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Love Poems
1,198 wordsMy clumsiest dear, whose hands shipwreck vases, At whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring, Whose palms are bulls in china, burs in linen, And have no cunning with any soft thing Except all ill-at-ease fidgeting people: 5 The refugee uncertain at the door You make at home; deftly you steady The drunk clambering on his undulant floor. Unpredictable dear, the taxi drivers' terror, Shrinking from far headlights pale as a dime 10 Yet leaping before red apoplectic streetcars - Misfit in any space...
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Digressions In V A And Hero Leander
1,556 wordsDigressions in Venus and Adonis and Hero and Leander The poems Venus & Adonis and Hero & Leander have many similarities. Venus & Adonis, written by William Shakespeare (1593), is the story of lovesick Venus and innocent Adonis. Venus attempts to convince Adonis to have intimate relations with her. In the poem Hero & Leander, written by Christopher Marlowe (1598), Leander convinces the beautiful Hero to consummate their relationship despite her arguments. Another similarity of the two works is th...
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Prison Of A Castle
430 wordsLady Of Shallot The Lady of Shallot is an interesting poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. In this poem he tells a story of sadness and disappointment. This story is showing how a person crushed his life somehow. My guess would be he had his heart broken and felt trapped in depression. In the beginning he talks about the scenery and how beautiful it is but he can't get out to go where everything is ok in Camelot. He sees people enjoying their lives and longs to join them outside in the freedom of the w...
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Mary Jo Bang
618 wordsBill Mueller April 18, 1999 English 1-2 Prof. McMullen Mary Jo Bang: Apology for Want Quiet, unassuming, serene. These characteristics define the appearance of poet Mary Jo Bang. There is, however, another side to the humble St. Louis native which is not readily apparent by either her looks or her demeanor. Beneath her deceiving facade lies another person entirely, which only emerges through her poetic talents. Although she also read from her new manuscript which has not yet gone to print, Mary ...
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Poem Exudes Innocence And First Time Love
963 wordsA first date, a tender touch, a gentle kiss, can all be described as expressions of affection. Innocence often has to do with the fondness and adoration displayed in relationships. The movie, Love Actually, starring Hugh Grant, focuses on different ways of making love work by showing the lives of different people. The film, from time to time, shows a little boy who is falling in love with a girl in his school. He thinks that the best way to win her heart is to become a rock star and so he joins ...
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Poets Of The Courtly Lyrics
1,893 wordsBetween the twelfth and fifteenth century, the form of the lyric was founded in and became very popular within England. Few of the lyrics that were composed remain in existence today. This is mainly due to the fact that these lyrics were transferred orally. This meant they were never printed or published. The ones we do have paint for us a vague but sufficient picture of life as it was in these times. Particularly they give us a peek into the lives of the women of the medieval era and how they w...
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John Donne Deals
1,175 wordsThe peace in a tear's absence One of the most common fears is the fear of losing someone who is close to you. The drama caused by such events make impressions on a person that can last a lifetime. Many people spend years mourning a death. John Donne deals with these ideas in his poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning". He centers on the wasted energy of mourning, and the consequences of it. There are better ways to deal with a loss of that magnitude. Death does not have to cause the end of oth...
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Hardy's First Writing
1,451 wordsThomas Hardy Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 at the Village of Upper Boc hampton. He was the child of a country stonemason. Hardy was the third Thomas of his family. His mother's maiden name was Jemima Hand and she and her husband let Hardy to have an unusually happy childhood. His early years were a seed-bed to his later creative development. His mother knew what real poverty was when she was young because she lost her father. Hardy said 'she read every book she could lay her hands on' and she gr...
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Effect Of Petrarch's Idealization Of Women
2,501 wordsRenaissance ideas of women were strongly shaped by the writers of the time and by the conceptions of femininity that had existed since the Middle Ages. No one more strongly affected the early Renaissance idea of what a woman was than Petrarch, he idealized women and heterosexual love in such a way that its power would resonate into love as we see it now. Love for Petrarch was something that was ideal and perfect, held firmly above man in the heavens, yet at the same time it meant anguish and the...
