Enchanted

seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” (100) In this quote, the image described suggests the green light represented a start to a new life with Daisy. It was his hope and dream to attain her love, but “enchanted objects had diminished by one”, meaning that significance of the light has vanished as he feels so close to her, after hes finally…

Coleridge’s Kubla Khan is the attribution to his self-consciousness, as his opium induced state contorts his sober creative ability. The majesty of natural world and power of infinite imaginative possibilities are pushed from the fragmented glimpse of his enchanted state. The euphoric representation presents a dichotomy of the mystic nature of imagination and conscious mind. One could argue that Kubla Khan as a poem offers an illegitimate representation of Coleridge’s true potential as a poet.…

Keats’ short and tragic life left him with less options to enjoy and celebrate the colours of nature and fruits of love. His odes are communicate a host of emotions which strived to find expression. Keats’ preoccupation with self, his fear of pain and death, his unfulfilled desires of love, his tendency to escape from the agonising present to nature or to a world of fancy are some predominant emotions which find their place in different forms in his poetry. Through all his odes, there runs a…

Shake It Till You Make It “To be, or not to be?” (Hamlet, Act III, Scene I) One of the most well-known phrases in the world, invented by one of the most celebrated playwrights. William Shakespeare was wonderful to say the least. Saying that he was amazing, does not do him proper justice. From humble beginnings to famous playwright, Shakespeare had an incredibly renowned life. The Globe Theater being his stage (literally!). He wrote many legendary plays and invented thousands of phrases that…

The violence, rage, and gruesomeness of the Homeric Greeks and their wars is pictured vividly in Homer’s classic The Iliad, full of scenes of battle and dying corpses. While Homer seems to view war as glorious and enchanted by the Gods, who themselves do join in many battles, is this how we view war in our present time? Do we see violence as a glorious activity with either crushing defeat or victory at the conclusion, or are we more sensitive to violence and its atrocities in today’s time? In…

Life as Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson lived in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was the middle child in the Dickinson family and she got inspired to write poetry by the principal of Amherst Academy Leonard Humphrey. In “I think I was enchanted” poem of Emily Dickinson time was not being settled, but what it was made clear is the magic in the setting. There were bees that turned into butterflies, butterflies into swans and nature was murmuring. In “The Brain is wider than the sky”, there is a formal…

Homer’s Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s, poem, “Siren Song” depict the siren in different views, such as Homer’s view as being mystical creatures and Atwood’s view as remorse beings, and contrasting point of views, like Odysseus's view as a victim and the siren view as the predator. In Homer's Odyssey the siren are interpreted through Odysseus point of view. Here Odysseus tells, “When the sirens sensed at once a ship was racing past and burst into their high, thrilling song… they sent ravishing…

delve a little more, since both articles are short with information, yet, relatively similar. Initially, the title caught my attention. But, as I continued researching, the antiquity of the architectural structure of the buildings that remain today, enchanted me. I am neither atheist nor religious, but I was curious to see how the articles linked archeological discoveries to the Old Testament. Although the title is a bit misleading, it is actually about the discovery of a palace like…

Every writer uses their own toolbox of skills to construct their writing in reflection of their lives. Antwone Fisher uses figurative language such as personification, metaphor, and onomatopoeia as tools in his book, Finding Fish, to create a solid picture in the reader’s mind of how he perceived his life. He creates a tone of wonderment to show the good times of his life in these examples. Fisher describes an image of his childhood as: “...the icy bare branches looked like they were holding…

in the place I go to when I’m feeling lost and just need a break from the times when life gets in the way. Families and dog walkers are everywhere, but I am hidden behind a tree with roots as big as skyscrapers. It is my enchanted wonderland that no one can take away. My enchanted wonderland is a place where I will never be seen... but one where I can see every pinprick of movement. In the morning, dew drops sparkle and shimmer on the leaves as the sun peeks over the horizon. As the arrays of…