There’s poems online that are about roller coasters. Weird right? My Puente teacher‚ Mr. Shank‚ asked the class to compare any poem we like‚ to our experience in Puente and type it out; maximum 2 pages long. That’s our final. I thought it was going to be something else‚ like difficult‚ but apparently not. I thought about what kind of poem I want to look up online‚ till it hit me. When he asked about our experience‚ my mind played a movie of all the things I went through in Puente. There was lots
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overall perception of the speaker throughout “On the Subway”‚ written by Sharon Olds. Using descriptive language‚ the poem determines the speaker’s perception. The speaker’s fears of the stranger sitting across from her become the reader’s also by her comments and use of descriptive language. The speaker communicates the stranger’s capabilities over her life more than once in the poem. “...he looks at my fur coat‚ and I don’t know if I am in his power--he could take my coat so easily‚ my briefcase
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desolate shore before man existed. He hears the sad murmur of the sea in the shell‚ and is pleased to be back in the real world after his daydream. The tone of the poem is very calm and it is slow-paced. The mood is very morose and lonely‚ because the poet writes of a place with no humans or technology. The purpose of the poem is to tell us that nature has its own beauty‚ we should love it for the way it is. We shouldn’t ruin it in any way but rather preserve it and protect it. It has been there
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marked him from the start for a happy life. But change happened‚ He grew bloodthirsty‚ gave no more things to honor the Danes. He suffered in the end for having plagued his people for so long his life lost happiness.” This passage from the poem exists for two main reasons for which I can discover. First‚ the poet uses this story to ensure that Beowulf will stray away from Heremod’s path. The poet continues on with vague examples using figurative languages such as: “A killer stalks him
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George W. Bush September 20‚ 2011 Address to Congress On September 11‚ 2001 the American nation was shaken with news of a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Fear and panic commandeered the spirits of American citizens as they awaited to hear if their loved one had perished‚ if another attack had been planned for somewhere else in the United States‚ and how their nation would rise from the ashes to face another tomorrow. Not only had their nation been attacked‚ but
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The Title to this poem ’At Sea ’ is a neutral title and doesn ’t give away a lot of the meaning to the poem. It doesn ’t necessarily commit to anything specific; it ’s just a statement. This is just like the poem. Armitage hasn ’t completely stated what the poem is about‚ there is nothing to say that it is definitely describing someone/something ’At Sea ’. However‚ there are small links that suggest the ’Sea ’ is being used metaphorically. I think that the summary of this poem is the story of a
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and sound. Joy Harjo uses figurative language to relay the message of the poem. “Remember the suns birth at dawn.” (L4) This personification is saying not to forget how the sun rises. It also means don’t take for granted that you have another day to live and express yourself. “Remember the plants‚ trees‚ animal life who all have their tribes‚ families‚ their histories. Talk to them‚ listen to them. They are alive poems.” (L14-16) This personification says to remember mother nature because without
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Chapter III began with Victor Frankenstein declaring his sole occupation in life to be the study of natural philosophy‚ particularly chemistry. M. Waldman makes Victor his most cherished student and helps him by accelerating his education. Laboratory work was what fascinated Victor the most. He would even stay there for days‚ occupied with work. His skills fascinated both M. Waldman and other students. His captivation of science was so strong‚ that he went two years without once visiting his family
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but in reality they got very home sick. These guys and sometimes women were on the sea for years. No family on the ship just a bunch of guys for a couple years raiding and killing. In the Exeter Book‚ there are two very prevalent themes of three poems; The Seafarer‚ The Wanderer‚ and The Wife’s Lament; sadness and suffering. In The Seafarer‚
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The great German Lieder use the versatility of a piano and beauty of a poem to set an intimate mood for its audience. Scenes the poem paint are the crux of the lied. Supernatural elements injected into the verses bring the power of the unknown; that is what makes Schubert’s "Erlkönig" stirring. The German poem by Goethe opens with a father clutching his feverish child‚ riding through a windy night. But the child sees a forest spirit‚ the Erlking‚ beckoning him to death. His father tries to placate
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