Eric Fykerud May 3‚ 2013 Period 2 9th Grade Poetry Book Report Blackberry picking theme analysis: In the poem Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney‚ he describes the action of picking blackberries during the summer. This poem has many themes infused within the poem. However some stand out more than others. greed‚ mortality‚ and disappointment. First he describes greed the over excessive amount of berries that they would pick. “We trekked and picked until cans ere full”. The kids
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outcasts however she is just as much as an outcast as the other 3 as she is the only woman on the farm and she isn’t capable of working with the others. She only has more mental power over the farm as she is married to Curley so she is the boss’s son’s wife so she can get anyone fired on the farm if she feels threatened by them. However she is not treated any better by anyone on the farm as she is a woman. Appearance: - “She had full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up. Her fingernails
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“The River merchant’s wife : A letter”displays many examples of growing up or maturing. Some display a significant advancement in maturity‚ and other examples show more minor advancement of maturity. What it means to grow up in “ The Rivers Merchant’s wife: A letter” is the gradual advancement of becoming comfortable in what has been handed to someone‚ and learning to accept responsibility for choices made in life and the backlash of those choices. Being able to tackle what has been handed to you
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is a gay in front of the eyes of God‚ that it’s something not natural‚ how shameful is be having a homosexual person in the family. Moreover‚ Cuban culture is extremely chauvinist. Being a “macho” is important. A man is the one that has kids and a wife. All the commentaries of families and friends are the ones that she listens. Having a gay son is a terrible stigma for her‚ is like having a curse in the family. It is sad that those comments are stronger and don’t allow her see the reality of her
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Colin Roy English 2401-001 Close Reading Assignment #1 2.10.2013 The poem “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue‚” by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ is a very unique and interesting piece of dramatic poetry. It is certainly considered dramatic poetry due to its lack of focus on God‚ nature‚ and the universe‚ which would classify it as epic poetry‚ and its lack of musical or emotional connection to the reader‚ which would classify it as lyric poetry. Instead‚ it is a narrative piece with both rhythm and imagery
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The Ecstasy : John Donne - Summary and Critical Analysis The poem "The Ecstasy" is one of John Donne’s most popular poems‚ which expresses his unique and unconventional ideas about love. It expounds the theme that pure‚ spiritual or real love can exist only in the bond of souls established by the bodies. For Donne‚ true love only exists when both bodies and souls are inextricably united. Donne criticizes the platonic lover who excludes the body and emphasizes the soul. The fusion of body
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characters. One character that stood out was the only female in the whole story‚ the only person that would be wondering out and about‚ and the only person that people would assume stuff about. That character was Curley’s wife and boy was she the loneliest in the story! When Curley’s wife was first mentioned in the book it was hard to understand who she was or what was the reason in which she would always want to talk to the men. The men in the book would assume she was promiscuous and say she was a “tart
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South‚ the turn of the century saw blacks reestablishing their identity in America. On the other hand‚ Cullen is marveling about why a God who is good could be so cruel to give a black poet the ability to “sing” in a world that ignores them. In this poem Cullen has
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an effective poem should include a location‚ images‚ similes‚ or metaphor because that you need to show what you are trying to explain in the poem. We use imagery to expose more about the landscape or scene. I do believe that my writing has changed during this semester. In my third poem‚ I explained the natural side of ancestry and it was nice to challenge myself to find out humans and birds have in common or differences. I learned that it is in your best interest to read your poems out loud to help
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your response to the poem. Suggest one or two activities that you might ask form 5 Malysian students to do in connection with the poem. The poem is about the persona is reminiscing her childhood memories. It describes the persona’s “Peranakan” household during the monsoon season. In the “Monsoon History”‚ the lines are arranged in a particular way to create effect and the choice of words that the poet is focused on engaging the audience to interact with the poem.
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