Introduction “...the caseload of the area’s mental-health center tripled within a decade‚ The city built four prisons in the mid-1990s- a rare growth industry” (Thompson). After reading Derek Thompson‚ a triple major in journalism‚ political science‚ and legal studies from Northwestern University’s article “A World Without Work”‚ I was concerned as to how the increasing number of incarcerated laborers were being treated as well as their quality of life. Subsequently‚ through investigating the topic
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Poem analysis Nothing Said by: Brenda Agard 1. The poem is about people who have lost family members‚ brothers and sisters for example. 2. The poem is written in the 2nd person plural. You hear the voice of the people who are protesting about the fact that they have lost their family members. The writer could also be one of the protesters or marchers. 3. Well in the beginning it says what the situation is of the people and what happened. After that the writer tells what they
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Robert Frost is one the finest poems written in the 20th century. It describes the difficulties of a traveler who has to choose between two diverging roads. Frost uses the roads as a metaphor for life’s many choices‚ and exemplifies how these they decide a person’s outcome in life. It can also be interpreted that the speaker in the poem is promoting individualism‚ self reliance and wondering what he might have missed by not taking the other road. All the stanza’s in the poem have a rhyme scheme of: A
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Poetic Analysis Essay Taking risks will bestow people new stories and new adventure. Lives without exhilarating stories seem extremely tedious. For instance‚ in the poem "Curiosity" by Alastair Reid discusses how dogs do not take risks and do not experience any adventures. A life with a story portrays by cats‚ creatures that are exceedingly adventurous and carefree. In “Curiosity‚” Reid demonstrates how cats and dogs relate to humans when it comes to taking risk. Reid also utilizes poetic elements
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Carpe diem poem Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16075 This poem is a Carpe Diem poem in realizing and reflecting on how precious life is. The poem makes a point to say that if you do not hold onto your dreams and keep them close at heart‚ life can become lonely and unfulfilling
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the Canal Analysis In the poem‚ Saturday at the Canal‚ author Gary Soto tells the story of two teenage kids who are unhappy with their lives. They were expecting their lives to be different even though they were only seventeen. The author makes sure we realize just how miserable they are. He uses descriptive writing to help us understand how they feel. Soto is also careful not to be too specific about certain ideas in order to help the reader create their own interpretation of this poem. Saturday
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setting of the poem symbolises the Western World but more specifically the European race. Background Analysis of the Poem Commentary – Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara In Gabriel Okara’s poem‚ “Piano and Drums”‚ Okara expresses his feelings and thoughts of a primitive society in contrast to a western society. Being an African himself‚ and having studied in a western society‚ the poem reflects the confusion in his emotions as well as the loss of self-identity. The title of the poem itself‚ “Piano
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never seems to go down‚ despite decades of work by African governments and NGOs‚ outside NGOs‚ and foreign government aid programs. What causes this entrenched poverty‚ on a continent rich with natural resources? Unfortunately‚ poverty in Africa doesn ’t result from just one or two causes. There are a number of different factors at work‚ all interacting with one another‚ and making the problem of entrenched poverty extremely difficult to solve. Some of the major causes of poverty include: war and armed
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English Literature poem comparisons How do the writers express/convey their emotions by focusing on the themes of control and freedom? 1) Prayer Before Birth (Louis Macneice) 2) Tyger (WIlliam Blake) 3) Sonnet 116 (William Shakespeare) 4) War photographer (Carol Ann Duffy) 5) Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) 6) Remember (Christina Rossetti) Q1) “With strength against those who would freeze my humanity‚ would dragoon me into a lethal automaton.” Qa) “He has a job
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The Sub-Saharan area of Africa is one of the most beautiful areas of the continent‚ but also one of the most death-dealing. The region is full of disease‚ terrorism‚ and accidents‚ with little places for healthcare to treat those who are ill or injured. The International Finance Corporation‚ or IFC for short‚ is the largest multilateral shareowner for private health and education in the world. Their article‚ Health and Education in Africa argues that to fix the health crisis in the area‚ spending
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