architecture and literature specific spaces such as the attic, studies and private garden were perceived as places of imagination and contemplation within a home. There is no one meaning to the term ‘space’ and throughout time and with the evolution of literature and architecture, space can be seen and understood in many different ways. It can be as literal as erecting walls and a roof creating a surrounded space or in the way Gaston Bachelard in ‘the poetics of space’ so deeply analysis, that it is our
A poetic architecture looks into a moment when architecture surpasses itself as a physical structure, and instead when it becomes more than just a physical space. Le Corbusier’s church Notre-Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, built between 1950-55 was one of Le Corbusier’s poetic architecture to date. This building was one of his dramatically sculptural designs compared to his earlier works. Although his earlier buildings were very rational in design, Le Corbusier was never completely a materialist, but he
Today my topic will be analyzing the poetic merit of The Show Must Go On, written by Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, and Brian May; performed by the band “Queen”. The song has poetic merit because of three main points; being end rhymes, couplets, and oxymorons, among with other poetic elements. All of which will be explained with quotes and textual evidence. My first claim is that this song has poetic merit because of end rhyme. End rhyme is when the end of two or more lines’ last words
William Carlos Williams was fascinated by the ways in which living organisms and inert matter occupy space--how they move in it, or cannot move, are cramped or allowed to roam freely--and how the space inside organisms and matter is charted, perceived, and manipulated. Williams's preoccupation with actual space in the material world is paralleled by his formal experimentations with the placement of words on the page. "Without invention nothing is well spaced" (P 50), Williams writes at the beginning
Compare and Contrast how feelings of fear and confusion are conveyed through the use of imagery and other poetic techniques. I am going to compare the use of poetic devices to portray fear and confusion in 3 different poems, they are; Patrolling Barnegat by Walt Whitman, On the Train by Gillian Clarke, and Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney. These poems all portray a feeling of confusion, often it is linked with the theme of war. In Patrolling Barnegat, Walt Whitman uses repetition to
Hollowness in Emily Dickinson’s Poetic Discourse Much has been said about Emily Dickinson’s mystifying poetry and private life, especially during the years 1860-63. Allegedly it was during these years that the poetess, at the most prolific phase of her career, withdrew from society, began to wear her “characteristic” white dress and suffered a series of psychotic episodes. Dickinson tended to “theatricalize” herself by speaking through a host of personae in her poems and by “fictionalizing”
Life's Not A Paragraph Throughout his poetry, E. E. Cummings seduces readers deep into a thicket of scrambled words, missing punctuation, and unconventional structure. Within Cummings's poetic bramble, ambiguity leads the reader through what seems at first a confusing and winding maze. However, this confusion actually transforms into a path that leads the reader to the center of the thicket where Cummings's message lies: one should never allow one's experience to be limited by reason and rationality
through not only in the wording and imagery of his poems, but also in the revolutionary way that he chose to write his poetry. The basic assumptions and premises of transcendentalism can be seen in all of Whitman's poems, and are evident in two short poetic masterpieces: "A Noiseless Patient Spider" and "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." In the belief of transcendentalism, the reliance on intuition, instead of rationalization, became the means for a union between an individual's soul and the
In Cage’s poem the use of no words is the language he develops, which includes the silence of blank spaces, sentence gaps or fragmentation, and the flow or continuity of the entire piece, is as critical as the use and placement of actual words. Together, in balance with each other (not with words in a more exalted position than no words), they form what he wishes to say in a manner similar to a musical composition. And what he wishes to say is there is nothing to say - there is no one phrase of words
Dialogues are not fully set apart from each other. Instead they mix in with the prose of the story. McCarthy employs punctuation, spaces, and short verses of poetry to express the themes and to accentuate the main characters. McCarthy is a minimalist author who prefers only to use periods and capitalization. He lets the words and or composition speak for itself. He detests semi-colons
Although Livesay identifies with nature, she still holds a place in culture as a citizen and a writer and through "identifying herself with both nature and poetry she creates for herself a unique female poetic role: that of mediator between culture and nature" (Relke 219). Livesay challenges the patriarchal views of "the poet", the treatment of women in society and the connection between culture and nature. Taking on the role of "poet mediator" between
Ganges, in a transcendental journey from life to death and back to life as documented in Gardner’s Forest of Bliss (1986). Schmitz highlights the authoritative and idiosyncratic character of Gardner’s filmmaking in terms of his manipulation of time and space and unique visual language, which aesthetically renegotiate the firm categorizations of ethnographic and avant-garde cinema. By focusing on the uniqueness of “Gardner’s
poem navigates through themes of memory, trauma, and the intersection of personal and collective grief. Komunyakaa, pulling from his own experience in the war, uses vivid imagery and careful control of tone to bring the audience into a reflective space where the granite stone wall changes into a mirror for the internal turmoil of the speaker. The speaker's description of the memorial as a mirror represents the grief he still carries with him and the feeling of sinking back into the memories of the
”- (Paget, 20) “Break a vase, and the love that resembles the fragments is greater than the love which took its symmetry for granted when it was a whole.” (Walcott, Nobel Speech) The issue of cultural blend is central to Caribbean poetics and politics. The poetics of this ‘New World’ claimed to emerge from a landscape devoid of narrative, without history. Yet, Derek Walcott’s poetry is replete with allusions to history, with an undercutting of the imposed past, with an emphasis on language being
changed the rhyme scheme but also the structure of standard Italian sonnet in order to make it an appropriate carrier for his own expression. Using Sonnet 138 as an example, this essay focuses on the question how this particular verse form and the poetic devices used in a sonnet contribute to readers’ understanding of a poem, arguing that the form deepens the theme of the sonnet by putting emphasis on particular words and the couplet. The structure
American poetry explicitly addresses the abyss of the self and is a litany of loss, hate and sorrow. The problem of the ‘self’ and not the ‘other’ is addressed by its arrival at speech directly through the imagery it uses. However, Plath with her unique poetic voice entices the reader to look for the ‘other’-the hidden self while at the same time addressing it outwards through interpretable imagery. Plath’s works point to the fact that she had immense belief in the limitless capacities of language. Adrienne
The poems “Fueled” by Marcie Hans and “Machines” by Daniel Whitehead Hicky can be compared and contrasted using similarities found in the poetic devices present in each poem. The most important similarity between both poems is the theme: Man tends to favor technology over nature. Because both poems essentially have the same theme, they both also have the same general purpose. Both poems criticize man-made creations. Each poem points out how mankind worships and elevates technology over nature. Due
most widely read poem of recent times. She tries to find the unwritten pages of life of a man who almost delivered a judgment on the masked masses of Britain. Cecelia's memories are horribly selfish which gives us an extraordinary glimpse of her poetic soul. The flyover at Great West Road is now a symbol of modern 'Tintern Abbey' where one can see the vividly contrasted images and the agony of mankind which forced Cecelia to stop and stare and intone the world to feel the Rage inside you. ‘Can
Indian English women poetry chronicles the historical and cultural gradations of women’s experiences through time and space and across various discursive spectrums. Over the years, it has evolved into a rich corpus that has increasingly intervened in social debates. In the process of negotiating with the dominant patriarchal discourses on gender, class, religion and literary
Imagine hordes of hostile and alien men suddenly invade your home. They rip you from your homes, hunt you like wild animals, slaughter and rape your loved ones, and force you to forget everything you’ve ever known. How would you feel? For the Indigenous Australians, this was not a hypothetical scenario, but a disturbing reality. Good morning/afternoon. My name is Natalie Lagerroth. I am honoured to be have been invited to speak to you today and to share my feelings about a topic that is very close