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The piece, "To His Coy Mistress," by Andrew Marvell demonstrates his passion for a beauty he sees in a woman, although through use of allusions and references to geographical locations, objects, and even possession of power. For example, he states, "Love you ten years before the Flood, / And you should, if you please, refuse / Till the conversation of the Jews (8-10)." This I think really emphasizes the theme of the piece as statements are exaggerated and relative to significant events. Beyond…

The poem opens introducing a long and dark street. The speaker walks through the street clumsily, stumbling around due to the darkness. He hears his feet on the stones and the leaves, but also hears someone else behind him. The person behind him is doing everything the speaker is doing, but when the speaker turns around, there is no one there. The speaker can’t see or make out anything, only his footsteps. He follows the endless street around its endless corners, and says that no one…

Marge Piercy’s, The Secretary Chant, describes a woman feeling dehumanized by her job to the point where it consumes her and she becomes the lifeless, inanimate objects she works with. Piercy expresses the secretary’s emotions across in a somewhat humorous way using metaphors, onomatopoeia, and repetition. The whole poem is an extended metaphor comparing a secretary to the office supplies surrounding her. Her role as a human is belittled and she is reduced to functionaries, not seeing herself…

Erotic, emotionally raw, and enticingly lyrical, “A Challenge to a Lover Who Has Offended Her” examines the violent rage and scathing pain one experiences in the absence of a lover and the aftermath of an ended relationship. The conclusion of an intimate affiliation, particularly one filled with romance and affection, is often accompanied with a nearly indescribable amount of grief, regret, shame, and fury. Numerous memories are repeated in one’s memory, with the scenes studied with an…

In both literature and song, sometimes male’s will express their love to a female in an enthusiastic method. The song “Michelle” by Sir Paul McCartney and lines 44-53 from an excerpt of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare both converge to give insight into the male brain and their expression of emotion. The song “Michelle” exhibits imagery of a French man yearning to express his love, but being oblivious to a form of expression. In response, the man uses verbal gestures to communicate with…

7. Joy is expressed among friends and lovers reunited on the eve of a holiday, which is of no use to Screwtape. 8. Fun is closely related to joy, which also of no use to Screwtape. "A sort of emotional froth aspiring from the play instinct" 9. They can easily be used to steer the patient to the wrong direction. With the the Joke Proper, Screwtape says "which turns on sudden perception of incongruity, is a much more promising field". Explains that the patient's perception on humor can be…

The speaker also states in line 4 that, depending on the whims of Fortune and Time, individuals may be “weeds among weeds, or flowers among flowers gathered.” In this analogy, it is highly possible that weeds represent the working class and the flowers the nobility, as weeds typically possess negative connotations whilst flowers are known to symbolize beauty. It is thus also interesting to note that the speaker mentions weeds before flowers, because he refers to Time’s love before Time’s hate in…

“It’s difficult to remember that she’s not attracted to him.” But why does she have to remind herself that she is not attracted? Why not just say what she means? At first glimpse, Curtis Sittenfeld’s Gender Studies short story seems to portray a sexual encounter between a nearly forty year old Women and Gender Studies professor, Nell, and a twenty-seven year old shuttle driver, Luke. The story gives the impression of a naughty one-night stand. It is not outrageous for a one-night stand to appear…

The narrative voices of male characters in several pieces of art, literature, and music are shown sharing their enthusiastic response of endearment to a woman that they love. “Michelle” was a song performed by Sir Paul McCartney in the White House for President Barack Obama and his wife, the song was written by John Lennon. In the song the main male character sings to the woman he loves. He sings to her to tell her how fond he is of her and how a normal “I love you” won’t do the job for how much…

The narrative voices of a males in songs sometimes express their enthusiastic response to a female character. “Michelle” is a song performed by Sir Paul McCartney. Lines 44-53 from Romeo and Juliet are excerpts from a play. The protagonist are Romeo and Juliet and the antagonist is society and the situation that it forced them into. Romeo sees Juliet for the first time and begins to express her beauty verbally. It is claimed that Romeo expresses his inner emotions verbally to Juliet, but when…