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    Perhaps in particular, the challenges of becoming older are the subject of this poem. According to the speaker, the unavoidable degeneration of the aging physique offers seniors two options: a combination of they develop the ability to overcome the bodily constraints of old age by enhancing their soRead more

    Perhaps in particular, the challenges of becoming older are the subject of this poem. According to the speaker, the unavoidable degeneration of the aging physique offers seniors two options: a combination of they develop the ability to overcome the bodily constraints of old age by enhancing their souls—and, ultimately, to passing away, become an entity that doesn’t seem even connected to the human body—or they dissipate into shells of past selves. As a result, the poem suggests that there is a distinction between the flesh and the inner being. Old age is portrayed as both a hardship and a potential for spiritual transcendence—a desire to abandon the material plane and all of its restrictions alone. The poem paves ahead for a large number of opinions about the ardent old guy serving as a metaphor for the rule of eternity. Also the poem in question may have had literary influences from earlier works, saying that the poem actually expresses Blake’s thesis that immortality is in affection with the creations of humanity. Sailing To Byzantium Summary

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    Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds in one line.  The sound of ‘a’ was prominent in the line “An aged man is but a paltry thing.” Also the sound of ‘o’ in the line “my bodily form from any natural thing.” Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds in the same line. The sound of ‘l’ in “To lordsRead more

    Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds in one line.  The sound of ‘a’ was prominent in the line “An aged man is but a paltry thing.” Also the sound of ‘o’ in the line “my bodily form from any natural thing.” Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds in the same line. The sound of ‘l’ in “To lords and ladies of Byzantium.” Enjambment: A line is suddenly cut off urging the reader to quickly jump to the next line. For instance, “And fastened to a dying animal/ It knows not what is is; and gather me/ Into the artifice of eternity.” Imagery:  It heightens a reader’s senses through the description of visual sights. In lines like “in one another’s arms, birds in the trees,” and “O sages standing in God’s holy fire.” Metaphor: literary device to compare two different things to assemble the common, for instance the poet compares himself to a scarecrow by saying “A tattered coat upon a stick, unless,” He further compares himself to a dying animal by saying “And fastened to a dying animal.” Personification: to associate human-like qualities in an abstract or non-human object. For example, “Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing.” Oxymoron: where two opposite terms appear in the same line. Sickness presents desire and desire indicates passion in line “Consume my heart away; sick with desire.” Sailing To Byzantium Summary

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    “Personal Helicon” is a poem by Seamus Heaney that revolves around the idea of inspiration that turned Heaney towards poetry, this is also revealed through the title of the poem. Heaney also involves themes of nature and childhood that influenced him to compose poetry as he can no longer return to hRead more

    “Personal Helicon” is a poem by Seamus Heaney that revolves around the idea of inspiration that turned Heaney towards poetry, this is also revealed through the title of the poem. Heaney also involves themes of nature and childhood that influenced him to compose poetry as he can no longer return to his childhood, he can only revisit it through his nostalgic poetry. Personal Helicon Summary

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    The poem “Personal Helicon” carries the rhyme scheme of abab. It changes through each stanza going from abab to cdcd, efef, ghgh, and ijij, respectively for all the five stanzas. Personal Helicon Summary

    The poem “Personal Helicon” carries the rhyme scheme of abab. It changes through each stanza going from abab to cdcd, efef, ghgh, and ijij, respectively for all the five stanzas. Personal Helicon Summary

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      The poem “Personal Helicon '' involves themes such as Childhood Innocence and Wonder, Art as exploration and escape, Nature and its obliviousness, and Poetic Inspiration. Heaney skillfully instils all these themes in the poem. Personal Helicon Summary

      The poem “Personal Helicon ” involves themes such as Childhood Innocence and Wonder, Art as exploration and escape, Nature and its obliviousness, and Poetic Inspiration. Heaney skillfully instils all these themes in the poem. Personal Helicon Summary

