Poppy

Mexican Poppy is an annual herb, growing up to 150 cm with a slightly branched tap roots. Its stem is branched and usually extremely prickly. It exudes a yellow juice when cut. It has showy yellow flowers. Leaves are thistle-like and alternate, without leaf stalks, toothed and the margins are spiny. The grey-white veins stand out against the bluish-green upper leaf surface. The stem is oblong in cross-section. Flowers are at the tips of the branches and solitary, yellow and of 2.5-5 cm diameter.…

Similar to a window, poetry perforates the individual’s veil of perception and allows them to empathise with the plight of other humans. Sylvia Plath’s poems Tulips and Poppies In July, as well as Gwen Harwood’s The Wound and In Hospital convey the palpable and impalpable aspects of pain. Although injury is inherent to life, the experience of pain is one that is different to each individual and relies on poetry to transcend this subjectivity. The tangible sensation of pain is conveyed in the…

Compare how the consequences of a conflict are shown in Mametz Wood and one other poem from ‘Conflict’. In both Mametz Wood and Poppies, the poets manage to show the consequences of conflict in both similar, and different, ways. Owen Sheers reaches back into history in order to retell the events of World War I, whereas Jane Weir’s Poppies is a much more emotional take on the outcomes of conflict. Sheers’ use of imagery allows the reader to look back on the past in a reflective manner. For…

from the beginning of Plath's poem "poppies in July" that the poem presents a vivid portrait who's life is tormented and anguished. This can be seen in the first line "Little poppies , Little hell flames". It appears that the individual in the poem shows two different personalities one of a kind person and another of an angry person. "Little poppies " shows an affectionate personality , while "Little hell flames" then adds negativity by describing the poppies as flames of hell. This shows a…

It is common knowledge that not everything in life can be fair and that not everyone gets treated equally. However, that does not mean that the unjust treatment of others is an any way acceptable. In the novel Sea Of Poppies, Amitav Ghosh uses the transportation of coolies, the opium trade, and the struggle of the lower class to unravel the exploiting power of colonialism and show how people with authority will do anything in order to maintain their power and feel righteous in doing so. One of…

Heroin is made from opium, which was derived from the heavily farmed Red Poppy plant in China during the 18th century. Originally formed for medical purposes since it was natural pain killer, but it has one nasty side effect - it is highly addictive. By the mid 1800’s it becomes extremely popular with the Chinese population, so much so that the British took interest in the drug and how it was made (LEVINTHAL 97). This later sparked the Opium wars that devastated the Chinese economy and with the…

fact almost all medications we use today are plant derived. But the number one used plant is the Opium Poppy. We know it mainly as morphine and codeine. Opium Poppy has been used as far back as ten thousand years ago. The noted use of "Milk of Poppy" is very common in all historical data. It originated on the western side of the Mediterranean, but is now grown all over the world. The poppy plant itself can be grown in your flower garden. After the plant has bloom, a fruit will appear…

I am Poppy de Plant, the last hope of my country. I am the last one alive of my family and the only botanist left in Columbia. Population has greatly decreased in Columbia, ever since our enemy, Venezuela has release a load of wild lions, jaguars, leopards and tigers into our land. The president, one of the few survivors, has given me a vital assignment. He told me, "You are our last chance. We need a plant that can save the people who have been bitten, by allowing the body to be numbed so we…

‘Sea of Poppies’ is Amitav Ghosh’s first book in the Ibis Trilogy which was nominated for Man Booker Prize of 2008. Set in 1838 amidst the valuable and potent poppy fields, it brings together a truly diverse and international cast of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts, who, each for his or her own reason, board the Ibis, an old slaving-ship, which sails into the Indian Ocean at the end of the book. The book is a story of people brought together in spite of their differences, starting…

Sea of Poppies is regarded as a narrative in epical form. The epic always contains the mythological stories related to the lives of saints, gods and super humans. Such stories are full of mysticism and miracles. The Ibis becomes the symbol of incarnation for Baboo Nob Kissin while her voyage from Calcutta to Mauritius is regarded as a pilgrimage. Nob Kissin had been influenced by Taramomy in his life from childhood. Nob Kissin family was the devotee of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a saint, mystic…