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Patriotism and War
The three poems 'Next to of course god America I', 'To Lucasta', and 'Beat! Beat! Drums!' written by Cummings, Lovelace and Whitman respectively all have a certain common theme. All three poems are about pride, patriotism, war and serving your country.
In the poem, 'To Lucasta', the soldier feels it is his duty to go serve, and he goes with open arms, 'Of they chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly'(3). At the same time, it is mentioned that he has a mistress, but also that going to war is a great type of honor for him, and he prefers that....
In Auden's lengthy poem, "The Age of Anxiety", he follows the actions and thoughts of four characters who happen to meet in a bar during a war. Their interactions with one another lead them on an imaginary quest in their minds in which they attempt, without success, to discover themselves. The themes and ideas that Auden's "The Age of Anxiety" co...
Couter-Attack is a poem of war, and it is in a soldiers viewpoint. It starts out with his army keeping the enemy away early in the morning. Everyone was unshaven and thirsty and blind from smoke but still everything seemed all right. They had certain guns set up in different places to keep them away. It shows alot of soldiers dead and just layin...
Shathary Argueta Professor Klomhaus English 106 October 7, 2012 Don't Recycle Your Old Trash It's been three years, and he decides to come back. He comes to me and says he's still in love. He came around; I felt under attack. He to me was just a mourning black dove. Yet when he came, I fell for it again. I leave the one I actually truly love. I l...
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...
A) Read '' by Maria Miranda-Maloney. B) The character in '' is a Hispanic male that crossed the border into the United States. Miranda-Maloney uses many factors to develop her character. We know the character in her poem is Hispanic, as she uses racial aspects within her poem when her character refers to himself as a 'watermelon-eating Mexican...
