Robert Duncan

About Poet: Denise Levertov was born in the United Kingdom 1923 and died in Washington in 1997. Levertov never received a formal education as a kid, therefore, she was taught by her parents about religion and the art of writing. When Levertov was growing up, she was an agnostic (later converted to Christianity in 1984) and many of her poems talk about religion. Due to her writing style, she was considered to be a “Black Mountain” poet. Black Mountain poets were poets in the 1940s and 1950s that attended Black Mountain college in North Carolina (Poetry Foundation). She and only a handful of others attended the college that was led by John Andrew Rice. He enforced four principles that were instilled in the university, which led to all students becoming very successful in their poetry (Black Mountain Poet Studies). Many of levertov’s poem were representative of the events going on around her at the time. This lead to many of her poems becoming darker during and after the Vietnam War. Levertov deemed herself a humanist, due to the fact she was an agnostic early on, and tried to live a worthwhile and ethical life. Many of her poems talk about life and all the do’s and dont’s of life. Those poems all have a similar theme though. Denise Levertov exhibits in her poetry that reflecting on life will help us to enjoy life rather than trying to understand and grasp at it. Poem 1 Prisoners: In the poem “Prisoners”, it shows why life is portrayed the way it is. Levertov talks about…

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 serves as a suspenseful and disturbing warning to a contemporary audience. Like Orwell’s 1984, Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaptation is set in a dystopian universe where the government watches over and controls its citizens’ every move through invasive telescreens, disfigurement of language and the outlawing of love and every thought that goes against the Party’s principles. Through the rewriting of history…

an early example shaker culture when Mr. Tanner gives young Robert the pig for help and apron with the calving. Mr. Haven and Robert are fixing the fence when Mr. Tanner brings the pig Roberts father states about accepting the pig “we thank you brother Tanner but it’s not the shaker way to take frills for being neighborly” (P 21). I think this shows that in the shaker culture they feel that is not right to accept a gift or payment for doing the right thing in any given situation are helping out…

Out of This World. . . Forever Blood, gore, and death are not common occurrences in your everyday poems. The dominant narrative of poetry is centered on its more romantic aspects. As a prime example that not everything is sugar, spice, and everything nice, Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” provides us with the grim—yet refreshing—truth and reality faced by many children in the early 20th century—child labor. One of poetry’s most celebrated writers, Robert Frost was the epitome of eloquence. Frost…

Multifaceted, dominant and yet commanding characters which intentionally show their split-personality which brings out their ‘real’ colours, due to consistently being forced to battle against their emotions. They are dragged to their limits with sentiments and desires for supremacy or vengeance which have great outcomes. Presented by Shakespeare, Caral Ann Duffy and Robert Browning, Browning explores the impact of infidelity and anxiety with a furious character inspired from none other than the…

The perspective of a work of literature changes from the first time you set your eyes on it. My point of view of the poem Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning changed drastically from the beginning of this research project till now. As I looked into information over this poem and different aspects about it, I began to have more of an open mind towards it and understand the true meaning behind it. I learned that poetry has more to it that just the words that were printed on the page. It allowed…

in the leadership’s hands than members of the House making it acceptable for Senate to serve longer terms in order to cater to the large and diverse constituencies. Term limits are a necessary evil that we need to address now. They are evil not in a way that harms the democratic process, rather evil because it would require change and most often people are highly adverted to change. Ironic as it may be, in order to see a change in our government we first need to make a larger change that will…

The Matrix, on the other hand, is more than just a thought experiment. It is a narrative that is judged aesthetically, and as such its success requires that its creators produce something that will captivate and engage an audience. Carroll has asserted that, narratives, far from being complete, have gaps which need to be filled by the audience. That is, creators of narratives do not spell-out every detail of the narrative, instead, narratives rely on the elicitation of moral emotions from an…

grand jury, jury, double jeopardy, and collateral estoppel, immunity from prosecution, eminent domain, takings, and lastly territorial jurisdiction. Nevertheless, this investigation will cover the basic and many varied interpretations of double jeopardy and how they applied to the local case of Robert Nicholas Angleton. Double jeopardy is within the United States Constitutions Fifth Amendment, “The State with all its…

Mainstream media representations of masculinity play a role in shaping attitudes and ideas about what it means to be a “real” man in our society. In most media portrayals, male characters are rewarded for self-control and the control of others, aggression and violence, financial independence, and physical desirability. Many characteristics of the alpha stereotype are demonstrated through the character of David Greene who is played by Brenden Fraser in the movie School Ties (1992), directed by…