CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these Notes The poems: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sujata Bhatt‚ A Different History Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ Pied Beauty Allen Curnow‚ Continuum Edwin Muir‚ Horses Judith Wright‚ Hunting Snake Ted Hughes‚ Pike Christina Rossetti‚ A Birthday Dante Gabriel Rossetti‚ The Woodspurge Kevin Halligan‚ The Cockroach Margaret Atwood‚ The City Planners Boey Kim Cheng‚ The Planners Norman MacCaig‚ Summer Farm Elizabeth Brewster‚ Where I Come From 1 14 William Wordsworth
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London In London‚ William Blake portrays a very dark and abysmal picture of London. Throughout the whole poem‚ Blake never mentions a positive scene. The poem seems to deal with the lower class part of society‚ the part which lives in the poor neighborhoods. The first stanza begins with the speaker wandering around London. Throughout the poem‚ Blake repeats a word which he used in one line‚ in the next line. An example of this can be seen in the first two lines. He uses the word chartered in
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POEM O my Luve’s like a red‚ red rose‚ That’s newly sprung in June: O my Luve’s like the melodie‚ That’s sweetly play’d in tune. As fair art thou‚ my bonnie lass‚ So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still‚ my dear‚ Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry‚ my dear‚ And the rocks melt wi’ the sun: And I will luve thee still‚ my dear‚ While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare-thee-weel‚ my only Luve‚ And fare-thee-weel‚ a while! And I will come again‚ my
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in the cheetah’s eye; They wheel and then stampede‚ for none Knows which it is that has to die. His stealth and swiftness fling a noose And as his loping strides begin To blur with speed‚ he ropes the loose Buck on the red horizon in. Outline This poem shows the game of chance involved when a predator attacks his prey. The Cheetah looks harmless and awkward like a puppy. He relaxes in the shade but gradually focuses in on scattered herds that have no idea that he will attack them. Gradually‚ hunger
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JK 9-19-2013 Poetry Explication: Stanzas Written in Dejection by Percy Shelley Written in 1818‚ Stanzas Written in Dejection was penned directly in the midst of the English romantic era. Shelley‚ though not thought to be at the time‚ was one of the most incredible poets of his age‚ composing unique poems to capture the vibrant emotions of everyday life. Due to this fact‚ it almost goes without saying that his poem‚ Stanzas Written in Dejection‚ is a very descriptive and emotional piece that
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Motion The poem Anne Frank Huis refers to Anneliese Marie who was born in 1929 in Frankfurt to Jewish parents. After the Nazi came to power in Germany Adolf Hitler became the chancellor and the Frank family fled to Amsterdam. The Nazis occupied in Netherlands in 1942 and Franks went into hiding. The poem reminds us one of the three years of fear and suspense undergone by Anne Frank and the family who took shelter in a narrow space in an upstairs building. Andrew Motion in his poem tries his best
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‘Mayday On Holderness’ Stanza Two By Ted Hughes In the poem‚ “Mayday on Holderness”‚ Ted Hughes analyses the relationship between man and nature. The theme of the second stanza is strongly focused on death‚ playing a part of the poem’s overall theme - the cycle of life. Another focus point of the stanza is the eternal being of nature and man’s need for it. Hughes picks up on the inferiority of mankind in comparison to “unkillable” nature. Hughes conveys the idea that nature is immortal and
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1. Briefly describe at least three strategies for noise mitigation for airports‚ highways‚ or railways. Under what circumstances would you considered each to be appropriate? -The most fertile areas for the highways noise mitigation are in urban planning decisions‚ highway design‚ noise barrier design‚ speed control‚ surface pavement selection and truck restrictions. Speed control is effective since the lowest sound emissions arise from vehicles moving smoothly at 30 to 60 kph. Above that range
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4 steps to writing about a poem 4 steps to writing about a poem 1. About the poet‚ his concerns 2. The story of the poem 3. Theme: idealises bush life 4. Techiques (how) Paterson constrasts this beauty of the bush with the harsh‚ dirty life in the city and the effect this has on people. • List a series of visual images‚ using adjectives and adverbs with negative connotations: ‘my dingy little office’ and a ‘stingy/Ray of sunlight struggle feebly down’ • Also uses sound images to create
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"Hitcher" By Simon Armitage‚ "Education For Leisure" By Carol Anne Duffy‚ "My Last Duchess" and "The Lab" by Robert Browning are all poems that deal with violence or the prospect of violence. ‘The Laboratory’ is a dramatic monologue about a woman who has discovered her husband is having an affair with two other women. She is plotting to poison both of the mistresses. My Last Duchess’ is also a dramatic monologue in which the Duke is telling his new bride father’s representative about a portrait of
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