Symbolism and Metaphor The poem, “After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes” by Emily Dickson’s is a piece that is acclaimed as the greatest in portraying life and death(Dickinson& Franklin, 1862). The poem underlinesthe theme of misery andpain as a part of human existence that is inevitable but also compares the impacts of pain on the slow numbing process of freezing to death. This essay focuses on discussing the key symbols and metaphors in the poem, “After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes,” the meaning these symbols and metaphors convey to the readers and how they enrich the poem by deepening the understanding of the theme of pain and misery. Symbolism, Metaphor and the Theme of Pain and Misery In the first stanza, there is the funeral motif that is emphasized through the symbols of the ceremony and the tomb. The second stanza has the stone, wood, and quartz that are symbols of benumbed consciousness, which gives place to the image of frozenness and desolation in the third stanza(Dickinson& Franklin, 1862). All these images symbolize a sense of shock, pain,…
How AI is being used to produce content Artificial intelligence production of content is through an automatic software process that creates a written narrative from data; This process is calledNatural Language Generation (NLG). It is already in use for various content generation needs in the world, including business data reports, business intelligence dashboards, in-app messaging communication, personalized email, and client financial portfolio updates, among other demands. The first step in Natural Language Generation is to define the desired format of your content. Each content type from business reports to social media posts to poetry has a specific writing structure and style. The narrative design, also known as the narrative type or template, is constructed by the end-user, the software process solution, or by the software provider. Some of the Natural Language Generation tools available include Amazon’s Polly, Quill fromNarrative Science, Google’s Text-to-Speech, and Wordsmith fromAutomated Insights. At the same time, some organizations have created in-house tools such asHeliograf at the Washington Post. Secondly, in NLG, structured data is fed into the software and processed through the conditional logic that is…
The Poetry and Poetics of Amiri Baraka The Jazz Aesthetic. This piece of writing comprises styles that are helpful in understanding about poetry. The author’s uses several poetic devices, rhyme, imagery, similes, symbolism and illusion .this aids in putting the message in a situation where by the audience will easily understand. It is used to attack politician who is preventing social policies.it is also giving courage to individual to development. Interest in poetry since it is addressing issues of greater concern. For instance the author rises against whites despite their pride. Woodard, K. (1999). A nation within a nation: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black power politics. Univ of North Carolina Press. This is basically of great use to all people in aiding them to get the message and comprehend more about poetry. It helps people to understand cultural experiences, literacy instructions, helps in teaching on community building, the issue addressed here are very useful in shaping our lives. Generally the audience can easily get to understand the poems and, use it as a guiding tool to vices such as discrimination,…
The Eroica Symphony The foundation of the classical music started from the ninth century as simple religious plainchants which had a limited pitch range and were monophonic. However, they were limited to monks, nuns and other religious groups. The plainchants evolved until Troubadours and Trouveres from France converted their poems into music, then Leonin and Perotin who composed polyphonic classical music. Afterward, the revolution of classical music continued through the Renaissance era (characterized by vocal and dance music), Baroque era (marked by solo voice and instrumental music) up to the western classical period which prevailed since the 18th century. During this era, different composers such as Carl Bach, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, and Ludwig Beethoven surfaced into the industry with compositions characterized by different skills and styles such as musical notations and new playing techniques of music instruments. The various forms of compositions aimed at specific audiences; therefore, the composers made sure that their pieces had a unique style to capture the most attention from the audience. Ludwig Beethoven, a German-born classical music die-hard, is ranked as one of the…
China and Aztec Civilization The period between 1000- 1500 CE marked a significant milestone in the history of China and Mesoamerican. With civilization, the two regions witnessed social and political growths, whose impact has persisted until today. Therefore, the complexities of the contemporary world bases on the era of the 1000-1500 CE. The Chinese and the Aztec share similar technological, art, and commercial achievements. Nevertheless, some features of civilization differ for both of them. Therefore, we will look at their similarities and differences in terms of art, technology, and commerce. China and the Aztec made progress in technology, commerce, and arts advancements. The period saw China rise to become one of the best innovators of technology. The Ming Dynasty in China encouraged the development of technology in the country. With its centralized bureaucratic leadership, it ensured that technology was adopted in the region while in rulership in the 1492 CE (Schultz). They invented gun powders, printers, and marine compasses. For the Aztec, their goal was to achieve technological advancement in the creation of better weapons. For instance, they could use…
