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“This work tells the night of transition of a beloved familiar of mine, on a night in a hospital. With no dramatic or compassionate intention, I created "La Noche" to amplify our separation and our unitive annihilation, like a song whispered in the ear of the one who goes, and the one who stays. An ode to everything we experience on this loss, and everything that we know stay forever when the body of the beloved is gone. This song should be heard by night, in absolute darkness with headphones,…

Following the pre-Raphaelite period, Christina Rossetti features many of the popular aspects in the arts surrounding in her own poems. Akin to numerous other poets of the era, Rossetti presented strong amorous themes of passion and often subtle indications to Religion. Her most recognisable work is from the ‘Goblin Market and Other Poems’ anthology which was released in 1862. The collection was Rossetti’s first published selection of poetry and includes poems such as Goblin Market, Echo, Maude…

Anselm Keifer's painting "Aschenblume" was influenced by the Paul Celan poem "I am alone." The majority of Paul Celan's work is about death, World War II, and the Holocaust. You can utilize the poem in order to assist in the interpretation of the Keifer's artwork. "I am alone, I put the ash flower
in the glass of ripened black, sister mouth,
the word you speak lives on before the windows
and silent climbs me, just as I had dreamt. I stand in the full bloom of the faded hour
and save a resin for…

Maya Angelou’s life was full of distress and happiness, questions and knowledge, love and betrayal, causing it to be a very memorable and irresistible story to read. Being a poet herself she knew her way around the pen and she wanted to share her emotions and experiences with the world hoping to open people’s hearts and minds to what life really is. Just like any other writer that wants to send out a message or idea to the world, Maya Angelou had to decide which modes of discourse would be most…

Many authors and poets current and past have discussed “death, aging and dying” and how it relates to the human condition. William Cullen Bryant is one of the most well-known poets to write about this topic. By examining death, aging and dying within “Thanatopsis” readers can better understand how it connects with nature within us all.William Cullen Bryant key elements throughout the poem refers to symbolism, imagery and the setting. There are many different forms of symbolism and imagery in…

Differing Interpretations of Death Across Literary Works Throughout the history of literature, death has been a constant presence. No matter what the era, humankind is united through death as an inevitable facet of life. Despite this uniting force, the attitudes about death have changed greatly. Many works have put forward that upon death, the soul or another aspect of the person lives on, while others have stated that death is truly the end and that through the works of the deceased is how…

While both Woolf and Petrunkevitch both focus on an insect, Woolf explains that death is an inevitable part to life and also shows how beautiful the struggle for life is by the dynamic point of view and artistic tone she used. Woolf’s view on the moth changes from hopeful and energetic to insignificant and helplessness by the essays end. Woolf starts her essay by describing the energy outside her window as “pleasant morning… earth gleamed with moisture.” Woolf then transfers the energy of the…

After reading “Musee des Beaux Arts” poem and viewing the “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” painting, it is evident that there’s a common theme demonstrated and developed between these two sources, which is that suffering and death can be overlooked and affect people in various ways. The author creates and develops this common theme by creating a tone in each selection and by placing common ideas and topics in both pieces that aid in creating the common theme. Some of the common ideas and…

The feast of the dead, these people literally carried their dead loved one on their back to a ossuary grave. They would chat a particular cry “hai hai,” hai meaning ‘hail,’ but also has a strong message of journey, “especially a journey of souls, and may relate to a root word meaning ‘to take up a path’.” The Huron’s believed that it was the cry of souls emitted from themselves as they took the remains from the burial platforms to the ossuaries. If they did not do this chant during the march…

. “I threw us into the flames, when it fell something died and I knew that that was the last time.” These lyrics show that even though she had the power in her hands at last, she still lost the battle, she threw herself into an emotional suicide which is exactly what death was trying to do to the young girl, make her commit suicide. HISTORYYYYYYY Schubert was very ill in 1823 (suspected tertiary syphilis) and his career down the drain, after failing miserably in his opera Fierabras and with…