Analysis Of The Poem ' The Wedding Feast '

The Poem “Introduction to Poetry” is by Billy Collins, an English poet, and it is about how teachers often force students to over-analyze poetry and to try decipher every possible meaning portrayed throughout the poem rather than allowing the students to form their own interpretation of the poem based on their own experiences.

In his essay, “Horse and Gentlemen,” T.H. Breen describes the cultural significance of gambling, specifically in relation to the quarter-horse races, in late 17th century Virginia. Breen primarily argues that the three main aspects of gambling – competitiveness, materialism, and individualism – reflected and reinforced the socio-economic structure of Virginia in this period. The high stakes wagers of the affluent planters reinforced their dominant status in the social structure and the gentry’s right to rule over this colony. Breen’s argument to this effect is supported by letters, court transcripts, documentation of wagers, and other written first-hand accounts. Breen’s case for the cultural significance of gambling has persuasive arguments for its representation of competitiveness and materialism. However, his argument for individualism has contrary elements and his essay would have been improved with the inclusion of women’s role in the gambling culture.

The theme of matrimony in the Wife of Bath’s Prologue as well as in the Miller’s Tale does not fit in with traditional fourteenth-century culture. The characters in these two texts turn what is suppose to be a sacred unity into a promiscuous and taboo fantasy for pilgrims. The characters narrating these two tales promote the idea of what fourteenth-century canon law would define as adultery—to have had a third lover while married is the new societal trend for the characters in these tales. And so, marriage becomes a component to the larger fantasy of having a relationship with a character who is already in a marital bond, i.e., cuckolding is a fetish for Alisoun in the Wife of Bath’s Prologue as well as for Nicholas and Absolom in the Miller’s Tale. That is, Alisoun’s pursuit of her lover Jankin while being married, promotes the idea that having a third partner amplifies one’s sexual life, meanwhile, Nicholas’s and Absalom’s quarrel over (a different) Alison encourages the idea that engaging with a married someone enhances the gratification of adultery. In other words, marriage is not portrayed as a scared bond, but as a device to fulfill a pilgrim’s sexual fantasy; and, this new fantasy is what the pilgrims try to make a trend throughout England. Note that I will be using the name, “Alisoun,” to represent the wife from Bath, and I will be using the name, “Alison,” to portray the wife in the Miller’s Tale.

When Henry gets home and starts dressing for dinner Elisa nervously waits on the porch for a reaction on her appearance from her passionless husband. “She looked toward the river road where the willow-line was still yellow with frosted leaves so that under the high grey fog they seemed a thin band of

The Farmer’s Bride is a poem written in the point of view of a farmer who chose a bride “three summers ago”. He describes their relationship and how they were wed. At one point in the story, his bride ran away and he forcefully recaptured her and locked her up in his attic. He expresses his sadness and frustration at not having children with her. He was wrong to forcibly capture her and lock her up in his attic, but because of how he was raised, and being a farmer - he should not be blamed for his actions. As readers, we know that his intentions were not to hurt his bride.

While reading Tableau by Countee Cullen, the first thing that got my attention about this poem’s language is you can interpret it in two ways. It can be seen as races uniting but also as homosexuals coming forward in the 1920’s. For this paper the focus will be two very distinctive races coming together, even if the community does not approve it. The overall theme of this poem would be comparing races when bonds are formed in a segregated community. Back then everything was divided for whites and blacks, for instances schools, jobs, even water fountains. There were streets where blacks lived and then the street where whites lived on and no one dared to break the rules. Although they were not set law saying they must have differences, it had become the norm for them. The society itself know there would be consequences for breaking such norms.

Countee Cullen used form as well as imagery to help provide an insight into the aspects of the past predominately white culture. His poem “Incident” shows a small glimpse into the racist cultural of the past. There is no question; this poem tackles the issue of racism directly. Unfortunately, this poem is still as accurate to today’s society as it was when Cullen wrote it in the 20’s.

