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...?Your Full Your Teacher’s 28 February Poem Review The Crazy Woman by Gwendolyn Brooks is, seemingly, about a woman who goes against the custom of singing in May, a time for happy songs, choosing to sing in November instead. Whether this is because she cannot sing a song of May in tune, or because she wants to go against the grain is open for interpretation. However, upon closer examination, it seems that this is a poem about a rebellious soul; someone who does not want to follow the rules arbitrarily set by the society. The poem can be taken to be a sort of ode to the women’s liberation movement. It is about a woman who does not follow what is expected, but rather marches to the beat of...
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...?Still I rise by Maya Angelou “Still I rise” is a stirring poem which depicts the determination of the speaker to ignore and rise above those who discriminate against her. The speaker is an African-American and has faced racial discrimination, as well as the legacy of being from slave parentage. However, instead of despairing, she gives a rousing dramatic monologue which shows her disdain for this discrimination and tells of how despite all the hardships she will continue to rise above it all. Angelou uses various forms of figurative language in her poem to better convey the message to the reader. This essay will explore some of these elements and see how they add to the poem. In stanza...
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...?Running Head: THE REPRESENTATIVE POEM The Representative Poem Paper The 19th century was characterized by a variety of unique cultural characteristics that had a significant influence on the literature written during this period. The poem “Ulysses” by Alfred Lord Tennyson, written in this century is representative of the characteristics of this period in history. Ulysses was the king of Ethaca, in Greece and this poem is an account of his statements as he is preparing to embark on one of his voyages. The poet conveys through the words of his protagonist that the great king has been involved in a number of great battles and has gathered a...
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...section is widely accepted by literary critics because of its use of Homeric parallels. A deep analysis of the story permits the reader to understand that the use of Homeric parallels provides a perfect organization for various events of the novel. As an eminent writer in English literature, James Joyce portrays a serious and complex story with the structural backgrounds of Greek mythology through various literary techniques like stream of consciousness and interactive monologue. Use of Homeric parallels in James Joyce’s Ulysses A detailed analysis of James Joyce’s Ulysses inspires the reader to identify the resemblances in theme, plot and characterization with Homer’s epic poem The...
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...Siegfried Sasson: Repression of War Experience poem Introduction Siegfried Loraine Sassoon,the writer of the poem Repression of War Experience was famous for his writings on the theme of war and its brutalities. His anti-war views were reflected in his poems. The horrible sights of the war were depicted in his poems bringing forth the reality of war and its terrifying effects on human lives. His poem Repression of War deals with the theme of memories of war. He wants to forget the horrible sights he witnessed on the war field but in spite of his persistent efforts these memories haunt him. The poet being a soldier himself expresses his own thoughts about...
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...? Instructions’ ULYSSES S. GRANT Grant Hiram Ulysses was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio-twenty-five miles of northern Cincinnati on River Ohio, Hannah Simpson and to Jesse Grant. His parents were both born in Pennsylvania. In 1823 Grant’s family moved Georgetown village within Brown-County, Ohio, wherein Grant spent much of his time up to the age of 17.In the age of seventeen, Grant obtained a cadetship to join the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, via his Congressman, Hamer Thomas L. Hamer mistakenly named Grant as Ulysses Simpson Grant, and though Grant objected the conversion, it was hard to refuse the bureaucracy (Rice 12). On graduation, Grant assumed the structure of his...
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...Ulysses S. Grant, role in the Unions Victory and rebuilding of the South Introduction Ulysses Simpson Grant was victorious war leader in the American civil war and later served for two terms as the President of the United States of America. He enjoyed much of popularity in the American public life on account of his bold performance in the battlefield and earning victory for the federal forces in the Civil War. During the course of the war, with the display of his extraordinary military knowledge and talent, he commanded the federal forces receiving frequent promotions later achieving the highest rank in the U.S. army as the supreme commander of the Union forces. He implemented strategies that mobilised the union army successfully... of white...
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...that Ulysses finds his traditional social roles boring and conflicting with his identity. Ulysses sees the life of a king as repetitive and dull. He says: “It little profits that an idle king” (Tennyson 1). Ulysses does not find ruling an exciting responsibility. Furthermore, Ulysses seeks adventures, which being a king does not offer, so he turns over his responsibilities to his son. The poem shows his desire to be someone that a king is not: “When I am gone. He works his work, I mine” (Tennyson 43). He believes that his son is better suited to be a king, while he is more fitting as a wandering adventurer. Aside from wording, Tennyson employs...
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...Poem Reading by Vocal delivery of a poem is a complicated task because it requires deep understanding of the text and certain eloquence. While reading for the first time it was difficult to capture the exact meaning of the author and convey it with the help of intonation and voice. I have noticed that making right pauses gives a poem coherency and can reveal author`s message. However, it is not that easy to understand where it is necessary to make all stops after the first reading because logical pauses do not always coincide with punctuation marks. Moreover, it is important to pronounce different words with different loudness to create necessary rhythm, and it is also possible only after...
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...Carrier of Ladders: the Judgment of Paris by W.S. Merwin The poem ‘The Judgment of Paris’ by Merlin is a recreation of an ancient Greek mythical story, where three goddesses of Greek places a young prince with an ordinary mind Paris in position that defines the future of troy. It is a position where even intelligent individuals placed under the same circumstances could not be able to make a rational decision. However, the criticality of the decision is because Paris` decision would either save troy or result in war essentially leading to the doom of troy. Therefore, the poem is characterized by stress in the end lines of some stanza, ‘you will forget anyway’, ‘you will suffer anyway’ and ‘you will lose...
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