When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last several hours. ~ Peter Singer ~ He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every...
Upon my selfe to rue when I saw them. The night represents death, which brings an end to the beloved's life and causes her to despair. The line "And made her woes the mirror of my care" is particularly poignant, as it suggests that the speaker shares in the beloved's pain and sor...
No one would think twice now about a parallel universe. ~ Terry Pratchett ~ Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word...
Get instant explanations to your questions about anything we cover. Powered by LitCharts content and AI. Learn More "Byzantium" is Irish poet W.B. Yeats's meditation on the relationship between mortality and immortality, the physical world and the spiritual world, and humanity and art. In...
The poet goes on to speak about the exhaustion and deep longing experienced by the laborers. They were “Dead-tired” with a fatigue that goes beyond physical tiredness and encompasses spiritual weariness. The poet adds to these images the depiction of “leather strops.” This could allude to...
The poem does not favor one grieving process over the other, but it does capture how the couple’s inability to recognize, respect, or empathize with their partner’s individual response to the tragic loss of their child leads to pain and conflict. Throughout the poem, the wife’s approach...
At first glance, it may seem like these lines are just describing the natural process of wear and tear. However, it's essential to note that Spenser is using the wheel and steel as metaphors for time and the effects it has on physical objects. The repetition of the "r" sound in the ...
Brain fog reading loss, severe foot pain like walking on broken glass strife No sleep, pain like a mobile on vibrate in her chest: she took her own life. Eighty percent of those infected, get one or more Long Covid symptoms Nearly ALL infections release mutated variants, most mild, rare...
Bliss! Her second stanza somewhat qualifies her first stanza with the acknowledgement that, Fine, if that old bitterness shows up again “as ’twill’, it’s bite will be “an Easier—pain” now that I have the bliss of what I want! And we still don’t know what that is or even wh...
One of Yeats' most celebrated works, this poem is a lyrical journey into the speaker's yearning for the tranquility of nature. Set in County Sligo, Ireland, the poem is divided into three sections, each focusing on a different aspect of the speaker's life: physical needs, spiritual peace,...