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The start of both poems are the exact opposite of each other they both ask a question but one before and one after the war. At first it was a game but lard it became a tragedy. It seems that Jessie asks questions that are the opposite of Wilfred statements. "the monstrous anger of guns" " the red crashing game of fight". The poems are structured as if Wilfred was replying to Jessie with all the horror he had seen that Jessie was just trying ...
In '' (1623), John Donne suggested that those holding up to their sins are nonetheless forgiven. The speaker is begging forgiveness of God, but is like a difficult child taunting his parent with increasing disobedience. 'Wilt thou forgive that sin I begun, which was my sin, though it were done before?' (lines 1 and 2) John Donne utilized sinning an...
That you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. - That no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back. - That it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. I've learned - That it's not what you have in your life but who you have in...
In Mark O'Connor describes the early moments of newly hatched turtles; the turtles begin the race of life, with their sights set on the sea, overcoming the many difficulties and obstacles they face. O'Connor portrays that for every moment spent on the beach, the chance of surviving becomes more, and more slim. He describes merciless predators, w...
Mother, any distance greater than a single span requires a second pair of hands. You come to help me measure windows, pelmets, doors, the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors. You at the zero-end, me with the spool of tape, recording length, reporting metres, centimetres back to base, then leaving up the stairs, the line still feedi...
Sir Gawain And the Green Knight' is a poem written by the Pearl poet during the Middle Ages. In this narrative poem, the Green Knight challenges Sir Gawain to a New Year's game to 'exchange one blow for another.' Sir Gawain gives the first blow, beheading the Green Knight. Much to his amazement and horror, though, the Knight picks up his decapitate...
