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    many of William Carlos Williams’ poems. His works were open to many avenues and seemed to be limited to none. Williams emphasized that a poem must have its own idiom in dealing with “those things that lie under the scrutiny of the senses‚ close to the nose” (285). Williams’ poems portray numerous amounts of themes that center around a wide range of portraits of individual women. More often than not‚ his idea of a woman is represented as a flower. Although a woman is made of many parts that a flower

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    Mothers Poem

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    The poem “Mothers” by Nikki Giovanni is about two states of mind. An adult dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life and a concerned child. This is shown by the use of opposite words. “Dark-light” and “pleasantries and unpleasantries.” Being a child‚ Nikki was trying to make sense of what was happening around her. She sees her mother sitting in a chair in a dark room upset her. Nikki is apparently a frightened child. The wetting of the bed confirms her fear. She wrote about and absent father

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    ------------------------------------------------- Example: ------------------------------------------------- Discuss how the theme of ‘childhood’ or ‘war’ is expressed in two of the works you have studied. (You might discuss the theme of childhood in a poem and a novel you have studied this year) 1. Think about important themes that appear in each of the texts that you have studied this year. 2. Consider significant characters and their role in the texts you have

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    Okita’s poem and Cisnero’s short story have numerous contrasts and parallels. Both authors develop ideas in distinct ways‚ although they share many fundamental elements. Cisneros and Okita’s stories demonstrate that America is made up of many civilizations on its own. This also represents the belief that culture is determined by one’s characteristics. Clothing‚ food‚ religion/beliefs‚ language‚ and traditions are all examples of cultural elements. Okita’s poetry expresses her strong feelings for

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    ence womanPlease discuss the relationship between desire and permission to have sex. Is desire necessary for permission? Is permission necessary for desire? What if someone is torn between having desire but not permission—what recourse does he or she have? To see the relationship between desire and permission to have sex I would like to start with ‘desire’‚ so what is desire – its sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome. Desire is the fire that sets action aflame. When

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    Analysis of a Poem

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    Analysis of a Poem When You are Old‚ by William Butler Yeats‚ represents and elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. Basically‚ Yeats is showing that as the woman gets older‚ she is alone‚ but she does not have to be lonely. She will always have her memories for companionship. "When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ and nodding by the fire" (l.1-2) depicts the woman in her age‚ needing to nap more frequently

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    Vacuuming Using Voice Recognition Suziati Bt Salleh 1‚ Alaaaldin abdulrahman mohamed 2 Mechatronics Division‚ Faculty of Engineering University Selangor‚ Bestari Jaya Campus‚ Batang Bejuntai‚ Selangor Darul Ehsan‚ Malaysia 1 suziati83@yahoo.com ‚ 2alaa-oo7@hotmail.com II. Abstract— Voice recognition system these days plays a major role in most of the trendy machinecontrolled technologies. It easiness the communication between the user and system due to the non-necessity of the user’s

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    A Blacks Woman Struggle

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    Running Head: A BLACK WOMAN’S STRUGGLE 1 A Black Woman’s Struggle Shamika Jeffery ENG 125 Stacie Hankinson June 2‚ 2014

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    Born Yesterday | Point | Example | Effect | F | 2 stanzas of irregular length * First stanza talks about positive wishes made by the rest of society which are wished for every child * Second stanza echoes the structure of a sonnet (14 lines long and ends with a rhyming couplet) | In the first stanza‚ the poet talks about wishes of ‘being beautiful’ and ‘of innocence and love’ made by the rest of society‚ whilst the second stanza he wishes for her to be ‘ordinary’ and ‘dull’. | By presenting

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    Response to “Phenomenal Woman” I think the theme and value Dr Maya is conveying in this poem is self-confidence. She describes the hidden beauty that woman should use. To her‚ beauty is not about physical appearance it’s about elegance‚ style‚ attitude‚ inner beauty and especially self-confidence. In her poem she almost instantly starts by saying “I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size” which prepares us to learn about a different source of beauty. She continues after this statement

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