Category: Ode

In examining the ways in which odes and biographies challenge established concepts of authority, with reference to Phillis Wheatleys ode On Being Brought from Africa to America and Alice Walkers In Search of Our Mothers Gardens, context must be explored. The eighteenth-century was a time of societal interest in European colonial practice and Enlightenment imperialism.…

The speaker opens with a declaration of his own heartache. He feels numb, as though he had taken a drug only a moment ago. He is addressing a nightingale he hears singing somewhere in the forest and says that his drowsy numbness is not from envy of the nightingales happiness, but rather from sharing it…

An ode can be defined as a ceremonious lyric poem on an occasion of dignity in which personal emotion and universal themes are united (Ode, 2012). Although hiphop music is usually known for its violent, and often, masculine lyrics, Dear Mama the first single from Tupac Shakurs album, Me Against the World produced in 1995,…

John Keatss writing style is consistent of vivid, life-like imagery embodying many literal devices. But, what stands out is his theory of negative capability which plays a vital role in his odes. The crucial part of negative capability is not about being doubtful, hesitant, or about making confusing arguments. It is about encouraging compassion, understanding,…

The conflict between life and art mimics that of a double-edged sword. Art is made to imitate life, simultaneously enhancing it while being elevated by it. In contrast, art inspires life, and life is ameliorated through the performance of art. The binary contrasts of life and art are broadly explored within the literature of the…

With Power Comes Responsibility In the greek mythology play, The Three Theban Plays, Sophocles entails the story of Antigone, a daughter who rebels against Creon and his rules of the city in order to bring justice and glory to her brother. But through this journey, King Creons character develops from a cold hearted figure of…

The political representation in genre in both Keats’ ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ and Rankine’s Citizen collection are vastly different, with Rankine’s poetry aiming to convey specific political messages to her readership on cultural issues such as sexism and racism. Keats’ ode – and, indeed, the majority of his own poetry – is based on…

Do we get to choose? Do we get to live or do we get to die? Quite an indecisive argument that every individual holds up at a certain point in life continuously living in the ruins of time. Every Leaf turns brown, every youth wrinkles away and every bone cracks its age. Nothing is immortal——…