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A scientific approach, describing what is observed exactly how it is observed, may be the most empirically correct description of a matter, but it is not necessarily the most honest representation of the average human being's perspective. To me, considering genuine thoughts and feelings when viewing a scenery and describing it accordingly with metaphoric language that best allows the reader to visualize what I am seeing as a dishonest appreciation of nature is absurd. Even animals, such as chipmunks for example, appear to dislike some weather conditions, such as hurricanes, when they abandon their activities, such as scavenging for nuts, and flee to safety and wait for favourable conditions. .
Taking this into account, Stevens is careful to write this poem through the eyes of an inanimate figure, a snowman: "One must have a mind of winter And have been cold a long time" (1, 4). This proves that he himself understands the poem is unrealistic and dishonest to his own beliefs of nature. In other words, he uses the snowman as a cover to write in a manner that which he does not honestly feel, and this should not be considered an honest approach to appreciating nature. The use of the words "winter" (1) and "cold"(4) illustrate the fact that a snowman does not have emotions and makes the inference that one would have to be just as cold-hearted, with a mental state to match, to view the world in the empirical manner of a snowman's magnitude. Such a magnitude is not possible for one such as myself, filled with emotion and life, to comprehend or appreciate. When he writes, "For the listener, who listens in the snow, And, nothing himself, beholds Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is" (13-15), he acknowledges the snowman is lifeless and empty and his surroundings, as well as all else, are meaningless to him. It need not be so obviously stated that the lifeless have no appreciation? When his descriptions are without figurative speech to emphasize realism, it is counterproductive to personify an inanimate object with human qualities such as being a "listener" (13).
In this sense experience can destroy the future boy life. ... Childhood is also a period where adults represent justice and honesty. ... This poetry has a joyful connotation trough the words pretty, sweet, and smile. ... In this case experience gives a realistic view of the world while the first poetry does not give it. ... In this sense experience is necessary to survive. ...
Soon his poetry developed into masterful plays and success finally ensued. ... He thought that truth could free, as well as destroy, but that truth could be the only manner in which individuals could see the realities of life and learn and evolve from them. ... This play deals with social reforms based on the principles of honesty and freedom. ... For a man there's something . . sweet and satisfying in knowing he's forgiven his wife;.. .in a sense he's given her fresh into the world again, and she's become his wife and his child as well. ... She struggles for a sense of ref...
Owen's depiction of war is always negative, and the impact of his poetry is reduced by that persistent criticism. ... Although Owen's depiction of war is always negative, his persistent criticism increases the impact of his poetry. ... The poem is both direct and descriptive, using both imagery, similies and metaphors to comfront the reader with the realities of war. ... The techniques that Owen uses in 'Spring Offensive' allow him to bring a sense of depth and purpose to his poem. ... Owen was successful in becoming one of the greatest war poets ever known, he spoke ...
In this instance, Hamlet is stating that behavior shapes reality. ... Moreover, Hamlet recognizes the importance of his affections towards Ophelia, and in regards to Ophelia's beauty, Hamlet states "That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty" (1083, line 108). Clearly, Hamlet is saying that indeed, Ophelia can be honest and fair, however; it is virtually impossible to link these two traits, since 'fairness' is an outward trait, while 'honesty' is an inward trait. He further states "A, truly, for the power of beauty will so...
The content of this branch of rap (rhythm and poetry) focalizes on extremely controversial topics such as politics, sex, religion, racism, and drug addiction. ... It misleads them to a distorted reality where morally wrong actions are positively rewarded and good actions are no longer needed except when there is a sexual goal behind it. ... In the 1970's the young residents of the Bronx in New York introduced us to a new style of music called rhythm and poetry, or better known as Rap. ... King, before the Senate Subcommittee, explaining exactly how violent music can ultimately damage our...
Sometimes the stream was filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing such things as historians usually record, while on the banks behind them, unnoticed by the historians, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs and write poetry (just doing the things people do). ... Trevelyan said that "the poetry of history lies in the quasi-miraculous fact that once, on this earth, on this familiar spot of ground, walked other men and women, as actual as we are today, thinking their own thoughts, swayed by their own passions, but now all are gone, one generation van...
CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN A POSTMODERN WORLD The Rise of Postmodernity Since Federico de Onis's use of the term postmodernismo' to describe the Spanish and Latin-American poetry of 1905-1914 which had reacted against the excess' of modernism in 1934, (Rose 1991: 171) "Postmodernism- became very popular. ... Revisionary postmodernists try to salvage a positive meaning for the human self, history, and truth as correspondence which are central to modernity; some even try to promote the premodern notions of divine reality, cosmic meaning, and an enchanted nature. ... Karl Marx wa...
Introduction Raymond Carver is said to be one of the most influential American short-story writer and poet in the second half of 20th century, a major force in the revival of the short story in the 1980s (Kennedy, X. J. and Gioia, Dana, 2005). In this essay, we aim to analyze the main characteristic...
