Essays Tagged: "Gillian Clarke"

"East Moors" by Gillian Clarke with Welsh Landscape by R.S.Thomas.

Poets Gillian Clarke and R.S.Thomas have a lot of similarities when comparing their lives and poems. They ... of negative words which makes the reader think the poet feels sadness and bitterness.In East Moors, Gillian Clarke has produced a sense of personal belief. She has used real place names which makes he ... ainly short lines which create tension with the reader 'and no future, / there is only the past...' Gillian Clarke has selected the title 'East Moors' which suggests she is going to be writing about a ...

(7 pages) 18 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Compare and Contrast two poems: Welsh Landscape and East Moors

almost artistic place, but then he brings in the strong opinion of "you cannot live in the present".Gillian Clarke, a feminist born in Cardiff in 1937, writes "East Moors". She believes boredom is a m ...

(5 pages) 18 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

A Comparison of Love Poems

I am going to compare three different poems: "My Box" by Gillian Clarke, "Valentine" by Carol Ann Duffy and "Shall I compare Thee...?" (Sonnet 18) by William ... ythm and many other aspects used to construct each of the poems.The modern poem "My Box" written by Gillian Clarke, in essence, is about a gift of a box from a man to a woman. The first line 'my box i ...

(10 pages) 103 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Compare and contrast these two 20th century love poems - "Love Birds" by Paul Henry and "Overheard in County Sligo" by Gillian Clarke.

distant marriage, the other portrays a very committed marriage. Both poems are of Welch relevance. Gillian Clarke and Paul Henry were both born in Wales.I am going to begin with the poem "Overheard i ...

(5 pages) 44 0 3.7 Sep/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature