How Does Matsuo Basho's Journey Affect Literature

In Kenneth Slessor’s 1942 poem ‘Beach Burial’ he also comments about survival in war and the power in distinctively visual ways through particular words. He relies upon adjectives, personification and the use of imagery to describe the suffering.

This paper is a book report on “Living Buddha, Living Christ,” written by, Thich Nhat Hanh. In this paper I will discuss the four themes; Mindfulness, Understanding, Interbeing, and Wisdom. I will define the themes, and explain how each theme listed is a part of my life and whether this theme, can be co-related along with my faith.

The use of the melancholic tone in Dawe’s poetry enables him to explore life from his poems “Homosuberbenisis” and “Enter Without So Much As Knocking” and death through his poems “Katrina “and “A Victorian Hangman Tells His Love”. Dawe’s poems “Katrina” and “A Victorian Hangman Tells His Love” explore death through the extensive use of metaphors, tone, similes and imagery. “Katrina” is a poem based on Dawe’s two-month-old daughter

“Journeys allow travelers to reflect on their own experiences because of new knowledge gained and greater insight into themselves and the world around them.”

Notwithstanding their partner’s contempt of reading and writing, both the father in “The Boat,” and the narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” continue to search for reprieve through their respective books and diary.

In the poem The Past, Oodgeroo, establishes the importance of growth, identity and the strong link between culture, values and beliefs. It is through this poem that advocates for change in mindsets, while positioning the audience to come to the realisation of the unfortunate events in which had occurred, however, it is through her strong belief and pride in her culture does she promote unity. “let no-one say the past is dead… the past is all about us and within” Through this quote, it personifies history, allowing the audience to gain a deeper insight to values

It is said that history is shaped by the lives of great men.  Great men are leaders.  They bring about change; they improve the lives of others; they introduce new ideas, models, and theories to society.  Most of the world's religions were founded, developed, or discovered by great men.  Two particular religions - Christianity and Buddhism - developed in different parts of the world, under different circumstances, and in different social atmospheres.  But each religion is based upon the teachings of a great man.  When one compares the life of Buddha with the life of Jesus, one finds that the two share many things in common.  This essay aims to compare and contrast the lives of Buddha1 and Jesus in two key areas:  conception and birth.

The theme of loss is portrayed similarly in the two poems ‘Disabled’ and ‘Out, out-’. Both of these poems are about the protagonist dealing with physical loss as they both experience an accident. Both Wilfred Owen and Robert Frost manage to mesmerize their audience’s attention, and also sympathize for the protagonists’ misfortune. They do this by the use of many literary techniques which are obvious at times, but some are very subtle, such as similes, metaphors, personification, and contrasts.

The next verse that will be examined is the one linking verses 893 and 894. This link is reverberation link, linking the feelings of loneliness from one verse to the next. The first verse lays out the lonely feeling of the monk as he thinks about having to return to the temple as we walks out in the cold. The next verse by Basho depicts a man travelling with his monkey companion under the moonlight, creating a contrast of the two scenes the feeling of loneliness is carried through the contrast itself, as the monk is without companion but, the second man at least has the companionship of his

In “The Wanderer” there is a theme of the inevitably of death and deaths appearance all around us. The wanderer’s grievance of the death he has faced is seen through the authors' use of ubi sunt:

In this paper, I will discuss three different works by Silko (Lullaby, Storyteller, and Yellow Woman). Each of the stories will be discussed according to plot, style, and social significance. After that, I will relate Silko’s work to other literary genies and analyze her work as a whole.

With his publication of “Izu no Odoriko” in 1926, Yasunari Kawabata gained recognition for his work. In this story, Kawabata tells the story of a student who is traveling along the Izu peninsula. During his travels, he meets a group of traveling performers and decides to travel amongst them. During his time with the performers, he is able to experience a life different from his student life in Tokyo. An image that Kawabata repeatedly presents is a drum. The student tries to listen for the drum whenever he is alone. To the student, the sound of the beating drum signifies that his time with the traveling performers has yet come to an end. With its high popularity, “Izu no Odoriko” was translated twice by two different translators during different time periods. The first translation was done by Edward Seidensticker in 1954. The second translation was done by J. Martin Holman in 1997. Though both Seidensticker and Holman translated the same story, there is still difference in their translations. With the imagery of the drum, Holman and Seidensticker relay a difference in the intensity of emotion; furthermore, with the analyzation from Tobias, it can be seen why each translator conveys a difference in emotion.

When his beloved becomes lost in a world full of hardships, Baca refers to this poem as a spiritual guidance to help them find the right path to their destination. In addition, if Baca and his beloved ever crossed paths, he will provide her directions. Hence, the poem serves as a map to guide the reader a sense of comfort and

In the United States there are over four million buddhists, one thousand temples, study groups, or Buddhists associations (Monroe 108). This number has come from just one man searching to find happiness and eventually enlightenment. Buddha’s story is how buddhism became a religion all over the world. It teaches a peaceful manner, reveals the key to happiness for the mind, and eliminates the desire in life. Not just the history of buddhism is important, but how it has spread through the world and what it looks like today.

This essay will reflect the meaning, as well as the mythological interpretation of a movie titled “Little Buddha.” In the movie, “Little Buddha,” there were Tibetan Buddhist monks from a monastery in Bhutan, led by Lama Norbu, searching for a child, who they believed had been reincarnated, as the Buddhist leader, Lama Dorje. This individual was thought to be in an American child named Jesse. Jesse was believed to be the son of an architect father, named Dean, and a school teacher mother, named Lisa. The family lived in Seattle, Washington. The monks traveled to Seattle to meet the boy, observe his daily routine and habits, learn his personality to determine if he could undergo further testing to prove whether or not he was the reincarnated being of Lama Dorje.