Fair Phyllis is a song or poem written in the 16th century by John Farmer, in this poem he tells the tale of a relationship between a shepherdess and her lover, in which is told by the song and in history has been presented with the Italian practice of “word art”. This beautiful song is very special in the format of the piece, it is sung in a cappella, meaning that many voices work in harmony to create the song, while the work itself is first monophonic, then for the last part it become homophonic switching off between one person singing and then many at different paces and tones. At the beginning of the song where it is monophonic the highest voice is reinforced by the other voices, while in the latter half of the song when it changes to
Rituals, teachings, ceremonies and identities of the Aboriginal people were lost and neglected in the past. Even today, those of the culture continue to heal and strengthen from the consequences. In Louise Halfe’s poem “My Ledders,” a native woman addresses the Pope expressing her passionate feelings towards the traditions that were robbed of her culture, while pleading him to change the teachings back to the original way. In the letter the speaker writes as if she was speaking, using phonetic spelling and broken English, asking the Pope if he could use his power to retain the native culture, as the government may listen to him. Directly linking the losses of native traditions, customs and languages to the residential school system, the speaker uses orature combining a native dialect along with satire to express how the losses in one generation continue to affect the aboriginal identity in future generations.
Rosemary Dobson's Poetry "Rosemary Dobson seems intent on presenting a view of life as bleak and generally uninteresting In the poems by Rosemary Dobson it generally presents the view of life as bleak. " The Tiger" is an example of this. This also reinforces the limitations on her poetic inspirations. The idea is presented by the effective use of imagery, tone, sound devices and the temporary progression. However, the poem by no means is uninteresting due to the use of these techniques.
In 1942 Virginia Woolf read a paper to the Women’s Service League about "The Angel in the House." For Woolf, this "Angel" represented the voice in the back of the mind of a woman that was saying, "Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own" (1346). During Woolf’s time a woman was not supposed to write critically. Rather, a woman was supposed to "be sympathetic; be tender; flatter; deceive; use all the arts and wiles of her sex." Woolf writes of the need to "kill" this angel. She says, "Had I not killed her, she would have killed me" (1346). Thankfully today it is no longer considered improper for a woman to write critically and truthfully, but Lucille Clifton has her own "angel to kill" in some of her poetry. Clifton is a woman artist who uses her past experiences and those of her ancestors to write her poetry. Clifton uses the ideas of light and foxes to convey the joy she finds in being a woman poet, as well as the fear that an artist sometimes feels when first struck with an idea for a poem.
Phillis Wheatley was an African-born slave in the last quarter of the eighteenth-century in New England. She was born in West Africa and brought to America on the slave ship Phillis. She was, however, much more than chattel-she was a poet. Phillis was the first African American to have a book published. In a time when women were not expected to be able to read or write, and when teaching an African American to be literate was frowned upon, Phillis Wheatley became educated in Latin and English literature. The education of Phillis Wheatley was, for the most part, for the intent of training "a servant and would-be companion for domestic utility," in which they undoubtedly succeeded. However, they "got an intellectual adornment" who, with her knowledge of the poems of Alexander Pope, the "Puritanical whiteness of her thoughts," and ability to write poems, soon became a celebrity among Boston?s social elite (Richmond 18,19).
Patricia Young’s poem Boys is a representation of implied heteronormacy in society. Young uses tropes and schemes such as allusion, metaphors and irony to convey the ways in which heterosexuality is pushed onto children from a young age. Poetry such as Boys is a common and effective medium to draw attention to the way society produces heteronormativity through gendered discourses that are typically used to understand sex. Boys does an excellent job at drawing its readers to the conclusion that it is an ironic poem trying to emphasize the over-excessive ways in which we express heterosexuality in daily life.
Gates, Henry Louis Jr. Foreword. The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley. Ed. John C. Shields. New York: Oxford UP, 1988. xi.
When sorting through the Poems of Dorothy Parker you will seldom find a poem tha¬t you could describe as uplifting or cheerful. She speaks with a voice that doesn’t romanticize reality and some may even call her as pessimistic. Though she doesn’t have a buoyant writing style, I can empathize with her views on the challenges of life and love. We have all had experiences where a first bad impression can change how we view an opportunity to do the same thing again. Parker mostly writes in a satirical or sarcastic tone, which can be very entertaining to read and analyze.
