language‚ form and structure to convey the speaker’s anger towards Sister Maude? At the start of the poem‚ a rhetorical question is used. ‘Who told my mother of my shame‚ who told my father of my dear?’ implies that the poem is written to a specific person and it gives the poem an accusing tone. This suggests that the speaker blames Sister Maude for what has happened. The use of a caesura in the first stanza also demonstrates the speaker’s anger. ‘Who but Maude‚ my sister Maude’ suggests a betrayal
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2013 Critical Review “Employee Motivation- A Powerful New Model” by Nitin Nohria‚ Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee Group 1: Ajit Shenoi (29)‚ Mandar Jha (15)‚ Nandan) Mathur (20)‚ Kshitij Varma (39)‚ Sarin Sio (33) PGDM-Communications 8/9/2013 SUMMARY The article attempts to shed light on the issue of motivating employees. The topic of motivation has been one that has intrigued thinkers thorough our history. As a result from Aristotle to Freud to finally Maslow everyone has had their
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The English colonies on the eastern coast of American can be divided into three groups‚ the North‚ the Middle Colonies and the South. They all have very different attitudes but they all came here to America to escape from the oppression back in Europe and to develop a new‚ democratic country. To establish democracy‚ they all have to face the same enemy‚ the British. Modern democracy involves the right to vote‚ check and balance‚ and an elected representative. The main reasons for development of
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Patrick Primeaux Dr. David Pulling English 1002 March 13‚ 2013 Describing Linda Pastan’s “Pass/Fail” This poem was written in a style using free verse. This means that there is no rhyming repetition and it sounds pretty much like a speech given by a person. The author of this poem‚ Linda Pastan‚ wrote this poem in 1975 to give the reader what she experienced through images. In this case‚ the images portray the worries of taking an exam and how to study. An (image) is a way to express to the
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Linda Pastan’s poem‚ “To a Daughter Leaving Home‚” begins as if a mother was telling a story from long‚ long ago‚ which adds a nostalgic tone. She uses a simple metaphor of a mother teaching her daughter to ride a bike that is very identifiable and relatable. Just as most people have been taught to ride a bike‚ they have also followed someone down the path of life in order to find their way. The reader is transported back to a time when they have either experienced being the child or the parent in
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including film‚ poetry‚ novels‚ short fiction and more. Two works studied this semester present two very different mothers that‚ despite their differences‚ share many motherly qualities. The mothers in question are from “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan and “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan. While Tan’s depiction of the mother is more strict‚ stern and disciplining‚ Pastan’s motherly figure is concerned‚ in a loving manner‚ and open to the hard changes that lie ahead. By comparing and contrasting
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A Reading of Linda Pastan’s “Pass/Fail” Often poems can be hard to read and confusing. Linda Pastan’s poem “Pass/Fail” is pretty easy to understand but it also has deep meaning. This poem can be seen as representing test anxiety and also other anxiety you have as you go through life making decisions. The effect the writer is trying to achieve is that overcoming anxieties can be hard but if you do not accept reality you will never succeed. It seems as if the writer is saying
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Linda Pastan questions ethics in her poem "Ethics" Linda Pastan questions ethics in her poem "Ethics" In Linda Pastan’s poem "Ethics‚" the speaker recounts a moral dilemma that her teacher would ask every fall‚ which has been haunting her for a long time. The question was "if there were a fire in a museum / which would you save‚ a Rembrandt painting / or an old woman who hadn’t many / years left anyhow?" and the speaker tells us through the theme that ethics and moral values can be only learned
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Love Poem: Linda Pastan Have you ever been in love? Do you even know what love is? Love is a feeling that at times can feel indescribable. It makes you do crazy things. Love makes you blind and no matter your circumstances with that person‚ if you love them you will go that extra mile for them. In this essay I will talk about the “Love Poem” by Linda Pastan. In the following paragraphs I will go in depth and break down the
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express how the roles of men and women are being reversed. Linda Pastan’s poem‚ Mark‚ is a reflection of the expectations that families did‚ and still currently have of mothers and wives. The more our world changes‚ the more we have to accommodate to what is going on. In the poem‚ it talks about the scores she received from her husband. “My husband gives me an A / for last night’s supper‚ / an incomplete for my ironing‚ / a B plus in bed (Pastan).” It is unclear what the woman’s occupation is‚ but it
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