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Heaney often wrote, in his poems, about his childhood in the countryside. Two good examples of this are Blackberry Picking and Follower. In these you can see the human nature of children and how adult look back on their past. Heaney shows this though the structure, imagery and language in the two poems. Firstly, in Blackberry Picking, Heaney uses the structure of the poem to tell us about human nature. For example, the slow familiar rhythm of the iambic pentameter creates a reflective tone where

Sonnet 31, written by Sir Philip Sidney, is a sonnet that examines the range of emotions felt by a man that has been rejected by a woman. The poet explores the theme of rejection by using aspects of form, structure and language. These include form, tone, punctuation, enjambment and pathetic fallacy. One of the ways Sidney illustrates the motif of rejection is by form. The rhyme scheme in the octave of the poem follows a pattern of ABBAABBA, which shows that it is a Petrarchan sonnet. However, the

Harwood’s poetry are valued texts because they explore challenging ideas of nostalgia and mortality. Discuss this statement in light of your understanding of the poetry of Gwen Harwood. Gwen Harwood’s mournful laments Mother Who Gave Me Life and Father and Child explore the challenging ideas of nostalgia and mortality to provide valued texts. Harwood’s elegy Mother Who Gave Me Life nostalgically explores the confronting concepts of the unavoidability of death and past bleak memories. Harwood

"On his Blindness" by John Milton John Milton was a great writer and one of the few who was recognized in his own time. His name stands out in the history of English literature mainly for his two works, Paradise Lost and Paradise regained. In 1651 Milton became blind, yet he continued to write and his daughters would take dictation. The poem On his Blindness, by John Milton is an Italian sonnet which addresses the Christian perspective of how to accept ones disabilities. The

Sonnets are rhymed poems consisting of fourteen lines, it is divided into two different lines, the first eight lines making up the octet and the other last six lines being the sestet. The Shakespearean sonnet however differs from the Petrarchian sonnets and the Spenserian sonnet, it ends with a rhymed couplet and follows the rhyme scheme. Therefore, the octet and sestet structure can be unconventionally divided into three quatrains with alternating rhymes concluding in a rhymed couplet. Till present

"Mending Wall" was influenced by Frost's neighbor while he lived on his farm in New Hampshire. Like in "Home Burial," and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Mending Wall" is based on Frost's experiences in New England. Frost and his neighbor met every spring to wall along their stone wall and fix any problems with it, this is the exact setting of "Mending Wall" ("History"). Frost's neighbor, like the neighbor in the poem, always believed in the same saying "good fences make good neighbors."

Themes evident in Sylvia Plath’s poetry Sylvia Plath displays many themes in her work; however she has the tendency to conceal and dig her themes, metaphors, and symbols deep in her poetic words, which leaves us readers left to decipher them. Plath is a poet that conveys quite compelling emotions through her work and is both prodigious and petrifying while still gloomy and relieving. Though there are many themes to revisit, the more significant ones evident in her writing will be explored. Mortality

Intense personal memories and reflections have always been an inspiration to poets. Explore this concept with regards to the poems that you have studied referring to three poems in detail and at least three poems from your wider reading. The theme of reflections is something frequently explored in literature. It is truly a powerful force. It can bestow courage, feelings of warmth, and even overwhelm you and this is exactly what the below six poets did by manipulating their personal and emotional

Sama El Feky 900121886 Thursday, April 14, 2016 Professor Justin Kolb Seventeenth Century Literature Paper Two Shakespeare’s Dilemma: Is the poet both sexually conservative and progressive? Where Shakespeare stands when it comes to sex, or rather lust, has always been confusing to his readers. Does Shakespeare have something against sex? or Is he simply lashing out for feeling betrayed? Would he ultimately rather be in forbidden lust or not? The poet seems to be in a bit of a dilemma himself

Death has inspired poets across time and space, language barriers, and cultures allowing them to create transcendent works that resonate with many individuals. Two poets whose works incorporate the theme of death are Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), a Welsh poet and writer, and Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), a Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician. Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," one of his most famous poems, focuses on Thomas's struggle to come to terms with his father's death. Neruda's poem