Alliterative verse

“How do the selected poems present the idea of infancy or childhood?” - Infant Joy - Infant Sorrow - Prayer Before Birth* - One Upon a Time* - You’re - Piano* Childhood, is the part of life where humans remain innocent and pure, and are distant from corrupted society. ‘Infant joy’ by William Blake, and ‘You’re’ by Sylvia Plath all portray an optimistic view on infancy and childhood. Blake presents infancy in an affirmative tone, whereas Plath conveys positivity in a more obscure way resulting…

Compare the ways in which Valentine and Love’s Dog explore the theme of love The author of Valentine, Carol Ann Duffy, utilises the idea of fragility and delicacy in order to express the multiple connotations and symbols of love. Valentine continuously makes use of references to love to display the gentleness and tenderness within romantic motif’s/conventions. Carol Ann Duffy refers to the figurative onion being peeled “like the careful undressing of love”, emphasising the compassionate and…

Poems are designed to convey experiences, ideas, or emotions in a vivid and imaginative way. They usually use literary techniques such as similes, metaphors and rhyme to make their work appear more personal, memorable and persuasive. The poem Beowulf is an old English poem about a young warrior and his quest through life. The poem was written in England between the 8th century and the early 11th century by an anonymous author, who was referred to as Anglo-Saxon poet. The poem is set in…

But this book does not offer a single page of original and unpublished work. What then is the need, now, for such a book? (Beren and Lúthien 11) That, as a Danish prince once said, is the question. There are, indeed, no words of J. R. R. Tolkien here that have not already appeared in The Silmarillion or The History of Middle-earth, and there are many which have been left out. As Christopher points out in the preface, this particular tale changed dramatically over the years, becoming more and…