Essays Tagged: "Nettle"

Comparing the methods and effects of the poems 'Tall Nettles" by Edward Thomas and "Two Look at Two" by Robert Frost concerning the relationships between man and nature.

Tall Nettles is about contrasts. Edward Thomas compares the natural growth of the nettles to the man-made ... springs (the many change of seasons - time), but yet it is because of these natural things that the nettles thrive. No matter how clean and cultivated the farmer tries to make his yard, the dust and n ... elps nature to grow, and at the same time corrodes man-made things. Not only does the poet consider nettles (nature) to be above unnatural things, but also he deems nettles to be tall and majestic as ...

(3 pages) 17 0 4.3 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

NOTES on the poem "Tall nettles" by Edward Thomas

r of this poem, which is written in two quatrains, describes a corner of the farmyard in which tall nettles cover old farm implements and suggests that he likes it because it is a reminder of mutabili ... r of mutability (liability to change) and the transience of life.The first stanza tells us that the nettles tower over the implements, except for the roller handle, as if they want to assert the supre ...

(2 pages) 17 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"Tall Nettles" by Edward Thomas.

r of this poem, which is written in two quatrains, describes a corner of the farmyard in which tall nettles cover old farm implements and suggest that he likes it because it is a reminder of mutabilit ... r of mutability (liability to change) and the transience of life.The first stanza tells us that the nettles tower over the implements, except for the roller handle, as if they want to assert the supre ...

(2 pages) 2725 0 0.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"Tall Nettles" by Edward Thomas: Commentary discussing how effectively the poem conveys its attitude towards nature.

The poem 'Tall Nettles' has a positive attitude of power towards nature. This attitude is effectively conveyed by E ... f power towards nature. This attitude is effectively conveyed by Edward Thomas, who uses the plant "nettles" as a symbol of nature to illustrate his ideas of nature's powers.The attitude of power towa ... st conveyed by Thomas' use of the title. The title of the poem is split into two words: "Tall" and "Nettles." The second word "nettles" is a weed which gives off negative connotations of poison. Howev ...

(4 pages) 11 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Tissue Development: Phylum Cnidaria

Cnidarians (from the Greek knide meaning "nettle) represent the next higher level of organization of animals. They are radially symmetric and ...

(2 pages) 10 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"Nettles" by Vernon Scannell

“Nettles” by poet Vernon Scannell is a reflective poem based on the poet trying to protect his son f ... Scannell is a reflective poem based on the poet trying to protect his son from hurting himself in a nettle bed. I found this poem very emotional and touching and this is mainly why I chose to write ab ... at point he is trying to convey in this poem.The poem is set in the poet’s own garden, with the nettles hidden out of sight behind the shed. The young child (the poet’s son) falls into the nettle ...

(4 pages) 12 0 4.2 Oct/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry