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...Lila Abu- Lughod: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society Lila Abu-Lughod is a Palestinian, American woman, who lived in the North West of Egypt among the Awlad Ali tribes for two years. In Egypt, Abu-Lughod studied gender relations and oral lyric poetry through which young men and women use to express their feelings. She graduated from Harvard and now works as an academic and writer in several universities such as the Columbia University where she is an anthropology professor, as well as Women’s Gender Studies. Moreover, she is the author of veiled sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society book, which has gained popularity over the years. According to Abu- Lughod (17), Honor and...
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...Edgar Allan Poe and Close Reading Response to “The Raven” and “The Lake” Born the year 1809 in Boston, MA to parents who separated during his early youth, Edgar Allan Poe grew up with a natural passion for writing and profound thoughts despite financial crisis and personal conflicts with the guardians who took custody of him until the stage of full independence. Though reared to become involved in corporate matters by the Allans, his foster parents, Poe had been more inclined to engage himself in the literary endeavor of writing poetries and short stories that depict themes of horror and mystery. It serves as an interesting piece of information to learn that Poe regarded poetics with a value significantly higher than the...
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...? Analysis of Love Lyrics in Poetry and Song Both the song by Guns and Roses, November Rain and Love Poem by John Frederick Nims are written about love. However, they both take a different viewpoint and the narrators are very different in age and the relationship is different. In the song, the singer is trying to convince the object of his love to reassure him that their love still flourishes and she will stay. This is confirmed by the other two songs in the trilogy and some comments by Axl Rose in interviews, as fans discuss ("Guns N' Roses - November Rain Lyrics | SongMeanings."). In the poem, the narrator is speaking to the love of his life and identifying the things he loves most about her, secure in a long term relationship... regular,...
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...it all together, it is seen that both the poems compared above are based on the same themes: death and worthlessness. Both the poems are based on different ideas, but talk about human misery, pain, insignificance of human life, and obscurity. Death, in itself, is a very powerful yet dark aspect of human existence; and, when it is talked about in the form of poetry, it becomes such a strong bearer of murkiness that the reader cannot find himself a clue about what causes human life so worthless and ominous. The above mentioned poems are typical examples of this aspect of human existence; and the poets have brought forward the theme in a very lucid manner. Works Cited Kennedy, X.J., and Dana Gioia. Backpack Literature: An...
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...'IN 'PARADISE LOST' MILTON BOTH ADOPTS AND ALTERS THE CONVENTIONS OF EPIC POETRY - A DISCUSSION "The noblest poem that ever was wrote in any language or in any age" [Sir John Denham Cited Wedgwood, 46] John Milton's Paradise Lost essentially belongs to the genre of epic poetry. Yet in retelling the biblical myth of God and Satan, Satan's enticement of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, seeking to "assert the eternal Providence/ And justify the ways of God to men,"[Milton, I.26] Milton has perceptively shifted from the traditional track of epic narration, imaginatively transforming almost all the elements of epic narration- myth, history, form and language- into a classical, yet...
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...Edited (in the modern English language) Psalms 137: Super flumina by Myles Coverdale By the waters of Babylon, We sat down and wept When we remembered the old Zion
As for our harps, we hung them up upon the trees that are there.
Then they that led us away captives,
Required of us a song and melody in our heaviness:
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land
If I forgot you, o Jerusalem,
Let my right hand be forgotten.
If I do not remember you,
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth.
Yes, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth.
Remember the children of Edom, o Lord,
In the days of Jerusalem, how they say:
Down with it, down with it, even to the ground.
O... (in the modern ...
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...Nelma Ferreira March 28, Poetry Reflection “Any healthy man can go without food for two days - butnot without poetry”.
- Charles Baudelaire
Poetry is a soothing tool with the help of which one can calm down one’s disturbed soul. I am also in love with poetry and poetic diction, and this love pulled me to attend a poetic session in the Rice University. Here is my perspective about some of the poems I listened to, when I attended an event in the Rice Gallery at the Rice University on March 7, 2012.
As I understand it, the poem, ‘Lost in Space’, by D. Trinidad Hanks, mentions the link between how gymnastics play in front of us, and how they lead their emotional lives....
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...Bruce Flohr ENG 104 March 30th War as a Theme in Two Poems from World War I War is as old as mankind, and so is poetry, so it should come as no surprise that war is often used as a theme in poetry. Usually of course poetry was used as a way to make war seem attractive to young men who would fight for their country. But starting in World War I there was a greater movement towards anti-war poetry as the young men who went to war were often more educated and felt very shocked by it. This contrast can be very clearly seen by comparing Wilfred Owens "Dulce et Decorum Est" with Edward Thomass "This is No Petty Case of Right or Wrong," both of which were written during World...
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...CHILDREN’S WRITING Introduction The intrinsic nature of poetry as a literary work cannot be overemphasized. Since time immemorial, poetry has developed to the extent that it cannot be ignored in any sphere of learning. In time past, poetry was thought to be a preserve of a few people who were good in mastery of the different forms of reading and writing skills. Today, the dynamics have changed to the extent that poetry is taught from the elementary to the high places of learning. Teaching of poetry to pupils in primary schools has come under sharp focus in the recent past. To ensure that the pupils are well equipped to be able to write and read poetic...
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...Looking At Literature: Poetry in the Modern Age – Comparison and Contrast
Classic and modern literature has provided today’s day and age with a vast amount of information to think about and ponder over. There are a number of literary works that have shaped the way that most people think today, and works by a number of authors have helped people all over the world to formulate opinions and give a second thought to the way they live their lives. Two such literary works under the purview of the theme of gender roles and marriage have been taken with a view to compare and contrast in order to develop a deeper insight into the opinions that their authors formed on the basis of understanding human relationships and emotions;...
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