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    Protest Poetry

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    Year 10 Homework Option 2: Protest poetry Aboriginal Charters of Rights We want hope‚ not racialism‚ Brotherhood‚ not ostracism‚ Black advance‚ not white ascendance: Make us equals‚ not dependants. We need help‚ not exploitation‚ We want freedom‚ not frustration; Not control‚ but self-reliance‚ Independence‚ not compliance‚ Not rebuff‚ but education‚ Self-respect‚ not resignation. Free us from a mean subjection‚ From a bureaucrat Protection. Let’s forget the old-time slavers:

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    Poetry and Death

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    notable books; [...] knew all the gossip of the literary clubs‚ salons and the studios; was a frequenter of afternoon tea-parties; and then‚ over and above it‚ he was Browning; the most profoundly subtle mind that has exercised itself in poetry since Shakespeare." Robert Browning died in Venice on December 12th‚ 1889‚ and was buried in the Poet ’s Corner of Westminster Abbey. Browning ’s "Prospice" is written as a dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is a poem with a speaker

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    Poetry and Word

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    1. In poetry‚ what do you call a group of lines? 2. What element requires the use of senses? 3. What type of poem requires a 5-7-5 syllable pattern? 4. What do you call the element of poetry that is concerned with the shape? 5. What is a poem that doesn’t rhyme? 6. What is a type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings? 7.8. What are the 2 kinds of Language? 9. What do you call it when words share either the same vowel or consonant sound but not both? 10. When a word rhymes to a word

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    Poetry Is Key

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    Frohman‚ Denice. "Denice Frohman - "Gangsta Poetry"" YouTube. YouTube‚ 16 June 2009. Web. 05 Dec. 2013. This video is a video of a youth poetry mentor for PYPM (Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement) who also participated in the Unliter Us Campaign. In this poem she speaks about differ writing tools (metaphors‚ similes‚ personification‚ etc) and different types of poems (haiku‚ slam‚ etc). She also talks about motivating the youth to get involved in poetry and imagination. This poem will help me because

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    War Poetry

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    Poetry Assignment War Poetry A popular theme for poets in the last century was war. Many famous poems were written about the two world wars‚ as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars. For my report I have chosen six poems‚ three by Wilfred Owen and three by Australian poets. ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth ’‚ ‘The Send Off ’ and ‘Insensibility (1) ’ were written by Owen during the first world war to express his anti-war attitude. ‘Beach Burial ’ by Kenneth Slessor‚ ‘Homecoming ’ by Bruce Dawe and ‘Letter

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    Death in poetry

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    sadness and a time to reflect on oneself and how you view the word death. So its no coincidence then‚ that poets such as Stephen Crane‚ Emily Dickinson‚ Frank O’Connor‚ and Thomas Hardy‚ have tried to describe and analyze death through the use of poetry. Poetry is one unique way for ordinary people to think about‚ get a better grasp on and respond to death in their everyday lives. “War Is Kind‚” “The Man He Killed‚” “Because I Could Not stop For Death‚” and “Guests of the Nation” through the use of irony

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    Narrative Poetry

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    Understanding Narrative Poetry What is Narrative Poetry? Narrative Poems are poems that tell stories. There is a beginning‚ which introduces the background to the story‚ a middle‚ which tells the action of the event‚ and an end‚ which concludes and summarizes the story. What are the origins of Narrative Poetry? Narratives are the oldest form of poetry. Long before there was paper to write on or ink to write with‚ long before the invention of the printing press‚ people often shared stories as

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    Poetry Essay

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    Poetry Essay ENGL 102: Literature and Composition Fall B 2014 Erin P. Klemm ID# 25520975 Writing Style Used - MLA Through the voice of innocence in “The Chimney Sweeper”‚ William Blake uses irony to shine a light on the treatment and horrid conditions of child chimney sweepers. The poem serves as a public commentary on the ills of society as Blake sees the use of children as chimney sweepers to be. This makes the overall tone of the poem one of sadness and conveys the compassion Blake feels

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    Poetry Analysis

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    EN160G March 25th ‚ 2014 Poetry paper final copy Travis McCoy feat Bruno Mars “Billionaire” I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad Buy all of the things I never had Uh‚ I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen Oh every time I close my eyes I see my name in shining lights yeah A different city every night alright I swear the world better prepare For when I’m a billionaire [Travis "Travie" McCoy] Yeah I would have a show like Oprah I would

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    Poetry analysis

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    The three following poems‚ ‘‘My Papa’s Waltz’’ by Theodore Rothke‚ ‘‘The Back Seat of My Mother’s Car’’ by Julia Copus and ‘‘Hanging Fire’’ by Audre Lorde‚ are told from a child’s point of view who‚ nostalgic‚ remembers and longs for something. We understand that the child telling its story may be now grown up and recalling its childhood memories or is still young and describing its current feelings. ‘‘My Papa’s Waltz’’ is about a man who morosely relives his waltzing with his drunken father as a

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