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- 15941: Catullus
- ... for this woman. At times playful, others more erotic, these poems represent the strange relationship Catullus found himself in. The history between Catullus and the woman he refers to as Lesbia is one of the worlds famous passions. (Wheeler, pg. 93) The woman who he writes about is really a woman by the name of Clodia. Through what we know of Catullus and the times that scholars can gather from ...
- 15942: "Not Waving but Drowning" and "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"
- ... a dragon. Aunt Jennifer's hands, after she is dead, are used to represent her life of hard work. Her death has allowed her the freeness she has always wanted. "Bright topaz denizens of a world of green," acts as a symbol for the trees. There is a great deal of alliteration in this poem. For example, screen and green, wool and pull, band and hand, lie and by. The purpose ...
- 15943: E.E. Cummings
- ... E. E. Cummings. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1964. Triem, Eve. E. E. Cummings. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1969. Wegner, Robert E. The Poetry and Prose of E. E. Cummings. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965.
- 15944: The Horse Whisperer Healing Of
- ... heal in Grace and Pilgrim, Annie starts to heal herself. She transforms from the high-powered magazine editor into a woman that realizes there is more to life than just being powerful in the business world. The technical elements in the opening scenes are "brutal and beautifully choreographed"(Giles 74). The way Redford used the camera angles to bring the accident to life was chilling. Throughout the movie there are many ...
- 15945: William Blake's The Chimney Sweeper
- ... pep-talk, letting all the other chimney sweeps who hear his tale, "So if all do their duty they need not fear harm." This poem is not only a slice of life out of the world of two chimney sweeps, but it is a poem that is political in nature as well. Set in the 1800's, when the use of chimney sweeps in London were quite popular, this poem does ...
- 15946: The Tyger By William Blake
- ... origins. It seems that the Tyger is a result of something inhumane, whereas the Lamb is a direct product of Christ. According to the poet himself, the Tyger is somewhat immortal and out of this world: ..What immortal hand or eye./Could frame they fearful symmetry? (lines 3-4) Blake requires the reader to ponder the very roots of the Tyger; he leaves us with the impression that he was the ...
- 15947: Exploring The Theme Of Premature Death In Three Poems
- ... 1). He then questions himself and tries to determine why he is feeling so much grief, because he rationalizes that it is better for a child to die young and escape the hardship of the world and the misery of old age (5-8). In the last line of the poem, he makes a statement belaying his intense grief when he resolves to never like something so much that it will ...
- 15948: Poems of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge
- ... Lyrical Ballads and Rime of The Ancient Mariner, Wordsworth and Coleridge chose to focus on the "common man" instead of the self. They do not only concentrate on personal response and rejection of the outside world. Therefore, Wordsworth and Coleridge can not be accused on the charge of solipsism. William Wordsworth was very concerned with others in the subject of his poems as well as in his real life. In "Preface ...
- 15949: Barbie Doll: An Analysis
- ... went to & fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs." She no longer saw herself in that same light as before, that light which allowed her to see equality in everyone. How the world became a critict, a form of reminder that she was not a normal girl, unique in her own ways, but something which she should be ashamed of. She could no longer be herself and enjoy ...
- 15950: I've Learned
- ... I've learned - That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. I've learned - That no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief. I've learned - That our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. I've learned - That sometimes when my ...
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