The first glance at the poem Janet Waking by John Crowe Ransom, I notice that the title tells of a girl waking from her sleep. I was greatly intrigued as to why a poem would revolve around such a simple title. In the first stanza, it references a hen, suggesting that it will play a significant role in the poem and that Janet lives in a farm. The poem goes on to describe Janet’s morning by giving her parents a morning kiss, then the death of her beloved hen from a drone’s poison.
Comparing The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd. and the stark contrast of the treatment of an identical theme, that of love within the framework of pastoral life. I intend to look at each poem separately to give my interpretation of the poet's intentions and then discuss their techniques and how the chosen techniques affect the portal of an identical theme. The poem The Passionate Shepherd to His Love appears to be about the Elizabethan courtly ideal of living with the barest necessities, like.
Why are women writers just beginning to be discovered? When doing a survey of literature, we learn about many different writers, however the large majority of these writers are men. We sparsely hear of women, but a few are anthologized alongside men, some including: Emily Dickenson, The Bronte sisters, and Anne Bradstreet. However, as of late, more women writers and more works are being discovered. After blowing the dirt off old volumes, diary entries, court documents, and other things to get an idea of what and how women were writing. Among their digging, they came across works by a woman named Elizabeth Singer Rowe. When researching, it became evident that her history is especially interesting because of the extensive efforts of people later in her life to try and cover up her early writing history. After researching her she has become one of the better known women authors from the 18th century. However, to her detriment, she has been classified as a pious poet. This representation is ultimately unfair to her talent, as she was so much more than a pious poet; she was a talented writer who used that talent to write in many different forms as well as subject matters, “Her poetry is both highly experimental and impressively aware of what other writers had done and were doing…” (Backscheider).
Somebody Somewhere offers a rear glimpse of the world of autism—from within. Australian born Donna Williams was diagnosed as psychotic at the tender age two, later as deaf, and ultimately as autistic; “Autism had had me in its cage for as long as I had ever known” (p. 5). In her book she describes her escape from “my” world, into “the” world. She talks about “picking up the pieces after a war” and “learning how to build somewhere out of nowhere and a somebody out of a nobody” (p. xi); yet she has something for everyone: “within each of us there is a stranger (or strangers) lurking in the shadows of our subconscious minds” (ibid). The author
Finally the coal mine war ended in 1933, many dead bodies were buried of innocent people, with many untold stories. The emotions Diane fisher used in her lyrical poetry can be relate to any of the culture, not only to the people of West Virginia. It’s a responsibility of the poet to give his readers entertainment, but at the same time the information about what they are talking. She did a great job in this. She not only told us the situation of miserable people, but also helped us to heard the untold stories.
Judith Wright is a respected Australian poet is also known as a conservationist and protester. Her poetry has captured the most amazing imagery of Australian Culture. For Australian students to understand their own culture and history it is necessary to study the best poetry and Judith Wright’s poetry is definitely some of the best.
If one were to look at the life of Stephen Spender briefly they would think that he was a bizarre maybe even troubled man. However, if you look deeply into his life you will see beyond the strangeness. Stephen was indeed a unique man that lived a complicated life to which created his uniqueness that we see demonstrated through his poetry. While most people tend to avoid unintentional controversy, Stephen Spender wrote many poems which most of us would feel as controversial. His goal however was not to start controversy but to stand up for the rights of all people and the rights for us to all express ourselves freely.
There are a number of reasons why the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop appeals to modern readers. The descriptive, vibrant language of Bishop transcends through time to appeal to every reader in all of her poems. What I admire the most about Elizabeth’s poetry is its combination of detailed, imaginative description and intriguing insight. She closely observes and vividly describes the world around her particularly like how Bishop’s poetry changes everyday scenes to vivid imagery. Bishop has a keen eye for detail, she transforms the visual images she observes into poetic language that creates clear images in the reader’s mind. This gives her poetry a powerful, visual quality, drawing the reader into the world she describes. She deals with a number of themes including death,loss,childhood,domesticity and the resilience of the human spirit also admire her ability to write a poem from a child’s point of view, so the poem can be seen through the eyes of a child. Bishop’s poems are rooted in personal experience, but have a genuine universal appeal.