It is the first part of the story where the narrator gives you the background of the story. The setting in time and place and the potential conflict of the main characters are introduced to the reader.
Briefly speaking, the theme of the poem is the attitude of the poet toward the subject of the poem. For instance, the subject is about love and you have to find out from the poem what he or she thinks about love and write it down in a complete sentence. Eg. Love makes us miserable. … Read more
He satirized his society at his time, including religious organizations. For example, in "Little Vagabond," the speaker talks about the maltreatment the orphans receive from the cold church. Ironically, they find ale house warmer. They receive better treatment in the place where we do not expect little boys to hang around. Also, in "London" and … Read more
He mentions at the beginning of the poem that he wanders lonely as a cloud in hte sky which keeps moving without a clear destination. Later on, you can find that he does not feel lonely anymore after he is among a beautiful fields of daffodils. Daffodils are compared as his friend, and a host … Read more
They believe in (and are inspired by) nature.
William Wordsworth is one of the best recognised romantic poets, and he believes that nature can elevate our mind. Emerson thinks of it in terms of each and all. Everything is dependent.
Other important romantic poets are include John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley … Read more
A fable ends with an epigram as you can find in Aesop's fables. Here, Wilde ends the story with God's command on Angels to find the good things in the city and what Angles bring back to heaven are the body of the bird and The Happy Prince's broken heart. These two things represent philanthropy, … Read more
It is also called rising action. Traditionally, a story can be categorized in 5 phases. The first one is called exposition, giving background of story, setting in time and place, and introducing conflicts of the story. The second stage,complication, is when conflicts are intensified and then it leads to the third stage, called either crisis … Read more
It is a narrative poem, focusing on action rather than emotion. In other words, the story is told in an objective manner. Since it was originally orally-transmitted, a ballad makes use of incremental repetions for the sake of memorizing. The content is about tragic events such as patricide, betrayal of lovers, and death. Sometimes there … Read more
Those people who can devote their lives to doing good things for others. He is different from other swallows in that he knows well that he must die if he still stays with the Happy Prince, but he still finds it is worth doing that. God asks the angel to take the precious thing in … Read more
Sonnet sequence, a series of poems of 14 line, in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme: Abab cdcd efef gg.
It shows the superficial view of man. Beauty is judged by precious materials like gold, rubies and rare sapphires. The sculpture does not make the Happy Prince's heart, which is unseen from outside, of gold; on the contrary, it is made of lead, lower value material, but it is considered one of the precious things … Read more
Though both the happy prince and swallow die, they are accepted to live forever with GOD. This story certainly teaches us moral. We should help our fellow as Christ preaches.
