John Donne

The opening lines to Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” are a wonderful beginning to what, on the surface, seems to be a poem about the transition from day to night. But upon closer reading, the poem is much more complex piece on death. Dylan Thomas uses light and dark imagery, diction, and anaphora to demonstrate the author’s thoughts on death and the questions he raises on its inevitability. Such questions are a product of Thomas’s own life in which his father is dying and…

interviewed his parents and did a lot of research, then he went to Germany to check on his manuscript. (Zusak, Interview with Christina Hamlett). Marcus went to a Jewish museum, Jewish survivors showed him around the museum. (Zusak, Interview with John Hanlon). Markus describes Death as a person, he said “When I think of Death, I hear the voice, and then I see the sky, the earth, the trees and all of us. I wanted Death to talk about all of those…

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 topic of discussion that dominated societal affairs in the 1600s. Donne uses a wide range of poetic techniques to help enhance the aforementioned themes in the text, such as the rhetoric, and irregular rhyme scheme, varying pace and an extended metaphor…

Sonnet 10 by Donne and “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” by Dylan Thomas has several contrasting characteristics; in addition, they also share some common traits. Beginning with the contrasting traits between the two poems, Donne wrote Sonnet 10, and it’s classified as a Petrarchan sonnet because it has an octet and a sestet. Moreover, this particular poem has a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBACDCDEE. Donne’s claim throughout the poem is his belief that Death should not sense a feeling of pride…

for long observation hath picked certainty out of this mutability.” From this excerpt of the text, it is certainly epitomized by John Donne, on his opinion of all the women of the world. The author saw women as amazing creatures on this earth, and through his writing in Paradoxes, he exemplified women’s changeableness, using metaphors and personification. John Donne uses metaphors throughout his writing to demonstrate women’s changeableness. Metaphors such as, “ and women in this quality are…

Between the years of 1914 to 1918, approaching 1 million British soldiers gave up their lives fighting for King and country (greatwar.co.uk). Wilfred Owens, one of the greater known first world war poets, was one of these. He died at the age of twenty-five, only a week away from armistice, leaving behind approaching 100 poems. Despite his early death, Owen’s poetry has immortalized him, passing to future generations both his experience and sentiments regarding the first world war. Like many at…

On Time Originating in Italy in the 13th century, sonnets are a shortened and intense poetic form, which are composed of 14 lines, with 10 syllables in each consequent line. Sonnets have evolved over time, yet their functionality remains the same. John Milton, renowned writer and poet, incorporated his religious beliefs into many of his works, in which he utilized his skills as a poet. Almost 400 years ago, Milton embarked on a journey of education, which started his writing for Sonnet 7: “How…

George Santayana (1863-1952) [Madrid, Harvard, Rome]. A poet and essayist as well as a philosopher, George is an outstanding representative of Critical Realism, a form of naturalism. The objects of knowledge occupy either of two statuses; they may be existing substances or subsisting essences, though it is impossible to prove the independent existence of either type of object. Santayana stated that we believe in the objectivity of substance on the basis of animal faith. The ultimate substance…

Fresh Bait by Sherryl Clark is a short story regards a High School teacher that journeys to the Australians Outback in an attempt to find the killer of a university student called Melanie. Melanie was hitchhiking when she was killed by an unknown killer. The young man journeys to the Australians Outback to find the killer. The main protagonist in Fresh Bait is young man. Through the story the young man’s name and gender is never revealed. However I assumed that the main character was a man…

Donne declares love a quick draw, a tyrant and a powerful master that can turn even the strongest hearts to glass. In the first stanza, the speaker compares love to the plague and to a powder blast using metaphor and hyperbole. He states: “Who will believe me, if I swear/ That I have had the plague a year?/ Who would not laugh at me, if I should say/ I saw a flash of powder burn a day?” He extends the metaphor to love saying that no one could possibly be in love for an hour, because love can…