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Similarly, in the poem ‘Feliks Skryznecki’ by Peter Skryznecki we are shown how understanding nourishes belonging while a lack of understanding can prevent people from belonging. Feliks is shown to understand and belong to his friends and to Polish culture. His friends allow him to establish a greater connection to his past and to keep his memories alive and this is shown through the quote “talking, they reminisced.” However, the sense of belonging to his friends excludes the poet as he cannot speak the language nor does he understand the traditions and why they are this way. “Always shook hands too violently” shows how the older and younger generations have different traditions and ways of understanding each other. The use of the simile “After that, like a dumb prophet, watched me pegging my tents Further and further south of Hadrian’s Wall,” Shows the generational gap between the poet and his father and how because the poet was unable to understand the traditions and cultures of his father he was unable to feel a sense of belonging with him.

“Crocicchio” by Ardengo Soffici is a poem written in the era of the historic avant-garde in which Italy was facing a technological revolution; railways, cars and trams were all being transformed and as such the country saw a rise in the Italian Futurist movement. This movement praised all things modern by exploring new forms and technologies, treating them as a spectacle to be revered. The influence of these futuristic ideologies is clear in Crocicchio as Soffici paints a series of pictures of city life characterised by the chaos and activity which he experiences in his passing.

One of the things that is so fascinating about poetry is that it allows readers to discover and sometimes challenge and channel their emotions as well as their understanding. A poem’s words as well as its structure can reveal many things to its intended audience. In “Myth” by Natasha Trethewey, the poems form is just as important as the words she writes, becoming a map for the journey Trethewey takes, using transitions to take us from one place to another. The nature of the poem therefor becomes multifaceted, as it encourages the reader to think about the speaker’s words and use of form and structure she uses to craft this epic story. Using form as a tool, Trethewey is able to use structure as a way to guide us as readers and the speaker across the conscious and unconscious thoughts and dreams the speaker faces in this story.

The use of simile in the last stanza ‘matchstick hands as pale as the violet stems they lived among’ is used to compare a frog to violet flowers, which are very delicate and easily broken. The innocence of childhood is painted through this visual technique as the narrator only sees the frogs being very delicate, but to the readers the simile also creates a vivid image of the condition of the ‘Frogs’/ the French. The use of first person helps to create a reminiscent tone about the narrator’s experiences, and further helps to stress the ideas of childhood innocence and the influence of war on children because the poem is written from a child’s perspective. The use of enjambment generates a conversational and personal tone, emphasizing to the readers the reality of the themes discussed throughout the poem. The use of symbolism of frogs as pets and also representing the French highlights the idea that adults saw ‘Frogs’ as insignificant or unworthy to speak about, whereas the children could not understand this adult thought, and they placed exemplary regard to the wellbeing of the

The snowstorm that prompts the narrative event is described in a typically romantic way, using lively diction that glorifies blizzard. References to Asian architecture and the leaning tower of Pisa coincide with the romantic near-obsession with ancient civilizations. The evocative imagery of the ancient buildings and exotic cultures coincides also with the striking natural imagery that is characteristic of romantic poetry. In

-Concrete subjects are used to convey abstract feelings. The bounded feet with “marks and callouses” and the “asymmetrical cropped hair” are representatives of two different cultures. This literature device makes the essay more vivid and encourages readers to think.

Then we view the sculptures of the Boar and Hunting Dogs which were originally in the garden of a home in a city in the Bay of Naples. We also view the large fresco of the Garden Scene (see Fig. 2), which feels like a time warp back in time to Pompeii. The Garden Scene displays the beauty of nature with the various plants and birds present, and the two heads hanging on posts seem to be looking out to the viewer and protecting the garden. After the garden pieces we then are welcomed to the indoors of the Bay of Naples’ homes.

The Other is configured in the two writers’ works as victims of power play, their unjust mistreatment subsequently exposing underlying social inequalities. Through adopting the Gothic medium characteristic of Romanticism, the texts induce within the reader emotions of terror and pity towards the marginalised, leaving a profound effect which impactfully conveys the intended social criticism.

The multiple repetitions of the word “fish” embody the vulnerability of the abundance of prey (4, 6, 8, 12, 24). The threat within ecosystems is embodied through the continual use of “fish”. These fish not only represent themselves as being unlawfully preyed upon but also represent the collective term for prey in the poem. The prey within this scene are referred to as the prize especially if the “wisest and fattest fish” were caught (24). The significance of the prey is found within their role of their ecosystems. Where the fish seem to be vulnerable prey in the sight of the fisherman, the fisherman seems to be also vulnerable prey to the fish.

