... of the Flock there is continued reference to "a woeful day" as a reflection of the "fluxes and refluxes" of the active imagination. This adds validity and credibility to the plight of the shepherd and the agony of his loss. It is the importance of the human ... with simple diction used. The intentional archaisms of Coleridge are not identifiable with the common speech of Wordsworth. Yet the particularities of the narrative voice are those which remain of importance and input power into both poems. The awfulness of the experience of the Ancient Mariner lies in the fact ... cycle of torme...

• Word Count: 1487
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... who live)". By saying that poetry is the expression of imagination, Shelley acknowledges the fact that poetry is the consequence of an active mental process –an adjustment of the impressions that stimulate our mind–, which implies that imagination is a creative faculty, as well ... ;: the philosophical concern about reality is presented as a command rather than as a personal experience. The speaker's command establishes distance between the poetic voice and what is portrayed in the first part of the sonnet; the poetic "I" is detached from the actions that the second person ... , "you...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... . Although epic poetry and lyric poetry were cohabitants of ancient literature, epic poetry had a public dominance with its emphasis on legend, myth, and masculine adventure. In a predominantly male society, such active verse was often preferred to the soft lines associated with lyrical poetry. Shifts in popular poetry come to reflect these ancient societies as the evolution from the classification of lyric ... . The lyrics of ancient Greek poet Sappho, whose work is classified within the Archaic and Classical periods, delve into soft and intimate contexts that are driven "by a human voic...

• Word Count: 1123
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... McIntyre, Sandy Camp, Bogongs, Tamworth), and the descriptions of the typically tragic outback events, capture a sense of the mythology of Australia, expressed through a distinctively Australian idiom. We can hear a different voice to the first stanza in the diction of the yarner who narrates his story in the first person and animates it with his own comments on the characters: "I give ... this poem takes on a spiritual dimension with the biblical allusion to the act of communion in "the song made flesh". Wright is not just an observer but an active participant in the spiritual communio...

• Word Count: 1047
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... more complicated case of poetry concerning men. He begins with imitation as it is incorporated within a character's role, as where a poet or dramatist "makes himself resemble another in either voice or gesture" (Republic, III, p37). Here Plato shows a preference for straight narrative, in that by simply narrating events the poet may avoid entirely the explicit imitation of those characters ... even as "non-sensical".  Plato takes the object of imitation to be the same in both; that is, they imitate appearances of things (which are essentially static, not active). Much of Plato's condem...

• Word Count: 5585
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Merry Go-Round focuses on the way in which the political ambience of segregation of blacks in America affects not only the politically active adults, but also all aspects of society, including children. This poem is written in the voice of a child and demonstrates to the audience how they are brought up within, and know no different than the rules of the ... ...

• Word Count: 2796
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate