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The Woman with Black Hair
The woman here may refers to the elder sister in “The Twa Sisters”, a Scottish ballad, who murdered her sister by pushing her into a river out of jealousy. In many varieties of the story -
St. Magnus-the- Matyr
It is a Church of England church and parish in City of London, Lower Thames Street. Many authors had admired the beauty and location. The church was featured in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, in the -
Line 417- 422
In this part, Gods interpreted “DA” as “Damyata”, which means “control”. Control here implies practicing to control your desire and submit to God’s wills. “The sea was calm, your heart would have responded” is -
Analysis 7
300px 300px The hot water at ten. And if it rains, a closed car at four. And we shall play a game of chess, Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door. -
Luke 24:13-35
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came -
Winter
Winter “kept” people warm because in winter they go south in search of pleasure and thus remain warm. Moreover, in winter, the whole earth is covered with snow; consequently, there are no stirrings of life -
Patronizing Kiss
At the end, when the house’s agent clerk leaves, he paid the female typist a final “patronizing” kiss. Which also reflect the inequality between men and women. The kiss that the house’s agent -
The waters of Leman
That line is a reference to Psalm 137, in which people of Israel, exiled to Babylon, cry by the river as they remember Jerusalem. In this poem, the people of Israel represent Europeans, and Jerusalem -
April
The poem begins by the reverie of the protagonist: people thought April is the sweet month of rebirth, but it’s actually not because it tortures the inhabitants of the waste land with unstoppable recollections -
Allegory
Allegory from line 77 - 110: This section of "A Game of Chess" could be considered as an allegory to the woman's life. The nature of chess is just strict reasoning and careful calculating. Pawns -
The Strand
· It is a street in the City of Westminster, London, starting at the Trafalgar Bar and run eastward to join with Fleet Street at Temple Bar. In the 13 century the Strand was lined -
Mylae
The battle of Mylae was fought during the First Punic War between ancient Carthage and the Ancient Roman Republic. It was the first real naval battle between the two states. The Romans won and conquered -
Analysis 5
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The Twa Sisters
THERE was twa sisters in a bowr, Binnorie, O Binnorie There was twa sisters in a bowr, Binnorie, O Binnorie There was twa sisters in a bowr, 5 There came a knight to be their -
To My Coy Mistress
This line is a reference to “To His Coy Mistress” by Marvell. This poem main idea is “momento mori” – seize the day. The man character does not want the mistress to “play hard to get -
Analysis 2
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Et, O ces voix d’enfants, chantant dans la coupole!
“And O those children's voices singing in the dome!” This is a quotation from Verlaine’s Parsifal. The poem about a knight named Parsifal who has resisted all lust and desire so he -
Lines 379-384
The bats that appear on line 379 suggest a vision to the setting of the next stanza. The setting isn’t exactly the same, but the atmosphere that they both convey is very similar. The -
Introduction
The first part introduces this theme through a sort of reverie on the part of the protagonist – a reverie in which speculation of life glides off into memory of an actual conversation in Hofgarten (Court -
Canto IV (Inferno)
Canto III is the fourth chapter in Inferno in Dante’s The Devine Comedy. In this section, Dante travels into limbo, the first level of hell. Limbo is where the non-christians reside. In Limbo -
Soda water
] In addition, in Christianity, water is used for baptize. It is a religious ritual, where people use clean& clear water to wash away their origin sins. But soda water is unclean water, therefore, people -
Isle of Dogs
This peninsula was once called Stepney Marsh. In the 13 century the marsh was drained and in 14 century, century a chapel was built for a agricultural community there. But eventually in 1447, the river -
Analysis of line 77
The word'throne' serves as a big clue to the setting of this chapter. It paints a faint picture of a mysterious venue such as an ancient castle with a woman being the most authoritative -
Greenwich
Greenwich is a district in south-east London. It is the site of a royal palace, Palace of Placentia, the birthplace of many of the House of Tudor, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The -
Lost of Youth
You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique. (And her only thirty-one.)
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