George Eliot

During Japan’s Ancient Period, culture and arts began to flourish. Poets were among the first important literary figures in Japan. Among them, Yamanoue no Okura stands out as a poet and once Governor of Chikuzen, a province located in Kyushu (Brittanica). Okura’s most notable poem is “Dialogue with the Impoverished” which was included in the Man’yoshu. In “Dialogue with the Impoverished”, Okura utilizes imagery and other rhetorical devices to describe the hardships of poverty in Japan’s early…

being able to progress or accomplish the goals that are desired can bring on a feeling of insecurity. This can be seen numerous times throughout the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock written by American-British poet, T.S. Eliot. The poem was published in 1915 and Eliot uses Prufrock to demonstrate the life of a man who felt a lack of importance. Prufrock is a miserable, lonely and . This can be seen by exploring Prufrocks incapableness of accomplishing goals, making decisions, and…

Larry Patrick Levis, as a poet of the contemporary Period, exemplified the best of the genre. Through his use of poetic devices, style and thematic, Larry Levis has given us some of the most iconic and universally appealing work. Particularly in his poem titled “___________”, we see examples of his most salient particularities and effective use of English language. Larry Patrick Levis then stands as one of the greats in the pantheon of American and World Literature. Larry Patrick Levis was…

Donne’s ‘The Flea’ was first published posthumously in 1633 and is a metaphysical poem. The poem has two main themes intertwining throughout; the theme of love and erotica, and the theme of religion and sacrilege. Due to the fact the poem plays hosts to both of these themes, we can infer from the beginning that due to the publication date, sex and religion were far closer linked together during the 1600s than they are today, therefore this inclusion of both of themes could reflect the thematic…

study of great works of the past, claiming it, "cannot be inherited, and if you want it, you must obtain it by great labour." Eliot asserts that it is absolutely necessary for the poet to learn past traditions, to have an understanding of the poets that preceded them, and to be well versed enough that they can understand and incorporate the so-called "mind of Europe" into their poetry. It stands to reason, then, that if a poet must be a master of literary tradition past and present to create a…

With this letter, I endeavor to present a sliver of my interpretation. For sake of brevity, this letter will only address the second stanza. This stanza impressed me more than Vallejo’s original because of a word in the third line: gray. Based on parallel comparison, I infer you use gray to stand in a la mala’s place in the original. However, unlike a la mala, gray accentuates the title of the poem, as gray is a color betwixt black and white. Remarkably, in examining a concrete sensory word, I…

Trash is a novel written by andy mulligan, about 3 boys whose lives change after finding a special bag. This novel has received a lot of recognition and has received many awards such as the 'Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro' for best visual effects. This novel also has many different themes and ideas that are developed through the book. I believe that these ideas are friendship, poverty, and hope, and they've been developed through the novel as they get stronger and stronger. For example,…

1168 vocab 1169 style Writing Assignments: Write: Three messages from Hollow Thesis: “The Hollow Men” by T.S Eliot, represents three messages. POV #1: T.S Eliot, wrote “The Hollow Men,” and brought forth the message that today’s individuals have become hollow. POV #2: “The Hollow Men”, by T.S Eliot, expresses the message that we are afraid to die POV #3: T.S Eliot created, “The Hollow Men”, and gave the message that the modern people are liars. Scoring Rubric for McGee:…

When going through life, the fear of being unlovable tends to go through every person’s mind at some point. J. Alfred Prufrock in the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” takes this fear to a whole new level. When reading the title of the poem, the reader would more than likely think that it was going to be a beautiful love song. Although, as the poem goes on its obvious that it is the exact opposite of that. T. S. Elliot takes what is a promise of a love song and turns it into more of a…

and the content to show this idea. He also uses form to show jolliness in his poem to highlight the power of art. There jokes in this poem show that there is some idea of hope in the world. The moments of comic lightness in “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot draws the reader’s attention to specific points in the poem that highlight certain issues he is trying to…