To be a good prince you have to put your people before anything
. It creates a single image, the eseence of the fog.
Explanation:
Modernist poetry is impressionistic instead of lyrical, and often focuses on one single image or a vignette to convey its theme and the poem consists of short impressions.
This poem has a lot of character, uses free verse with the normal every day diction of speech but with pointed and sharp small lines to convey the essence of the fog contained in a small space.
The small lines, the impassioned tone without flowery diction is all symbolic of a modernist tinge to the poetry.
What strategy lies behind the use of this quotation? B. Using a quotation by this respected president would link Jordan's words to the much revered President Lincoln's words in the minds of the listeners, giving her credibility. The quotation gives her speech validity.
(...) Well I am going to close my speech by quoting a Republican President and I ask you that as you listen to these words of Abraham Lincoln, relate them to the concept of a national community in which every last one of us participates:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master." This -- This -- "This expresses my idea of Democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no Democracy."
<em>Barbara Jordan was a politician (feminist) and leader of the black civil rights movement in the United States.</em>
Binsey Poplars is full of unusual language, internal rhyme, alliteration, assonance, sprung rhythm and repetition. Hopkins developed his own unique sprung rhythm, based on a much older metric tradition with roots in Greek song and Welsh poetry.
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