The Nightingale's Song

The Daffodils Romanticism extended between (1789-1820 and was affected by the French revolution, Napoleonic wars and the pan European movement across every art. People were split between those who wanted to search the powers and fear of an inner imaginative life and those who thought that living a romantic life is a form of dangerous self- indulgence those who believed in escaping to nature and those who wanted for poets to act such prophet and legislators and reform society . The period…

Life is sweet, but life is hard. In “The Tyger” and “The Lamb” by William Blake, the speaker expresses a conflicted attitude towards God and the two poems differ in their tone towards God and all of his creations. The speaker, a follower of the christian faith, creates a powerful tone through the use of diction, imagery, and repetition in “The Tyger” and “The Lamb.” Both poems have conflicting attitudes toward God, for “The Lamb” creates a confident and passionate tone while “The Tyger”…

The images of death and innocence in William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” poems “The Chimney Sweeper” is a title of two poems by William Blake, the first one was published in the collection of poems Songs of Innocence in 1789, the second one in Songs of Experience in 1794. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience contain several titles which are contrasting with each other and Blake presents innocence and experience of the poems of chimney sweepers as a perfect example of it. As both these…

the outrage against children during the Industrial Revolution. Blake was born on 1757 in London. He is a prophet, poet, painter, and engraver. Blake have radical political views and revolutionary standards (Raine, 7-13). He published Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794 both of these publication contain a poem called “The Chimney Sweeper.”…

take it home and have fun assembling it yourself”(“Facts About Sweden” 4). Also known for their music, Sweden is the 3rd biggest exporter in the world, of making music. “Its most famous musical export is ABBA, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with their song Waterloo”(“Facts About Sweden” 3). ABBA went on to star in Mamma Mia! Which is now an international star movie. Sweden’s art is also well known. From their graphic design to their literature, Sweden is…

Cyndi Lauper’s Kinky Boots Review - Royal Alexandra Located at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Kinky Boots, directed by Jerry Mitchell, is a show that will make you want to get out of your seat and dance. Music and lyrics written by Cyndi Lauper and the book was written by Harvey Fierstein. There were many hidden messages in this performance, and it had a mixture of themes such as romance, and comedy and there were some surprising emotional parts. Kinky Boots is about a boy named Charlie…

In this portfolio I explore the art of growing up, and the hardships that go with it. It is a journey on having innocence and how growing up you start to lose your innocence. When you first have your innocence you think the world is perfect and you see it through a black and white lense.However when you lose your innocence you start to notice the hardships people start to go through in life, and you start to notice that the world is not just black and white it has many other colors waiting to be…

Family”. At just five years old, she sang various times in front of customers when the family decided to open up their own piano bar. She sang there for the enjoyment of the customers because as we know, she has an amazing voice. Celine recorded a song, which she wrote with her mom, when she was twelve years old. They ended up sending the…

during the Romantic Period. His first published work was a collection of poems protesting war, tyranny, and King George III’s treatment of the American colonies. Then in 1789 his Songs of Innocence were printed followed five years later by his Songs of Experience. These were a contrast of the states of the human soul. The Songs of Experience spoke out against the monarchy and the church; they were published the same year that King Louis was executed during the French Revolution. Blake was a…

After the Romantic period Childhood was created and a division between adult and child was formed. In William Blake’s poem The Lamb great divine and supreme being of children is portrayed.”I a child an thou a lamb” connects children with innocence portrays them to be God like. This theme of a perfect, pure child was created and idolized during the Romantic era, however, the definition of a perfect mature adult was not addressed. In Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland, Alice is placed in…