they deal with it in a positive‚ natural perspective‚ other times‚ they deal with it by self-harm. I‚ on the other hand‚ deal with it with poetry. It was a normal ordeal at school. Everyone laughing‚ smiling‚ just being happy. They don’t see how well they have it while the outsiders are sitting around‚ waiting for someone to understand them. I was sitting there‚ but I wasn’t there. I was in my own land of creativity where I can be anyone and be anywhere. Today‚ I chose the life of a star athlete
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Miguel Lopez Professor Warren English 102 13 October 2012 Analysis of some Poems of “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair” Neftali Ricardo Reyes Eliecer Basoalto‚ better known as Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet‚ considered one of the best and most influential artists of the century‚ "the greatest poet of the twentieth century in any language" (García Márquez). He was also a prominent political activist; member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party‚ candidate for the presidency
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readers. The stories in the New Testament and the Poem of the Cid each had a particular impact on the audience in the time period for which they were written due to the writing style of the authors. Each work provides a written history of a topic important to the readers many years after the events occurred: Matthew and the author of Acts recorded the story of Jesus and his early ministry as it would impact the First century C.E; and the long-sung Poem of the Cid was recorded to act as a model or example
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In the poem‚ “Sympathy”‚ the author uses a slightly abbreviated version of the first line at the end of each stanza to show repetition and purpose. For example‚ in the last stanza the author says “I know why the caged bird sings‚ ah me” and ends with “I know why the caged bird sings” to show that the author not only understands why the bird does what he does but also that the author resonates with the bird emotionally (Lines 15‚ 21). In this instance‚ the author is describing the birds cries for
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Wilfred Owens’s poetry evokes the obscene horrors of war. Discuss with close reference to Mental Cases and at least one other poem studied. War is brutal and impersonal. It mocks the fantasy of individual heroism and the absurdity of utopian goals like democracy. The horrific post traumatic stresses are graphically exposed. In Mental Cases and Disabled by Wilfred Owen. They both expose a chronicle of the debilitating stages of post war traumatism; this is achieved through the employment of various
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Louis MacNiece’s poem‚ The Cyclist‚ is split into three stanzas‚ each of which has its own ideas/themes. The poem speaks of a cyclist biking on a hot summer’s day and it looks at the characteristics of a typical summer’s day. The poet looks at the theme of freedom as well as the swiftness and short-lived joy of youth. The cyclist is depicted as cycling quickly and freely. The opening word‚ freewheeling‚ highlights the theme of freedom and speed which recurs throughout the poem. The phrase “unpassing
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Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” creates strong impressions in the reader by the uses of tone‚ metaphors‚ and images. As we learned on Professor’s Minassian Podcast featured on “Eye on Literature” dated January 26‚ 2007‚ Langston Hughes “was born on February 12th 1902 in Joplin‚ Missouri. He published his first poem “Negro speaks of Rivers” in 1921. Hughes became a prominent writer during the Harlem Renaissance.” Today I intend to discuss the use of tone‚ metaphors‚ and images in the poem entitled "Harlem"
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instance in which emotions can get the best of a person’s actions or decision making that I can think of is sports. In sports emotions can be both a positive and a negative when it comes to affecting decisions. Sometimes if the game is close‚ and emotions are high it can lead you to make a good‚ quick‚ muscle-memory like play that would be near impossible to complete if you just stepped on the field. Although at other times you let the emotions of a game get to you‚ and get inside of your head which causes
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Describe how crisis is shown in one poem The significance of crisis‚ and often more interestingly‚ the reaction of crisis is fundamental in many poems written by Auden. Crisis is depicted in O What Is That Sound as a major event‚ with panic and the unknown reaching a climax in the last stanzas. The structure of the poem is chronological‚ with the reader experiencing the events with the characters. The inevitable of the soldiers coming is known from the beginning of the poem by the one of the characters;
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Throughout the poem “The Fly” by Karl Shapiro‚ each stanza ends in an A-B-B-A rhyme scheme. The author begins by describing the life of the fly‚ then switches to describing the death of the fly. Each stanza contains many gruesome and negative words. Karl Shapiro uses word choice and mood to convey the theme that by judging too soon and making brisk decisions can lead to regret. In the first three stanzas‚ Karl Shapiro starts off by grotesquely judging the life of the fly. He does this by using the
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