Question #1:Calling all established and budding poets. Which is the first poem that inspired your love of poetry?My Grandad used to recite The Lady of Shalott to me when I was 9. (Alfred Tennyson) I knew great chunks of it off by heart. Loved poetry ever sinceQuestion #2:Q.1.Who identified and named Oxygen?Q.2.What is common to Los Angeles,London and Paris,as Olympic venues?Q.3.Who was the founder of Agra?Q.4.What is common to John Dryden,Alfred Tennyson and Ted Hughes?Q.5.What is the no. of the six kilometers long National Highway?Q.6.What % of Indians are always travelling by train?Q.7.Who wrote Mahatma Gandhi and his Apostles?Q.8.Who is known for his 'Glas Nost' address to the U.N. General Assembly?Q.9.With which musical instrument are the names Amati,Guarneri,Stradivari Associated?Q.10.Whom did Gloria Macapagal-arroyo of Philippines succeed?Please answer following questions these are of G.K. put the no and then answer the questions? best answer will get 10 points..... thanx 4 help Question #3:Does this sound like a good idea for my Research Paper?Okay, my Senior Research Paper has to be on British Literature, and whatever sub-topic we choose.I've chosen British Literature and Poetry during the Victorian Era. What I plan to do is Research about eight different poets from that era and basically summarize their life, what they have done/ written, and what their writings were generally about or what people thought about their writings. Some of the authors I've found are Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson Housman, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Does that sound like a good plan? Any suggestions? It has to be 7 pages by the way... Question #4:The brook by alfred lord tennyson?In In THE BROOK by alfred lord tennyson, "the brook's journey, though short, is eventful and significant"how will u support this and give a reason not more thand 80 words.Question #5:my Analysis of The Eagle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson ?the doctor wants us to write the analysis for this poem, so I want you to check it and see if it's good or not, and if there are any grammatical mistakes. I'm learning english and this is one of the classes I take so dont laugh at my analysis ^^ .I write it from my understanding not searching the net and copying.first line: the poet is talking about the eagle which is an animal as a human being when he uses the words "he" and "hands" because hands are for human. he uses "hands" to make the eagle close to the reader and to make him a little more than a bird. the eagle holds the crag with not straight hands (crooked) ++second line: the eagle lives in a very high place in the mountains, in lonely place that is away from people. ++third line: he (the eagle) is standing in a very high place like powerful king. (the azure world) emphasize how high and powerful he is. ++fourth line: the wrinkled sea means the waves of the sea. the sea is like a wrinkled face of an old person because everything under the eagle is not clear, which means he flies very high. and the waves movement are (is or are???) slow although they are fast, but comparing to the eagle, they look like a baby crawling. ++fifth line: the mountain which the eagle lives looks like the walls of a house. and he is watching the prey from this high place (because of his sharp sight). ++sixth line: after watching the prey, the eagle falls to catch the prey in a specific moment very fast, like a thunderbolt in speed and power. in conclusion, Alfred Tennyson wants to show us the greatness of the eagle, his speed, power, ability of hunting as he sees it (it or him??) in his vision. not describing him like a science book or a study of an animal in its natural environment. Question #6:Can you help me on this poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson???PLZ?im doing a presentation the brook by alfred lord tennyson. I hve found out about his life but i cant find anything on his poem the brook. Can someone explain this to me plus tell me these things:When the poem was written? Why he wrote it? His Inspiration? What it means? The style of the poem? And any other poem similar to the Brook THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR ANYONE THAT HELPS!!! plz no stupid answers!! its really important!!! thank you! Question #7:Who are the descendants of Alfred Lord Tennyson??r=1256776891?Question #8:Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?From Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem In Memoriam:27, 1850:I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Question #9:Does anyone know the codes or trivia for Calgary stations C105, Q107, New Country 95.3 or other radio stations?Thanks in advance for your help!Have a great day, and don't forget to dream a little dream :) Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you. Marsha Norman Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. Edgar Cayce Dreams are necessary to life. Anais Nin Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? Alfred Lord Tennyson Click Here Question #10:What are the similarities between these 2 poems?Penelope by Carol Ann DuffyAt first, I looked along the road hoping to see him saunter home among the olive tree, whistle for the dog who mournded him with his warm head on my knees. Six months of this and then i noticed that whole days had passed without my noticing. I sorted cloth and scissors, needle, thread thinking to amuse myself, but found a lfietime's industry instead. I sewed a girl under a single star - cross-stitch, silver silk - running after childhood's bouncing ball. I chose between three greens for the grass; a smoky pink, a shdow's grey to show a snapdragon gargling a bee I threaded walnut brown for a tree, my thimble like an acorn pushing up through umber soil. Beneath the shade I wrapped a maiden in a deep embrace with heroism's boy and lost myself completely in a wild embroidery of love, lust, lessons learnt; then watched him sail away into the loose gold stitching of the sun. And when the tohers came to take his place, disturb my peace, I played for time. I wore a widow's face, kept my head down, did my work by day, at night unpicked it. I knew which hour of the dark the moon would start to fray, I stitched it. Grey threads and brown pursued my needle's leaping fish to form a river that would never reach the sea. I tried it. I was picking out the smile of a woman at the centre of this world, self-contained, absorbed, content, most certainly not waiting, when I heard a far-too-late familiar tread outside the door. I licked my scarlet thread and aimed it surely at the middle of the needle's eye once more. Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees: All times I have enjoy’d Greatly, have suffer’d greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone, on shore, and when Thro’ scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea: I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour’d of them all; And drunk delight of battle with my peers, Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’ Gleams that untravell’d world whose margin fades For ever and forever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use! As tho’ to breathe were life! Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. This is my son, mine own Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle,— Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil This labour, by slow prudence to make mild A rugged people, and thro’ soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good. Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere Of common duties, decent not to fail In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark, broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil’d, and wrought, and thought with me— That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads—you and I are old; Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Question #11:How do you compare and contrast poems?I have to compare and contrast these 2 poems, Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson and Penelope by Carol Ann Duffy but i don't know how to do it.Question #12:What does the poem Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson mean?Question #13:Ulysses (Poem) and Penelope (Poem)?I need to compare and contrast these 2 poems. Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson and Penelope by Carol Ann Duffy. But i don't really understand Ulysess and what can i put if i am comparing and contrasting them?Question #14:is my course work good? english teachers work your magic!?Pre-1914 poetry CourseworkThe two poems I have analysed are “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and “The Man he Killed” by Thomas Hardy. The poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” is about a famous Crimean War which was lead by the commanders, but the instructions they gave were faulted and lead to more than half of the 600 to die. This poem honours those who died during the war and those who helped. On the other hand, the poem “The Man he Killed” doesn’t take place in a Battlefield but in a bar. It is about a man who murdered another man because they were of opposing factions. The poem explains the distresses the man went through, and explains the thoughts of the poets ideas about war. In both instance the title tells us a great deal about the poem in regards to the poets attitudes towards war. In the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson uses the word “Charge”. This makes the reader think; at a glance, that it is about a war that turned out successful in the end, but many have died in the process. Alternatively it could relate to the poets idea about war as a charge, this idea could be that when you go in, you don’t know what’s going to happen until its all over, much like that of the Crimean War. The writer also uses the phrase “Light Brigade”, historically this means a brigade of lightly equipped soldiers, but what does this make the reader think? The word “Light” may make the reader think of a bright light, on a deeper level, light can show how great and powerful the brigade was. Whereas the word “Brigade” emphasizes the idea of a strong brotherhood between the soldiers. Furthermore, it enforces the idea of power and greatness. However the word “Brigade” bares other meanings, it can show that the brigade was part of a band of brigades, this idea shows that the war was an effort of many wars fought by the same faction. On the other hand “The Man he Killed” by Thomas Hardy approaches war in a less chaotic manner; this is seen in the title. The writer uses the words “Man he”, overtly this shows how the story revolves around the world of two men, observing more closely it can also show that the writer thinks that men are the main body for war. My alternate interpretation to this is that he thinks men to be potent to women, how he does this is by referring to two men in particular, it can also be seen like this because; referring to historical context, men in those days were more powerful than women. Examining the title more closely I can tell that the word “Killed” overtly shows how the poem is war related, this also creates a more bloody and gruesome image to the poem, which may also further reveal the poets thoughts and feelings about war as a unpleasant experience. Both poems use the definitive article to start the title of the poem, but Alfred, Lord Tennyson uses it twice to add significance to the Crimean war. How do both poets convey their attitudes towards war regarding their styles of structure? Alfred, Lord Tennyson uses a continuously changing rhyme scheme, why does he do this? He does this to emphasize the situation within the poem; a war, this is effective as it makes the reader understand straight away that the story is fractured, moreover the idea of fractured and unclear maybe the writers view upon war, my previous analysis of the word “Charge” enforces this. Alternatively a changing rhyme scheme may show how the odds changed as the 600 were against many more, emphasizing the odds had changed to their favour. Another thing that grabbed my attention was the length of each stanza. The stanza’s shorten towards the end of the poem, since this is the case it may show how more and more soldiers were dying as the war progressed, another interpretation is that the shortening stanza’s metaphorically shine the idea of hope diminishing throughout the war for the disadvantaged side. The way Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote his poem is that it had much more to say about it than that of which the way Thomas Hardy wrote his; Thomas Hardy has a simple structure which shows how he thinks war is simple, however war isn’t as simple as my accusation suggests judging by the events within the poem. The middle stanza sticks out among the other stanza’s, because it has a different structure from all others, and in the middle stanza the shooting takes place. This adds importance to the main even in the poem which is the killing taking place. (still needs more work, i havnt finished it yet, what would you grade it?) Question #15:What do you think about this wise quote?No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.- Alfred Lord Tennyson. I felt abit guilty after reading this, because I've done this and I'm sure you've all done it as well. Us humans, just can't help arguing and whatever at times. Oh I adopted it awhile ago Tony :P Lol Punisher, you would say that :P Oh yes, I forgot about Gordon Brown though I'm an NZer. Question #16:Can you please mark the accented syllables for me?!? 10 points!?I have a problem with finding the accented syllables.Could you please capitalize the accented syllables for me so I understand what syllable is accented. "The long day wanes; the slow moon climbs, the deep" This verse is from the poem Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Thanks so much!!!!! Question #17:In the poem 'The eagle' what does 'ring'd' mean?In the poem 'The Eagle' by Alfred Tennyson stanza 1 and line 3 of the poem what does ring'd mean?'Ring'd with the azure world he stands' x Question #18:Why is Tennyson, the poet, listed sometimes as Lord Alfred Tennyson and others as Alfred Lord Tennyson?Was it just customary to sometimes put the title right before the last name?Question #19:What is this poem about?Spring by Alfred Lord TennysonBirds' love and birds' song Flying here and there Birds' song and birds' love And you with gold for hair! Birds' song and birds' love Passing with the weather Men's song and men's love To love once and forever Men's love and birds' love, And women's love and men's! And you my wren with a crown of gold, You my queen of the wrens! You the queen of the wrens! We'll be birds of a feather I'll be King of the Queen of the wrens, And all in a nest together. And can you explain the second stanza in detail? Question #20:How can you tell whether a syllable is long or short when analyzing the scansion of a poem?I'm trying to analyze "The Eagle" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.** Powered by Yahoo Answers |
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