'On Monsieur's Departure'

In the first few lines of the poem, the reader can already receive a feel of the irony as the poet describes the scene of a maiden left behind as her lover falls in battle. The poet illustrates a scene as to where most readers would feel sorrow and sympathy towards the maiden and perhaps have the speaker in the poem enlighten the

Luise Mallard is a young wife (p.78, 3rd paragraph). She immediately feels grief and starts to cry when Richards gives her the news about the death of her husband. But directly after her outburst, the reader can already make out signs about how her feelings will change. In the story are several symbols, showing the approaching of a new life. Through the open window Mrs.

The fact that the poet chooses to write about London, England in the form of an Italian sonnet is an indication that the speaker is making fun of England. The speakers word choice reveals that speaker is actually making fun of England instead of showing sympathy for it when the speaker states that England has “forfeited [its] ancient English dower/ of inward happiness” (5-6). This shows that the speaker feels as if England had an opportunity to have happiness, but they gave it up or “forfeited’ it. The speaker the uses a disrespectful tone when they say,” We are selfish men… (6)/ Give us manners, virtue, freedom, power” (8). In these lines the speaker continues to make fun of England by calling it citizens’ selfish people who lack manners, virtue, freedom, and power. This explains why the speaker is calling for Milton, who is known for his defense on political freedom, at the beginning of the poem to aid England in its time of need. In the sestet at the end of the sonnet, the speaker uses imagery along with simile to transition from the present, to the past. This translation allows the speaker to describe how England used to be. The speaker states that, “thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart” (9). The speaker also uses personification when he states that “[England’s voice was] pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free” (11). These compliments about how

The beginning of the poem shows how Elizabeth was blessed with beauty, and what seemed like a good life. Queen Elizabeth reject all the suitors that fancied her because she never knew if they were after her, or her position. It does not bother her to be alone, and she even enjoyed sending the men away. “Go, go, go, seek some otherwhere, / Impòrtune me no more!” (4-5) These two line are repeated at the end of every stanza; the first two is Elizabeth refusing the men, however, the third one is said to her, and the last one is her repenting what she had said. The line has the same meaning, but a different understanding for Elizabeth. The words she once enjoyed saying were used against her, and she realize the hurt that she had caused to the men and to herself. The men she sent away were heartbroken, and devastated, and she never got to experience love. The

The Author to Her Book I have decided to expand this short literary analysis paper into a research paper in a bid to explain fully the issues about the poem. The poem has a vast base of issues that need critical analysis in the interpretation to bring out the real meaning behind every word used in the poem. The literary analysis paper sort of locked out many ideas in the poem due to the brief nature of it. By going back to the poem and also reading from secondary sources, I intend to use this research to more vividly describe the themes of the poem as per my own understanding and that of other people. By reading from secondary sources, I will get the understanding of others and cite it in my research paper.

Margaret Atwood’s short story My Last Duchess aptly employs ideas from Robert Brownings poem My Last Duchess to highlight themes of importance in communication, The relationship between judgement and inadequacy. The author narrates a story of the trials of being a high school student from the point of view of a young woman who not only has to cope with the stress of an upcoming examination and the pressure her teacher puts on her to excel, but also the added trepidation of what the future holds for her relationship. Many aspects of her relationship with her boyfriend, Billy, and her teacher, Miss Bessie, parallel to the relationship illustrated by the Duke about his relationship with the Duchess in Robert Brownings poem. Similarly, many of the themes found in Robert Brownings poems also apply to Margaret Atwood’s work.

Poems are an outlet for a poet to express his thoughts on human nature and the different types of people in the world. He can have negative or positive connotations about certain types of people and their actions/belief systems. This poem is a great example of showing how the poet believes an abusive person to act and behave based on his beliefs. This poet uses his choice of language and imagery to show that this is not how you should behave and the Duke is an extreme example of this personality type.

In order to better facilitate the process whereby the audience becomes aware of Godard's intentions and his message he introduces us to a young Parisian married couple. Godard sets the clichéd couple, alienated and bourgeois, on a journey for Corinne's parents' country house, hoping to find them either dead or willing to sign the will. As they persist in their journey we are given various opportunities to appreciate the absolute complacency and ignorance of the couple (meant to be emblematic of all bourgeois). Godard tries to peel off the hypocrisy of bourgeois society through the weekend trip of this Parisian middle class couple.

Warmth is what people feel when they are happy. If someone is happy they will sometimes say they feel warm inside. Emma’s affair makes her happy, and that is obvious in the way she talks about it. When snow is on the ground and the sun comes out and begins to warm it up, it begins melting immediately. Flaubert uses simile to compare the lovers’ bitterness to snow that is melting as they kiss. Their cold feelings towards their respective lives are only warm when they are together. When the reader reads that the warmth of Emma and Rodolphe’s kiss melts the snow of their resentfulness, they see the true love that the two have for each other. This allows a deeper connection between the reader and the affair that is unraveling before them. While

Prior to this class, I have never heard Elizabeth Bishop’s name before or read any of her poetry. When I read her well noted poem, ‘One Art’ and discovered her name, I researched her life to seek what this poem might have meant to her at the time it was written. After discovering the hardships and tragic losses she has experienced in her life, the poem suddenly seems to make more sense.

This Dickinson poem is one that is indicative of sexual desire and passion. In the beginning of the poem, there is imagery of an experience between two lovers. The second and third stanzas are vaguer forming a metaphor of the experience with nautical language. Since Emily Dickinson was experienced at describing various events through one’s life in various, creative ways, this is nothing new with her poetry. Each stanza is a quatrain with just four short lines.

Despite her craving for liberation, Mrs. Mallard still experienced heartbreak from her loss. She cried “ wild tears” when her sister relayed the message (Chopin 1). Women are supposed to be an emotional wreck without her husband. She was expected to be a broken woman by all of society, but what if she wasn’t so broken? The critic, Barbara Ewell said “love is not a substitute for selfhood; indeed selfhood is loves precondition.” Mrs. Mallard didn’t hate her husband; She simply desired self-independence more than her marriage. Any longing for female autonomy was hushed by the 19th century, patriarchal society and thus, cognizant of societal expectations, Mrs. Mallard responds to the news of her husband’s death with expected devastation.

How much do you love your significant other? Well, Elizabeth loved Robert very much. The text stated, “How do I love thee by the sun and candlelight?” This means Elizabeth loved Robet all day and night long. The second point is,”I love thee to the depth and breadth and heighth.” This explains she loves him from the deepest seas to the highest mountains. The most important piece of evidence that Elizabeth loved Robert is,”I shall but love thee better after death.” This text means she will love him even after death. This poem stated that Elizabeth loved husband in significant ways.

How Browning Presents the Idea of Love in The Laboratory and My Last Duchess Robert Browning was born into a wealthy family in 1812 in the suburbs of London. His education was a fusion of private instruction and formal schooling. Browning's Father was the

Thomas Hardy wrote ‘The Voice’ and ‘The Going’ shortly after the death of his first wife, Emma. She and Hardy became estranged during the later years of their marriage. As a result of their estrangement, Hardy and his secretary began an affair that lasted through Emma’s illness, one that later