This is first seen in the first stanza when she states "Of light divine be a rich portion lent / To guide my soul, and favour my intent", immediately describing how her religious beliefs, as well as God Himself are comparable to a light within her that is guiding her through life. This is significant because as an African American woman during the 1700's, Wheatley was subject to hardships and a difficult lifestyle. However, the entirety of the poem carries this "light" that she introduces in the beginning, which goes a step further to make it almost seem as if she has a purpose in encouraging her audience to look towards the same God and the same light as she has. This kind of technique continues further when looking at the second stanza as Wheatley states "Which first ordain'd that mighty Sol should reign", suggesting that the "Sol" (Spanish word for sun) holds a certain power or reign over the world. In a sense, through this Wheatley is implying that the sun is God, as it was created by Him, and in turn the sun and all of His creations hold the same power and "reign" that He does. Wheatley encourages this idea in a positive manner, marveling at the ways in which God has so much deserving power and has used it all for the good of his children in creating such an amazing world. Personification is seen in many other areas of…
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Post-Impressionist painter. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. His output includes portraits, self portraits, landscapes and still lifes of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers. He drew as a child but did not paint until his late twenties; he completed many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, including 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints.…
The night sky depicted by Van Gogh in the Starry Night painting is full of brightly colored stars, twisting clouds, and a bright crescent moon. Starry Night is arguably one of Van Gogh's best paintings because of the excellent use of the elements of art, which is hard to achieve in one piece of artwork. This work almost has a dot-to-dot effect on the viewer's eyes because of the swirling motions moving in a circle through the middle of the painting but he uses the large tree and bright moon on different sides of the paper to give the painting unity.…
Pretty much as Vincent Van Gogh, I likewise thought amid his period that present-day life, with its steady social change and concentrate on advancement and achievement, estranged individuals from each other and from themselves. As we all know individuals experiencing an unbalance mental condition as Van Gogh did were not in contact with the truth. I think Van Gogh unbalance condition was overpowering while he searched for a puzzling impact to his depiction. Concerning myself, it is difficult to center when I drink alcohol so contrasting it with Van Gogh mental condition must had likewise been troublesome for him to center which is the reason he paint expressionism conceptual. The Starry Night, 1889, oil on canvas, 28 ¾ x 36 ¼", by Vincent…
When I see “the steady turn of a telescope dial” it is obvious she is looking through a telescope with someone. She doesn’t seem to be very patient, bringing up how she would rather be doing other things instead. When I read those first two quotes, it makes me wonder why she hates looking through the telescope so much. This is where the visual imagery shows in the poem. She clarifies her hatred for stargazing by saying: “Standing there in our driveway with him, I smacked my legs, my arms, and my face so hard while I waited for him to find whatever small pinhole of light he wanted me to…
Upon a "certain hour", or sleep, the speaker beckons his soul to fly free, escape the day, and ponder its own themes. The speaker's soul does not necessarily appreciate the day's happenings and thoughts, so it drifts in dreaming to a place where it can think about "night, sleep, death, and the stars." The daytime mind of the speaker, most likely representing a restricted or bound form, thinks about things it is perhaps not naturally inclined to do. This poem is like a snap-shot of the human soul between consciousness and…
Suffering from mental illness and poverty, Vincent Van Gogh was able to overcome all of his problems and become one of the best artists ever known. Vincent Van Gogh influenced art in the 20th century and new styles of art. Van Gogh’s artwork was so different and creative that it was able to influence many other artists.…
In the second line of the lyrics, “But as long as there are stars above you”, the writer uses both imagery and symbolism. The visual imagery allows the reader to imagine stars twinkling in the night sky. The use of imagery “allows the reader to identify with the story, the characters and the themes by making…
Vincent Van Gogh is a unique and outstanding artist who had a dramatic life that affected his paintings.…
Have you ever heard of the painting “The Starry Night?” Well, it was created by artist and possible mentally ill Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh was believed to have schizophrenia. But he lived in a time that schizophrenia was not even heard of yet, so it could not have been established as schizophrenia or even any mental illness to be exact. Through his very artistic ways and him cutting off his own ear, many thought that he was mentally insane. And that is why in today’s society we believe that he might have had a psychological issue, like schizophrenia. Eventually his psychotic ways led in a tragic ending. His death.…
The dozens of self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh were an important part of his oeuvre as a painter. Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) created many self-portraits during his lifetime. Most probably, Van Gogh 's self portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left side of his face.…
Her poems express how God’s presence gave her the gift of profound sight. She attributes her talents to this gift and proclaims it is by God, “that I see the vast frame, the heaven and the earth, the order of all things, night and day, summer and winter, spring and autumn, the daily providing for this great household upon earth, the preserving and directing of all to its proper end,” (Bayam, P. 207).…
The author of this poem is named Edgar Allan Poe, he lived from the year 1809 to 1849. The period of this time was the Victorian period, where literature and drama played an important role in many lives. Poe’s stature as a major figure in world literature is primarily based on his ingenious and profound short stories, poems, and critical theories. In his own work, he demonstrated a brilliant…
The poem is arranged into five stanzas, each with its own setting and time of day to unify the whole literary piece into one length of time; a day. It starts from one midnight to the next, taking the reader through a journey that could possibly be compared to the length of one’s lifetime. The first stanza starts its time during the late night. This is evident because the speaker addresses the way light works in the dark. The first two lines could be understood as two lovers are trying to find each other in the dark but there is enough light from them to ‘bless’ them with a ‘meaningless O’ which could represent a kiss between the two lovers. A kiss itself is meaningless but because the lovers were able to find each other, the light allowed them to “[teach…
The poet begins the poem by glorifying God for all of the wonderful, natural things, and he also finishes the poem in the same way, by praising Him for the imperfectly great things that he had listed above. The poet talks of his admiration for everything, even the man-made things and the things that may be considered. In the last line, the poem also becomes an apology for the things that may normally not be thought beautiful or valued. The poem is almost a celebration of the diversity of God’s creation.…