Japanese poetry

NFA loses an icon The summer of 2012 was hot and dry. In August, a branch split and fell from NFA's iconic European weeping beech tree initiating a process which led to a heart – wrenching decision. The tree was unsafe. Lindon Arborists of Hartford, who were intimately familiar with and had treated the tree for years, were called, completed an assessment, and made a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. Fagus sylvatica Pendula, the Weeping European Beech, a fixture on the campus for years…

Today I Oedipus heart is full of pain and at the same time brimming with aspiration for the people of Thebes. This morning there were people in front of the castle; men, women, and children alike. With their olive branches, somber faces, moaning and groaning. So, I King Oedipus went out to the people of Thebes so that I can inquire into what is unjust. Moreover, the Priest is a humble and honorable man, who feels that I am intelligent enough to find a solution to stop the suffering of our…

Lyrical poetry is a type of poetry that emphasizes strong images and emotions within its lines to convey the poet’s central message to the reader. This is compared to narrative poetry which uses plot, characters, and setting to tell a story. While it is possible for poems to contain elements of both lyrical poetry and narrative poetry, most poems are usually either one or the other or at least have characteristics of one of these poetic categories that is more prominent. “The Heart” by Jill…

Silence can be just like passing wind. Sometimes silence can leave people feeling awkward and trying to make up their own conclusions from silence. Potok, in his novel the chosen uses silence to convey his message. The importance of the silence is not understood until the novel comes to an end. The characters in the novel try to debate the meaning of silence. The silence moments used in this novel are many ranging from the painful moments to casual and comfortable moments. Silence brings a lot…

The author’s account of the funeral in the Henry James passage conveys arrogant and condescending tones toward the ignobility of the crowd, revealing the superiority with which he regards himself. The irony lies in the difference between how the author and the crowd regard the sympathetic action: whereas the crowd mourns sincerely for the dead, the author scoffs at the lowly burial as he observes, disconnected from the rest of the group. He emphasizes this disconnection, asserting that he stands…

World War One was the first of its kind, men used toxic gasses as weapons, there were tanks, airplanes, and other technological advances. The mass development of war also means there are more ways to kill the enemy. Isaac Rosenberg’s “Break of Day in the Trenches” and Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est” are both poems that depict World War One as hellish and evil in nature, as soldiers, they are surrounded by death. Both poets represent death in an ironic way, because war is considered hellish…

Sonnets 31 and 39 more closely follow an Italian- Petrarchan form. This is because they are written in 14 lines and are organized in octaves and sestets. Additionally, turns of these sonnets occur at line 9, also known as the beginning of a sestet. In Sonnet 31, the moon appears sad, quiet, and pale. The speaker attribute’s the moon’s mood to that of his own, where he is most likely in love with a woman who does not love him back and therefore thinks of him as foolish. The speaker reveals his…

The second stanza is proof that nature has a main part in describing the character and maybe even the meaning the poem. “The leafy boughs on high”, means the “main” part of the branch, resaying nature is the main branch of the poem. The second stanza also has the evidence that the character is depressed. “Hissed in the sun” Hissed mean a sharp note but can also mean displeasure. Figuring out that hissed could mean displeasure, resaying it would be” displeasure of the sun” The sun signals warm,…

Goodmorning people of the literary convention. It is the 21st year since the famous memoir, Angela’s Ashes, was published. Angela’s Ashes is a moving memoir written by the famous Frank McCourt. Frank McCourt goes into great detail of what it was like to grow up in the miserable city, as he likes to call it, Limerick. There are many instances throughout the novel in which we question what Frank McCourt is really saying. For some it is very blatantly obvious and for others not so much. Frank…

In the short stories of Dubliners by James Joyce, there is a theme of father-child relationship. These relationships vary in some aspects but relate in the aspect of drinking. As Joyce carries on from story to story some of the fathers are portrayed as abusive, alcoholics and one of them has divorced his wife. As we continue to learn about these families and the father-child relationship, we are able to see the effects it has on the children. To being, the first family is in the short story of…