“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: CONCIET • A conceit is a special kind of metaphor that is extended throughout most of the poem or over several lines. • Authors use it to create striking‚ elaborate comparisons between two seemingly dissimilar objects. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: PERSONIFICATION • A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to objects or animals. • Authors use it to give an inanimate object or animal a deeper meaning. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: HYPERBOLE • A figure of speech that
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thought that the assassination will be successful. Gavrilo Princip’s decision to shoot The Archduke Franz Ferdinand change the world because that shot started WW1‚ the Austro-Hungary Empire split‚ resulted in some nations gaining their independence and it led to the deaths of 7 million people. It changes the world because days after that shot‚ WW1 begins and millions of deaths happened. There had been other assassinations in the past years but after weeks it became apparent that the assassination of
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European scenario was a complicated one. For this reason‚ he maintained America’s neutrality‚ as he did not believe that any of America’s interests should be threatened by a European war announcing on August 4th 1914‚ that America would be neutral in WW1. That neutrality was also extended to American bankers who could then lend money to both sides in the war. However with the mounting probability
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Auden: A Modern Poet To justify Auden as a great modern poet it can be said that Auden stands out among modern poets by his earnest effort to be great modern thinker. He was well versed in history‚ philosophy and theology and had a remarkable grip on contemporary currents of thought in political theory‚ science and psychology. Auden extraordinary style and diction make his poetry strikingly obscure. Sometimes the style makes his poem difficult to understand. This difficulty and obscurity arises
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The Warfare and Strategy of World War One: Birth of Modern Warfare The European summer 1914 was a very productive one before the onset of World War One. International exchange and co-operation fueled the belief that war was impossible to come. In 1910 the author of The Great Illusion‚ Norman Angell‚ demonstrated that the breaking of international credit caused by war would either deter its outbreak or bring it to a quick close (the first world war‚ ebook location 272). However‚ the assassination
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This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. For other uses‚ see Jesus (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Jesus A stained glass depiction of Jesus as a Caucasian man with long brown hair‚ a beard and the characteristic Christian cross inscribed in the halo behind his head. The figure dressed in a white inner robe cover by a shorter‚ looser scarlet robe. Depicted as a Shepard‚ he is holding a crux in his left hand and carrying a lamb in his right. Sheep are positioned to the left and right of the
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Even after the official end of World War I or the Great War‚ its far-reaching effects resounded in the world for decades in the forms of changing politics‚ economics and public opinion. In other words‚ the war accelerated the process of change. The United States was the world’s dominant economic power in the 1920’s‚ changed by the Great War from a debtor to a creditor nation. The loans the United States had made to its allies during the war troubled the nation’s relations with Europe throughout the
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The Great War Professor Berk HST 152 Office Hours: MWF 3:00 - 5:00 Lippman 222 Class time: 10:30 - 11:35 This course covers the Great War (WWI)‚ the seminal event of the 20th century. T causes of the war‚ the evolution of the conflict‚ and the impact upon stat and society are topics tot be discussed. The Russian Revolutions of 1917‚ the Peace Settlement of Versailles‚ the rise of fascism in Italy and of the Nazi in Germany will also be covered. Several films will accompany the lectures and
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Armored Warfare: Tank Development in WWI “No present day army could fight against an army consisting of say 2‚000 tanks‚ and it therefore follows that all large Continental armies will have to make use of tank armies in the future” - British Captain Giffard Le Quesne Martel The tank might be one of the most important innovations in weapons technology during World War I. The use of armored vehicles in warfare was not only an amazing innovation in weapons technology but also revolutionized
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