Formalism Approach on the Poem “The Sick Rose” by Willaim Blake

 

To start off, the background for this poem is set in England in 1794, a time when one of the jobs a woman could get was one within prostitution. The overall idea of the poem is the spread of syphilis from a man who had sex with a prostitute then had sex with his wife who happens to be a pregnant. The syphilis is then spread to the child causing severe defects and ultimately death. The Rose is a metaphor for love. A love that is in some way sick and malfunctioning. The invisible worm refers to some type of bacteria or virus, which if looked at under a microscope would look like a worm, and because it is too small, it would be seen as invisible. That invisible worm would be syphilis, which happened to be very common during that time. "That flies in the nigh" means that it is spreading in the night in a howling storm, referring to the howling of pleasure, or sex. This refer to the man fornicating with the prostitute and then his wife. "And dark secret love which thy life destroys" the life destroyed referred in this line is the life of the unborn child that was lost because of the syphilis.

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Historical- Bigraphical Approach on "A Child Sorrow" by Zoilo Galang

"A Child of Sorrow" was the first Filipino novel written in English and was first published in 1921. It can be a reflection of Zoilo Galang's personal life. It also symbolize the social and intellectual currents in which Galang composed his novel. The novel omits a phenomenon of wonder, simplicity, beauty, urbanity, language, and history nevertheless it is also a revelation of man's wickedness.
There are many examples of historical and biographical influence on the novel. The years that Zoilo spent in living in the bucolic town of Bacolor, Pampanga add a vivid description of simplicity and mundane lifestyle to the life of the novel’s protagonist, Lucio Soliman. The lifestyle in which Zoilo lives his life clarifies the milieu in which the novel takes place. As Lucio Soliman traverses from the dying Spanish regime to the spring time of Filipinos intellectual prowess in Commonwealth period as well as the mundane provincial life in Fertile Valley and Merry Town, it brings the readers to the time of Zoilo Galang, allowing them to live through his thinking, beliefs, culture, and code of ethics albeit for a short period of time. Additionally, Galang manifests the typical provincial and conservative kind of romantic relationship since during that time Filipinos were traditionalist and old-fashioned.
Also, during the mid-18 to 19thcentury there was a sentimentalist movement in Europe and it greatly affected the literary traditions of all writers in the world and one of them was Galang. In reference to the historical movement of Sentimentalism during the 18th century, this is a European idea that emphasized feelings and emotions, a physical appreciation of God, nature, and other people, rather than logic and reason. The impact on the people was that love became as important in marriage as financial considerations. European sentimentalism arose during the Age of Enlightenment, at the same time as sentimentalism in philosophy which can be found in the story.

Mimetic Analysis of "The Lady and Her Five Suitors"

The story revolves around the Lady where her lover was put into jail. To get her lover get out of the prison, she uses her suitors. All by her beauty,she lured her five suitors obeying her request without noticing that they were being tricked. In the real world we are living, the act of the Lady mimics on how beauty were being used in trickery for getting what she wanted.

Another side of the story mimics the struggles and efforts it take to bear a hand with your loved one. Sometimes you can do things which may be against your will, but you really have to.