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    Shaista Khalid “POEM ANALYSIS” Life leads us to excessive wishes that often result in a man’s downfall. Sir Philip Sidney in “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” portrays his hypocrisy towards desire and shows how it influenced to their downfall and destruction. In his sonnet‚ Sidney uses metaphor‚ alliteration and repetition to convey his feelings for desire. Throughout “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” Sidney uses metaphors that clearly illustrates the effects of desire on ones life. He begins with the

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    So Far From the Bamboo Grove Final Assessment 1. Mother Theme : Family Ko was late from school‚ Up from the north mother came… But Ko was too late. 2. Mother Theme : Your choice She would do anything‚ Her kids were all she had now ! So she kept them safe . 3. Mother Theme : Survival Mother was stronger… And she kept on trying to Keep

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    achieved great things eventually drift away. But what if soon after their peak of glory they die. Would the memory of them and their glory live on longer? In the lryic poem "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Houseman the narrator shows how dying young and at the peak of your glory is better then living to be forgotten. The setting of the poem is in a town and cemetery in nineteenth-century England during the funeral and burial of a young athlete‚ a runner. The first stanza explains the victory of a boy

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    In the following essay‚ the writer analyzes William Wordsworth’s poem “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.” As you read the essay‚ write down answers to the numbered analysis questions that accompany it. You can find the poem beginning on page 552 of your Holt Literature and Language Arts textbook. from Poetry for Students Memory: William Wordsworth and “Tintern Abbey” by Derek Furr I magine yourself five years from now. You’ve 1. How does the writer received an invitation to your

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    Explanation of the poem from Snowbound The main theme of Snowbound is that no-matter what happens‚ family will be there to help and comfort. This theme is demonstrated widely throughout the poem and even more so in the last stanza of this excerpt. Another‚ less prominent‚ theme of Snowbound is the meaning and involvement of God in the lives of people. The first stanza describes the moment before the storm. "A chill no coat‚ however stout‚ Of homespun stuff could quite shut out‚" This stanza

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    Baka: A Cry From the Rainforest is a sequel documentary to Baka People of the Rainforest. The Baka were living in subsistence within the forest‚ using it for easy access to food‚ medicine‚ and education (on hunting and medicinal plants). 25 years after the first film‚ viewers see how the Baka tribe’s (an indigenous hunter-gatherer group in Cameroon) centuries-old methods of hunting and gathering erode within a few decades. The Baka use machetes as their main weapon‚ and lose their ability to diversify

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    poem entitled “Curiosity” written by Alastair Reid is a symbolic poem that uses cats as a metaphor for humans. It relates felines to people in the sense of curiosity‚ and what could be considered actually living life to the fullest. Essentially‚ this work contradicts the popular phrase‚ “curiosity killed the cat” by placing it within a broader context. Instead of discouraging curiosity‚ Reid explains why people should embrace it. In the first stanza‚ the author argues that the cat may have died

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    Far and Away successfully conveyed American society for immigrants in the 1890s by including realistic push and pull factors‚ the lure of advertisements‚ the diversity in immigrants‚ ethnic neighborhoods‚ and differences between the aristocrats and the poor. In Far and Away‚ Joseph Connelly faced poverty and inadequacy in land. When his father died‚ the audience learned that he and his brothers were left with all of their father’s debt. Because the rent wasn’t paid‚ the house was burned down‚ leaving

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    Comprehension Test Cry Freedom John Briley 1 Choose the correct answer to these questions. There is only one correct answer. 1 Who was the first person to suggest that Donald Woods should meet Stephen Biko? a Wendy Woods‚ Donald’s wife. b Dr Mamphela Ramphele. c Tenjy Mtintso. 2 Kruger talked to Woods about the Afrikaners. When did he say the first Afrikaners arrived in South Africa? a In the seventeenth century. b In the eighteenth century. c In the nineteenth century. 3 When

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    to objects such as her “hips are a desk.” The employees from these poems have become hidden behind their duties and are slowly sinking into the unknown. “Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits” begins with Jorge’s point of origin. While working as a janitor‚ “no one asks where [he’s] from” assuming he’s “from the country of janitors.” In his everyday life‚ Jorge gets passed-by by different people‚ none of them knowing where he has come from or even basic things like his name. This makes Jorge feel

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