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Glamour Side Of War
1,817 wordsWith reference to poems of my choice show how the war poetry (Pre 20th Century) reflect both the glamour and horror of war. The overall image that the reader can grasp after reading these poems is of a mans view of what war is and how it affects the human race. Full of tawdry lace, and glittering arms, they maybe thinking of seeing. However, after all the glamour and battery smoke, has faded and settled, what is it, that will know face them, will it be Parading round, and round, and round or are...
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Frost Through His Poem
906 wordsMany people consider Robert Frost to be one of America's greatest poets, and one of his best known poems is "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". In the poem, Frost describes a person stopping just outside of town in a wooded area with his horse. He stops for a moment to appreciate the wonder of the world that he has spent so much time in, something that he may not have done much in his younger years. The horse could be a symbol of the pressures of the rest of the "civilized" world. The horse ...
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Tu Fu And Po Ch
1,186 wordsSince the beginning of time, man has sought to explain the world around him. This is called philosophy, a Greek word which means 'love of wisdom. ' However, over the millennia it has come to mean much more. The philosophies of the ancient Chinese people, whether they explain nature or present ways to live a just life, became so complex that simple prose could not suitably express their meaning. Yet paradoxically, the simpler, less exact form of poetry does put forth the ideas. Nowhere is this mo...
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Herbert's Poetry
290 wordsGeorge Herbert's poetry sounds a genuine note of contrition and humility. when he new that he would die of consumption, he charged his friend Nicholas Ferrari of Little Gilding with the fate of his poems, collected in The Temple, saying that he might burn them unless they might 'turn to the advantage of any dejected soul'. if this request seems modest, and all the more genuine for the poet seeking an expressly post humus fame, then it represents a triumph of Herbert's spirituality over his earli...
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Cultural Perspective London Breed By Benjamin Zephaniah
3,334 wordsIn this essay I will be comparing the work of two poets Benjamin Zephaniah and Robert Lowell to show the different ways that their cultures influence the ways they express their views of the world. The poems that I have chosen are "Kill them Before Ramadan" by Benjamin Zephaniah, "For Union Dead" by Robert Lowell and "London Breed" also by Benjamin Zephaniah. Two poems "Kill them Before Ramadan" and For Union Dead" are critical of the degeneration of morals in America today. As both of the poems...
