piece written by American vocalist‚ Kurt Elling‚ and features Theodore Roethke’s 1954 poem of the same title. Released in 2007 on the album Nightmoves‚ Elling uses musical techniques to enhance the message of Roethke’s poem. However‚ in order to understand the reasoning behind the devices Elling has used‚ the meaning of Roethke’s poem must first be discussed. Roethke wrote ‘The Waking’ after a series of intense poems such as ‘Praise to the End!’ and in it he describes the process of enlightenment through
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“The Road not Taken” is an analogy discussing about a person who made an important‚ but irreversible decision of life in the past. The poem symbolizes how that person (the speaker) chose the risky decision that has a large impact in that person’s life. In fact‚ later the person feel uncertain if the decision was right. The “yellow wood” depicts the condition of carefulness and privacy. The decision that the speaker made particularly talks about a long-term private life decision. The speaker uses
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not a precise speaker of this poem‚ which I sometimes enjoy but for this poem I feel like there should have a been a definite speaker. I found this poem to be rather a sad and depressing. The way the speaker describes this beautiful “girlchild” (1) is with such admiration and articulation. The speaker describes her as “healthy‚ tested intelligent / … strong arms and back / abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.” (7-9) It almost seems as if the speaker of this poem is someone who is admiring this
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"Thief" In the poem "Thief‚" the author talks about how quickly time goes by and reflects on the girl she used to be‚ the girl she is now‚ and her plans for the future. In the troubled yet bright poem "Thief‚" the author claims that time goes by quickly‚ and people change with time. This message is conveyed through the use of repetition‚ imagery‚ and similes. Throughout the poem‚ the repetition of "Three more years" demonstrates that the author will begin a new chapter in her life in
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you’re an athlete‚ you know how important your gym bag is. It has all your essentials. For a runner‚ those essentials include your uniform‚ a drink with electrolytes like Gatorade‚ snack food‚ a garbage bag in case of rain‚ and your spikes - a pair of light shoes with metal points screwed into the soles to grip the ground as you run. The morning of the big meet at Michigan State University‚ I was rushing after a late breakfast and shower to my spike bag‚ back and forth around the house‚ putting things
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The concept of body image and fear are shown to be intricately linked in my readings. Body image is defined as how someone sees themselves in the mirror and what attitude they hold towards their body. However‚ concepts of body image can be influenced by societal norms like how big women are seen as nurturing‚ with a love of food‚ and a dislike of exercising. Still both women and men worry about if they have a desirable body image in their society this correlates to their level of self-confidence
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Brown Paper Bag Speech “Dream as if you’ll live forever‚ live as if you’ll die today.” I chose to put this quote on my paper bag because it is a quote that I believe everyone should live by‚ and it is also my life’s motto. I also chose to decorate this bag with fall leafs for two reasons. One‚ because fall begins on September 22nd‚ and two‚ fall is one of my favorite seasons. Now I will show you a few things that both describe me and are most important to me. The first thing I chose to
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“The Decorated Body” is a short read about how societies across the world choose to decorate their bodies‚ as the title says. It also deals with the taboo some cultures place on nakedness‚ and how that negatively affects people. In “The Decorated Body‚” body modifications from around the world are explored. The first body modification to discuss is the tight swaddling of western children in the nineteenth-century. This was to keep the babies limbs straight‚ but it is now considered unsafe to swaddle
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In this poem‚ Blake is trying to dispel the myth of grandeur and glory associated with London and to show the ’real’ people of London and how they felt. London was seen and portrayed as a powerful and wonderful city where the wealthy lived and socialised. However‚ Blake knew that London was really a dirty‚ depressing and poverty-stricken city filled with slums and the homeless and chronically sick. To reveal the truth‚ Blake combines description of people and places with the thoughts and emotions
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Charging for Plastic Bags Nowadays‚ many billions of plastic bags have been using every year‚ and it seems to be increased more and more. According to Noland (2013)‚ in the UK‚ the number of plastic has risen up to 5.4% in 2010 to 2011. Another statistic illustrates that 90 percent of plastic bags do not be reused or recycled (Bobby‚ 2013). This shows that people do not care much about the effect of plastic bags. Therefore‚ the government should intervene to solve this problem: to introduce a charge
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