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Poems Of The Renaissance
370 wordsArchitecture of the Renaissance reflects the earlier works of the Roman, Byzantines, Moslems, and many other civilizations. The S. Pietro No. 1 was begun in 1564 and was designed by Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Carlo Made rna. Many components of this structure reflect their foreign influences. The large, ominous dome along with the two smaller, less intimidating ones confirm the Byzantine style had entered the Renaissance. Grand, elaborate columns demonstrate Roman and Greek style of temples. An...
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Frequent References To Roses And Fragility
1,290 wordsEdward Estlin Cummings was an American poet - the second most widely read poet in the United States, after Robert Frost - born in 1894. He was immensely popular, especially among younger readers for his work; he experimented radically with form, punctuation, spelling and syntax. The majority of his poems turn to the subjects of love, war, and sex, with such simplistic language, abandoning traditional techniques to create new means of poetic expression". Somewhere I have never travelled", is a ve...
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Ideal Meaning Of True Love
1,412 wordsHow Do The Attitudes To Love Expressed In The Following Poems Differ From One Another? The following three poems 'To His Coy Mistress'; , by Marvell, 'The Good Morrow'; , by Donne, and 'Sonnet 116'; , by Shakespeare all tackle the theme of love. Although they are all written about the same subject, they show remarkably different approaches. Two are written from the narrator to his lover to persuade her into commitment into a sexual or loving relationship. The third gives a neutral definition of ...
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Sweet Tasting Fruit Of The Goblin Men
1,302 wordsIncestuous Lesbian Love in Rosetti's "Goblin Market" Christina Rosetti's "Goblin Market" hints incestuous lesbian love as an alternative to a heterogeneous relationship. "Goblin Market" is about a woman's [Laura] attempt to create a perfect, true love relationship with a man which ends with her hope and love dashed to the ground. With her heart broken and her dreams shattered, Laura turns to her sister, Lizzie, for the comfort and security she once looked for in a man. This in turn forms an ince...
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Wayman In Love
1,134 wordsWoebegone Lover and Wayman in Love Although in an ideal world it would fit that our lover was a soulmate, most rational people would agree that this is not always the case. Tom Wayman's "Wayman in Love" details an encounter between a man and a woman that, although devoid of true love, the man feels has been a long time coming. Conversely, Carol Jane Bangs' "Touching Each Others Surface's" is the remembrance of a love that is no longer alive. Both of these poems explore the topic of physical enco...
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Second Poem My Last Duchess
1,280 wordsLove poetry often portrays an image of intimacy, an unbreakable bond between a man and a woman; this however is not always the case. The two poems by Robert Browning, "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess" are very different from what you would typically expect of a love poem. Each poem involves a murder. The first poem, "Porphyria's Lover" is set in a small cottage isolated in a wilderness of trees, which is more suited to the horror genre, as is the weather. It is a stormy night: "The rain ...
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Poetry Of The Troubadours And Trouv
1,230 wordsThe troubadours and trouv " eres in France had a very important impact on poetry and the social atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Life at this time was rapidly changing, as was the poetry and music of this time as well. The Troubadours and Trouv " eres were more than just "traveling musicians who played in medieval castles" (Hawkins). The Troubadours and Trouv " eres of France were some of the leaders in the poetry of this time. Troubadours and Trouv " eres wrote poetry that was new and innovative....
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Love And Petrarchan Poetry
717 wordsThroughout the course, English 221, there have been many themes and ideas introduced through the texts which can be traced through most of the literary periods examined in the course. Some of these themes include religions for example in Beowulf, the notion of heroes which one can see in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, morality in Everyman and The Paradise Lost, Metaphysical Poetry in most of the works of John Donne, and finally Petrarchan Love. In the early 16th century many of the...
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Little Boy And Girl
394 wordsAnalysis: In School Days? In School Life? is a melancholy poem written by John Greenleaf Whittier. In the poem an old man reflects back upon his life and remembers his childhood days. One incident in particular stands out, when he experiences his first love. As one grows older they learn to appreciate what the true treasures in life are and that those moments will stay in their hearts forever. Whittier sets the scene by an old schoolhouse by a road. It is his schoolhouse, where he grew up and hi...
