Language In The Farmer's Bride

They soon decide on marriage, and Janie gets a new, blue satin dress, earrings, high heels, and a necklace that Tea Cake has picked out for her. Unlike her previous husbands, she wants to make Tea Cake proud of her and proud to be married to her. When they leave to work on the muck, Tea Cake introduces another idea that is exciting for Janie as it is the start of something new “Folks don’t do nothin’ down dere but make money and fun and foolishness” (128). Life on the muck is consistently exciting. In comparison to her last few marriages, she has had a much better life with Tea Cake.

The story depicts a transition that women of the twentieth century had to undergo to find their position in the society today. At first, she seemed to follow the cultural norms and practices especially when she got married to her first husband. However, she was not happy with the marriage since her mother had initially told her that she was free to get married to the husband of her choice. Therefore, she knew that she was free to make a decision concerning her marriage. As a result, she courageously abandoned her marital roles and embraced community service.

In addition, the woman’s frightened insights are exposed through a simile when she confesses she fears he will “break [her] across his knee like a stick”. Although she has had no problem discriminating against him and breaking his back and causing him agony, when the tables turn she becomes distraught highlighting the golden rule that would end all discrimination-- treat others as you would want to be treated. Her thoughts become even more complex through the last simile when she contemplates “the rod of

Taking chances, trust, and having an open mind will eventually lead to a great reward. In “The Forest Bride,” by Parker Fillmore, a man named Veikko and his older brothers have reached manhood. When they become men, their father sends them out to find a sweetheart. Unfortunately, Veikko was unlucky because he had to go into the forest to find a sweetheart, while his brothers went to farms where very pretty girls lived. It seemed futile for him because there were no indications of any humans residing in the forest.

Ah done waited uh long time”(120). This shows that she misses him because he has been gone for two days but also the fact that she has waited her whole life for a happy and true marriage like she has with Tea Cake. She prays again, this time for his safety, “ But oh God, don’t let Tea Cake be off somewhere hurt and Ah not know nothing about it. And God, please suh, don’t let him love nobody else but me”(120).

What is interpreted from this text is that the wife has been trying to break free from all the dominance that has been asserted over her and now she finally has and she will not go back and be

Most girls dream of getting married in a beautiful white dress with the perfect guy. This dream is made clear in Christine Granados’s story “The Bride”. In this story, Lily, the narrator, describes how her sister Rochelle wants to have a white wedding, yet Rochelle’s dream does not go as planned. Since a little kid, Rochelle has dressed like a bride every year. As she gets older, she talks about how her marriage will be successful and elegant with her beautiful dress and her white guy dressed in tuxedo.

Essentially, marriage in the 1700’s was seen merely as a means of birthing heirs and finding a way to financially support yourself, so it resulted in both men and women being devalued. It is universally known that women were often treated as inept and helpless rather than sophisticated people with autonomy and capabilities. In fact, during this time, “married women were consistently compared with minor children and the insane-- both categories of people considered incapable of caring for themselves. To marry a woman was, in one sense, to ‘adopt’ her-- or at least to adopt responsibility for all the circumstances of life with which she entered the marriage” (Teachman 39). Furthermore, when women got married, they would legally cease to exist.

Not only temptation takes a role in this poem but lust as well the poet basically says that her lust tempts her. He implies that it's easy for her to have an affair with another person.this poem has many literary devices and 3 literary devices i chose to talk about are alliteration repetition and metaphor. This poem has lines such as “Thine by thy beauty being false to me” and here in this line i refer to alliteration because is the occurrence of the same letter in the line. This literary device makes the poem what it is it gives it that special effect because of it and because of it you can see its old english not modern english. This poem consists of repetition as well and i can say the same line as i said before and the word “Thy” repeats throughout the poem as well this literary device makes the poem what it is as well many poems and including modern poets use repetion as well and in this poem he uses “thy” directly to the person in other words his lover in the poem.

Romanticism at its fines. We have the narrator’s undying love for his lost Lenore “From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore” and how he misses her. The narrator would smell a beautiful fragrant when he thought of her “Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer”. We also get to see Poe’s twist on it. He establishes an eerie setting “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” and “Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December”.

Analyse the presentation of relationships in the Farmer's bride and one other poem Relationships dictates ones behaviour. Similarly, Charlotte Mew's poem deals with the institution of marriage that gave authority and legal rights to the man. However, James Fenton's poem is about surfacing from a long relationship. The rural society depicted in the Farmer's bride is a traditional one.

Plath is nostalgic for the past when her husband was generous and sweet. (Analyzing) As the poem endures, the tone becomes more dreadful. In “Stings,” Plath asks, “Will they hate me, these women who only scurry, whose news is the open cherry, the open clover?” Her dislike of women who submit to men and end up losing their individuality is made known.

The point of the poem is very cynical and skeptical opinion that shows his demeanor towards women. He is attempting to warn men about how disloyal and unfaithful a woman can be. The ideas being communicated is that a perfect woman, who is true and fair, will never exist. He compares how impossible it is by stating impractical things like catching a falling star or not feeling jealousy towards another person. The ideas are being reinforced by the elements of the poem in many ways.

“Far from my mind was the situation I now find myself engulfed, when the scent of Jasmine flowers that covered the entrance to my parents’ home, waffled towards me as I meandered my way along the dusty avenue, without a care in the world and madly in love with the man who had just asked me to marry him, that my little life would stir such conflict in a country almost five thousand miles away”.

“The Ruined Maid” by Thomas Hardy is a satirical poem which uses closed form and anapestic lines to emphasize the importance of complying with society’s ideals while the tone and meaning oppose conforming to society. The closed form and anapestic lines within “The Ruined Maid” follow the guidelines of their forms closely, creating a feeling of submission to rules. Hardy uses a rhyme scheme of AABB, from which he never falters. This relates to how one might behave if they follow all of the society 's ideals; never veering from the given standards.