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Rhyme Pattern Figurative Language
1,174 wordsWhen I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and the present My true account, lest he returning chide; "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask; but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly. Tho...
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Interesting To Note Cause And Effect
1,029 wordsSharon Olds? poem? Late Poem to My Father? exposes the profound effect that childhood trauma can have on someone, even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and pity in the reader by reflecting on the traumatic childhood of her father, and establishes a cause and effect relationship between the abuse he endured as a child and the dependence he develops on alcohol as an adult. The idea of emotional retardation caused by childhood experiences is not uncommon, especially in our mode...
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Beauty Quot Human Intellect
1,262 wordsIn " Hymn to Intellectual Beauty" , Shelley describes his realisation of the power of human intellect. In seven carefully-constructed stanzas, he outlines the qualities of this power and the e ect it has had on him, using the essential themes of Romantic poetry with references to nature and the self. In the first stanza, the concept of the " unseen Power" ? the mind? is put forward, and Shelley states his position on the subject. Throughout the stanza, extensive use is made o...
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