Analysis of Saint Judas

A sonnet by definition is, a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. A poem is a piece of writing that says a lot in a few words; this sonnet does exactly that, it utilizes a multitude of literary devices to tell a story of a writer examining life with an ending message to push forward and go. In “An Echo Sonnet”, the author, Robert Pack uses repetition, hypophora, antithesis and synecdoche to reveal the voice experiencing writer's block which leads to the discussion of life and death between the voice and the echo.

The poem is structured in a way which follows the proper metre for a sonnet, however, it is unusual in a sense that it is free verse and has no rhyme scheme. The sentences are broken to fit the iambic pentameter. This creates pauses, and a choppiness in the flow

The poet uses many metaphors, repetition and morbid diction to illicit the response I had to this poem. Firstly, Butson compared the emotions and internal struggles of a

In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare employs a Petrarchan conceit to immortalize his beloved. He initiates the extended metaphor in the first line of the sonnet by posing the rhetorical

However, the poem has fluidity despite its apparent scarcity of rhyme. After examining the alteration of syllables in each line, a pattern is revealed in this poem concerning darkness. The first nine lines alternate between 8 and 6 syllables. These lines are concerned, as any narrative is, with exposition. These lines set up darkness as an internal conflict to come. The conflict intensifies in lines 10 and 11 as we are bombarded by an explosion of 8 syllables in each line. These lines present the conflict within one's own mind at its most desperate. After this climax, the syllables in the last nine lines resolve the conflict presented. In these lines, Dickinson presents us with an archetypal figure that is faced with a conflict: the “bravest” hero. These lines present the resolution in lines that alternate between 6 and 7 syllables. Just as the syllables decrease, the falling action presents us with a final insight. This insight discusses how darkness is an insurmountable entity that, like the hero, we must face to continue “straight” through “Life” (line 20).

The sonnet focuses on two main accounts of imagery, each having to do with vermin. The speaker describes himself as, “The mouse which once hath broken out of trape” who is “seldom ‘ticed with the trustless bait” (5-6). In the sonnet, metaphors assist the speaker, hinting at how the speaker is affected by the “trustless bait” the woman has given him. Each of these metaphors holds different connotations to the speaker. “Trustless” can refer to the betrayal that the speaker has experienced in the past.

In stanza two, ambiguity is more prevalent. Although there are some elements of abstruse, Ammons uses specific words in repetition to create a degree of complexity for the poem. Ammons uses words such as “summary”, “deeper”, “longer”, and “length” to convey the point. I question why Ammons used these words, in particular, “summary” and “deeper” because the overall second stanza conveys a message of an idea or item of great importance. “Summary” and “deeper” contradicts that message because both words contrast each other. Summary generally means a short version on main points of an idea or event while deeper is a term people use to compare two objects or items. Although Ammons does not in any

symbolic richness, but at the same time the poem supplies the reader with a wide

Memory is presented as either a way of life or a community of change, as demonstrated in ‘Aspens’, ‘Old Man’, ‘Aldestrop’. He does this through the variety of techniques such as change in form, use of imagery and alternations in the tone of each poem to explore memory. As well as this, Thomas explicates the devastation of emptiness due to the consequence of war, which is portrayed through the use of soft consonantal sounds or the use

Although the subject of nightmare is only in two lines of the whole poem, this minor contribution is highly effective for it allows the audience access to the traumatising aftermath of the horrors of war.

As said in the National Geographic documentary The Gospel of Judas, the Gospel of Judas was discovered in 1978 by a farmer searching for valuables among ancient Egyptian burial chambers. The papyrus book had been stored in a stone box within the chambers, presumably not having seen daylight since its original storage. Some portions are missing from the text, but there is more than enough surviving papyrus to translate and get an idea of the theology found within its pages. The book presents a strange belief system, and brings in a number of elements that point to a strong basis in Gnosticism. It also stands as an indication of just how diverse early Christianity truly was.

In his sonnets not only shows his love side but also how he struggled with self-doubt and insecurities. One example of this would be “ All men make faults, and even I in this, authorizing thy trespass with compare, myself corrupting, salving thy amiss, excusing thy sins more than thy sins are” (Sonnet 35, lines 5-8). I think sometimes as humans we tend to judge and blame others even if it’s been our fault. In this sonnet he talks how his lover betrayed him and something I actually liked that he said and I think we, as humans should do is that he decides to assume equal guilt despite the pain that his lover gave him.

The poem begins with the narrator's describing the poem as a 'dream' that ''was not at all a dream'', which already causes doubt and tension within the reader. The narrator then goes on to talk about

     The sonnet, being one of the most traditional and recognized forms of poetry, has been used and altered in many time periods by writers to convey different messages to the audience. The strict constraints of the form have often been used to parallel the subject in the poem. Many times, the first three quatrains introduce the subject and build on one another, showing progression in the poem. The final couplet brings closure to the poem by bringing the main ideas together. On other occasions, the couplet makes a statement of irony or refutes the main idea with a counter statement. It leaves the reader with a last impression of what the author is trying to say.

The style of the poem is known as Petrarchan and the transition from octet to sestet contains several shifts at once. At first glance, the sonnet is written in a traditional form with a traditional rhyme scheme, yet the subject matter is extremely non-traditional—revolving around a violent rape as opposed to love. The swan is a strong representation of purity with one of monstrous acts. Thus, the act results in birth of two of Zeus children,