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    “Le Roman de Tristran” and “Chevrefoil” are 2 poems that have the same plot but are written by different authors from two different countries. One author is from England and the other is from France so both poems would have certain elements to show the difference. Where an author is from can influence how they write a story. A difference between the 2 poems would be the endings. In the “Le Roman de Tristran,” both Tristran and Ysolt die before they can be reunited with one another. The author of

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    Comparing Ulysses by Lord Tennyson and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning. “Ulysses” was written by Lord Tennyson and is a poem about a mythical Greek character and is a dramatic monologue. Another poem that is a dramatic monologue is “My Last Duchess”, by Robert Browning. Both poems are similar, for example they are both structured similarly, and are both different, one difference being their subject. In this essay I will compare the two poems, focusing on form, and how language helps

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    For example, The “vanish’d hand” and the “voice” are likely the speaker’s loved one who has passed away. Thus, the speaker cannot seem to find happiness anymore as life seems to keep moving as he stays remorsing about the past’s tragic incident. Tennyson lost his father and best friend within the length of two years, which led him to write this piece. He puts his same emotions into this as he too did not know how to cope with the losses at hand. Similarly, he was surrounded by life moving on, being

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    “Boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell.” That is an excerpt from Lord Alfred Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade, a poem highlighting the honor and death of war. The poem was chosen for this close reading essay because it has always been a personal favorite. It talks of the real events of the Battle of Balaclava, yet speaks of the life all soldiers must live. The Charge of the Light Brigade is a fascinating poem, both in the way it is formed, to the details

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    Poetry as a Reflection of The Inner Being

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    Alfred Tennyson gifted the Victorian Era, and the literary world with two iconic poems. The author explored the themes of personal development and culture clash in one of his most famous poems, “Ulysses”. Tennyson also discovered and analyzed the themes of love and death through his renowned and eminent poem, “Tears Idle, Tears”. The poet was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire in 1809 in the East Lindy district of England. Tennyson experienced numerous amounts of difficulties in his childhood and growing

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    Kaitlyn Grifka ENG 204 Alfred Tennyson wrote a beautiful poem that can easily paint a picture into the reader’s eyes. He uses imagery, elements of poetry, setting, and exceptional word choices to help portray the theme and emotion in his work. His work is a narrative poem, which means it has a sure plot, setting and characters, and it should speak from a particular point of view. Hence why I choose to write about this poem; it has stuck out to me in my mind, and it’s one that I haven’t forgotten

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    How Is Odysseus A Hero

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    “I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.” Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem, "Ulysses," while grieving over the loss of a close friend (Shmoop). Struggling to continue on with his life after the devastating loss, Tennyson felt inspired by Homer’s character Odysseus in The Odyssey. Tennyson chose to continue Odysseus’ journeys in "Ulysses" just as Tennyson himself felt he must continue on after the death of his friend. In Tennyson's poem, the main character, Ulysses, still possesses

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    where the men dominated the social hierarchy, and women were not free to express nor be themselves. In the poem, “Mariana”, written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, a woman named Mariana is waiting all night for a man to come proclaim his love for her. Mariana desperately needs this man to come to her rescue, so she can fulfill her purpose in

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    Student’s Name Professor Course Title Date Literature Analysis: My Last Duchess and Ulysses Robert Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson are celebrated authors and poets in the field of field of literature. A deeper analysis of some of their works displays particular similarities and distinct differences that make each one of them unique. For instance, Browning’s My Last Duchess and Tennyson’s Ulysses show similarities in the overall theme, death, but each brings it out in different styles. This essay

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    Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, “The Lady of Shalott,” and John William Waterhouse’s painting, “The Lady of Shalott,” both portray a medieval woman’s story of her sacrifice for freedom to live as she desired. This painting and poem both have survived over centuries, and continue to be marveled over today. The romantic themes they portray through imagery of gleaming rivers, faraway fields, and a beautiful lady have attracted a large audience for the artists, as the painting and poem are some of the most

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