Forms of Ownership Essay

Throughout the piece, the piano’s dynamics were played at a mezzo forte level. There was at times quick staccatos and accents, however I heard very little crescendos and diminuendos. If there was anything more I would have liked from the piece it would have been a broader range of dynamics that came from the pianist. Even when the baritone had nothing to sing, the constant monochromatic sound from the piano was unmoving. However, as my disappointment about the lack of adversity coming from the…

Summary of Observations and Assessments Summer appeared in good physical condition and dressed casually in designer slacks and top. Her hair appeared professionally-styled and she wore expensive-looking jewelry including an excessive amount of cologne—per observation—but presented very sad and frustrated. She appeared to be in severe distress and displayed a considerable amount of hand-wringing while she spoke about her concerns. Summer’s affect was appropriate to the content of the…

Messiaen choses to experiment with a wide range of dynamics through out the entire fourth movement. Furthermore, he indicates drastic changes of those dynamics that happen in a short period of time, which presents the audience with an element of surprise. Additionally, the Interlude is the shortest movement in the entire composition, which is 73 measures long and lasts for about two minutes (considering the entire Quartet for the End of Time is about 50 minutes long). Therefore, a rapid change…

Petrarch is a poet that writes many of his poems with a theme about his first love, Laura. His love for Laura is discussed in the introductory part of the book when it says, "his thoughts and identity are scattered and transformed by the experience of love for a beautiful, unattainable woman named Laura." (164). Laura played a major role in Petrarch's poetry because she played an important role in Petrarch's life causing him to focus on her in many parts of his poetry. When Laura dies Petrarch…

Many poets use enjambment as a tool to get the audience interested, keep them tantalized with each line, until the final gasp of words at the very end. Enjambment is the continuation of lines, usually without punctuation marks, and can be used to surprise the audience with the turn of the next line. It can give a poem a natural and unpredictable flow that can be quite alluring. In Sharon Olds’ poem, “Poem of Thanks,” there are multiple enjambments and great examples of the craft for the purpose…

Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Love is Not All” employs numerous poetic devices in order to express the simultaneous senselessness and essentiality of love. Structurally, Millay’s sonnet fits perfectly into Shakespeare’s niche: the first 13 lines express the superfluity and foolishness of being in love, while the last line confesses that Millay does “not think [she] would” (Line 14) surrender love for purpose. This single closing statement encompasses the human tendency to love for the experience,…

The poets of the following poems all attempted to convey the message to the reader that like a wave, winter can mean something else depending on one's point of view. In the poem “The Cremation of Sam Mcgee” by Robert Service, to help the reader visualize how cold the Yukon winter is, Service used the hyperbole “[Sam] [is] chilled clean through to the bone” (line 22). s nearly impossible for someone to be chilled through to the bone; there are many layers of fat, skin, blood, muscle, etc.…

YuEun Kim and Sung Chan were successful when they perform “The Sonata No.5 in F major, Opus 24, Spring” of Beethoven. This piece of music started with soft dynamic at first that made me feel calm and peaceful. The tempo was slow at the beginning, and then the piano suddenly came with the fast tempo while the violin was slow. Sung Chan who played the piano gave an impressive performance at the first movement. The scale had changed from minor to major, and major to minor that made the audience…

theme is considerably lower lending itself to a much more sombre mood and allowing progression to the theme being repeated at bar 10.Theme 1 is the fundamental manifestation of the minor tonality of this work. Additionally the takes on an undulating form in the second phrase towards the end of the theme. To duration the movement is manipulated by its marking as Allegro and is characterised by staccato minim then crotchet melody followed by an answering dotted quaver rhythm that perfectly…

Poetry Explication Essay: That Time of Year Thou Mayst in Me Behold This sonnet is alluding to the way time affects us all, and compares the seasons of the year to different periods of our lives. The overall impression the narrator or listener is left with is that of an ominous, almost fearful view on time passing far too rapidly. To support this the use of imagery, simile, repetition, and the first person point of view is significant. The use of assonance and rhyme is less obvious but there…