Nevertheless, Poe's poem does not blame on Helen for what happens as a result of her beauty as seen in H.D.'s poem. .
Furthermore, both poets have portrayed their feelings towards Helen through a careful selection of detail. H.D. uses in his poem emotionally charged words such as "hate" in line 1 to describe the hatred he feels towards her. Helen is described as white, which is sometimes perceived as a color for purity, but the reader soon finds that this white is a life-less pasty white, a white that is eventually compared to the whiteness of dead skin which the author concludes is the only state in which Greece could really love Helen. . This hate is specifically focused towards her beauty, therefore exposing Poe's subconscious feelings towards beauty. He expresses that beauty is deceiving and ultimately it leads to disaster. He chooses to include that her beauty taints everything around her as for instance the "lustre of the olives where she stands"(lines 3-4). This is a way of showing how that beauty is able to corrupt the most essential things of nature. The olive leaves tend to represent liberty and peace, however as she stands next to them they shine as well and therefore they lose their freedom and modesty. Additionally, "the lustre as of olives" is an ironic line. Olives do not have a lustre that is worthy of being compared to Helen's beauty. Yet, H. D. says it to emphasize how her beauty is deceiving and in fact, revolting. In contrast, Edgar Alan Poe, implements diction to indicate the beauty and importance of Helen of Troy. For example, "thy Naiad airs"(line 8) presents the water nymphs or Naiads, which are beautiful. Using the word "Naiad" compares Helen of Troy with the nymphs for, Helen passed through the water leaving her beauty to be tracked. In addition, Poe calls Helen "Psyche" who is married to Cupid, the god of love. This comparison conveys the perfection of Helen because Psyche possesses the ideal soul of a human.
Following the fever, Helen fell in a 'deceptively' quiet sleep and from this the Keller's believed Helen was cured. Helen's eyes, however, continued to pain her. ... In 1890, Helen learned to speak after only one month of study. Ten years later, Helen entered Radcliffe College. ... This was the start of Helen's help for blind people. ...
That baby girl was named Helen Adams Keller. Due to Helen's inability to see, hear, and speak, she was a very difficult child to handle. ... She would attempt to teach Helen how to communicate with others. ... Anne turned on the water and let it run over Helen's hand. ... Seconds later, Helen quietly spoke the word "wawa," which in her case meant "water." ...
To each question Miss Sullivan replies negatively, puzzling Helen further. A day or two afterward, Helen is stringing beads, and making many mistakes while doing so. Miss Sullivan tells Helen to think, tapping her head while signing for emphasis. ... Imagine her excitement, as Helen must have felt a deep, almost spiritual, kinship with other persons. ... Helen Keller is a testament to the strength and courage of our species, and her place in history is well deserved. ...
Anne Sullivan taught Helen the five senses that Helen was not familiar with. ... One day miraculously Helen said, "Tea, tea, tea." ... While growing up, Helen learned sign language. ... To be real good at both of these Helen Keller practiced a lot. Helen also was able to set up the table for dinner. ...
The poem by Edgar Allan Poe, "To Helen" is a poem written to the Greek woman known for her incomparable beauty, Helen. ... "Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently o"er a perfumed sea." ... The second part of the line appears to me to mean that the beauty in Helen is gentle and sends off that gentleness elsewhere, by the "perfumed sea." ... The theme of the beauty being on the inside of her, and the message of the beauty being sent from within, describes just how beautiful the Greek woman Helen is. ...
Helen Adams Keller was born June 27th, 1880 West Tuscumbia, Alabama, which is now a museum and sponsors a annual Helen Keller day. ... When Helen was born she was able to see and hear both just fine, it was not until when Helen turned just about 19 months when she got really sick and the doctors thought it was scarlet fever or even meningitis. ... Helens family did all they could to help their daughter and that is when they found a 20 year old visually impaired women name Anne Sullivan to become Helens teacher. Anne and Helen not only became companions but their friendship lasted 49 years. E...
Soon Helen's mother noticed Helen could not hear nor see. ... She first tried to teach Helen to finger-spell with objects familiar to Helen. This did not make sense to Helen until one day while outside, Anne pumped water over Helen's hand. ... Helen became famous. ... In 1894 Helen attended the Wright-Humason School for the Deaf, where Helen had high hopes of learning to speak. ...
Mount St. Helen's Mount St. Helen's, located in the Cascade Mountains, about 95 miles south of Seattle has been an active volcano for more than 4,000 years. It is considered a very young volcano. Over the last 4,000 years, the mountain has erupted regularly every few hundred years and the top tha...
Helen's Duplicity Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world, over whom the largest war in the ancient world was fought, appears to be unable to truthfully declare where her allegiances lie. ... Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to left field, may I introduce Helen of Troy. ... It simply further exemplifies Helen's masking nature. Clearly, Helen remains the "whore of troy" as Aeschylus so aptly brands her. ... It must be said that Helen's waning loyalties may not be entirely her own fault. ...
