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Song (John Donne)This poem chiefly concerns the lack of constancy in women. The tone taken is one of gentle cynicism and mocking. John Donne has lost his naive views of love. His confidence in the power of love has been waned and now he appears more cautious and almost bitter. Each stanza is nine lines, it allows for the more complex and abstract ideas, which are archetypal of metaphysical poetry.The first stanza is the most forceful, employing the imperative to achieve a sense of command. The second stanza is full of convoluted images and hyperbole; The final stanza begins in a sardonic manner. He appears to be expressing the opinion that a woman of character and beauty is implausible. On his blindness (John Milton)In this sonnet, the speaker meditates on the fact that he has become blind. He expresses his frustration at being prevented by his disability from serving God as well as he desires to.All the lines in the poem are in iambic pentameter. the first eight lines of this poem describe the poets meditation alone in the dark. The last six lines show the vast bright and infinite space, open the realm of the narrow, change the concept of pain into a calm tone. Form this poem, there will be more profound appreciation in life: there are many tremendously pain in life, the people with courage and wisdom, suffering the gate of torture in silence, never give up hope and stand.Tiger (William Blake)“the tiger” originally called “the tyger”, is a lyric poem focusing on the nature of God and his creations. It was published in a collection entitled songs of experience. The poem consists of six quatrains in rhymed couplets. the question in the final stanza repeats the wording of the first stanza. The poem is more about the creator of the tiger than it is about the tiger itself. in contemplating the terrible ferocity and awesome symmetry of the tiger, the speaker is at a loss to explain how the same God who made the lamb could make the tiger. Hence, humans are incapable of fully understanding the mind of God and the mystery of his handwork. A red red rose (Robert Burns)It is one of his famous songs that Robert burns wrote in the ballad meter. in this song, he expressed his deep love towards his lover. It is written in four-line stanzas. beginning with a quatrain containing two similes, the poet shows the beauty of his lover with happy, proud tone. the second and third stanza express the poets blazing love. the poet use the rhetorical device of incremental repetition to emphasis and musicality and it also help to subtend the poets unforgettable love. the final stanza shows his farewell to his lover again and a promise of return. “I will come again though it was ten thousand mile”, exaggerated words convey the poets infinitely affectionate feelings.Iwondered lonely as a cloudThis poem was writtenbyWilliamWordsworth, one of the most representative poet of the early romanticism.Itconsistsoffoursix-linestanzas,iniambictetrameterandanABABCCrhymescheme. At the beginning of the poem, Wordsworth compares himself to a cloud, enjoying freedom but sufferingfrom loneliness. Butthe sight of a cloud of dancing daffodilsmakes him drunk. Whats more, it brings him great courage to face depression and loneliness in the following days. Here,the daffodils is the nature. All the time,his poems concentrate on the relationship between human and nature.As William Wordsworth believed,nature can have greet healing power effect on the mind.ThesolitaryreaperIt iswrittenbyWilliamWordsworthasamemorialofatour inScotlandin1803.ThispoemcontainsfourstanzasofiambictetrameterwitharhymeschemeofABABCCDDineachstanza.Itdescribesanamelesslisteners delightinayoungwomansmelancholysong, as reapinggrainbyherselfinaScottishvalley.Hersong,likeafoundpoem,springsdirectlyfromnature.Hermusicrunslike water(overflowingthevalley)andsurpassesthe beauty oftwocelebratedEnglishsong-birds,thenightingaleandthecuckoo.What transfixeshiminsongisnotits content,butitsemotionally expressivemusic.Despite itssadness,thesonghelpsthe speakertoMount upthehill.She Walks in Beauty (Lord Byron )She walks in beauty is universally considered as one of Byrons most powerful works . It is an eighteen-line lyric poem. As the title says, she walks in beauty, the main theme of the poem is the description of a beautiful lady, the enumeration of certain qualities that the author considers give her beauty . Whats more, the author uses images of light and darkness interacting to describe the wide spectrum of elements in a beautiful womans personality and looks. The three six-line stanzas of this poem all follow the same rhyme scheme and the same metrical pattern . This poem rhyme ababab , cdcdcd, efefef. And the meter of this poem is iambic tetrameter.Ode to the west windThis is one of Shelleys best known lyrics. The poet describes vividly the activities of the west wind and then expresses his envy for the boundless freedom of it. The final line of the poem, If the winter comes, can Spring be far behind has often been cited to illustrate Shelleys optimistic belief in the future of mankind.This poem is an ode on freedom and revolution. The west wind symbolizes the revolution, which is both destroyer and preserver-it can destroy the old world and create a new world. Eachofthesevenpartsofthis poem containsfivestanzas fourthree-linestanzasandatwo-linecouplet,all meterediniambicpentameter with an scheme of ABA BCBCDCDEDEE.OdeonaGrecianUrnEach of the five stanzas in “Grecian Urn” is ten lines long, metered in a relatively precise iambic pentameter, and divided into a two part rhyme scheme, the last three lines of which are variable. The first seven lines of each stanza follow an ABABCDE rhyme scheme, but the second occurrences of the CDE sounds do not follow the same order.InOdeonaGrecianUrnKeatstalksaboutaesthetic beautyandperfection.Theurn-art,representsbeauty.Beautyistruthandsoartalsorepresentstruth.The purposeofthisistoexaggeratehismessageoftimelessbeauty.Keats also express sentimental feeling