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Andrew Marvell’s “The Garden” is a poem that through logical progression argues its already established point of view. It is a poem of meditation in a particular place, where the place presented influences the course of this meditative state. Even though filled with the imagery of nature the poem takes a rather pessimistic point of view, where it argues that total isolation from society and harmony with nature as the singular best way of living. Thus, the whole of the poem centers on the idea of

stating, “The soil is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod” (Hopkins 880).      Hopkins’ final reflection conveys the apocalypse and the return of God. The application of the words “dearest” and “freshest” in the third stanza suggests a very light and joyous mood. He states that even though mankind destroys the Earth, God will still continue to provide for his people, “And for all this, nature is never spent” (Hopkins 880). Hopkins now speaks in a tone of reassurance. The diction that Hopkins

receive expression through the concrete world. My sparrow, you are not here, Waiting like a fern, making a spiny shadow. The sides of wet stones cannot console me, Nor the moss, wound with the last light (14-17). In the final stanza, Roethke again addresses Jane in the terms of non human endearment as "my skittery pigeon" (19), but his final expression of loss comes in terms of a unique human relationship: "neither father nor lover." Roethke succeeds

Human Connection with the World The Nineteenth Century was a period of great economic, social and environmental change. During this period, great poets came forward to make people aware of the surrounding beauty of nature and make them aware of how they had affected the environment. William Wordsworth and Gerard Manley Hopkins were two of the poets during the Nineteenth century who were known for being leading nature poets in British literary history. The poem “The World is Too Much with Us” by William

Emily Dickinson’s poems “They shut me up in Prose” and “I Dwell in Possibility” on the surface may seem similar, both having the same structure, three-four lined stanzas, and punctuation. However, they convey different messages. Typically Dickinson writes dark, meditative and defiant toned poems about death, gender and poetry itself, often challenging social beliefs and traditions. Each poem sticks to these pre-modernist views and styles, but place the emphasis on different aspects of her common

Sonnet 71 by William Shakespeare Sonnet 71 theme is love; reputation, death and mood is mournful The speaker reflects on his life, and he states his last wishes are to forget him. The speaker is worried that his reputation if that should surface that it will cause pain and anguish to his wife. This sonnet has a role reversal, persuasion to entirely forget the poet and not to dwell on the poets death or the painful past it may cause. The sonnet 71 is in four quadrants this is rhyme pattern as "abab

Analyzing Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26th in 1874. Robert Frost 's personal life was filled with grief and insecurities. When he was 11, his father died of tuberculosis, his mother died of cancer years after, and his sister was confined into a mental institution where she also later died. Elinor and Robert Frost had six children together. One of their sons died of cholera, one son committed suicide, one of their daughters died after

Since the beginning of time humans have always had their own beliefs on the creation of nature. Christians believe in God and how he created the world. The story explains Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit. The two decided to eat the fruit because of Satan and how he persuaded them to eat it. On the first day God created heaven and earth followed by the creation of other natural features during the next six days. Without nature this story would not be relevant. “Ancient Greeks practiced polytheism

Brooke Fraser is a New Zealand musician who has gravitated towards the acoustic, singer-songwriter genre for most of her music career. Her latest album (2013) ‘Brutal Romantic’ marked a significant shift in her music as she moved into more electronic sounds. ‘Arithmetic’ is a very simplistic, acoustic song off her first album ‘What to Do with Daylight’ (2003). ‘Kings and Queens’ is off her newest album and is a highly produced song containing elements of rock, pop and electronic sounds. These two

“My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun…” is a sonnet written by William Shakespeare and is also known as Sonnet 130. He wrote this poem to mock the conventional Petrarchan love sonnets which are about women who have unattainable beauty. This poem is written in the Shakespearean sonnet format which consists of a total 14 lines with the first 12 lines divided into three quatrains, and the last two lines make up a couplet. The quatrains establish the motif or problem of the poem while the ending