Literature
Hear the voice of the Bard!
by
William Blake
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word,
That walk'd among the ancient trees.
Calling the lapsed Soul
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might controll.
The starry pole;
And fallen fallen light renew!
O Earth O Earth return!
Arise from out the dewy grass;
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumberous mass.
Turn away no more:
Why wilt thou turn away
The starry floor
The watery shore
Is given thee till the break of day.
- Alastor By Percy Bysshe Shelley
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- London, 1802
LONDON, 1802 by: William Wordsworth 1770-1850 MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient...
- The Daffodils
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- Ilema (short Story)
It was dark. The darkness was so thick that you could carve it. Dark and wet. Very wet indeed, for it had rained non-stop for over two hours, beginning from 10 p.m. But now it had ceased completely. Everywhere was quiet and still, except for the hooting...
Literature
Hear the voice of the Bard! by William Blake
Hear the voice of the Bard!
by
William Blake
Hear the voice of the Bard!
Who Present, Past, & Future sees
Whose ears have heard
The Holy Word,
That walk'd among the ancient trees.
Calling the lapsed Soul
And weeping in the evening dew;
That might controll.
The starry pole;
And fallen fallen light renew!
O Earth O Earth return!
Arise from out the dewy grass;
Night is worn,
And the morn
Rises from the slumberous mass.
Turn away no more:
Why wilt thou turn away
The starry floor
The watery shore
Is given thee till the break of day.
Explanation:
1-2
The poet is praising himself, he says: Hear my voice, the voice of the poet who
is skilled to see the past, present and future much better than you.
3-4- 5
The poet who heard his God's words and appreciates his
majesty as I can feel it in the nature (trees).
7-8-9
This poet ( me ) has a great faithful to God, so he calls the failed
people ( unfaithful people ) to repent to their gracious god. This poet
who cries each evening when he touches the power of God in
controlling the world, when he sees the dew
10-11
Also, when he look the starry sky, when he thinks about the two
poles of the earth, and when he sees the order of days and
nights; he feels that God has already given us evidences to
obey his orders.
12-13-14-15- 16
Think about the sequence of the
day and the night, How beautiful picture is this: The night is
going back because of his tiredness and the day is
waking up from his sleepy situation to obey the order of his creator.
17-18-19-20-21
The day rises from laziness, the starry sky is gone, the
watery shore: Aren't all of these evidence enough to you
people? If they aren't, so think about how the day breaks the darkness of the night?
:Personification
i- The holy word is given a human quality, it can walk among trees
ii- Night is worn = it is tired, so it is given a human quality
iii- the day break: Can the day break anything
iv- the morn rises from the slumberous mass: The morn gets
up from its sleepy condition ( a human quality )
:Apostrophe
He calls the earth as if it is alive
( O earth )
:Metaphor
Fallen light: He likens the disappearing of the daylight with a falling light
:Visual image
i. the image of night and day
ii- the image of the starry sky
iii- the image of the watery shore
1-2
The poet is praising himself, he says: Hear my voice, the voice of the poet who
is skilled to see the past, present and future much better than you.
3-4- 5
The poet who heard his God's words and appreciates his
majesty as I can feel it in the nature (trees).
7-8-9
This poet ( me ) has a great faithful to God, so he calls the failed
people ( unfaithful people ) to repent to their gracious god. This poet
who cries each evening when he touches the power of God in
controlling the world, when he sees the dew
10-11
Also, when he look the starry sky, when he thinks about the two
poles of the earth, and when he sees the order of days and
nights; he feels that God has already given us evidences to
obey his orders.
12-13-14-15- 16
Think about the sequence of the
day and the night, How beautiful picture is this: The night is
going back because of his tiredness and the day is
waking up from his sleepy situation to obey the order of his creator.
17-18-19-20-21
The day rises from laziness, the starry sky is gone, the
watery shore: Aren't all of these evidence enough to you
people? If they aren't, so think about how the day breaks the darkness of the night?
:Personification
i- The holy word is given a human quality, it can walk among trees
ii- Night is worn = it is tired, so it is given a human quality
iii- the day break: Can the day break anything
iv- the morn rises from the slumberous mass: The morn gets
up from its sleepy condition ( a human quality )
:Apostrophe
He calls the earth as if it is alive
( O earth )
:Metaphor
Fallen light: He likens the disappearing of the daylight with a falling light
:Visual image
i. the image of night and day
ii- the image of the starry sky
iii- the image of the watery shore
- Alastor By Percy Bysshe Shelley
Preface The poem entitled "ALASTOR," may be considered as allegorical of one of the most interesting situations of the human mind. It represents a youth of uncorrupted feelings and adventurous genius led forth by an imagination inflamed and purified through...
- Coleridge, To William Wordsworth
Coleridge, To William Wordsworth Friend of the Wise ! and Teacher of the Good ! Into my heart have I received that Lay More than historic, that prophetic Lay Wherein (high theme by thee first sung aright) Of the foundations and the building up Of a Human...
- London, 1802
LONDON, 1802 by: William Wordsworth 1770-1850 MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient...
- The Daffodils
"Daffodils" (1804) by William Wordsworth I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze....
- Ilema (short Story)
It was dark. The darkness was so thick that you could carve it. Dark and wet. Very wet indeed, for it had rained non-stop for over two hours, beginning from 10 p.m. But now it had ceased completely. Everywhere was quiet and still, except for the hooting...