In the poem “Wyat Resteth Here”, the poet Surrey has given expression to his feelings of loss at the death of such a great personality “Thomas Wyatt”. He feels surprised as to how a fellow (Wyatt) as quick as mercury could rest and be peaceful. Also, He was a fellow who had got innumerable gifts …
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In this article, we are going to answer a major question that in The Rape of the Lock, Pope has presented an imaginative critique of the fashionable world of his time. What moral tension lies under the glittering surface of society? Mirror of Society The Rape of the Lock is basically a mirror to the …
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Mock-epic is a long narrative poem, which satisfies all the tests of epic poetry. It is a literary work in which the epic or heroic tradition is ridiculed or mocked, like the cutting off a lock of a women’s hair, which is the story that is related to Pope in the Rape of the lock. …
In these notes, we are going to cover the question: Is Pope’s treatment fair or unfair to women? The poem “The Rape and the Lock” is delicate, playful for and humorous. Basically, it is a witty satire on the upper-class society of England of the eighteenth century. In fact, Pope has satirized feminine frivolity. It …
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In this article, we will cover the questions about Chaucer’s artistic method in The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. We will also discuss the statement “Chaucer found his English a dialect and left it a langue.” Also, we will answer the question by illustrating that what are the salient features of Chaucer’s style. Introduction The …
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This article will answer the questions about “Justification of the comment: “Here is God’s Plenty”. We will also discuss Chaucer’s Prologue to the Canterbury Tales as a portrait gallery. There is a statement that “Chaucer conceived and exhibited the ‘Human Comedy’”. This topic will also cover the explanation of this statement. Introduction The remark, “Here …
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Introduction The most vivid and famous portrait in the prologue to the Canterbury Tales, is perhaps, the Wife of Bath. She is one character in whom, the realistic and the individualistic elements of portraiture outweigh the typical. The character jumps out at us from the pages of The Prologue, as one critic very cogently puts …
These notes can be considered as answers to the following two questions: “Compare and contrast the character of the Knight in The Prologue with that of the Squire.” and “Write a short note on the portraits of the Knight and the Squire in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales”. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales …
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Uncertainty about Chaucer The early life of Chaucer is clouded with uncertainty. It is, for example not known with any degree of certainty as to the year in which he was born. By common consent, the year of his birth is taken to be 1340, though it is possible that the actual year was up …
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Opening of Poem At the round earths imagin’d corners, blowYour trumpets, Angells, and arise, ariseFrom death, you nuberlesse infinitesOf soules, an to your scattred bodies goe,All whom the flood did, all fire shal o’erthrow,All whom warre, dearth, age, argues, tyrannies,Despaire, law chances hath slaine, and you whose eyes,Shall behold God, and never tast deaths woe.But …
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