Compare and contrast two poems that contain different representations
of school pupils.
'Comprehensive' is a representation of a comprehensive school, in the
way that the diverse mixture of cultures are included in the poem.
Each pupil has a different life and culture, and the pitfalls of
comprehensive schools are clearly shown by the way in which each pupil
is represented.
The first pupil is African, and homesick, and is not happy in England.
It seems as though she misses her culture, and feels as though she is
being stifled by the British culture. This is also true of 'In Which
The Ancient History I learn Is Not My Own.' The boy represented in
this poem is homesick, and also feels stifled by the British culture,
due to the fact that he is being almost forced into it, thus not
allowing him to enjoy his own Irish culture. The teacher wants him to
learn 'The English Kings, the famous battles and God's grace in
History' which causes him to begin to forget his own History, which he
is desperately trying to hold on to.
The second pupil in 'Comprehensive' is a boy named 'Wayne,' who is
depicted as a stereotypical boy. He is precocious in the way he thinks
he is 'too old for games' and believes he is old enough to support
something so controversial, when clearly he does not understand it to
a full extent. He holds a very patriarchal view, especially when it
comes to women. He believes that they are there to have their knickers
pulled down, as it were and cook for him. Such a strong attitude as
this for a pupil of only fourteen years of age inevitably will cause
friction between him and his peers and teachers. And in a school of
mixed culture, this would not bode well.
Although the teacher has not such a derogatory attitude as Wayne, she
is similar in the way that she has very strong views that she places
upon the young Irish boy in, 'In Which The Ancient History Is Not My
Own.' The Teacher is very patriotic, and expects the pupil of a
completely different culture to be the same about England. An example
of this is when the teacher describes the Roman Empire as 'the
greatest Empire ever known- until our time of course.' This is the
kind of attitude that is almost stripping the boy of his patriotism of
his own land, and restricting him from learn about his own History. He
has had to take on another cultures history and been forced to take it
on as his own.
Similarities can be made between the young Irish boy and 'Ejaz' and
As Edgar Allan Poe once stated, “I would define, in brief the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.” The two poems, “Birthday,” and “The Secret Life of Books” use different diction, theme, and perspective to give them a unique identity. Each author uses different literary devices to portray a different meaning.
which is perhaps what the girl in the poem was lacking as a child and
Imagine you were the rose trying to grow in concrete; would you have made it out or die trying or maybe you just gave up. So think about it, what would you have really done? The poem “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” is about a rose that grew in concrete a metaphor that shows that you have to get past your problems to succeed. And the poem “Mother to Son” is about a mother explaining how hard life is a metaphor. Both poems share the theme of You have to rise above the obstacles, but the way the authors developed the theme was similar and different.
on: April 10th 1864. He was born in 1809 and died at the age of 83 in
In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by the name of Langston Hughes. A well-known writer that still gets credit today for pomes like “ Theme for English B” and “Let American be American Again.”
in third person and based around a couple of Bin Men and a couple of
he could use it to be as powerful or as weak as he wants. Following
found A thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow string I
Both, the poem “Reluctance” by Robert Frost and “Time Does Not Bring Relief” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, revolved around the theme of lost love. Each poet used a similar array of poetic devices to express this theme. Visual imagery was one of the illustrative poetic devices used in the compositions. Another poetic device incorporated by both poets in order to convey the mood of the poems was personification. And by the same token, metaphors were also used to help express the gist of both poems. Ergo, similar poetic devices were used in both poems to communicate the theme of grieving the loss of a loved one.
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All the poems you have read are preoccupied with violence and/or death. Compare the ways in which the poets explore this preoccupation. What motivations or emotions do the poets suggest lie behind the preoccupation?
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Comparing two poems - Binsey Poplar by Hopkins and I wandered lonely as a cloud' by Wordsworth. Compare the two poems and comment on: - The overall feelings of the poem - How they use language effectively - What the poems suggest about the characters of the authors. The two poems 'Binsey Poplars' by Hopkins and 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' by Wordsworth both contain very strong, emotive feelings.
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forced to watch one of his men die after failing to put his gas mask