Laura Tong 8A Poem Appreciation Essay‚ Growing Up by Michelle Williams Growing up by Michelle Williams is a poem about the hard years of teenage life. Her poems covers the types of both physical and emotional pain teenagers have to go through. I personally enjoyed this poem because it describes many problems that I am going through as a teenager and that makes me feel like the poet understands me well. Pain is a constant theme in the poem. Williams used effective
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I was successful in creating two poems relating to Korean culture. My ideas were creative even though it was similar to the poem about French Revolution. I connected the Korean culture to a major historical event in Korea. “Not Our Home” is a poem from a young Korean boy’s perspective in past tense. It describes how unfair the Japanese were to Koreans and also describes the negative emotions that existed as the Japanese went on ruling Korea. But if you read it on‚ you can see that all the Koreans
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If the psychological state that we are in can affect how we feel so much‚ it raises the question of what is happening when we do feel an emotion. Is it purely psychological‚ which correlates with it? Alternatively‚ is it that‚ unconsciously‚ we recognise the psychological state that our body is in and attribute feelings to it‚ depending on what is happening at the time? In psychology‚ emotion is often defined as a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that
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land. They are both written in first verse. “The Storm” is based in America and “Storm on the Island” is set on a small island in Britain. A main difference in these two poems are the people who are targeted: the victims of the tragedy that occurs in their respective towns. The islanders from the “Storm on the Island” poem are prepared‚ (“We are prepared: we build our houses squat”)‚ as if they were expecting the storm‚ even though “the wizened earth” had never
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"My Papa’s Waltz" is one of most popular contemporary poems written by Theodore Roethke. The poem was first published in 1942 by Heast Magazines‚ Inc. from The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. It is a poem about a boy recalling a time with his father while they share a dance of waltz. This poem consists of four quatrains written in iambic trimeter with a simple rhyme scheme. It uses imagery‚ metaphors‚ and simile to invoke a strong impression. Each image captures an emotional richness all told
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1. Paraphrase Entire Poem‚ Stanza by Stanza: I. The dad drank too much whiskey and his breath is making his son dizzy. The son is performing a drunken waltz with his dad. II. Their waltz creates such a commotion in the kitchen that pans begin to fall off the shelf. The mother appears to be disapproving of the situation. III. The father is grasping the son’s wrist. Every time the father misses a step‚ the boy’s ear scrapes along the father’s belt buckle‚ unacknowledged by the father. IV. The father
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In any Society‚ through interaction amongs differents individuals‚ people identify themselves in a certain group. For instance‚ in a classroom‚ usually each student has an unique student number‚ by accepting such a number‚ every student has a valid identification in the class and thus can conduct daily learning activities.However‚ that doesn’t mean we at the same time define ourselves or find our existence through identificaition with social groups‚ on the contrary‚ we can easily lose ourselves when
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i. Identify the images and sensory details c. Figures of Speech c.i. Analyze figurative language and other devices d. Tone and Theme d.i. Discuss how all devices reveal tone and theme II. Reading Skills and Strategies a. Look for punctuation b. Do not make a full stop at the end of a line if there is no period‚ comma‚ colon‚ semicolon‚ or dash c. If the poem is difficult to understand‚ look for the subject‚ verb‚ and complement of each sentence III. Vocabulary Terms a. Catalog Poem a.i
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POEM ANALYSIS In the poem “Monologue for an Onion” by Suji Kwock Kim‚ the onion metaphor is the centerpiece of the poem. The onion represents the poet‚ and the person she addresses (the reader assumes) is her lover. The onion metaphor is used to convey the message to this anonymous lover that she is by nature heartless and that he should stop trying to unearth a hidden core. The author is trying to dissuade her lover from further fruitless digging which only seems to cause him distress. The speaker
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I agree that there is a confusion on how to act. Though chivalry isn’t dead just rare. That this problem is not only with men but people. Chivalry should exist but with both genders. Just be decent human being regardless of gender. It’s not fair to expect everyone to uphold a certain standard that only you have. If there is a certain standard you have only keep those who are at that standard. People will be people some will just not have human decency. -Alliteration ex “Out from the marsh‚ from
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