John Dunne And George Herbert

Jim Harrison and Jack Underwood are two completely different authors who share one thing in common; their poems involve a connection with animals. Jack Underwood writes how he does not care too much about the animals which is the poem called “Totem Pole” as he hunts them and then mentions “to appraise my work only” (Underwood). Jim Harrison writes the poem called “Man Dog” in which the main character cares for his animal so much that he even pretends to act like his animal. In both poems we experience the authors writing in first person and expressing a somewhat somber mood. Jim Harrison and Jack Underwood are both able to connect through animals and through the use of emotions as well as a deeper connection we see how two different poems

A text is essentially a product of its context, as its prevailing values are inherently derived by the author from society. However, the emergence of post-modern theories allows for audience interpretation, thus it must be recognised that meaning in texts can be shaped and reshaped. Significantly, this may occur as connections between texts are explored. These notions are reflected in the compostion of Edson’s W;t and Donne’s poetry as their relationship is established through intertextual references, corresponding values and ideas and the use of language features. Edson particularly portrays key values surrounding the notions of the importance of loved based relationships, and death and resurrection: central themes of Donne’s Holy Sonnets

In the New World Bradford and Morton were both important men of our history. The stories of both great men give us an insight into the way religion and influence affected Puritan life.

One of Andrew Marvell’s techniques was metaphysical poetry, e.g. ‘vegetable love should grow’ and things contrasting between the physical and spiritual.

Physicist Albert Einstein showed that fulfillment and understanding come from studying nature when he said, “Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better” Both William Wordsworth and John Meir show how their relationships with nature have led them to a deeper understanding of their lives and the world around them. In The Calypso Borealis, John Meir discovers a sense of freedom when he discovers the simple but beautiful Calypso Borealis. Whereas Wordsworth finds happiness by holding on to the memory of a beautiful field of daisies in I Wandered Lonely as a cloud. William Wordsworth and John Muir used imagery and diction to express their relationships with nature. Muir uses these literary devices to bring the reader on a journey filled with ups and downs. Wordsworth, on the other hand, uses these literary devices to paint a picture of a scene that lifts his spirit. Both authors use of imagery and diction explain their love of nature and how it has impacted their lives.

     A recurring theme in the poetry of Richard Wilbur is one of God and Christianity.  Biblical references can be found throughout his work, even in poems that have little to do with religion.  However, this theme is quite prominent as there are several poems contain more than passing references. Wilbur provides in these poems ideas that Christians can identify with, either in the Christian lifestyle or straight from the Bible.

Even though the poems’ messages were different, the literary tools the author’s utilized to get their message across were similar. Rilke and Mathews

George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman are two theorists in the study of sociology that have impacted the way we see sociology today. Their works, when closely examined, actually share some extreme similarities. Both of these men seemed very interested in the perception of self in the eyes of others as well as yourself. “Mind, Self, and Society” is an article written by Mead which was placed in the book entitled “Social Theory: The Classic Tradition to Post-Modernism” which was edited by Farganis with the copyright of McGraw-Hill in 2004. This primarily deals with the development of one’s self, or their identity. “Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” is an article written by Goffman which was arranged to be in the book “Inner Lives and

With the theme that love is pessimistic. We see how Donne uses a negative connotation of diction. With such words as “devours”, “Tyrant Pike”, “burn” and “starks” it creates a negative tone and view of love. With that view on love created with his chose of words, his use of phrase make love look even worse. For example, when he says, “But that it can ten in less space devour;” and “He is the tyrant pike, our hearts the fry”. It helped the speaker be able to convey his negative look on

George Herbert, an English seventeenth century metaphysical poet, published a volume of poetry called The Temple, which contains The Altar. Herbert uses the concrete poem method to clearly illustrate the themes thought this work. Because the altar is physically constructed with varying lines lengths, the reader is imprinted with the image. This poem captivates the senses both visually and verbally. Using pictures, intelligent wording, allusions to the church, symbolism, and tone shifts Herbert transitions the topic from sacrifice, to heart, to sacrifice once more.

Donne transformed the love poetry he wrote in his early days, beginning in 1617 with the death of his wife Anne More, to religious poetry with a strong sense of awareness of death and its import. This poetic development from classical poetry to more personal poetry reflects the events that marked his own life, and can be traced throughout his poetry. This kind of personal and thereby

Artillerie exhibits many of the typical characteristics of Herbert’s poems. It is intensely compressed, with every word crafted to carry the meaning forward. It is completely regular in form, four verses of eight lines. The rhyming pattern has the first four lines in each verse rhyming in the pattern A, B. A, B with the last four lines in rhyming couplets. Each of the first four lines contains ten syllables, the next three lines eight, and the final line of each stanza returns to ten syllables, providing a rhythmic stop to the verse and the thought. The vocabulary is basic and direct but contains a wealth of suggestion. It is a conversation, an argument. The debate words ‘but’ 2 (lines 8, 10, 11, 17, 21, 23, 27, 32) and ‘yet’ (lines 20, 29, 32) recur eleven times in the thirty-two lines. This is one of the very many of Herbert’s poems that is a conversation with his God, conducted with wit and humour and reaching a point of submission. He moves from the cell of the monk, suggesting

These words help the reader to understand Donne’s meaning; that new things have disrupted the old.

There is a difference between betrayal and pure anger. While utilizing these concepts, George Herbert’s “Deniall” and Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “[Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord…]” are contrasting poems on the subject of prayer. Herbert’s speaker expresses a feeling of betrayal, whereas Hopkins’s poem is lathered with anger. Both poets bend words to their will and use the syntax of their poems to express their feelings beneath the surface.

the figure of Charles Peguy. Jennings’ lifelong affection for the poetry of George Herbert discussed in Ever Changing Shape may be explained by the fact that though he was not a Roman Catholic, Herbert’s high Anglicanism and his devotion to the Eucharist brought his theological outlook close to Jennings’ own. Many of the writers in Jennings’ private cannon not included in Ever Changing Shape and other prose works are also subjects or addressees of her poems.