Essays About Literature
“Dream Variation” Aspirations “Elevator Boy” Lack of economic opportunities “For a Lady I Know” Racism reflected in religion “Golgotha is a Mountain” Racial / religious persecution “Harlem Wine” Life neglected due to racism “Hatred” Rejection of/ by race, religion, or rejected lover “I, Too” Pride in self “Incident” Traumatic experience “Long Gone” Freedom/ lack of…
Iambic Pentameter a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity. Octave a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of…
S’ io credessi che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa flAmma staria sensa piu scosse. Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo Non torno vivo alcum, s’ i’ odo il vero, Senza tema d’ infamia ti rispondo Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against…
Richard Wright Facts • Described as the first African American writer to expose rascism to a large white audience • An expatriate who never returned (self exhile in Paris, France during last years of his life) • Was once part of the Communist Party • Goal is to show the brutality and violence of racism…
It is a commonplace of literary history that no great outburst of poetic energy has been unattended by the lyric. Not only may we fairly say that its vitalitv is an index of the vitality of the deeper poetic energies, but we may add that it endures when other forms seem dormiant or moribund, and…
THE PATRIOT-story -Unnamed Patriot going to gallows and reflects in how his fortunes have changed since his triumphal entry into the city before. THE PATRIOT-voice -1st person -Unnamed Patriot-focus of voice is on personal experience. THE PATRIOT-form -Regular 5 line stanzas -iambic pentameter -Rhyme scheme= ABABA THE PATRIOT-setting -A city (‘house roofs’ and ‘church spires’)…
Quote ID: “Where are we all going and why are we bothering?” Asagai What made Beneatha want to be a doctor? Rufus’ sledding accident and his healing following; she wanted to do that Why does Beneatha no longer want to be a doctor? Because she has stopped caring about how people hurt; she states, “it’s…
16th Century Renaissance Poetry occurred between these years 1485-1603 Sonnets written in the Sixteenth Century often reflected this aspect Courtly Love Courtly love allowed members to do what? Show admiration for each other, dispute marriage status as marriage was for money and power, not love Many illicit court romances were fuelled by this practice Courtly…
The points of contact between Judaism and the reli X gion of Babylonia have frequently been mentioned by numerous writers, but the traces of Egyptian mythology in both Jewish and Christian Scriptures have not been so much noticed,2 nor could they be till quite lately. It is only within the last few decades that students…
In a study of Hebrew poetry, undertaken long ago as a student task, I tried to make out what right that poetry had to its name. A good many authorities rested its claims on the poetical elevation of its ideas. Parallelism passed for a peculiarity of Hebrew poetic thought, and not as an artifice of…
Of all categories of literature lyric poetry is the most difficult to define sharply. It is generally a thing apart from other types, but it often merges into other types, and any in tense moment may force to the surface the lyrical element in drama or epic. The border land between the genres is hard…
Comparisons between the relationships that the protagonists had with their parents and how these defined their characters. In the novels, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Outsider by Albert Camus, there are many important relationships that help define the protagonists. The protagonist in The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa, and the protagonist from The Outsider, Meursault,…
World War One, also known as The Great War took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918. It claimed the lives of millions and resulted in millions of casualties. It is all too often forgotten but when remembered, it is remembered with great sadness. It is hard to imagine that anything beautiful could materialize…
Discuss how poets have presented the loss of childhood innocence in ‘Death of a Naturalist’ by Seamus Heaney, ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s Class’ by Carol Ann Duffy and ‘The Evacuee’ by R. S. Thomas. It is clear to all that a key part of poetry is its ability to capture significant moments in our lives. Seamus…
In ‘Death of a Naturalist’ there is plenty of language and imagery to suggest a sense of security about childhood in rural south Derry; it is not until the second paragraph that the boy’s childhood innocence is put in any danger. Seamus Heaney is using the method of structure to make the division clear by…
To what extent did these poems effectively construct the theme of childhood? Innocent. That’s what we were during the course of our childhood, before we became corrupt, greedy and stressful. The poems “Half-Past Two” (HP2) by U. A. Fanthorpe, “Piano” by D. H. Lawrence and “My Parents kept Me from Children who were Rough”(Rough Children)…
And sometimes we wonder why people do things like take drugs, one of the main reasons is they want to escape reality, they don’t want to be chained anymore, they want to be carefree, they want to be a child again. That brings us to the second poem, “Piano” by D. H. Lawrence. It tells…
Poetry comparison of “boy driving his father to confession” and “praise song for my mother” In class we researched two poems. Both poems are about family relationships. I am going to refer “boy driving his father to confession “as poem 1 and “praise song for my mother” as poem 2. In poem 1, the main…
The first poem we studied was ‘Strongman’ by Tony Curtis. The poem was about a father and son relationship and the father’s subsequent death. In the first verse the son talks about his memories of when he was a child and used to play with his father. He describes him as being superhuman and you…
In these poems the poets explore the theme of relationships. One poem deals with grief about divorce whilst the other tackles the taboo topic of death. While “Long Distance” is a poem about the abundance of love, conquering even death, “The Sick Equation” is about the total lack of it. Both poems share the themes…
Looking closely at ‘London’ by William Blake and ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’ by William Wordsworth, compare and contrast the two ways in which city of London is presented and described by these two poets. In this essay I am going to look at the perspectives of William Blake and William Wordsworth towards the urban city…
Stanza three moves on to explain suffering in London. Blake describes the church as being ” Blackened “, this could mean it is black with pollution or that the church and religion itself is black. Blake has a low opinion of the king as he describes the scene of a soldier slumped against the palace…
Scannell gives the impression that he looks back on his childhood with displeasure at how they all applauded a fight and had snotty noses. The last line of the poem comments on how the villain would warm his heart ‘with something oddly close to love’. This shows that his memories were not all bad and…
The 2 poems I am going to compare are Vultures and Nothings Changed. Vultures was written by a Nigerian tribesman named Chinua Achebe. Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria in 1930. He was christened as Albert Achebe. He is one of the most admired African novelists who writes in English. On the other hand, Nothing’s…
Both poets, Fanthorpe and Clarke use a slow and serious tone. In spite of this similarity, the impression that we have of their characters is very different. In “Miracle on St. David’s Day” Clarke introduces us to many characters, she describes some briefly other in detail. We are introduced to a “chestnut-haired boy”. The close…
There is a change in volume sensed in the dialogue, ranging from silence to quite loud, namely when the landlady speaks. The irregularity of the volume helps to create tension between the two characters. The line length is slightly irregular, ranging from eight to twelve syllables per line (except the final line). This contributes to…
These two poems both tell the story of memorable incidents in the lives of children. ‘Hide and Seek’ describes the well known childhood game and ‘Half-past Two’ is a story about a school boy in detention who can’t tell the time. ‘Hide and Seek’ takes the form of a series of instructions on how to…
The poems Dover Beach and Snake consider the same actions coming from the poet. Although these actions are differently conveyed the poems still have similarities but in the other hand many differences. In Dover Beach, throughout the poem it can be realized that Matthew Arnold creates a very drastic depressing tone, which he combines with…
Poem Comparison: ‘Island Man’ and ‘Hurricane Hits England’ I am going to compare both the poems and explain the differences and similarities between them. Both the poems are set in England, and the poet uses negative experiences that occur there to remind herself of her culture/home. The negative experiences in both poems are centralised around the element of…
In this essay I am comparing the two poems “half past two” and “Hide and Seek” these two poems are written by modern poets. Which are Vernon Scannel and U. A. Fanthorpe, we see in Scannel’s poem that he is describing his sinter child hood where his best friend’s leave him during a game of…
