DD Form 214

Book 1: What is the theme expressed in the first line of the poem? What request does Chryses make of Agamemnon? What is the reaction of the Achaeans, also known as the Greeks, the Danaans, and the Argives? What is Agamemnon’s response? Why does Chrses pray to Apollo and what prayer does he make? How does Apollo answer his prayer? What advice does Achilleus give to Agamemnon in the midst of the plague? What does Kalchas fear? What effect will Achilleus’s promise to protect Kalchas have on…

“Mellay” is a very interesting poem that outlines the communication we have in our society.. This may not be the most clear-cut and factual conversation, but it serves as an outlet for human interaction. Roberto Arrindell a local artist and poet, brings an amusing truth in his poem titled, “Mellay” on the island of St. Maarten. Mellay becomes the universal language in our ravenous hunger for information. Mr. Arrindell is a teacher at the University of St. Martin, and he is also a talented poet.…

Analysis: Mozart Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (1788), first movement There are more questions surrounding Mozart's final three symphonies nos. 39, 40, and 41 or "Jupiter" than answers. Mozart’s Symphony in G minor, K550 “is one of the greatest final trilogies that Mozart composed and the process of composing this piece lasted from six to eight weeks during the summer of 1788”(Heninger, 2003, p.1) Firstly, it was written for “strings, flutes, oboes and bassoons. It is then revised to give…

noticed that the poem is in the form of a Canzone stanza that consists of an Aufgesang with two symmetrical Stollen (vv. 1-2 and 3-4) and an Abgesang (vv. 5-9). My assumption that the Lied text is part of a bigger work got confirmed when I discovered that the translation covers only one of the six stanzas that constitute Walther’s poem “Ich freudehelfelôser man”. Wisbey (1982) points out that the existing manuscripts of Walther’s work differ both regarding what stanzas form the poem and which…

The four main poems that shall be predominantly dealt with are “Aubade”, The "Old Fools", "Ambulances" and "The Building”. A few other poems which have some thematic similarity will also be dealt with to substantiate the argument. As far as death is concerned Larkin can be said to be somewhat obsessed with this idea. The note struck by the quatrain in “The North Ship” –“This is the first thing\I have understood: \Time is the echo of an axe\Within a wood”-has been repeated throughout his mature…

the Italian word sonetto which means "a little sound or song." Traditionally the sonnet form of poetry is created with 14 lines written in iambic pentameter, has a fixed form, and employs one of many rhyme schemes. The original and most common form is the Italian sonnet. Also referred to as the Petrarchan, named after the Italian poet Petrarch who is considered one of its greatest practitioners. The Italian form has two stanzas. The first stanza is the octave, eight lines posing a question or…

“On first looking into” the poem under study, one may discern some of its formal features. It is written by John Keats after first reading an awe-inspiring translation of Homer into English by Chapman. It rhymes ABBAABBACDCDCD and is dominated with the presence of the sound “I” that suggests a subjective individualistic quest of “poetic truth” in a seemingly lyric text. This is a sonnet made up of two stanzas which develop two aspects of a main theme: Homer’s poetry and its effects on the…

3.3 Piano Figuration 3.3.1 Use of Percussive Figuration Prokofiev first used percussive figuration in Sarcasms Op. 17 and Toccata Op. 11 written in the same year. At the beginning of Sarcasms, the Tempestoso is depicted by the percussive introduction. The harsh percussive sound in the interval of the augmented fourth is not only reinforced by ff, but also projects an intense emotion. The dynamic contrast in the first four measures further heightens the intensity. Ex. 3.9 Sarcasms Op. 17 No. 1…

Poetry has been prevalent for centuries, present in all cultures. There is a grand variety of styles that poetry can be represented through. There are some types of poetry where one follows rigid guidelines like sonnets, where one follows a specific rhyme scheme and an iambic pentameter, or a haiku, which has three lines and the first and last line have five syllables while the second line has seven. Additionally, some poets follow no requirements, and write as they please, like free verse…

smooth and powerful. When readers read this poem, they will feel the poet’s deepest sadness and the true feelings in his heart, it is like the poet was lamenting his pain to readers. The poem, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, is a Petrarchan sonnet form. Its rhythm scheme is a b b a / a b b a/ c d c d c d. This scheme divides the poem into two: the first eight lines and the next six lines. The first eight lines describes the scene in the early morning while the next six lines expresses the…