Sonnet studies

“But though he longs to soften, soothe her sorrow and turn aside her troubles with sweet words, though groaning long and shaken in his mind because of his great love, nevertheless pious Aeneas carries out the gods’ instructions. Now he turns back to his fleet.” (Virgil 94) Pain often must be endured to complete one’s duty. The quote above from Virgil’s Aeneid describes precisely that. Aeneas suffers as he leaves the woman he loves to fulfill his destiny. The quote is relevant to many people…

noticed that monarch butterflies may be found, basking and warming their wings in the sun's rays. Due to this fact, we began to wonder if monarch butterflies would prefer living in the sun or the shade. This led to the decision of conducting a research study on whether monarchs would prefer the shade or the sun. We measured how many monarchs were attracted to the dahlias grown in the sun, and compared them to the number of monarchs, that were attracted to the dahlias grown in the shade. It is…

Does one truly know the meaning of real, authentic, and unconditional love? Imagine the love of your life writing a song dedicated to you, and your father. The song written by The Neighbourhood, “Single”, portrays a quintessential example of what true love honestly is. With its deeply passionate lyrics, and influential messages about love, the lead singer Jesse Rutherford, provides an exquisite representation of what the honest meaning of true love is; with his lyrics, Jesse displays the…

never breathe”. “That deep-brow’d Homer” symbolise the personality of Homer as a sage or wise man. Keats uses allusion to bring out the wonder of Homer writing “watcher of the skies” displays the idea of other readers by referring to astronomers that studies the sky. This conveys the changes through time as Homer's text has been translated through time. In contrast to, “The Bet” the characterization is not based on one character but two, the banker and the lawyer perspective arguing on the topic…

Translating a contemporary love poem by Fawaz Allaboun turned out to be a challenging task. Allaboun is a Saudi poet and a Professor of Classical Arabic. He earned his PhD degree in Arabic language and literature at Al-Imam University. He published a collection of poems in a book called “Allabouniat.” Another collection of poems is forthcoming. The first problem that I encountered was in the different words that express the various degrees and state of romantic love in Arabic and the…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived in a period with a strong value of superstition than what is seen today therefore, he had an interest in how the mind distinguished imagination from reality. This can be seen throughout various of his poems, one in particular is Christabel. Christabel is embedded with mysterious symbols that foreshadow her innocence to be her down falling quality. Samuel Taylor Coleridge sets up an ominous atmosphere for the start of the poem and carries it on throughout.…

Love remains a frequent topic in literature because of the countless opportunities to explore emotions and to delve into the human psyche to ponder what truly causes someone to love another person. Furthermore, love is multifaceted, and Hawthorne focuses on a different aspect of love within a relationship in each of his two stories. Although “The Birth-Mark” and “The Minister’s Black Veil” both contain elements of Puritan society, delineate the relationship between a man and his partner, and…

distinct features. Haikus, sonnets and odes are few examples of the different types of poems and their unique style of expressing their themes. Haikus are most notable for being sweet and short, hence making them harder to write. If done correctly, Haikus could be used to relay a powerful theme through a few sentences. The history of haikus could be dated back to 7th century Japan. Short lyrical poems were used for religious ceremonies and prayers as…

In the poem “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” it is implied that the speaker will soon be leaving his lover. However, he does not take the time to tell her why or how he will be leaving. Instead, he focuses on the love they share and what it means before he departs. The speaker depicts to his beloved a heavenly and everlasting love that is illustrated though the comparison of earthly lovers, use of a “gold simile”, and compass imagery. The speaker explains to his significant other that their…

Sailing to Byzantium starts with hinting to what is coming up next in the poem. A progression from “that country” to Byzantium, a land where art lasts eternally. Written by William Butler Yeats. Published in 1928. Various philosophical thoughts were tackled. Mortality and Immortality,age and youth,artifice and nature. The poem starts by mentioning “that is no country for old men” the country that the poet referred to is unknown. It could be any country.However, it could be the country where the…