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‘Lot’s Wife’ and ‘Africa’ are poems depicting the effects of the abuse of power and how the forceful villains mistreat others due to their positions of ’ superiority and trust. ‘Lot’s Wife’ shows how under a tyrannous rule which holds no regard for personal emotions renders people either devoid of humanity, Lot, or devoid of life, Lot’s Wife. ‘Africa’ demonstrates the chaos and terror involved in invasion and how an overwhelming military force and covetousness can extirpate the magic and God out

“Once you start asking questions innocence is lost”-Mary Astor What is innocence? How is it lost? There are many cases in which innocence can be lost , some of which are portrayed in the two poems. Innocence is when you are pure, clean and vain. This is due to the fact that you haven't experienced any corruptions which would give you spiritual wisdom that is useful in decision making in future situations. These poems , Out Out and Disabled, both portray the loss of innocence Today I will be comparing

Rawand Esmail Jutyar Zhazhlaiy Poetry Class 03 March 2017 William Shakespeare Sonnet 30 Sonnet means a small or little song or lyric. A Sonnet has 14 lines and written in iambic pentameter. An line has 10 syllables. It has own rhyme scheme. Sonnet 30 is one of the 154 sonnets which it was written by famous playwright Shakespeare , scholars agreed that was written between 1595 and 1600. This poem consist of 14 lines of iambic pentameter , and divided into three quatrain and a couplet . most

Question 1: “What tone is created in the first six lines of the first stanza? Identify and discuss poetic devices and stylistic elements (such as the use of punctuation) that help the poet to create this tone.” The tone created in the first stanza is calm and peaceful. This is reinforced by the sound devices used in the poem. The use of punctuation and the length of each line causes the reader to naturally pause after every bit of information. This is effectively done by the use of commas and points

In this iambic pentameter sonnet “To An Empty Page”, Robert Pack goes immensely deep into the human psyche, exploring ideas of death and life, which are vividly portrayed by the use of paradoxes, apostrophes, and personification. Pack presents a poem of contemplation analyzing the aspects of life and death. This poem is especially interesting due to the poem being an echo sonnet-where a voice is followed by a response. Now, we do not know where exactly this echo comes from, but we can infer that

Shabbir Banoobhai’s “when the first slave was brought to the cape” is an excellent form of protest poetry that engages with historical contexts with the use of language. Gabeba Baderoon’s quote epitomizes this concept of protest poetry evident in the poem and the ideas associated with it. The quote describes poetry as being connected to some of the most critical issues of our time, issues that cannot be addressed without poetry as they have become unspeakable. Baderoon further describes poetry as

One point or another in a person’s life, he or she wonders what it would be like if an inanimate object was alive. Anne Bradstreet does just this in her poem The Author to Her Book. She brilliantly takes the fears and worries of publishing a book into treating it as if it was her own child and, in many respects, that is what a book is to its author. There are many elements used to give the reader the sense what the author sees the book as through metaphors, complete imagery to visualize the scene

I hope you guys are ready for a good start. Awesome! As you can clearly see, I am wearing a mask, hiding my true face and feelings from the society. Who knows what pain and misery I am going through in my life at the moment! However, who, after all, has not worn a mask on occasion to conceal their frustration and disappointment? One particular group in our society who were forced to wear a mask to conceal with true feelings about their situation, was African Americans during the fight for civil rights

Esther Jacob ENG 220 – 06 Prof. Schrader May 2017 War: Like Hell on Earth Wilfred Owens, an English poet and soldier, is well-known for his poems about war. Born in 1983, Owens took the front line of the army by 1916. When asked why he decided to enlist Owens replied, “I came out in order to help these boys—directly by leading them as well as an officer can; indirectly, by watching their sufferings that I may speak of them as well as a pleader can” (“Poet Wilfred Owen Killed in Action”). He used

The poem “Because I could Not Stop for Death”, written by Emily Dickinson, is considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces in American history. This poem is about the reflection of death and focuses on what happens in the life after death. Many normally think of death as scary and often won't accept it, however, in this poem Dickinson personifies Death and makes him out to be a compassionate gentlemen. Not only is Death not feared anymore but also accepted in this poem. It gives a new outlook