A Comparative Discussion of Wild Swans at Coole and The Second Coming
These two poems, written by the same author focus on different aspects
of what was happening in his life. They are written at different times
and are concerned with what is happening in his life at the time. One
is concerned with world issues, such as the aftermath of World War 1,
and the other, a contemplation of different aspects of his life. Both
use different techniques and styles to emphasise these differing
themes.
'The Second Coming' was written just after WW1 had finished, but the
fighting still carried on in Ireland, and the communist revolution in
Russia had just occurred. Yeats seemed to take all these events as
signs that the Christian ear was coming to an end and the birth of a
new god, the poems poses the question of what form this new god will
take. At the time the 'Wild Swans at Coole' was written, Yeats had
proposed to Maude for a second time and been refused for a second time
and some of Yeats’s friends had been executed in the Easter Rising of
1916. so, understandably he was depressed at the time.
'Wild Swans at Coole' has a rhyming pattern (ABCBDD) and a consistent
number of lines in each stanza. This predictability of pattern and
numbers, I think, represents the predictability of the swans, the fact
that they always come back to the same place at the same time, and the
consistency of their numbers, there are always 59. whereas, on the
other hand, in 'The Second Coming' there is no rhyming pattern at all
and no fixed number of lines for each stanza. This emphasizes the
unpredictable future that he is writing about, no one knows who, what,
how or when this new god or beast will arise.
The themes and moods of the poems are very different, Yeats has chosen
his words very carefully to emphasise the mood. 'The Second Coming'
has a very depressive, apocalyptic and dramatic mood, the repetition
of ‘turning’, repetition of ‘cannot’, the imagery of ‘the beast’, and
Carson, D. A. New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition. 4th ed. Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1994.
The short story, “The White Heron” and the poem, “A Caged Bird” are both alike and different in many ways. In the next couple of paragraphs I will explain these similarities and differences and what makes them unique to the stories.
Jenkins, Phillips. The Lost History of Christianity. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. Print. Phillips, Jonathan.
• In the gym, the gym teacher announced that they were going to start a new unit. The new unit was volleyball.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Bible. Eds. Dom Bernand Orchard, Rev. R. V. Fuller. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1966. Print.
Walls, Andrew. 2000. 'The Expansion Of Christianity: An Interview With Andrew Walls'. Christian Century 117: 2--9.
The Chinese people experienced rapid changes, in government and their own culture in the 20th century. In the book, Wild Swans, by Jung Chang, she depicts the experiences of not only oppression and suffering, but the development of the communist revolution, under Mao. Also, to show how the Chinese people, women in particular, fought against impossible odds by interweaving historical and personal stories from the twentieth century China.
The poem Leda and the Swan is about the rape of Leda committed by Zeus in disguise as a swan. Because of what they have done, it sets history in motion. Thus, it's fated that Helen will launch the war of a thousand ships, how Troy will fall, and Agamemnon will be murdered,...etc.
‘‘A White Heron’’ begins on a June evening near the Maine coast. As the sun sets, nine-year-old Sylvia drives home a cow. This girl has no other friends and really likes these walks with the cow. However, this certain night it has taken her an unusually long time to find the cow and she hopes Mrs. Tilley, her grandmother, will not worry about her. But her grandmother knows that she likes to wander about in the woods so she will not worry. The little girl comes across a stranger in the woods this night and asked her for directions because he was lost. She invites him back to the house for the night and he is happy to learn Sylvia is interested in birds and confesses that he is searching for a certain white heron. He offers Sylvia ten dollars if she will show the hunter where the heron is. The next day they go out looking for the bird but do not find it. They call it a night and go back home. Sylvia leaves early the next morning and climbs a big pine tree where she observes the white herons nest. When she returns home she tells the hunter she is not sure where the nest is and the hunter leaves disappointed.
New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997. Osborne, Grant R. Revelation. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2002.
In the story “The White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett you are introduced to a young girl and what her seemingly simple life entails. There is so much that can be learned about values and culture through the background information of the story. The story is a good example of a period piece that introduces us to the lifestyle one could expect in a 19th-century farm. A clear picture is painted showing us what society was like during that time in history. Through Sylvia the little girl, we learn so much about people and what the world is like for them in the 19th -century.
“Deafness may be partial or complete. There are several general areas that may be involved in deafness. Many people suffered deafness because of infections of the external ear canal”. Some diseases in the bible were common, but now it seems as if those diseases do not exist anymore such as boil. “Boil. It is likely that the word boil as used in the bible covered many types of skin diseases, such as pustules, carbuncles, and was caused by abscesses of infected glands” (Mounce). Our common everyday problems existed in ancient biblical times such as indigestion. Indigestion is an annoying stomach problem that can often occur after eating a meal and causes severe discomfort in the stomach. In the Bible indigestion is mentioned in 1 Timothy 5:23. “Paul writes to Timothy “no longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and frequent illness” (Mounce). During winter we tend to be sick and have fevers. Fevers happen when there is a rise in the temperature levels in your body that are above normal. In the bible a fever is mentioned when Peter’s mother is suddenly claims to have a fever. “Fevers might have been cause by a flu, pneumonia, or an intestinal disease” (Mounce). Mental illnesses were mentioned in the Bible such as insanity. In Proverbs 26:18 insanity was mentioned as “like a madman who throws firebrands,
Bryant went through many hard times throughout his life; from losing family members to being socially isolated. He lost many family members and close friends. The one death that hurt him the most was his father’s. Bryant’s father was a very important part of his life; his father taught him many things throughout his lifetime. His father submitted five of his poems into the North American Review, one of those were the first version of “Thanatopsis”. It is said that Bryant mourned his father’s death and that his death is what gave him the emotional passion to write with.
The Gospel according to Matthew, although being the first book of the New Testament canon, it was not considered the first gospel genre to be written. Matthew’s gospel gives an account of the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. In this essay, I intend to look at how the exegesis and interpretation of this gospel may be affected by our understanding of the authorship, its intended readership and where and when it was written. Although all these categories are important in their own right, I will focus more of the intended audience and readership of this gospel.
The social history of the early Christian church is closely related to the kinds of documents and the secular, cultural context that was around at the time. Paul was highly influential on early Christian theology as was other people that wrote under his name. Three canonized works have classically been attributed to Paul, but are now known to be forgeries: 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus. These books are known as “The Pastorals” and they are different from Paul’s authentic works in many fundamental ways. In order to see the historical context in which these letters were written, we must first understand the social history of Christian theology at the time. We will present the social history and changes to early Christian theology that occurred in the time that spans the writing of 1 and 2 Corinthians to the writings of the Pastorals.