul's acceptance that the temporal world is flawed. It is through love that the soul comes to comprehend →
This use of representational colours is another vital piece of reasoning behind the point that " In Flanders Fields" is of key importance to the anthology. Many of the themes that run through the first part of the anthology are all present in the poem, three of the main themes are death, honour and →
The use of nature in Lucy poems serves six major purposes: connecting with the readers, developing the plot, juxtaposing the beauty of nature with the cruelty of death, developing the theme of love, bringing out other literary devices in the poems, indicating the setting of the poems and letting the reader know the inspiration behind →
Death is the reason that a man finds Resurrection. The speaker first humbles death by telling him that he has the power to kill, but truthfully he has no power at all. He offends death and tells him that he is not to be feared, but just a slave to the will of fate, and →
Satan is the aspect of humanity that strays from the path of God and ceases to see the universe in terms of Good and Evil. It is in this way that Milton not only explains the ways of God to man, but at the same time makes it clear that these ways of God make →
Odysseus was not a great leader, all his actions explain everything. First he let his men die, odysseus did not tell his men about the danger. This proves that odysseus terms of leadership are lacking. If odysseus was a good leader he would of have let all his men know about the danger but he →
The difference the speaker finds between the maiden and a summer day is that the beauty of the maiden is more perfect, and more timeless than a summer's day. In the present moment of contemplating this beauty, it is the beauty then that is transcendent of the moment, and as a result it is an →
In both poems a circle was created around the victims to make sure of no escape. Within the poem " Night of the Scorpion", all families in the community are concerned about each other, as everybody goes to Ezekiel's house and takes part in the rituals as if all this is part of normal family →