Italy can be looked at as the home of the renaissance and consequently the immergence of great art. Artists such as Michelangelo, Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Raphael are some of the greats and are looked at for standards. But what about the artists whose lives are mysteries, and their works that were influenced by the greats? These artists hold just as much importance in the history of art as do the artist’s whose names can be recalled off the top of an average person’s head. During the sixteenth century things began to change in the art world, and that change was the Baroque. This new style of art brought a revolution to how subject matter was painted, it brought upon “… a radical reconsideration of art and its purposes…” (249) and how artists of all ranks could learn to paint the up and coming style of Baroque.

But while Herodotus and Vespucci use similar strategies in evoking the marvels of the far reaches of the world, what of the darker shadows on the edge? Both authors do claim that monstrous things can hide on the fringes of maps, and as Grafton points out, Vespucci’s descriptions of his “monsters” often echo older texts like the Histories. For example, both Europeans of Vespucci’s day and Herodotus’s Greeks loathed cannibalism, so cannibals serve as appropriate menaces for the reader seeking knowledge about the world’s farther regions. In his Histories, Herodotus writes that a people called the Padaei have a custom that “when a man falls sick, his closest companions kill him because, as they put it, their meat would be spoiled if he were

In this essay I am going to perform a close critical analysis of Christina Rossetti’s poem Winter: My Secret (1494-1495) by examining how formal elements interact in order to create meaning.

Italo Calvino’s extraordinary story, Invisible Cities is a literary accomplishment. Invisible Cities contains of an impressive display of discussions between Marco Polo, the legendary Venetian explorer, and Kublai Khan, the famous Conqueror. The two settled in Kublai Khan’s garden and Marco Polo details, or for all one knows invents, depictions of several wonderful cities. Considering these cities are not ever actually seen, yet only recounted, they are unnoticeable to the emperor. In consideration of the fact that they might not actually exist, they may be truly obscure to all but the reader, who is captivated by the dazzling, foreboding input of Marco Polo. “If I tell you that the city toward which my journey tends is discontinuous in space and time now scattered, now more condensed, you must not believe the search for it can stop. Perhaps while we speak, it is rising, scattered, within the confines of your empire…” (164). The main topic is Marco Polo and the cities he has traveled, or one city in several structures. These expeditions involve cities of memory, trading cities, cities of desire, thin cities, continuous cities and of the sky. The outcome is an intensely intriguing achievement of literature that urges surpassing the borders of the fictional book. Between these enlightening depictions of unfamiliar settings, Calvino allows his readers to indulge in the discussion between two men, one in the middle of his career, the other in

After being kicked out of town, the union workers of Matewan and their families built a “community” outside the city and in the woods. I really enjoyed this part of the movie because this was the point where everyone realized that they all had to work together: whites, blacks, and Italians. It also showed that even though they were going through a rough time and didn’t have much they stuck together no matter what happened. To me, sticking together is the most important thing to do when you go through hardships in life. Next, the men from the Coal Company started trouble with the people of Matewan again. From the time the two men entered the scene, I didn’t like him. He thought he was better than everyone and had a right to stop the formation of a union. However, later in the movie, it showed that the men from the Coal Company didn’t win the “battle.” The people of Matewan, once again, stuck together to kill the men from the Coal Company. In my opinion, these men deserved to die because they were treating those from the union very poorly and like they didn’t know anything.

On a first commentary regarding her writing practice, Tamara Kamenszain stated that her approach to literature was framed by the study of philosophy. She highlighted the influence that Lezama Lima’s work had on her writing, suggesting that he facilitated the bridge between literature and philosophical reflection. However, in thinking of such reflection, it could perhaps be considered as one that does not fully encapsulate the “I” because, as we have clearly seen, the poetry of the Neobaroque—as well as of the Baroque—is marked by the absence of the subject. Kamenszain spoke briefly of Roland Barthes and his contention that the writers of his generation suffered the censorship of the subject. The author even shared a story of a work of hers that was rejected because the referent was clearly distinguishable. Taking into consideration both Kamenszain’s poetry reading and her visit to our class, ¬I am interested in reflecting on the interplay between this idea of the censorship of the subject and the term Neoborroso, proposed by the author herself.