Introduction Poetry has been a special genre and it is one of the many genres that remain consistent (structural means) even after being exploited for years. Looking back at the British poems in the late 80s‚ the stanzas and lines have not changed much‚ at least not the structure of it. Even until today‚ these shapes remained the same‚ although altered in position such as the use of indentation or tabulation in each line‚ alternatively. Besides‚ poetry has become a medium of communication in various
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Preliminary English Advanced Course 2005 Module A: The poetry of Judith Wright- An Australian Experience? Claire-Alyce Heness June 8 2005 Reporting the balance between the ¡§distinctly Australian¡¨ and the universal in a selection of Judith Wright¡¦s poetry‚ being Eve to her Daughters‚ Remittance Man and South of my Days. Abstract This report discusses the influences of Australia as well as the universal impact on the poetry of Judith Wright. It contains an evaluation of both the
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ASSIGNMENT#1 USE OF MOTIFS IN JOHN DONNE’S POETRY John Donne uses a number of motifs‚ geographical and geometrical shapes‚ and discoveries etc. as metaphysical conceits in his poetry. Sometimes these are used to express his intensity of love‚ while sometimes these are used to compare and ultimately prove the superiority of his love. The different motifs used by John Donne are discussed below with references from his various poems. Donne’s fascination with spheres can be understood by reading
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them The Advocates of Poetry: A Reader of American Poet-Critics of the Modernist Era and New Expansive Poetry: Theory‚ Criticism‚ History. Additionally‚ in 2000‚ The Longman Anthology of Short Fiction showed up. Four compilations from the Penguin Academics Pocket Anthology arrangement were distributed in 2001‚ these were Poetry‚ Fiction‚ Drama‚ and Literature. In 2004‚ the new versions and the Canadian releases of the arrangement showed up. In 2005‚ Contemporary American Poetry: A Pocket Anthology
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A personal response to the poetry of W.B Yeats In my opinion W.B Yeats is one of Ireland’s greatest poets. His work is saturated with descriptive imagery‚ deep personal feelings and political opinions. This patriotic poet also gives us an insight into life during the 1900’s as well as his own personal life. The poetry of W.B Yeats contains powerful metaphors and imagery that have a very memorable quality to them. There are also dynamic contrasts in every poem which makes him stand out amongst
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CHAUCER Chaucer the father of English poetry‚ lived in the Middle English period. It is convenient to divide chaucer’s literary output into 3 stages. The French period: in the first phase as a writer‚ Chaucer leaned heavily on French sources and French forms. This is evident in “ The Book of the Dichess”‚ poem on the death of the wife of john of gaunt‚ and again in a translation of a fench verse romance‚ “The Romaunt of the Rose”. Both poems belong to an established convention: the dream vision
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The Function of the Journey in Matthew Arnold’s Poetry We can see that much of Matthew Arnold’s poetry contains the imagery of a journey. Stefan Collini suggests that this is a three-stage journey “represented by a river‚ which rises in a cool‚ dark glade‚ flows out on to the fierce‚ hot plain‚ and then finds its way to the wide calm sea” (54). The first stage is that of childhood and is represented by romantic descriptions of nature and an overall feeling of happiness. This stage can be referred
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“Muslim Belal” and “The Jewish and Muslim Girl Poetry Slam” are two well-known examples of religious poetry. The poet “Muslim Belal” talks about how he got from the streets to Islam. “The Jewish and Muslim Girl Poetry Slam” talks about how society discriminates the religions: Islam and Judaism. These two poems do have some similar qualities. Muslim Belal is a poet that talks about how he got from his “ghetto” lifestyle into the folds of Islam. His poem is a rap and also includes a few Arabic words
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Jasmine McFall Professor Norris English 234 10/23/2011 Nikki Giovanni: The Princess of Black Poetry Yolanda Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni is one of the world’s most renowned black poets‚ as well as an author‚ commentator‚ writer‚ and educator. Born in Knoxville‚ Tennessee‚ raised in Cincinnati‚ Giovanni has been an involved activist and writer since the early 1960s. After leaving high school in the eleventh grade‚ she entered the historically black Fisk University
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Qualities of Indianness in Indian English Poetry Indian Poets writing in English around fifties have produced a fairly voluminous body of verse that is often deeply rooted in the traditional Indian sensibility and is yet strikingly modern in expression. The question of Indianness is not merely a question of the material of poetry‚ or even sensibility‚ it is tied up with the factor called the audience. Indian English poets write for Indian audience‚ but they also write quite inevitably‚ for non-Indian
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