Chinese poetry

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 killed her. Each poem is an ode to Hardy’s complicated relationship with human mortality. The skill with which Hardy writes infers that once does not need to concern themselves with background in which they

“In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself.” – Lewis Thomas In this essay, I will be exploring how the theme of humanity is presented in the poems The Tyger, Prayer Before Birth and If- and how it affects the portrayal of characters through language. Humanity’s greatly faulted existence is what allows The Tyger is a very figurative poem therefore the literal meaning of this poem is quite obscured. From my perspective, Blake is questioning the creation of the

Violence, conflict and bloodshed are used on an enormous scale throughout the poems that I have studied. Today I’m going to explore the theme of conflict in the poems: “A mother in a refugee camp” by Chinua Achebe, “War photographer “by Carol Ann Duffy and “Prayer before birth “by Louis MacNeice. I personally believe the poets succeed remarkably well in portraying how conflict plays an important role in informing the people about the society and how the poet illustrates conflict throughout the poems

Wilfred Owen, poet of “Disabled”, recounts the desolating stories of a disabled soldier who has been mutilated by the unforgiving First World War, when he was badly shaken from shell-shock during the war. He presents the suffering of a soldier as an everlasting void of torment that threatens to tear his life into fragmented pieces of reminiscent memories. The injuries and pain originated from the war have lingered even when it ends, harassing the soldier as he tries to blend in once more with the

The burdens and assiduous transgressions of humanity often prove to be an unbearable reality for many. However, under no different circumstances and in the midst of death, poet, John Keats, composes some of his most powerful literature. In his “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, the persistent mention of immortality demonstrates his struggle with tuberculosis. Keats declares within both poems his desire to escape mortal oppression and illustrates his longing for immortal sanctuary;

The dark grim reality of war is powerfully addressed throughout Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ and Duffy’s ‘War Photographer’. Each poet approaches the subject of suffering, pain and isolation in a different yet unique persona. ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ gives a glimpse into World War I soldiers struggling for survival and the hardship they endured. On the other hand, ‘War Photographer’ reveals the difficulties a war photographer faces in an internal battle between helping metaphorically and physically

as well as the song. With this being demonstrated throughout both pieces, it is yet again, another poetic device used showing the equivalence in artisticness ¨´Poetry is alive and well,´ asserts Susan Block, Poet Laureate of LaPorte County for 2009-2010. ´There is power and beauty in the language´¨(Kessler). She is explaining that poetry is still around today, she describes how that is also in the form of

Nikki Giovanni, one of the most famous African American poet is widely known through her interesting style in her poetries. Giovanni’s innovative usage of poetic technique of allusion, wide range of imagery, excessive hyperbole and free verse conveys and emphasizes her style and persona as uncontrolled and unrestrained by rules. In almost all of Giovanni’s poems she highlight the usage of alluding to great aspect of the world in order to emphasize her characteristics and voice of being unrestricted

Nature poetry has developed significantly from the sentimental nature religion to the modem science-based, cynic shape. The nature poetry of the move time frame, which is basically the poetry of Frost, demonstrates the purpose of deviation from prior convention and the strengths of redirection. Robert Frost has been known as the Interpreter of New England, yet in a more genuine sense; he is truly the mediator of nature and humankind in general, not only the beautiful voice of the New England individuals

“Meine weissen ara haben safrangelbe kronen” is the eighth poem from Stefan George’s Das Buch der hängenden Gärten. It is followed by two of the collection’s four poems with individual titles, “Vorbereitungen” (Preparations) and “Friedensabend” (Peaceful Evening), and the fifteen poems in the central section of the Buch that George’s friend and muse Ida Coblenz called Semiramis-Lieder and that were set to music by Arnold Schönberg. In the poem, the speaker tells about his macaws that sleep in their