Education in England

T.S. Eliot was a creative modernist poet in the early 1900s. One of his most popular writings, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, tells a story with deep imagery, symbolism, and personification. His style of writing lends the reader to reflect a sometimes obscure mental image. Upon analyzation, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” explores the world of a seemingly lost and confused well educated man. Looking to build the courage of talking to a woman, Prufrock skulks away from such…

Some of the earliest double entendres are found in the Exeter Book, or Codex exoniensis, at Exeter Cathedral in England. The book was copied around 975 AD. In addition to the various poems and stories found in the book, there are also numerous riddles. The Anglo-Saxons did not reveal the answers to the riddles, but they have been answered by scholars over the years. Some riddles were double-entendres, such as Riddle 25 ("I am a wondrous creature: to women a thing of joyful expectation, to…

Poetry is often written with some hidden meaning within the poems themselves, this meaning often coming in multiple layers of depth, in order to suggest or prompt an ideology, value, or action to an audience. Such cases often being seen in English Romantic Period poems and novels; these works of literature often having themes about the power and beauty of nature and how humans are just a small part of a bigger picture created by god. Though some authors take it to a step beyond such themes; an…

Beowulf characterizes Old English poetry as it is composed in alliterative verse, which relies upon alliteration within its organization of a poetic line. Old English alliteration verse employs accentual meter, and a caesura (strong pause separating two half- lines. Beowulf epitomizes Old English poetry as it lacks a consistent rhyme pattern. Historically speaking, Beowulf was not purely a fictitious creation. Although it was primarily fantasy, many of the characters within the novel once…

Joseph Heller employs satire when presenting the patriotic sentiment of the novel’s characters as to illustrate the ramifications of such fervor - both in one’s actions and disposition. Through his use of satire, Heller presents how patriotism can prompt individuals to actively support a movement, or entity, without much consideration of the integrity behind the movement (simply because it parade’s under the same banner). For instance, Heller exemplifies this type of blind following in the…

Before the United States was the United States, America had to gain its independence from Great Britain. They did this through the American Revolution. America was deeply divided on the issue of whether or not America should cut ties with its mother country and become its own nation or if it should reconcile and try again under Great Britain’s rule. The American Revolution greatly impacted colonists and slaves in extremely different ways. Colonists had everything to gain by winning the war but…

To See Ourselves As Others See Us The Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote: O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us Burns was writing in the Scots-English dialect of the 18th century; translated into the English we understand today, those words mean: If only we had the power to see ourselves as others see us – we would avoid so many blunders Hard to argue with that. So, how do your customers see you? Here are two common views…

“The Importance of History in Literature” Two English poets, John Donne and Margaret Cavendish, wrote during the periods known as the Renaissance and the Restoration respectively. “The Sun Rising” by Donne details a scene in which the speaker berates the sun for rising and disturbing him and his lover. “A World in an Earring” by Cavendish discusses the idea that on the inside of an earring there is a smaller version of our world. In the Donne poem, the speaker utilizes personification such…

English is the bread winning rather prestigious language. It penetrates every nook and corner of the world. The necessity of English is enormous. One cannot deny the usages of English Language in India. In the recent years, most of the young parents send their children to English medium schools knowing the importance of English. English is indispensible in the life of Indians. Scrase remarks that “English is recognised as an important global or international language essential for professional…

conversational than his" A Sermon Preached by Samson Occom." The first concern expressed in this passage: "I was born a heathen and bought up in heathenism, till I was 16 & and 17 years of age, at a place called Mohegan, in New London, Connecticut, in New England (Occom 448)," demonstrate his views on the Mohegan tradition. Occom conveys his detestation on the tradition after converting to Christianity. It does not mean that Occom hates it completely. His writings still use the Native American…