Brit Lit Exam

John Donne’s The Sun Rising and Auden’s Funeral Blues use hyperbolic language to convey intense feelings towards the speakers’ beloved. Both believe all is lesser to their feelings, that even wise, celestial beings are less important than the existence of the one they love. They take on a dramatically different tone however, as the speaker of Funeral Blues laments the death of their loved, proclaiming “I was wrong,” while the lovers in The Sun Rising remain peacefully in their bed.

One of the most universal symbols of beauty is the flower. Their delicate buds hold such great beauty, while being so fragile and temporary. Despite their magnificence, flowers must remain stationary. It is a prison, yet no one thinks beyond the simplicity of a pretty flower. Like women, flowers are seen at face value without any concern for the lack of freedom, opportunity, and expression they have. Women are meant to be seen just how society expects and not any other way. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, female characters face the serious consequences of societal expectations and views on sexuality. Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses the motif of flowers to symbolize women and their virginity to demonstrate the confinement of women in society.

A.E. Housman first message from the poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” is which is better, to die at a young age when you’re still famous or dying old when everyone has forgotten you. This is a tough question because to athletes being remembered means a lot to them. Obviously they want to live a full life and experience everything they can but they also want to be remembered by their accomplishments at a young age. “Smart lad, to slip betimes away” (line 9) explains Housman opinion on this message. In the poem a young athlete who was a town 's hero died suddenly and Housman is saying that he is smart for dying at a young age. Saying that the fame is going to die before the man, so he will never have to experience about being forgotten when he got older. Saying that

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In his poem “To an Athlete Dying Young”, A.E. Housman makes a quite different approach on death. People have different perspectives on death, but more often than not, it is viewed as an undesirable event that people wish to avoid. The speaker in the poem, however, praises a young and famous athlete for dying before he became old and forgotten. This can be interpreted two very different ways. One can assume Housman believes that the only way for athletes to capture the glory is to die when at the peak of their careers. One might criticize him for having such a pessimistic view of life, but we must realize that we are among many people who give those athletes the feeling of disgrace as they are no

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A.E. Housman was a poet born in 1859 who became very successful during his lifetime. “To an Athlete Dying Young” represents the theme of glory is fleeting by illustrating the point that if a successful athlete dies young, they will not have to worry about their glory of victory fading. They can rest in peace knowing they will be remembered at their athletic peak when they were successful and victorious. They will not have to go through the pain of watching their fame disappear or whither out with time. In this poetic masterpiece, Housman pulls together figurative language, sound devices, and structure to illustrate that glory is fleeting through a

These lines further describe her daughter when she was very young, as these words could be used to describe an infant. Also, the color pink is used to represent girls, especially little girls, and this color often represents love, compassion, and nurturing. The use of alliteration with the words “petals,” “pale,” “pink,” and “perfect,” make these lines stand out. The last two lines are a metaphor for the young girl dying: “kissed by the first frost / that selfishly captured her only bloom” (6-7). These lines personify nature and death by giving these forces the ability to “kiss” and through the use of the word “selfishly.” These lines also show the mother’s anger that her daughter was taken away from her so

The beginning of the poem is a very peaceful, “Blest Age!” (1), with “Purling Stream[s]” (1), “an Eternal Spring” (5), and “wanton Gods of Love” (15). This takes place in the world before the rise of mankind, much like the biblical Garden of Eden. In this flowery place, nature triumphs with love. Nature is referred to as a feminine idea, “Virgin Earth;/ Who yielded of her own accord her plenteous Birth” (32-33). This can relate to the idea or allusion of Mother Nature, as Earth is commonly referred to as female. Behn tells the reader how roses, as a symbol for virtuousness, live in prosperous morning dew. In this peaceful and young world, two lovers are free to “all their Joyes and

Owen 's usage of a metaphor, where he likens the girls ' flowers to the 'tenderness of patient minds ' is to me a representation of how like flowers, the inner strength that these young women have while waiting for the men to return is so beautiful and inspiring. However, flowers are also delicate and vulnerable. It is terribly hard to be strong all the time, and these young girls struggle constantly with their fears and their nightmarish thoughts. The

The darling buds symbolize the beginning of his love for her. The buds still have to develop into beautiful flowers, just like their love. It´s the beginning of summer, her beauty and his love.

Compare and contrast Milton’s Raphael with Pope’s Ariel in as many respects as you can.

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