Essays about: "poems"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 78 essays containing the word poems.
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11. "Here you See me, and I am you": Queerness in the Poetry of John Donne
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – MediaAbstract : This thesis examines queerness in the poetry of John Donne by re-examining same-gender desire in his poetry, proposing metaphysical poetry as having points of similarity with queering strategies and queer theory, and exploring contextual and historical tensions within and around Donne’s body of works. The thesis closely analyses poems which have previously been discussed as queer, such as “Sapho to Philaenis,” and “Batter my heart,” as well as less frequently examined poems such as “The Anniversary,” and “The Dissolution. READ MORE
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12. Silent Lure : A study of how Mīkhāʾīl Nuʿayma relates to and uses silence in his poems
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : In this study I investigate how a mystic relates to and uses silence in poetry, as silence is a very important part of mysticism overall. I have focused on the Eastern Orthodox Christian mystic branch, which, in this thesis, is represented by the poet Mīkhāʾīl Nuʿayma from Lebanon. READ MORE
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13. Creating Kabīr : Understanding the use of Kabīr through the lens of Sanskritization
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ReligionshistoriaAbstract : The so called Bhakti movement spread, during the Late Medieval period, like wildfire across the South Asian subcontinent and acted like a catalyst for the development of nirguṇī-traditions. These newly emerging nirguṇī-traditions rallyd men and women alike, preaching for the abolation of the varṇa-system, for Muslim-Hindu unity, devotion to the one omipresent godhead, nirguṇa. READ MORE
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14. Misogyny in the Marshlands : female Characterization in Seamus Heaney’s “Bog Queen” and “Punishment”
University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för lärarutbildningAbstract : This essay argues that the depiction of women in Seamus Heaney’s poems “Bog Queen” and “Punishment” results from the male gaze in three ways: the narrative viewpoint, stereotypical characterization, and the objectification of the female body. The following essay analyses the poems through an ecofeminist perspective that enables examination of the female characters as personifications of nature – “Bog Queen” as Mother Earth and the victim of “Punishment” as Nerthus, the fertility goddess. READ MORE
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15. Touching From a Distance: Towards a Resonance Theory of Metaphor Understanding
University essay from Lunds universitet/KognitionsvetenskapAbstract : The present thesis suggests a new type of theory from which to analyse metaphorical language. This new theory is motivated by shortcomings from the available theories (most notably Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Embodied Metaphor Theory) in analysing metaphors in poetry. READ MORE
