dammed are often words that come to mind when I look at how the human race manages their water. It is through ironies like this‚ which show the true extent of damage the Earth faces. Brenda Hillman in her work Practical Water echoes this through her poems concerning the environment and its downfall. In poetry we dwell‚ but it is impossible to dwell on something whose base is crumbling. Like the polar bear on the lone ice float in the Arctic Ocean‚ we too now find ourselves desperately
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In this poem‚ the writer is making a bold and clear statement to the reader. The main element portrayed throughout the poem is repetition‚ which is used as a way to convey a message to the reader and make a statement as to why the speaker is painting their nails red. However‚ under the surface to why the reader is painting her nails red‚ lies a significant message to the reader that can be reinforced by the use of repetition. Using the word “Because” as the first word of every line‚ puts an
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Brooklyn Cop‚ by Norman MacCaig is a poem about an American policeman and the daily dangers he faces. The cop appears to be a savage yet we are later made aware of his underlying vulnerability. New York’s reputation of violence and crime leads to our awareness of the cop’s fear of not returning home to his wife. ... We are first made aware of the cop’s intimidating appearance in the first line‚ of the first stanza when MacCaig uses the simile "built like gorilla." This gives us a very negative and
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This harsh shift from a preconceived impression to a reality at which Gay forces the reader to look is found in some of Gay’s other poems as well‚ such as “The Heaven‚” where the narrator describes Heaven as not shaping up to be everything one may expect. Specific to this poem‚ however‚ is the fear of the narrator: an African-American man who is taunted by the prospect of violence. While any driver stopped by a police officer would feel a normal amount
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like least. But I do have some prefer poems‚ based on the plot of the poem. Jimmy Santiago Baca Green Chile that I prefer more‚ at the page 818 of The Norton Introduction to literature.‚ and the poem that I prefer least is Philip Larkin This be the Verse at the page 817 of The Norton Introduction to literature. First of all‚ the speaker of Green Chile‚ express his relationship with his grandmother by describing his feeling of green Chile. The theme of this poem is the love to Chile and the love to
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dehydration‚ infection‚ etc… Being that most women of that time spent most of their adult lives pregnant and having multiple births‚ this increased the likelihood of their demise. Bradstreet’s poem was soft and personal. It would seem that she was contemplating the likelihood of her dying while giving birth. The poem was addressed to her husband‚ which makes since as if she were to die‚ she would want him to know her final words and not to mention he would be raising the child alone. Being that Bradstreet
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short story "Two Kinds‚" Amy Tan explores the clash of cultures between a first-generation Chinese-American daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ and her mother‚ Suyan‚ a Chinese immigrant. Suyan is certain that Jing-mei can become a prodigy if she only tries hard enough. At first Jing-mei is eager to try‚ but she always falls short of her mother’s expectations. She decides that the prodigy in her is the girl who would steadfastly refuse to be what she is not. While the mother and daughter reveal their personality
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similarities and differences in the way the characters view being alone. First‚ in the poem‚ “The Sidewalk Racer‚” by Lillian Morrison‚ the author addresses the meaning of being alone by being the one and only single engine human automobile. She compares herself as being the driver and the wheel. The author is telling us that being alone is fun. This poem also describes her as being a skateboard. When the poem says‚ ‘I swerve‚ I curve‚ I sway‚” I imagine the author is telling me that she speeds through
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"A New Kind of Revolution" Carl N. Degler In his article "A New Kind of Revolution"‚ author Carl N. Degler explains how government institutions had evolved in colonial America before 1763‚ and how it was threatened by new English actions and Britain’s desire to re-gain control over the colonies. English policies and practices were the structure that helped shape colonial government‚ but the original policies of mother England had many differences to that of colonial policy that can be seen in
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of you know and I wanted to talk to you about a very important issue at our school. There is the problem of bullying and I would like to say something about it which will hopefully change things. Starting off with this poem I had found on the internet which is a very inspiring poem about bullying. It is called: To This Day- for the bullied and the beautiful by Shane Koyczan. _______________________________________________________________________________ When I was a kid I
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