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    Great works of English literature often have at least one thing in common: a character is altered in either a physical, mental or emotional form. This provides the work, whether it be a narrative, book or poem, with deeper significance and relatability to readers. Two Old English poems that exhibit character development are The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer. The two poems have completely different subject matter, but do contain the same literary device as a means of progression: mood.…

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    In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird innocence is spread throughout the novel. Innocence connects to the mockingbird since all they do is sing for us. There are three examples of innocence within this novel; Boo Radley, Mayella Ewell, and Tom Robinson. Boo Radley is one of the examples of innocence. For example, when Jem goes back to the Radley house to get his pants, he does not speak to Scout about what had happens until a while later saying, “ When i went back, they were folded…

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    According to Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of the word devotion is “the fact or state of being ardently (passionately) dedicated and loyal”. Also, according to Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of the word imagination is “the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly (fully) perceived in reality”. The themes of devotion and imagination are both interpreted into the film “Finding Neverland”. Devotion and imagination describes…

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    In “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden and “My Father’s Song” by Simon J. Ortiz, there is love found within by a man’s memories of his childhood relationship with his Father. “Those Winter Sundays” is about a man who is remembering the relationship he had with his father through regret, because he realizes how unappreciative he was. “My Father’s Song” is a man reminiscing on the actions his father makes when showing him the value of life and how to grow up. Within both of these poems the…

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    The short story “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter, by D.H. Lawrence, lies in the cracks of a bottomless ocean, and the warm sunrise after a protracted day. While there doesn’t seem to be much profundity to the story, Lawrence incorporated distinctive matters that are impactful to the inclusive premise. He utilized certain facets of Mabel and Dr. Jack Fergusson’s life to fabricate a cloud of despondency that then presented the issues that ran deeply in them both. Although there isn’t an exact message…

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    The elegy’s status as a lament of loss does, indeed, mean that elegies are often responses to death, as evidenced in the example of Vasilii Zhukovskii’s “Na smert’ Andreia Turgeneva”. The poem’s subject could not be any more evident; the speaker begins with an incantatory “O” in which he addresses his deceased friend, and immediately describes his coffin. Yet the speaker remains alone, in his own words he is “оставленный,” abandoned; he laments the loss of companionship and friendship. This…

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    Question: To what extent are there common threads in the poems you studied this year? Refer to a range of poems and poets in your answer. Famous poets William Blake, William Wordsworth, Wilfred Owen, Bruce Dawe and Gwen Harwood have all created a large array of poetic pieces. Each poem is an extension of each poet’s perspective of the world of which they use to portray specific messages to their intended audiences. The messages and tones conveyed throughout each author’s poems have similarities…

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    Lyrical Poetry Essay

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    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…

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    During the early years of the twentieth century, the United States propelled itself into The Great War after Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. Approximately thirty-seven million people became casualties of the war whether wounded or killed in support of their nations marking The War to End All Wars a traumatic event for a majority of the world. For some, this experience was far worse than for others, and this war introduced the global populace to what is known as shell shock.…

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    Wild Geese Poem Analysis

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    inspiring poem that makes me think of freedom. The freedom to ignore any self-restrictions and to be who you are. This poem is written in free verse; it has very little structure, containing only one stanza and eighteen lines. There are no meter or rhymes in this poem. This seems to reflect nature in the way that it is constantly changing, and is not constricted. It is written in second person, in a conversational tone. By doing so, the persona of the narrator seems like a wise and experienced…

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