The painting and poem of Washington Crossing the Delaware are similar and different. They have more similarities though. They have the same points and ideas. The poem adds a little more information though. Both the painting and the poem show the courage and compassion of Washington. He is a strong leader who will not give up on what he believes in. The soldiers with Washington all look discouraged, but he is not letting them go back. In the painting, he has his head up not looking discouraged (Leutze George Washington Crossing the Delaware). In the painting, the water is frozen and appears to be calm. In the poem, the water is aggressive. They are both cold though. The poem says “the cold waters swashing in rage” ( line 5). The painting does
Many soldiers who come back from the war need to express how they feel. Many do it in the way of writing. Many soldiers die in war, but the ones who come back are just as “dead.” Many cadets come back with shell shock, amputated arms and legs, and sometimes even their friends aren’t there with them. So during World War I, there was a burst of new art and writings come from the soldiers. Many express in the way of books, poems, short stories and art itself. Most soldiers are just trying to escape. A lot of these soldiers are trying to show what war is really like, and people respond. They finally might think war might not be the answer. This is why writers use imagery, irony and structure to protest war.
The poem's persona and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall depend on each other to express the poem's intention. The poem's intention is to show that war is lethal, less than gloriful, and extremely real. Although years have gone by, these recollections are still affecting how he lives. Simply standing in front of the wall reminds the speaker of all of this. The Veterans Memorial takes on a life of its own. While the speaker is in its presense, the wall controls him. It forces him to remember painful memories and even cry, something he promised himself he would not do. The persona in the poem reacts to the power the wall has and realizes that he must face his past and everything related to it, especially Vietnam.
Both these poems do indeed have unique interpretations, depending on the reader. However, the methods that the two great poets used to make send those powerful messages are sometimes similar, but in this case largely different. Once one looks past the similarities of man entering water, the two poems have entirely different stories to tell, in very contrasting ways. Each poet has used effective diction, as well as very striking symbolism and imagery. The fact that they are different just shows how many ways there are to write a great poem, the only thing needed in common is the desire, feeling and will.
different stages of the poet's life. The two poems are very different. "The Fish" was
During the American Revolution, Washington and his men were experiencing a series of defeat. In order to bring about great pride and patriotism of an American, they sought to plan a sneak attack on the opposite force. On December 25, Washington and 5,400 troops began crossing the Delaware River to the Hessian stronghold. At this point in time, the Hessians were celebrating Christmas; this was a perfect time for an attack. When Washington and his men arrived, they started attacking the unsuspected Hessians; nearly 1,000 Hessians were captured. Even though the attack was not significant, it raised American spirit. In 1851, Emanuel Leutze created the image of Washington Crossing the Delaware; the painting was later destroyed, but restored by another artist. The mood of the painting can be described as intense and patriotic. Later, a poem called “Washington Crossing the Delaware” was written by David Shulman. The mood of the poem
In 1773, Phillis Wheatley introduced controversy to her insight in politics and her slavery through poetry. The poem “To his Excellency General Washington”, shows the dedication that Wheatley proposed to politics and the problems of the America. Wheatley anticipates the future of this war that the new world is in to break away from the British. She shows the strength and triumph of the new world before the outcome of this war. This proposed Wheatley as a groundbreaker to poetry and the freedom in the new world fighting for independence. Wheatley’s poems and her personal struggle of slavery intertwine to her overall goal of each poem. This demonstrates the bold stand and positioning that Wheatley took to as an African American female poet. Wheatley exhibits her struggle of being
George Washington inherited much more than a good mind and a strong body. He belonged to an old colonial family that believed in hard work, public service and in worshiping God.
One of our country’s most significant leaders was George Washington. He is known as the father of our nation and has affected the way our country is today. There’s hardly a person in America who doesn’t know his name. He will be remembered for as long as America stands proud and free.
Mr. Smith goes to Washington is a Drama/Comedy filmed in 1939 by director Frank Capra an iconic film maker and we will be comparing his black and white film to the 1989 parody Mr. Lisa goes to Washington done by Simpson’s creator Matt Groening. They define parody as an imitation of the style a particular writer, artist, or genre has with the deliberate exaggeration for comedic effect this is what Mr. Groening is attempting to do. There are many similarities, differences, and aspects of reality to compare each of these pieces of work too. The similarities of the two stories.
Every war has an effect on the surrounding land. A prime example of this is the United States in the 18th century. When Europeans came to the Americas, it did not take long for settlers to claim much land for their countries. After claiming much of the land, Britain, was still hungry for more, so they began to push west of the Ohio Valley into the French land. As one can probably imagine, the French was not going to let Britain claim their land without putting up a fight. This fight resulted in the French and Indian War. The British sent troops to attack French colonies, they made it unable for the French to trade overseas, and they also made multiple negotiations, one of which, The Treaty of Paris, finally went through to the French and they
While these works by Whitman and Dickinson are different in many ways, a few similarities can be found between the two. The most obvious of these similarities involves the themes and subject matter of the pieces. Both poems present the idea that life is a continuous and constant circle and that no one is ever really dead as long as he is remembered. Each also suggests that Earth is a living thing which all humans are a piece of in both life and death. Another likeness which can be found in these two poems is the imagery used by the authors. Through Whitman's detailed and vivid description, he allows the reader to form a clear picture of the scene in his head. Likewise, Dickinson use of personification causes the poem to come alive in the reader's mind. Indeed, by observing the themes and imagery found in these two poems, one can see that they do contain some similarities.
The men are a vital role in the poem, as the general, uses his military background to help guide and train the “privates” he also distinguishes the role that the men will have to play later on with after the war is done and over with. To help realize this idea it is developed through the speaker, imagery and irony
...and the way that the opposing sides think of each other is awful. The fact that one side is praying for disaster to come on their enemies isn’t showing God’s love and at the end of the poem it says, “We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love.” It is out of love for their own soldiers but not for the soldiers on the other side. This poem shows the real aspects of people’s feelings about war. Many people don’t want their own side to be crushed, but they don’t care if the other side does get crushed.
One of the poetic techniques that Robert Frost uses in 'Mending Wall' to convey his ideas, is imagery. In the first eleven lines of the poem, it is used to describe the degradation of the wall, creating a visual image for the reader.
Not only does it help show that, it also helps the reader know how close soldiers were to the people. Throughout the poem, that is one of his biggest points. He wants the reader to realize and envisage more than anything how people’s lives intermingled with that of the war (Seamus, n.d.). Historical and Social Analysis Heaney often wrote many of his poems with a certain propose, which was to inform the people about his childhood life and his political views.