Innocence is a glorified trait in nearly any culture around the world. Many strive to keep the innocence they are born with, and plenty others spend a lifetime attempting to regain the innocence they have lost with age. In the following photos, innocence is a common theme, which each photographer approaches in a unique way. There is a dull and unsettling truth behind the innocent demonstration of young ladies acting much more mature than their age. Manuel Alvarez Bravo is one of the premier figures of modern photography and the main photographer among the immense Mexican artists of the twentieth century. In The Daughter of the Dancers, Bravo illustrates the idea of youthfulness on the verge of loosing its innocence. Sally Mann, a photographer from the 1980s-90s, caught a reflection of grown-up moves inside the innocence and youth of adolescents in Candy Cigarette through her utilization of organization, field point, and technique. In 1985 National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry went through Afghan towns concentrating on the evacuees and recording their hardships. The Afghan Girl is a classical image of lost innocence; the girl was forced to grow up way to fast. Her innocence did not survive, but she did.

As the only “canonic Viennese composer native to Vienna,” Schubert, 1792-1828, “made seminal contributions” in multiple areas of musical composition, but he “most especially” made contributions to the area of “German lied” (Winter). His distinctive style could be part in due to the fact that he was native to Vienna, unlike other “celebrated musicians of Vienna like Haydn, Mozart, [...] and Beethoven” (Winter). Throughout Schubert’s life, he showed prolific musical ability. At the mere age of seven, he auditioned and impressed Antonia Salieri, a notable composer, and even became a mezzo-soprano in a group of nine in church services. At age nine, Schubert took violin

My first selected poem is a poem written by Jane Hirshfield called “The Poet”. “The Poet” is about a female poet trying to re-discover her skill of creating beautiful poems. When reading this poem, the reader can infer that this poet is in distress and frustrated because the poet sets a depressing mood. You almost start to feel a little sympathetic for her, but the mood lightens when the poet finds out that her poems aren’t discovered in a calm and perfect situation. This changes the mood from depressing to encouraging in just a few lines.

Brother and sisters in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father, and our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

He half knelt, half climbed onto the bed, bearing her down onto the mattress. Onto her back so that her long tresses splayed out around her head like a halo. He couldn't help but notice the small peaks of her nipples, the rich fabric lifted on both breasts, and realised with a flush of embarrassment that he was stiff within his trousers. It wasn't anything she hadn't seen before, in all those stolen moments in half-shadowed rooms and fields, but there was a sudden newness to it all nevertheless. This was different...so different...with her cousin sleeping down the corridor.

The atmosphere, and Hawthorne's demeanour had changed the moment Harper had discovered the X on the wall, and the implements that lay beside it on the long board. For however long she'd been there, he'd been resisting his own arousal, and wondering internally, just how far Harper would go, or what her fantasies entailed. Her reaction, which demonstrated surprise and curiosity, to him, more than any fear or concern, had eased any worries that he may have had that she'd run, or be afraid. In fact, she appeared to relish what she'd seen, and as well as increasing his urge to fuck Harper like the dirty, little slut he'd promised - Tische wasn't a man afraid to exert control, verbally or physically, over a woman, and to treat her as most women, deep down in the darkest places of their mind, desired to be treated; some occasionally; and some each and every time. As a whore.

Poetry is a reduced dialect that communicates complex emotions. To comprehend the numerous implications of a ballad, perusers must analyze its words and expressing from the points of view of beat, sound, pictures, clear importance, and suggested meaning. Perusers then need to sort out reactions to the verse into a consistent, point-by-point clarification. Poetry utilizes structures and traditions to propose differential translation to words, or to summon emotive reactions. Gadgets, for example, sound similarity, similar sounding word usage, likeness in sound and cadence are at times used to accomplish musical or incantatory impacts.

Fairy tales are full of tropes and stereotypes that exist from story to story, one of the main ones being the “happily ever after” ending. Most fairy tales, especially the traditional Perrault or Grimm versions, fall prey to this trope where the main goal is for the princess to find her prince, get married, and live happily ever after. Many critics, particularly feminist critics, find this trope to be problematic because of the extreme emphasis placed on marriage as women’s main, if not only, objective in life. Karen Rowe, for example, states in her essay “Feminism and Fairy Tales”, that “fairy tales perpetuate the patriarchal status quo by making female subordination seem a romantically desirable, indeed an inescapable fate” (342). In other words, Rowe relates the “romanticizations of marriage” portrayed in fairy tales with promotions of “passivity, dependency, and self-sacrifice” expected of women in their everyday lives (342). However, it can be dangerous to assume that every fairy tale conforms to the singular promotion of marriage as women’s only option. While early fairy tales such as “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty” tend to glorify the romantic ideal of marriage, and in turn female subordination, contemporary tales and adaptations such as Brave and Frozen, are working to give women a more powerful position.