Auston Henderson Acting 1 Letters to a Young Poet Essay At the beginning of the book‚ I found the book extremely hard to read. The language Rilke was speaking in was different and hard to understand. Some points I got but some I didn’t and it became very wishy washy. I found myself having to read the same poem over and over until I got a clue of what he was talking about and what his purpose of the letters were. Then he said something that really made me think and look inside
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Campsall How to Read a Poem Poems can sometimes be difficult to get to grips with. But remember that the poet has tried hard to say much using few words. Part of the enjoyment of a poem is the work needed to engage with it and find out what the poet is saying. Don’t always expect to be able to ‘translate’ a poem – many poems have ‘meanings’ that are hard to define precisely‚ but which still seem to strike a powerful chord in our consciousness. Remember that poets try hard to “make it new”
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The two poems have a similar message: war doesn’t change over time‚ lives will always be lost‚ and whether you are experiencing or remembering the war‚ the horror‚ sadness and suffering will be present. The poem ‘No More Hiroshimas’ focuses on the reminders and memorials of the atomic bomb while ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ describes what war is like for an ordinary soldier. These poems have a lot in common‚ but at the same time they have their differences. The use of diction by both poets allows readers
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in World War 1 soldiers had blot rifles‚ grenades‚ pistols and heavy machine guns. In World War 2 had blot action or semi-automatic rifles‚ submachine guns‚ grenades‚ pistols‚ machine. Also‚ pistols‚ lighter‚ machine guns and automatic rifles. In ww1 soldiers walked everywhere by feet or sometimes horse. The ww2 soldiers walked considerably less and usually ride a truck to the combat zone. The alliance system help cause world war 1 by the number that is expanded of countries. The
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Response to Literature Poem Analysis Writing Guidelines Subject: Poem Form: Analysis Purpose: To explore meaning Audience: Instructor Sample Poem Read the poem below and think about its content‚ theme‚ organization‚ and use of poetic techniques. Then read student writer Stefano Giagregorio’s analysis. I AM THE PEOPLE‚ THE MOB By Carl Sandburg I AM the people--the mob--the crowd--the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me? I am the workingman‚
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1 The ww1 was devastating because of the twentieth-century technology they used all kind of the technology. They had powerful guns and artillery and the mobility of the roads made it stronger so they could defend themselves they even used airplanes on the battlefield. They made all kind of modern weapons but the most destructive weapon was the barbed wire it would sting the soldiers from the other army they would become tangled in the wire easy for the other soldiers to kill the soldiers from the
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interpersonal relationships be detrimental to one’s status? ------------------------------------------------- Nineteen Eighty-Four: How does an individual respond to societal manipulation and control? ------------------------------------------------- Poetry: How do poets use various literary devices such as imagery to convey emotions? ------------------------------------------------- Holocaust Literature: What impact can an individual have on a society as a whole? -------------------------------------------------
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But the effects of WW1 on America were wide-ranging covering the political‚ economic and social impact the Great War had on the United States. Unlike the countries of Europe‚ the factories and home of the US had not been destroyed. Manufacturing‚ production and efficiency
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Germans introduced the use chemical gasses as an weapon in war. Poison gas was the most feared out of all technology weapons in WW1. The gasses could burn skin‚ blind‚ or destroy your lungs if you happen to breathed in. Back then they had crude face masks to protect people in war from the poisonous gas floating in the air. Poison gas was easier during WW1 all they had to do was throw the poisonous gas bomb. “ A poison gas attack meant soldiers having to put on crude gas masks
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Compare how poets present the effects of war in ‘Mametz Wood’ (page 36) and in one other poem from Conflict. In Mametz Wood‚ by Owen Sheers and Futility‚ by Wilfred Owen‚ their separate perspectives of conflict and war are shown throughout‚ with the use of imagery‚ and personification to show the poets’ changes in emotion. Owen Sheers wrote his poem in the perspective of what happened in the past‚ with the poem being influenced by Sheers seeing a picture of a mass grave‚ provoking gruesome
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