The Tretis Of The Twa Mariit Wemen, And The Testament Of Cresseid

     The second paragraph of this poem starts, "If ever wife was happy in man/ Compare with me, ye women, if you can" (3-4). This paragraph shows us that she is not only happy with her husband, but she is also reinforcing his knowledge that she is in love with him and that their relationship is based in true love and goes as far as to challenge anyone who could be happier. This poem brings the institution of marriage to mind, and the real emotions and ideas that are usually held by two people when they are married and in love. Also it brings to my attention, from the readings that we done on

He describes the dresses and the cheep fabrics of “nylon” and fake colours “lemons mauves and olives” and from the way he uses foods can be interpreted to have a significant symbolic meaning in the sense that these organic foods become out of date in time, which could be suggesting he has a bitter opinion on marriage that it will soon become dull over time and never last. In the penultimate stanza he writes how “none thought of the others they would never meet or how their lives would all contain this hour” he really expresses Larkin’s view on marriage and commitment, as he appears to feel that marriage limits chances and options it also raises the question as to whether he feared marriage and the change it could have on his life and freedom. This would suggest that as opposed to hating marriage Larkin merely feared it. The line “ sun destroys the interest of what’s happening in the shade” metaphorically could be interpreted to show how fabulous display of a wedding can “destroy” or distract what happened out of view from the public like the stress, disputes and reality of faults in the relationship. The imagery of the sun also creates a bright beautiful link with weddings that people see on the surface juxtaposed with the reality of dullness as the years go on.

She seems to be saying that without the pain and the tribulations, a marriage wouldn’t be worth as much. It’s almost like she says that the sacrifices are what makes the marriage worth it. The pain of this marriage results in the ultimate achievement of the objective of marriage. The poem states that all the aches and pains of marriage are worth going through because the love of another is epic.  I found that the two of these poems together were a fascinating combination, because one speaks of the hypocrisy of not doing anything about the flaws in a person’s own characteristics, and the other seems to say to live with the pain that you have to live with the faults; through doing so one will find bliss; it is worth the sacrifice.

Like a template. Every family had to have one of these. Families during this time did not bond or grow up together, but had been brought and constructed. Another example of sexism can be found in stanza five, as Dawe says, ‘’… and then it was goodbye stars and the soft/ cry in the corner when no one was looking…’’ This shows the audience that in this society, during this time period, men were also stereotyped as they were not allowed to cry. They DO NOT cry.

Stanza three opens with relating “menthol” and “eggshell” (9). Other than what “menthol” actually is, the reader is obligated to figure out its characteristics (9). I would say its traits are minty and fresh. And how would one define “eggshell” (9)? What’s leftover? This could easily be an argument stating that he is original and new, while she is always a little more bland and derivative. The next sentence states that while the bride is “atrocious”, he is equivalent to “spellcheck” (10). This is a statement that means that whenever

Most of the poem is sweet, but also tells them to hurry and enjoy life right now before they run out of time. Also that their bodies are energized now and later on they won’t be able to do what they would do when they were younger. In comparison to “To His Coy Mistress” the author tells them to get married also because they have something that time will sooner, or later take away and that would be sad that they didn’t get to enjoy it just because they wanted to

In the poem, 'The Homecoming' the new wife describes to her husband all the things she doesn't like about his house when she says, 'a floor o' wretched stone, and nasty pewter platters, horrid forks of steel and bone, and a monstrous crock in chimney.' This shows childishness on the girl's behalf, possibly showing that all her life she has been treated like a lesser member of society, which is shown as an attitude towards women in the early 20th century. An attitude to marriage was that a girl's father looks after her until she is married, then her husband takes up that job, which is shown in 'The Homecoming' when her husband says to his wife, 'I'll sing to 'ee a pretty song,' which is extremely

The novel reads, “Janie waited a bloom time, and a green time and an orange time” (25). Here Hurston uses a metaphor to describe the changing season and demonstrate how long Janie has been waiting for her dream of love to come because she is not receiving the kind of love that she has imagined. Furthermore, Hurston personifies Janie’s dream. Her dream was alive but it died. Janie’s dream of love was dead because it was something that got destroyed and will never be able to come back, it is gone. She learned that marriage did not equal love. Janie had questioned if marriage equated love “Did marriage end the cosmic loneliness of the unmated? Did marriage compel love like the sun the day?” (21). She had since learned that being married to someone does not mean that you are going to fall in love with them and all your problems will be solved. Her ideal of marriage was shattered and the child in her could no longer dream. Becoming a woman for Janie meant to completely let go of her dream of love and to resign to the domestic role of being a wife. She can not find anything other than the routine of life. To Janie the routine life was what a woman did; took care of the house and her husband. Her grandmother lived a routine life and Janie considered her grandmother a woman. In addition, becoming a woman to Janie meant becoming like her grandmother, not believing in love and marry for

The story starts off with many romantic ideas. Romanticism does not mean being romantic (love stories). A quick summary of what romanticism was is that basically there was a time when people saw life differently and were galvanized by more than the simple things in life. This story shows how the author was inspired not only by the simple things in life but by other things that he has seen. He had Puritan ideas also we can tell that he had these types of ideas in his story. "Spruce bachelor's looked sidelong at the pretty maidens and fancied that the Sabbath sunshine made them prettier than on weekdays. When the throng had mostly streamed into the porch, the sexton began to toll the bell, keeping his eye on the

Death is the major speaker of this poem, its persona shows how cruel and violent it can be, however she also speaks of getting everything out of life you can before death. Starting with line twenty three of the poem she begins talking about living a full life before death, "When it 's over, I want to say all my life/I was a bride married to amazement/I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms." (23-25). Being a bride married to amazement is a comparison to commitment, being with the same person every day. However in this case with a lifestyle instead. Doing amazing and memorable things every possible day you can, not letting life pass you by. This also fits perfectly with the next few lines

Its comments on female sexuality and what was thought at the time to be the “norm”, you were either a pure virgin, or a loving wife and mother if you were neither you were considered a whore and outcast by society in

First the explanation of the poem would be the starting ground into really analyzing what this is about. Do Not Go Gentle

The issue of the connotation of this poem is about finding joy and conveying how to be a beautiful life is. As formerly living with action or excitement. Basically interpreting how Lucinda Matlock life was before she succumbed. When she says "One time after changing partners" all for that was why and how she met her husband Davis all with the cause of a promenade and switching participants. Over time they partner together with Lucinda caring for both of their innumerable children. As Lucinda conveys "Enjoying, working, raising the twelve children/ eight of whom we lost"

The two protagonists of this story had their very first encounter in this scene, which was love at first sight, subsequently leading them to marrying one another. This encounter led to the following being said in an ensuing scene: If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow, by one that I’ll procure to come to thee, where and what time thou wilt perform the rite, and all my fortunes at thy foot I’ll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the

In the last stanza, the narrator witnesses the young "Harlot" (prostitute) cursing and reprimanding "Blasts" the infant's cries and "tears" at what could be the result of being fatherless. The soldiers' deaths leaving mothers widowed, turning the joyful occasion of marriage (also personified) into a depressing event “the Marriage hearse”. This stanza has a very different rhyme structure to the previous ones. It is half octameter and heptameter, making it slightly off beat. Lines thirteen and sixteen are slower (octameter), while lines thirteen and sixteen (heptameter) have a rapid, excited tone.