Poetry paper Task one; poetry writing exercise Poem writing exercises provide the poet with the benefit and opportunity to practice new and better forms as well as brainstorming. Also, it’s a great way of learning to write and refreshing the style of writing. An example of a writing exercise is one that requires the determination of a title and creation of a list downwards. This list might include fears, accomplishments among others which are later expanded, as an illustration, “incompetency feels like a fish in an aquarium, always trying to swim, hitting but just glass.” The use of similes comes in handy for inspiration purposes for example, “the leaves rustled like many whispered conversations.” Other exercises involve sensory observations, the description of a scene and the making of metaphors to come up with a complete poem. Task 2; the poetry foundation The poetry foundation developed from the Modern Poetry Association in 2003 which was after receiving a contribution from philanthropist Ruth Lily. The site features articles, audio and video recordings including educational content. The foundation encourages the minorities through creative…
Lesson about humanity Humanity is a moral excellence associated with basic moral philosophy concerning the happiness of other human beings that results in the quality of life both material as well as spiritual derived from the events and situations that compose essential human existence. It’s a set of characteristics used in the definition of human existence. Such characteristics include love, fear humility as well as morals. The poets of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the author of “Ozymandias” wrote these poems with the need to address the loss of humanity in the society. The aim of this assignment is to compare how the two articles addressed the lesson about humanity and how well they relate in real life. The poem of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner story tells about a captain and his crew who went out into the sea, describing their travel up to a point where the captain kills an albatross that was following the ship (Lee, 2). His act of violence condemns the ship to its fate. The wind dies…
Poem analysis People express their feeling in various ways, like songs and poems. Poets use poems to express their feelings and ideas to their audience. To achieve this, poets use various figures of speech to communicate with their audiences. Most used figures of speech include similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification. Furthermore, most poets present most of their ideas in a manner that creates imagery for the reader or the audience. Lastly, the idea that the poet wants to present to his/her audiences is presented in the form of a theme. To comprehend this, the essay below analysis three essays to show how figures of speech and imagery have been presented, and the theme of these poems. This essay will include three poems, namely “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold, “Drinking Alone by Moonlight” by Li Po, and “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop. For these poems, this essay will focus on how figurative features are used, imagery, and the main theme in two of these poems. Use of Figurative Features Figurative features are used to enhance the effectiveness of the poem and…
Chimney sweeps Introduction By differentiating the two poems of Blake’s, we get the sense that he has feelings of experience and innocence, which is a contrary state. In the sweep of the innocence is that he does not know the kind of life his in. What the author is trying to pass the words that sound in our ears are different, which therefore brings the difference to the child. But the innocent child’s sound is not satisfactory to make any meaning in the child’s sorrow. The child does not know if he has been taught a language, which is false. Therefore that innocence makes the child think that sadness is always a fact of daily life. That makes the child fail to comprehend the life that he has found himself. That, therefore, makes innocence to be a scary state when compared to the experience. The chimney sweep of experience puts a child to know that everyday life is one of angry and misery that berates the society of the child. The difference between innocence and experience is that the child…
The Thistle Down There several instances of prose fiction in the Pauline thistle-down. Fiction is a fundamental element of every piece of literature, and Jonson succeeds in using it to convey the intended message appropriately. Through fiction, the author is able to incorporate some taboos and related moral issues in real-world situations. This element has been used so stylishly throughout the poem; as such, the author has been able to meld the mind sent of the writer with that of the reader. The author uses fictional to enable the various characters within the poem to interact with the world around them, making the poem livelier. The second line, “the west lifts the sun, her longing lips,” contains some fictional elements. The author describes the sun as “she,” meaning that the sun is seen as a woman. It is as a result of this that the author is able to describe the sun as a woman or lady that possess some attractive lips. The author therefore succeeds in hijacking the mindset of the leaders by making them see the sun as…