Ending in death most foul, “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” feature revenge and a painstaking cruelty. Pushed to the point of insanity and retribution sought over trivialities, the narrators tell each story by their own personal account. The delivery of their confessions gives a chilling depth to the crimes they have committed and to the men themselves. Both men are motivated by their egos and their obsessions with their offenders. Prompted by their own delusions, each man seeks a violent vengeance against his opposition in the form of precise, premeditated homicide.
these students were able to graduate high school, seek further education, and become successful individuals that aspire to inspire younger generations in their society to fight for equality.
Views on Death in Poetry
Francis Beaumont, James Shirley, John Donne and Dylan Thomas are poets
who write about death, but in two very different ways. Francis
Beaumont and James Shirley both write in a similar way, and John Donne
and Dylan both write in a similar way. To Francis Beaumont and James
Shirley death is a finality whereas for John Donne and Dylan Thomas
death is the start of a new life, a new beginning.
Poets Create a Menacing or Threatening Atmosphere in Their Works
Salome:
Salome turns out to be an evil and very disturbed character; she gets
pleasure by beheading people. In this poem it turns out that Salome
has removed few other heads previously and she would doubtlessly do it
again.
She does not even know who's head it is that is next to her, but it
seems like that she does not care at all. This makes her sound like a
whore. As the maid walk's in this makes her feel more comfortable and
better for some reason.
Death and Rebirth: Examining Death Through Poetry
Death is one of the only true constants in the universe and is the only guarantee in life. Everyone knows of death and everyone will experience it, but to the living death is still one of life's greatest mysteries. In some cultures death is celebrated and embraced, while in others it is feared. However it is perceived, death holds different meanings for different people. Through the art of poetry a writer can give a reader many different outlooks and maybe a better understanding of life and death.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet, addict, recluse and part of one of life’s true love stories, used her poetry to explain her beliefs about life, love, religion, nature and, later in life, even politics. Through her sonnets, she could freely express and describe feelings and thoughts that were important to her. Elizabeth Barrett Browning experienced great love and loss in her life and she used these events as inspiration for her writings, poems and sonnets, especially Sonnets from the Portuguese, which are still popular and quoted today.
Love and Loss in Poetry
Q. How do the poets convey their attitudes toward love and loss in the
poems ‘ a woman to her lover’ ‘first love’ ‘remember’ and ‘ when we
two parted’?
The poem ‘ a woman to her lover’ was written by Christina Walsh. The
poem starts of with a question, ‘do you come to me to bend me to your
will?’ throughout the poem, the basic atmosphere of loss is evident.
Poetry Difficulty
Poetry unlike fiction is solely based on the author’s personal take on a certain subject. The tone, diction, syntax, and mood of a poem are all determined by the author of the poem. For some readers, to interpret a poem or explain the plot can be a difficult task. Other forms of literature such, as fiction is much easier to understand and discuss.
With time poems may have lost their voice, but not their importance. Up to this day, poetry is still one of the greatest forms of artistic expression; Poems speak to emotions and capture feelings. There is no right format of a poem, but yet a world of possibilities. Instead being unchangeable poems are innately open to interpretation; they should be spoken out loud in order to be “heard”, convey truth and cause impact. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot is an extremely meaningful poem; it is one of Elliot’s best-known works and without a doubt a masterpiece (Hillis). T.S. Eliot introduces the poem with a quote from Dante's Inferno (XXVII.61-66), and with that sparks our curiosity. He then makes statements and questions that perhaps everyone has done, or will do at some point in life (Li-Cheng, pp. 10-17). The poem is a legitimate work of the modernist movement, the language used is contemporary; the verses are free and the rhythm flows naturally.
The items were dismembered. Dismemberment means the separated parts of animals, plants, and humans. This symbolizes the breaking up of Scotland, along religious and political divides and the chaos that follows when the country fights within itself and also fights the descendants of the king. “…Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, /Witches' mummy, maw and gulf /Of the ravin’d salt-sea shark, /Root of hemlock digg’d i' th' dark, /Liver of blaspheming Jew, /Gall of goat and slips of yew, /Sliver’d in the moon’s eclipse: …” (4, 1, 22- 28) Everything needed to be found to make the right potion. Every item is so different from each other. These objects would have to be found everywhere throughout the world. Every object symbolized something else. “…Fillet of a fenny snake. /In the cauldron boil and bake. /Eye of newt and toe of frog, /Wool of bat and tongue of dog, /