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    Metaphor: Heaney compares himself to the plants that grow on the wells, this is a metaphor he uses in the very first stanza of the poem. Juxtaposition: Heaney constantly uses heavy imagery throughout the poem and places contrasting images and ideas next to each other. One example would be when he loRead more

    1. Metaphor: Heaney compares himself to the plants that grow on the wells, this is a metaphor he uses in the very first stanza of the poem.
    2. Juxtaposition: Heaney constantly uses heavy imagery throughout the poem and places contrasting images and ideas next to each other. One example would be when he loves the company of nature and yet he is scared of it.
    3. Enjambment: In stanza one, lines 3-4 are examples of Enjambment in this poem.
    4. Allusion: Heaney briefly alludes to Greek Mythology first through the title, where he uses “Personal Helicon” to foreshadow the poem’s content being about his poetic inspiration. He again alludes to Greek Mythology when he mentions Narcissus, the Greek Legend who spent the rest of his life looking at his own reflection.
    5. Asyndeton: First line of Stanza Five shows use of this poetic device in the poem.
    6. Alliteration: Repetition of same consonant sounds in the same verse, in this poem, in stanza one line 3 repeats the same consonant sound of /d/ twice in “dark drop”.

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    The main theme of the poem centers around the art of transcendentalism. The poet establishes art as the only immortal aspect which attains perfection in life. By doing so Yeats presents human life as a fleeting temporary thing whereas the art and culture created by them remain forever. Humans aren'tRead more

    The main theme of the poem centers around the art of transcendentalism. The poet establishes art as the only immortal aspect which attains perfection in life. By doing so Yeats presents human life as a fleeting temporary thing whereas the art and culture created by them remain forever. Humans aren’t able to achieve the spiritual afterlife that their works are able to do. The human imperfection and the perfectness of art clashes in this poem. The poet wants to convey the message that art lives through and it is only through that they attain immortality. Though the idea is paradoxical as without the very makers art won’t persist, it is the art that outlives the makers in the end. The speaker imagines a journey through the streets of Byzantium and exclaims the wonders of the city. He marvels at the creation pointing out that they are alive whereas their creators are long gone. 

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    The poem follows the rhyme scheme of AABBCDDC. Each stanza is made up of 8 lines with the first four rhyming with two couplets each, and the next 4 lines consist of alternating couplets.   Byzantium Summary

    The poem follows the rhyme scheme of AABBCDDC. Each stanza is made up of 8 lines with the first four rhyming with two couplets each, and the next 4 lines consist of alternating couplets.

     

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    Symbolism: “mummy-cloth” The symbol of human experience is reflected through the bare threads of the cloth wrapped around the fragility of human existence. Use of symbolism gives rise to a clearer understanding of the expression as wanting to be said by the speaker. Rhetoric: “chiasmus” It is used oRead more

    1. Symbolism: “mummy-cloth” The symbol of human experience is reflected through the bare threads of the cloth wrapped around the fragility of human existence. Use of symbolism gives rise to a clearer understanding of the expression as wanting to be said by the speaker.
    2. Rhetoric: “chiasmus” It is used on purpose to reveal the conflicting point of views clashing on death, the one materialistic and the other is spiritual.
    3. Allegory: “flames begotten of flame” An allegory stands for an extended metaphor. Here the allegory of the flame points out to the reference of the Judgement Day in the Bible where it is said that those who have sinned will be cast into the fire.

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    The whole poem serves as a contemplation of death. It doesn't focus on the ideals of death but on the fact that human lives are rendered useless and baseless once they have dropped dead. Human lives are not rendered as important as their creations are. Their creations are the ones that should be praRead more

    The whole poem serves as a contemplation of death. It doesn’t focus on the ideals of death but on the fact that human lives are rendered useless and baseless once they have dropped dead. Human lives are not rendered as important as their creations are. Their creations are the ones that should be praised often as they are not filled with vices as their creators are. The poet wants to convey the message that art lives through and it is only through that they attain immortality. Though the idea is paradoxical as without the very makers art won’t persist, it is the art that outlives the makers in the end. The speaker imagines a journey through the streets of Byzantium and exclaims the wonders of the city. 

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