Sonata form

The title of the isorhythmic motet is “Felix virgo/ Inviolata genitrix/ Ad te suspiramus” and is composed by Guillaume de Machaut. The structure of this motet is an isorhythmic motet in that it is made up of two poems where the motet gets its lyrics. The translation of the motet title is “Happy Virgin/ Inviolate mother/ To you” in reference to the Virgin Mother Mary. The last words of the title “...Ad te suspiramus” is a song that was made to the Virgin Mary to come and give support and to…

known for writing about his admiration of a woman. The sonnet quickly spread throughout Italy and was formally known as Petrarchan sonnet. The sonnet consisted of two stanzas, the octave (first eight lines) and the sestet (the final six lines), the form totaled 14 lines. The octave usually presented a problem or question which was later answered in the sestet. The rhyme scheme was abba, abba in the octave, and cdecde or cdcdcd in the sestet. This rhyme scheme perfectly suits the Italian language…

The Story of an Hour vs. The Interlopers “ ...For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” (James 4:14) Words of truth from the book of truth. We have no idea how long our lives will be on this earth. This concept is brought to light even more in the two short stories we will be discussing, “The Story of an Hour” and “The Interlopers”. These two stories share some similarities and some differences that we will be looking at. These two…

“The Unknown Citizen,” written by W. H. Auden, is a poem that describes the life of man lived a life that most people would see as ideal. The man illustrated by this poem did what society expected him to do which resulted in a model life. This poem, however, can be seen in more than one way. Some may see the story in the poem as a description of a man who had an unfulfilling life because he did only what was expected of him. Instead of trying something new, exploring the world, or making a…

depicts humankind as prisoners, bound so they can only see what is directly in front of them: shadows cast by various objects passing behind them. However, as they have only ever been exposed to the shadows, the prisoners believe they are the true forms of each object. When one breaks free and discovers the real world, he returns to the cave to enlighten the others, who refuse to stray from what they have known all their lives. This represents the idea that humans are innately inclined to accept…

William Blake’s poem has such an effective way of portraying his values attitudes and beliefs in this poem Garth? Garth: Well, William Blake as effectively made his poem into stanzas, which are verses where every second line rhymes with each other. The form is a variation on the poem stanza, and the slightly longer lines are well suited to the educational tone of this poem. Me: If the purpose of the poem was to educate I think William Blake really did achieve what he…

VEDANT VASHIST YEAR 10 ENGLISH CLOSE READING-POETRY Poetry is a type of writing in which the outflow of feelings and contemplations are appeared by writers in rhyme, examinations and representations. Verse has been used for a significant long time to show cleverness, sentiment and to grant feeling to others, for example, it could be about something exciting that happened on your approach to class and you need to review it. In now days, verse has been utilized as verses as a part of the…

Terrible tragedies impact virtuous people every day, seemingly without justification. Although these horrific occurrences have no apparent cause—these people may not have committed a wrongdoing or any otherwise immoral act to deserve such a punishment—they occur anyway, subjecting the unfortunate victims to unfair tragedy. The inability of humanity to find reason behind these unjust events relates to the philosophical school of absurdism, and in particular, the amorality of the universe, a key…

As the incredible books are composed for normal men, William Wordsworth likewise composed extraordinary lyrics for the same individuals. He excessively accepted that the dialect of the town society is the most valuable medium for composing verse. He felt what additional customary felling is there in the dialect of normal men are not found in the fake and organized dialect of the individuals live in the high society. Wordsworth brings Man and Nature closer to one another. The artist accepts that…

"Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now," is a setting of Housman's full text in an unmodified strophic form. The text, portrays a beautiful picture of nature with deeper allusions to, "a movement from innocence to knowledge."7 B. J. Legget details in their book Housman's Land of Lost Content, the idea that the order in which the text presents the seasonal…