When there’s room on my horse for two? Climb up here, Jack, and don’t be crying I can go just as fast with two When we grow up we’ll both be soldiers And our horses will not be toys And I wonder if we’ll remember
In lines 7-9, the speaker goes into detail about the various "tactics" the Irish used to outsmart the British troops. They "cut through reins and rider" (i.e., soldiers on horseback) "with the pike," a rudimentary weapon made of a wooden shaft with a pointed steel blade at the top...
The collection also valorizes soldiers, which eventually helped lead to its popularity throughout Britain during the Boer War as well as World War I. Though initially rejected by publishers and not an immediate success, the collection's link to an ideal of "Englishness" ("Shropshire" is an ...
The final image of the husband “swaying and resting” unveils a sense of helplessness, echoing the foreshadowing from the fourth stanza, potentially foretelling his tragic fate. This image painfully captures the vulnerability and powerlessness experienced by soldiers in the face of World War II. ...
41 根据下面资料,回答A lyric is a subjectivepoemof intense personal emotion whose principal quapty is its musical form. Poe, master of the lyric, was led to explain all poetry as the rhythmical creation of beauty in words. Because great poetry is often pure music, haunting melody, and chimi...
Once upon 【7】 time, the soldiers kept watching the enemies (敌人) in the watchtowers day and night. They made fire on the towers to tell each other 【8】 the enemies came. Nowadays we don't use the Great Wall to keep away the enemies any more. It is a famous place of interest...
In the illustration at right, though the perspective is somewhat confused, you will notice that three soldiers are using the first of the battering rams. Batter me! –Donne cries to God. All you do is try to mend. Mend, in Donne’s day, had the sense “to repair from breach or ...
In the tired voice that quavered to a choke. She half looked up. “We mothers are so proud Of our dead soldiers.” Then her face was bowed. This poem maintains a distinctly angry and discontentedtone. Thespeakeris clearly upset by the fate Jack was forced to contend with and the fact...
In contrast to the debased and devalued picture of the 20th century America of which Lowell was a part or witness, Lowell presents the picture of an ideal past, upon reflecting mainly on a Civil War Memorial dedicated to a civil war Martyr, Colonel Gould Shaw with his "Niggers" soldiers,...
I think he is. When I apprenticed at Sélif’s Runic Guild, I read histories of the Isles—of soldiers, sages and kings. One King, King Halom, ruled the Isles in the time of Seyl Tooksen. Knowing of Tooksen’s wisdom, the King asked a terrible question. He asked if his consort...