Is an elegy a lyric poem? What are some of the poetic devices used in A.E. Housman's poem "Bredon Hill" from the book A Shropshire Lad? How would you tie the poetic elements to ideas about the theme of the poem? How does the poet use those elements to get across the essen...
Using deceptively simple language, Rossetti laments an untimely death. The poem is an elegy, but Rossetti doesn't tell us who died. Instead, she speaks figuratively, comparing the span of a human life to the changing seasons. Elizabeth Alexander, "Praise Song for the Day" American poet Elizab...
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A ballad is a kind of verse, sometimes narrative in nature and often set to music. They developed from 14th and 15th century minstrelsy.
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I promise to keep these days in between the lines. Impulse control forecasts are downward trending. Of course I still think about you. Staying in my own body was the only way to proceed. Fantasy is not a safe place, not for that long. What if the point of life—each day an ending ...
Here is an example of how I would approach increasing a pattern in size. Let’s say I have a stretch pattern for a flared skirt that is a few sizes too small, but I have a sloper that is my desired size and fits my measurements. First I trace the pattern onto a new sheet of ...
Thomas Gray: “An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, sad in tone and refined in style. for the d. McPherson: “The Poems of Ossian” romantic e. William Blake: “The Tiger”, “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experiences”. mysticism,...
It’s a voice that is adept with phrasing: “a word is an elegy to what it signifies.” It’s a voice that moves deftly from thought to thought—look at/listen to that quick, nearly hidden leap from mentioning the word “woman” to offering an example of a remembered “woman.” It...