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This paper analyzes the poetic images of winter in the works of Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and William Shakespeare. The paper explains that by understanding the often barren and silent image of winter in the poems by these authors, one can understand how they are written within the atmosphere of negativity and despair. The paper looks at how focusing on the specific symbolic and metaphoric use of winter as a negative and despairing environment, these authors create powerful images that are physical and mental in their descriptions of various human behaviors and life events. The paper further demonstrates that the overall scope of winter does not provide an overall positive image of coldness and despair, but illuminates the various problems that human beings must endure at different points in their lives.

From the Paper
"This manner of behavior shows that Frost is yet again, seeking to portray a lone traveler that is unsure of his destination and is found wandering on another person's property. The man driving his horses clearly sees the grim silence of winter and the 'downy flakes', which represent his own sense of isolation and poor navigation off the main road. Also, this negativity is part of Frost's image of winter as a despairing haven for travelers that lose their way in life. This also occurs in a previous stanza that dictates the solace of the wintry wood as a poetic image of despair."

Tags:symbolic, metaphoric, solace, behavior, cold, barren

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This paper explicates "Winter Landscape" line by line, examining the construction of the poem - how it moves through the story - and Berryman's use of imagery and repetition to explore themes of human history and ultimately death.

From the Paper
"In addition to choices of form and meter, there are also decisions to be made as to the shape of a poem. Is there a linear progression through the piece as in Coleridge's Lime Tree Bower? Is the poem modular with each unit or strophe capable of standing alone as in Stevens' Blackbird? At first reading, John Berryman's "Winter Landscape," an ekphrastic work based on Breughel's painting "Hunters in the Snow," appears to be linear with three men returning to a village after a hunting expedition. However, through the repetition of images, Berryman turns the poem back on itself into a circle, a move which provides the reader with the clear progression afforded by a linear journey but also with a sense of satisfaction and completion through this final circular transit."

Tags:art, breughel, dutch, ekphrastic, hunters, hunting, imagery, masters, metaphor

Abstract
This paper analyzes Robert Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays". It first considers theme, motif and imagery. The theme presented is that of delayed gratitude expressed by the son to the father for quiet and tacit expressions of love. The paper then considers other devices used, such as repetition, assonance and alliteration. Finally, the nature of fatherly love is dwelt on in a reflective way.

From the Paper
"The poem is a recollection of how the father used to brave the severe winter mornings to warm the home so that the son may rise from bed in warm surroundings. In the final two lines we find a rhetorical question: "What did I know, what did I know / of love's austere and lonely offices?" (Rampersad and Herbold 261). It is the admission of the son that he had long remained ignorant of the true extent of his father's love as expressed in his sacrificial efforts to provide warmth to his family on winter mornings. In his expression of love his father's office is an "austere" and "lonely" one, and the poet builds up a striking image through the use of these adjectives. As a prelude to this image the poem builds up the description of his father's efforts on cold Sunday mornings. "

Tags:motif, imagery, assonance, alliteration

Abstract
The paper discusses how poet Nikki Giovanni bares her soul in her reflective poem entitled "You Are There". It shows, similarly, that Edna St. Vincent Millay also writes from her heart about her past in "What Lips My Lips have Kissed, and Where and Why" (Sonnet XLIII). The paper explores how the two women share several perspectives on the "winter" of their life, but contrast deeply regarding their past lovers. The author also explains how Giovanni and Millay both use symbolism and imagery to convey their messages, which sometimes coincide and sometimes run in opposite directions.

From the Paper
"From the very first line of Millay's poem, we are well aware of what she is talking about kissing. Her immediate use of the pronoun "my" indicates that she is writing from her perspective, and about her perspective. (Millay, 1) Giovanni's poem's title contrasts in that sense her pronoun is "You". Giovanni's poem is more of an ode to one particular love, while Millay lumps her lovers together for the purpose of this poem. As Millay continues into the second line, we see another stark contrast from Giovanni's poem Millay declares "I have forgotten", indicating, in my opinion, that none of the past loves were significant enough to warrant a poem being written to them. (Millay, 2) Giovanni's lover, this one in particular that she is writing about, and in lines 6-7 she declares "lovers " certainly those / i can remember". (Giovanni, 6-7)"

Tags:symbolism, golden, years, poetry, women

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This paper uses several in-text citations from various cited sources to clearly explain the imagery of Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays."

