Williams Carlos William’s poem “This Is Just to Say” seems like a simple poem at first glance. After reading the poem‚ I had discerned it was an imagery poem. As I tried to interpret the poem‚ several thoughts had wondered through my mind. At first‚ I was imagining it was a secret message for a lover. Secondly‚ I thought it was a note left for a wife. Thirdly‚ I envisioned that it was a representation of Adam and Eve. At last‚ I felt it represented a confession to God. The simplicity of this poem
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William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. He belonged to the Protestant‚ Anglo-Irish minority that had controlled the economic‚ political‚ social‚ and cultural life of Ireland since at least the end of the seventeenth century. Most members of this minority considered themselves English people who merely happened to have been born in Ireland‚ but Yeats was staunch in affirming his Irish nationality. Although he lived in London for fourteen
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Fardad Hajirostami Guilty Conscience In his poem‚ “The Prelude”‚ William Wordsworth relives a childhood epiphany that alters his perception of nature. Wordsworth describes this experience of his through his voyage in a boat which later dramatically turns into a nightmarish journey. Through use of suspenseful diction‚ dramatic personification‚ and descriptive syntax‚ Wordsworth vividly illustrates his perception of nature and how he views it with certain trepidation after he encounters a “towering”
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One character of The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams‚ is Reverend Parris’ niece in the play. Historically‚ there is no concrete evidence to prove a hereditary relationship between the two characters (Burns). Next‚ the characters of John and Elizabeth Proctor are not farmers as Miller described; instead
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William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. After losing both his parents by the age of 10‚ Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family‚ Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a doctor. The first run of his first novel‚ Liza of Lambeth (1897)‚ sold out so rapidly that
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Character Analysis of Abigail Williams Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible in response to McCarthyism in 1953. During this time the Puritan society was in authority. This society was one where religion was highly practiced‚ women had the least rights‚ forms of entertainment were banned and adultery was seen as major sin. However‚ Miller’s‚ The Crucible makes the strongest female character; Abigail the conveyance of all the Puritans would have believed as evil. Throughout the play‚ The Crucible the
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William Wordsworth: Michael IF from the public way you turn your steps Up the tumultuous brook of Greenhead Ghyll‚ You will suppose that with an upright path Your feet must struggle; in such bold ascent The pastoral mountains front you‚ face to face. But‚ courage! for around that boisterous brook The mountains have all opened out themselves‚ And made a hidden valley of their own. No habitation can be seen; but they Who journey thither find themselves alone With a few sheep‚ with
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William Glynne-Jones Squint‚ the foreman moulder‚ stood with his arms folded on the wooden planks covering the heavy-castings’ pit. He peered at the men as they bustled around in the casting bay‚ getting the moulds ready. "Get a move on‚" he rasped. "It’s up-ladle at three. You’ve got ten minutes left. Hey‚ you - Owen and Ritchie! Close that spindle." He pointed to a mould‚ its top and bottom half contained in two steel boxes‚ approximately seven feet long by three wide and three deep.
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William Faulkner’s novella “The Bear” from his collection of works‚ Go Down Moses‚ is a symbolic exploration of the relationship between man and nature in the eyes of a young boy. The heart of the issue‚ the warped idea of the ownership of land‚ is revealed thought the clash of man and nature in a wild chase that ends only in blood and death. The prey is nature itself‚ represented by a bear‚ while the hunters are men‚ full of greed and destructive possessiveness‚ pursuing that which they do not
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William Carlos Williams and His Imagist Poetry Modernism and Imagism‚ two movements in literature ‚which were developed in the 20th century .At the beginning of the decade ‚modernism was a revolution of style .Crime‚ depression‚ and materialism filled this era. Musician‚ artists‚and writers broke away from technique to create a new art.Also‚ imagism brought fragmental and chaotic life where nobody felt secure and happy.After that
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