A superb author will immortalize with his or her works no matter how old. In the poem "Betting on the Muse" written by Charles Bukowski, Jimmy Foxx and Beau Jack were splendid athletes and had millions of followers when they are young and energetic. Athletes like them will become very popular after winning the competitions and they will find themselves on "the yellowing/ pages"(stanza 2) with victorious smile. Moreover, they are living like a king who can have as much as parties they want and be surrounded by beautiful young girls. However, as their ages rise up, they become obtuse and useless; they cannot bring honours for their countries anymore. Then they will be "replaced by others" and "no longer be/ recognized"; some of them will end
Throughout Brooks’ life she received numerous of honors and awards. She was one great poet and her poems were well-known. Brooks carried a great influence and her legacy still lives in the life of many modern poets.
The speakers in A. E. Housman poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” and Edward Arlington Robinson poem “Richard Cory” serve different purposes but uses irony and rhyme to help convey their message. In “To an Athlete Dying Young” the speaker’s purpose is to show the audience dying young with glory is more memorable than dying old with glory. In “Richard Cory” the speaker’s purpose is to show the audience “you can’t judge a book by its cover.”
“The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a short story about a young boy, Paul, who has the supernatural ability to choose a winning race horse. It is not clear how the boy has this ability but he hears his mother’s voice echo in his mind saying that they are poor and so he sets out to change that. Paul takes on the stress of his mother’s greed. This short story relates to the obsession of wealth which what motivates the characters aside of neglect, faulty sense of value, opportunism and deceit. Paul believes that there is more money to be made and thus goes on a frenzy to win more, but consequently dies after falling off his rocking horse due to convulsions of a fever.
Two great works known for irony, in one a great author, Albert Camus, creates a masterpiece and in the other, a masterpiece creates a great author, Shirley Jackson. Camus had been known to the world and his works had been studied even without the presence of “l’hote” or known as The Guest, but Shirley Jackson was a nobody till she wrote The Lottery and stunned the world.
There are countless great authors in the world nowadays. Conversely, many believe that authors of the past were considerably more enjoyable. One of these fecund authors is F. Scott Fitzgerald. The end of his ephemeral life may not have been the best; nonetheless, it was his younger years that breathed life into his writing.
When discussing 19th century authors, critics are sure to discuss a name that brought a new feel to the local color writing scene. After amassing a great amount of wealth and signing the largest contract of his time it can be argued that Bret Harte was the greatest writer of his time. Some would argue that his work was dry, but others would agree that his thought provoking work really reflected who he was and where he came from.
In an interview with Peter Orr, Sylvia Plath was asked if she had any regrets about becoming a writer. She answered, "I much prefer doctors, midwives, lawyers, anything but writers. I think that writers and artists are the most narcissistic people. I think if I had done anything else I would have been a doctor" (Orr 3-4). Interesting for Plath to say, considering how she would eventually become such a prominent figure in the world of poetry.
...m must fall short of the original. And if his talent cannot be used to add to the glory of the classics, then it might as well be used to condemn the moderns. If all writing is ultimately a corruption of that which preceded it, as the narrator seems to believe, then it is better to write of something that is despised rather than revered.
...his death that Fitzgerald "was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation ... He might have interpreted them and even guided them, as in their middle years they saw a different and nobler freedom threatened with destruction.".
...heir 10,000 hours of practice to become successful in their passion, therefore making his writing effective. Gladwell provides information to his audience that success is achieved by many factors and some of these factors they can control, such as the amount of hours they practice. His writing style provides hope for the future in young generations who may not know how to go about achieving success in their desired area. Gladwell's writing is truly timeless in a sense that in two hundred years from now, younger generations will be able to read his writing about the 10,000 hour rule and it will still have the same effect in giving them hope of becoming future outliers.
Throughout his villanelle, “Saturday at the Border,” Hayden Carruth continuously mentions the “death-knell” (Carruth 3) to reveal his aged narrator’s anticipation of his upcoming death. The poem written in conversation with Carruth’s villanelle, “Monday at the River,” assures the narrator that despite his age, he still possesses the expertise to write a well structured poem. Additionally, the poem offers Carruth’s narrator a different attitude with which to approach his writing, as well as his death, to alleviate his feelings of distress and encourage him to write with confidence.
Significantly, the poem’s main character, a ten years old boy, has clear that he wants fame and that he wants to prove to be tough, as he expressed “At ten I wanted fame” (Soto line 1),
...ves after him. There is a measure of immortality in achievement, the only immortality man can seek.” (Jacobsen, 196)
- - -, supra note 12; A. Alvarez, THE SAVAGE GOD 199 (1972) cites the case of the suicide of 17th century poet Thomas Chatterton as an example, according to some critics, of an individual possibly overrating his talent and possessing unrealistically high expectations for immediate success.
Perhaps, like many artists, Oscar Wilde was ahead of his time. Today, his flamboyant ways, pride, and homosexuality would be seen as part of his creative outlet and as eccentric, not as something to fear as Victorian society did. Like Ellen DeGeneres’ homosexuality and Lady GaGa’s bizarre way of dressing, many artists today find their outward appearance to be part of their persona and society today is more likely to embrace the differences in artists and praise them for their creativity. However he was perceived in his time, today Oscar Wilde is considered one of the most gifted and most often quoted users of the English language (Wright 54).