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    English 11H Period 4  27 January 2015  Poems by Langston Hughes  I Dream a World  1. Main idea of the poem?  The main intentions of the poem are presenting a world where blacks are equal to whites.  Langston Hughes wants a world that is fair‚ without the discriminations or segregations by  society’s norms.   2. Tone?   The tone of the poem is filled with hope but also skepticism. The poem rhymes and is very  easy to read. The rhymes give off a very light feel throughout the lines. As the poem  progresses‚ you fee

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    In his blog post‚ Sean Patrick Hughes discusses his concern over the election by arguing that a Donald Trump presidency could be a significant barrier to the fight against division in our country. He begins his post by clearing articulating where his view is coming from; he is not a “safe space‚ social crusader‚” but rather identifies as “someone with conservative values” who loves God‚ his family‚ and his guns. The first paragraph is entirely dedicated to establishing ethos because he understands

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    Ted Hughes is a renowned‚ restrained poet for his ability to be intricate‚ and his concealment of emotion in insignificant forms of life. In the poem‚ Thistles‚ Hughes personalizes Thistles; such trivial plant‚ to successfully evoke the lives of human beings‚ while emphasizing nature’s dominance over men. The poem also deals with the idea of history being repeated in a cycle‚ the dead being "resurrected". Such complex ideas are effectively conveyed through language techniques‚ diction and versification

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    In “Dreams” by Langston Hughes‚ metaphors help convey the meaning of the poem and add to the power of it. He starts off in the imperative mood‚ telling people to hold on to their dreams (line 1). The use of the phrase “hold fast” in connection with the word “dreams” shows that Hughes is using the word “dream” to mean hope and will-power for the future—not the kind of event that takes place in the mind when we are sleeping. Then‚ he transitions to the conditional (“if”) of a dream being lost (line

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    In “To Paint A Water Lily” by Ted Hughes‚ a speaker contrasts the overwhelming amount of action and the stillness in a pond to illustrate the countless parts in nature that is difficult to capture as a whole. The speaker speaks for each aspect of the pond that is eventually put together as a whole in a painting to raise awareness of the chaotic side of nature that is usually left unnoticed. The poem begins with a serene image as the “green level of lily leaves / Roofs the pond’s chamber and paves”

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    Through looking at the Crow and its connotations and implications‚ Hughes has created an image of this sinister animal that challenges one’s innate mistrust of the bird through presenting the crow’s own point of view. This evokes both empathy and sympathy in the reader by posing questions which induce consideration of an alternate standpoint as well as a feeling of helplessness and vulnerability. This vulnerability is denoted firstly by the title: ‘Crow’ has lost his ‘nerve’‚ leaving him devoid

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    Through confessional poems “Your Paris and “Sam”‚ Hughes offers a conflict perspective on Plath‚ persuading the reader that he was a victim of the marriage‚ suffering under Plath’s manipulative nature and mental instability. Your Paris Deals with appearance and reality and the truth that lies beneath the surface‚ however it is subjective as it is from the point of view of hughes He explains how we unconsciously transform reality in order to hide from the truth The poem acts as a representation

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    compelling pieces‚ particularly in recognition of World War I. (PP #2 – Ted Hughes) Ted Hughes was an English Poet‚ famously known for his marriage to fellow poet Sylvia Plath. His poems remained as complex and intricate as his tangled personal life. The work of Ted Hughes belongs to the post-modern period‚ as he was born in 1930 and died in 1998. Arguably one of the greatest poets of his generation‚ Hughespoems cover a broad range of themes and subject matter revolving around nature‚ human

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    Pondering the future is not an unusual characteristic to have. It is natural to try to figure out what will happen to someone and why. This allows one to consider the realisticness of a dream and what will happen if it isn’t achieved. In Langston Hughespoem “Harlem”‚ the speaker wonders about his “deferred dreams”. He wants to know if not pursuing his dream will cause regret later in life‚ and I wonder that as well. I want to know what the consequences are for not reaching my goals in life‚ but at

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    The poems ‘Esther’s Tomcat’ by Ted Hughes and ‘The Cat And The Moon’ by W.B.Yeates share many similarities and contrasts. The main communality is that of the subject of the poems. They are both about cats. However the cats have many contrasting qualities to one another. Both the poems are in first person narrative. This makes the reader feel like the story of the poem is told directly to them‚ which involves them emotionally. However they vary in that of structure. Their structures are based on the

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