From the Paper
"Hayden's poem begins with images of the freezing weather to create a literal feeling of coldness within the home. In the first stanza the weather is described as being "blueblack cold". The use of the word "blueblack" to describe the cold conjures up several images in the mind of the reader. First, the word "blue" shows the intensity of the icy weather. The "blueness" of the weather creates the image of icy, frozen conditions, and enables the reader to imagine how cold "those winter Sundays" must have been. In addition the word "black", which is used to describe the weather, creates an image of darkness associated with the cold. The darkness of the mornings lets the reader know that there is an absence of all sunlight and, hence, all warmth within the home."

Tags:literature, paper, poetry

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This is an analysis for a poem from the 1930s by Linda Pastan. The poem "Ethics" is analyzed by looking at narrative, emotional tone, psychological journey of the character, etc. Also several pieces of the language are analyzed to look at the subtext. The writer discusses that memory is a main part of this poem as well as the imagery of winter and fall. The aging process is a main psychological theme.

From the Paper
This poem, "Ethics", is about age, regret and the old woman's thoughts about her teacher and the ethical question from so long ago. In the poem, "Ethics" by Linda Pastan, the same question was asked in Ethics class every fall, "If there were a fire in a museum, which would you save, a Rembrandt paintings or an old woman who hadn't many years left anyhow?" The author or main character in the poem probably grappled with this annual question for years. The question brings up the value of any life, both youthful and old. Perhaps in the 1930's Ethics classes were common, but this is not the case today, unless a student enrolls in a philosophy course in college. Was this class in a university or high school? The

Tags:narrative

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This paper compares two poems with similar subjects written by authors stemming from very divergent backgrounds. It looks not only at the subject of the poetry, but also at the way the authors function in their craft, including their utilization of form and diction, their development of imagery, and the effectiveness of their writing.

From the Paper
"The writings of Robert Hayden and Yusef Komunyakaa stem from two very divergent backgrounds, and yet in their respective works "Those Winter Sundays" and "Sunday Afternoons" both poets manage to effectively convey a memory of childhood, centered around parental connections and deeply personal Sunday rituals. While each poet writes from his own memory, and employs his own writing style, there is a striking similarity between the two poems in terms of their subject matter and general effect."

Tags:rituals, memory

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The author of this paper contends that imagery in Shakespeare's work is important. It is in and through the images and the verbal pictures in the speech and thought of his characters that Shakespeare illuminates the structure of meaning in his plays. The paper examines Shakespeare's use of trees in the comedy "As You Like It" to reveal the balance between nature and art.

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"Yet a final scene under a tree takes place that summarizes the essence of As You Like It. "Under an old oak, whose boughs were mossed with age," Orlando rescues his brother Oliver from a snake (4.3.105). Toward the final act of the play, sudden changes occur. The presentation of balance between art and nature is met with the tone of suddenness. The story jumps from one scene to the next and characters changing unexpectedly beginning with this scene under the oak tree. Out of nowhere an act of bravery and unselfishness is displayed by Orlando as he rescues his brother, Oliver, whom he is envious of in the beginning of the story. This then obviously changes Oliver's initial intention of killing Orlando. The play picks up its pace from this scene and characters are quickly changing, transforming into something they aren't necessarily from the beginning of the play. In this scene under the tree which somehow triggers the sudden changes that takes place in the play, Shakespeare reveals that real transformation is still based on human ability and this is where the balance happens. Humans should not let itself be fully controlled by its nature. Art does not fully control human nature either. Balance is achieved in the human being's ability to have nature and art working hand in hand within itself."

Tags:forest adam prynne puritan, love poems, orlando jaques touchstone oliver paradox speeches scenes comedy bravery unselfishness

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This is an analysis of the film "The Lion In Winter". The paper considers the elements of distance/proximity, camera angles, framing, lighting, color and costume, panning and dolly work, music, staging/directionality, grain, and point of view. It discusses mainly the theatric feel of the film as conveyed by the above elements of the production.

Tags:lion, winter

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An analysis of the use of the death motif in Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind". It tells us not to grieve at the coming of winter because we must have winter to have the joy of the return of spring. The writer states that in this explanation of death, Shelley reflects the common religious belief that our life on Earth is simply short preparation for the joy of life eternal after we pass on. He uses vivid imagery not only to describe the despair of death but the reasons to rejoice in its final outcome.

From the Paper
"The poem uses the wild west wind (line 1) as his first metaphor for death. All other images of death in the poem refer to the west wind, providing multiple layers of metaphor. He describes it as driving the dead leaves, and describes the dead leaves of fleeing from the wind. In this way he draws a distinction between humans, who can have the joy of life after death, and non-sentient objects such as leaves who simply die and are gone forever. Leaves would flee Death where people should not. The poem's topic becomes particularly poignant from the very beginning because Shelley died at the young age of 30."

Tags:death, winter, season