The Darkling Thrush Essays

SECTION 1 1. Scan any two of the following passages, point out the prosodic features and comment on them : • I have scanned the first and second passage in this question. After the first powerful plain manifesto The black statement of pistons, without more fuss But gliding like a queen, she leaves the station. Without bowing and with restrained unconcern,  Points for comment on prosodic features: 1st line: 2 Trochees, 1 Iambic, 1 Spondee, 1 Dactyl 2nd line: 1 Iambic, 1 Trochee, 1 Amphibrach

In both poems Ode on a Grecian Urn and Ode to a Nightingale, Romantic poet John Keats narrates a state of envious longing for the immortal nature of his subjects, visualizing the idyllic, beautiful world that each encapsulates, thus offering him a form of escapism. This fancying forms a connection that immortality is beautiful compared to human mortality, with both poems realizing that this ideal world is unrealistic to be apart of. But, these poems differ in how the narrator views this immortal

A Bird’s Eye View Emily Dickinson opens up her poem with the famous line, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words,’’. Paul Laurence Dunbar ends his poem with the line “I know why the caged bird sings!”. These two lines from the poets form the theme of the two poems. The poem “Hope is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson, and “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar both present a theme that suffering makes you appreciate hope much more

“Solitary the thrush, the hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the settlements, sings by himself a song,” (Lilacs, stanza 4, line 3-5). The author creates an image of being in solitude usually occur when someone purposely wants to be left alone, or at times when it is unintentional. Throughout Whitman’s poems, a different tone is depicted, but in some, they share the similarity in tone. Walt Whitman uses the symbolism of nature to depict his loneliness. One part of nature is the animals, Whitman

normally given. About 60% of the superworms would rather go to an apple than potato. The experiment is inconclusive because all of the superworms did not go directly to the apple or potato all three times.   Introduction A Zophobas morio is a species of darkling beetle and its larvae is as we know it, the superworm. Superworms are a lot of times used for feeding reptiles. (Castellanos) The Zophobas morio comes from tropical Central and South America. Superworms sometimes get confused with the mealworm, but

individuals isolating themselves from one another and from society itself. Another poet, Thomas Hardy spoke of society in a rather different way, in which he elaborated his personal views of life. Arnold wrote Dover Beach, and Hardy wrote The Darkling Thrush as well as “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?”. All three poems relate to a subject ending; furthermore, Arnold’s poem relates to society losing faith, and Hardy’s poems speak of losing faith and also about remembrance.     All of the writings

The first two stanzas are full of questions especially in lines like “Is it a trick or a trysting-place”, “Is it a mirage or miracle”, and “And the suns like a juggler's juggling-balls/Are they a sham or a sign?” The speaker is obviously wrestling with feelings of happiness, hope, and elation and juxtaposes them with fear, despair, and suspicion. So the opposing notions are presented straight away and are dealt with directly throughout the entire first two stanzas. These questions of complete opposites

Section I 1.(a) / U / U / U / U / U / U After ǀ the first ǀ powerǀful plain ǀ maniǀfesto U U / U U / U U / U U The black ǀ statementǀ of pisǀtons, withǀout more fuss U U / U / U / / U / U But gliǀding like ǀ a queen, ǁ she leaves ǀ the station. U / / U / U U / U U / Without ǀ bowing ǀ and with ǀ restrained ǀ unconcern, This stanza has three regular iambs and eleven trochees. Only one dactyl, one amphibrach, one anapest and