Ode to Joy

It has often observed of Baudelaire’s poem that it reveals an extraordinary fusion of classical permanence and an intimate, Romantic contingent--- believes that every nation and every age possesses and must possess, its own beauty. Baudelaire analyses these various and varying manifestation of Beauty into two separate elements—the eternal and the transitory. It may be argued, he showed no great originality( the idea implicates in Stendhal), but in going a step further and asserting that without…

Three Messages from the Shelley Poems (An Analysis of Three Messages from Ozy, Wind, and Skylark) In room 303, we have studied many texts. How those texts are interpreted and conveyed, depends upon the person who is reading them. Ozymandias, ode to the West Wind, and To a Skylark, are three texts that we studied this semester. Pride, man and the natural world, and happiness are three messages from Ozy, Wind, and Skylark. The message of pride comes from the story Ozymandias. In this story,…

The lines passionately describe the misfortunes and sorrows attached to human life. Indeed, the world is filled with sickness, weariness, lost hope and human suffering in general. Ode to a Nightingale is a touching expression of death because Keats wrote it when he was struggling with an overwhelming sense of life’s tragedy. He also appeared to be pessimistic, expressing his own impending death, noting that everyone around him that he loves was dying. The personal yet human character expressed…

victor (2). Pindar’s Olympian 2 is one of the lengthier odes, and the victorious athlete he writes about is Theron of Akragas. The athletic event was a celebration festival to honor Zeus with offerings of prayer and sacrifice. The event named in this ode, the tethrippon, was adopted from the funeral games, and was a dangerous event for Greek athletes (Kyle 121). The athletes in this event would certainly want to become the victor. This ode celebrated Theron of Akragas as the victorious athlete…

feelings as a source of inspiration intermingled with joy. Mr. Keats’ melancholy most likely stems from his feelings of impending death caused by his diagnosis with tuberculosis, and this appears to influence the majority of his works. Whereas Mr. Wordsworth saw his melancholia as a source of inspiration and joy as well as pain, and Mr. Coleridge perceives his melancholia as detrimental, Mr. Keats instead clearly combines melancholy with joy to make a statement on “his recurrent themes of the…

onion? Every individual’s response to these questions will be different because food takes on an incredible richness of meaning as we collect memories. Every experience adds color to our idea of food, be they pleasant or traumatic. Pablo Neruda’s “Ode to the Onion” and Richard Wilbur’s “Potato” both deal with the same concept - the effect of circumstances on their perception of food - yet arrive at quite different conclusions. The poems are nearly complete opposites with opposing structure and…

rule of Louis XIV, in order to create change (History.com). The years of the revolution created a sense of excitement and optimism in France, but at the same time it also created a lot of fear and uneasiness. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem France: An Ode describes his emotions during the time leading up to, and the beginning of, the revolution. The ideas of the American Revolution influenced the French Revolution because it helped the French citizens realize that change is possible. In 1789 the…

Movement 1 - Allegro non troppo & un poco maestoso Allegro, meaning somewhat fast. Usually 120 to 160 bpm. Non troppo, meaning not too happy sounding, kind of sad. Un poco maestoso, meaning to be played a bit stately. Maestoso means stately or majestically. The main theme is a strongly played passage, with the full orchestra. The main theme is played in various forms throughout the first movement. During the end of the first movement, there’s a call and response section between the Horns…

Proverbs 28:6 entreats with these words, “Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways (ESV).” A Song to Lady Poverty is an ode that speaks to the virtues of those who have chosen to live a life devoid of “worldly” pleasures as written by St. Francis of Assisi. I will talk briefly in this paper about it. As I consider today’s church (non-Catholic), and the vow that was taken by saints such as Francis of Assisi, I think they would be extremely…

The amethyst hills give me the zenith of zeal, swaying me forward to the mount of confidence. A dot of solace on the map of mankind, San Ramon makes me sprawl bountifully. Cumulus clouds above this suburban city dance with merriment, singing an ode to joy. The valley of faith spreads arms of hope, letting all of ourselves sitting in the lap of happiness. Like the same seal bird, my heart soars high holding hands of diverse friends. The vivid flavors of cold-seasonal and moderate climates leave…