forthetreescondition,almostasifheisenviousoftheireverlastingbeauty.Tennyson: Break Break BreakThis short poem has been composed by Alfred Tennyson. In this poem the poet mourns the death of a dear friend who will never come back. It is an expression of his personal grief. But it is more than an individual cry of pain and despair. The whole lyric poem has a pleasing musical quality.In the first stanza, the poet depicts the picture of sea and its waves constantly striking against cold gray stones. In the second and third stanzas, the poet has drawn a picture of permanent and lasting images in contrast with temporariness of human life. In the last stanza, the poet expresses sorrow that the sweet memories of ones life will finally become a part of the vanished past and will never come back. He will never feel the soft touch of that hand and will never hear that voice again. Shakespeare: sonnet 18Sonnet 18 is a typical English or Shakespeare sonnet. It consists of three quatrains followed by a couplet, and has the characteristic thyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg. The major feature of this poem is analogy. It starts with a line of adoration to the beloved. The speaker then goes on to say that the beloved being described is both more lovely and more temperate than a summers day. The speaker lists some things that are negative about summer. It is too short and sometimes the sun shines too hot. However, the beloved being described has beauty that will last forever, unlike the fleeting beauty of a summers day. By putting his loves beauty into the form of poetry, the poet is preserving it forever by the power of his written words.1. Daniel Defoe: Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe is one of the forerunners of the English realistic novel. It creates the image of an enterprising Englishman, a typical of the English bourgeoisie of the 18th century. The whole book tells a story that the sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is isolated from civilization, he has to find ways to make a living all by himself. This novel is famous for its lovely details and its expression of belief in mans ability when left alone in nature. And it also glorifies labor and the bourgeois men who has the courage and will to face hardship and determination to improve his livelihood. The protagonist, Robinson is a veritable picture of the self-made, hardworking puritan, believing in diligence and the work ethic, laboring from sunrise to sundown, and resourceful and creative with a thinking mind and a skillful pair hands.2. Jonathan Swift: Gullivers TravelsGullivers travels is a novel written by the English author Jonathan Swift. It is one of the most famous literature of Satire. It tells a story of Lemuel Gulliver. When Lemuel Gulliver sets off from London on a sea voyage, little does he know the many incredible and unbelievable misadventures awaiting him. Swift uses Gulliver and his voyages primarily to examine problems with contemporary society, such as the evils of politics, humanitys frequent foolishness, and the importance of a thoughtful, self-aware, balanced perspective. In this sense, Gullivers Travels addresses issues that still worry people today. 3. Jane Austen: Pride and PrejudicePride and Prejudice is the one of the representative works of Jane Austen, The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy first met on a ball but they were both not satisfied with each other at the first sight. However, Mr. Darcy gradually fell in love with Elizabeth but he was turned down because of his pride. At last, she was able to give up her prejudice against Mr. Darcy and realized that she was also in love with him. It is one masterpiece on the theme of love and marriage. Through the true love between Darcy and Elizabeth, Jane Austen expresses her admiration toward the love established on understanding and sincerity. Besides, she reflects the countryside peoples conservative life attitude and English womens desire for freedom of marriage. 4. OliverTwistOliverTwist,isthesecondnovelbyEnglishauthorCharlesDickens. This passage tells us the terrible conditions in the English workhouse of the time and the cruel treatment of a poor orphan by the so-called “philanthropists”. Oliver was beaten up and punished merely because he ventured to ask for an extra portion of gruel to alleviate his gnawing hungry. This is one of the details to show the extreme brutality and corruption of the oppression and their agents under the mask of philanthropy. It is in scenes like this that we see the great critical realist writer Dickens voicing the helpless suffering of the poor and the oppressed.5. WutheringHeightsWuthering Heights is Emily Brontes only novel.This is a story of love and revenge. WutheringHeightsreflectsthetruththatinthe19thcentury,thepeoplewholivedinthecapitalisticsocietywereoppressedfromspiritwiththemodalityofartisticimagination.Inthisnovel,thereisnotidealismandfalsecomfort.ThelovebetweenHeathcliffandCatherineisthegreatestoneintheworldbecausetheirfaithfulloveindomitablyresiststheoldsocietywhichiscontrolledbytheevilgroup.Foravenging,hemadetheterribleplansandstartedaseriesofdespicableactions.Intheend,hegotallthewealth,however,helosthislove, hisconscience and hediedwithsadnessandhatred. Novels reflect real life has shown a strong romantic color. 6. TessTessofthedUrbervillesisanovelbyThomasHardy.Tessstrugglesallherlife.Thewholestoryisfilledwithafeelingofdismalanddoom.ThetragicofTessandherfamilywasnotthatofanindividualfamily,butwassymbolicofthedisintegrationoftheEnglishpeasantry:aprogresswhichhadreacheditsfinalandtragicstageattheendof19thcentury. Inthiswork, Hardys pessimisticandnaturalistviewoflifeisfullyexpressed:Mankindissubjectedtotheruleofsomehostileandmysteriousfate,whichbringsmisfortuneto humanlife.Thenovelalsogivesafierceattackonthehypocriticalmoralityofthe bourgeoissocietyandthecapitalistinvasionintothecountryanddestruction.7. The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Grayis aphilosophicalnovelby the writerOscar Wilde. An artist who is impressed and infatuated by Doriansbeauty; he be