The Great Chestnut Tree Smells of fresh blossoming flowers wafted through the forest with the breeze and subtle warmth of spring. The great chestnut tree had grown new foliage along with the budding pods of chestnuts among them. Whistles and nibble noises could be heard inside of the hollow in the great chestnut tree’s trunk and the scrabbles of tiny claws could be felt on the floor of the hollow. Rustles were heard all over the forest‚ full of animals and insects enjoying the spring warmth
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motor. It was six in the morning when the church bus left with all the church band members. The morning was still dark and cold. We have planned this band trip to Colorado for a while now. Everyone was excited for the eleven hour drive. At about five in the morning everyone has started meeting up at church. Blankets around our bodies‚ boots and warm slippers on our feet‚ and drowsy eyes‚ but we were ready for this trip. I remember that it was very chilly‚ dark‚ autumn morning. Everyone packed extraordinarily
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“The Wild Swans at Coole” Summary With the trees “in their autumn beauty‚” the speaker walks down the dry woodland paths to the water‚ which mirrors the still October twilight of the sky. Upon the water float “nine-and-fifty swans.” The speaker says that nineteen years have passed since he first came to the water and counted the swans; that first time‚ before he had “well finished‚” he saw the swans mount up into the sky and scatter‚ “whelling in great broken rings / Upon their clamorous
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moths; they do not excite that pleasant sense of dark autumn nights and ivy-blossom which the commonest yel- low-underwing asleep in the shadow of the curtain never fails to rouse in us. They are hybrid creatures‚ neither gay like butterflies nor somber like their own species. Nevertheless the present specimen‚ with his narrow hay-colored wings‚ fringed with a tassel of the same color‚ seemed to be content with life. It was a pleasant morning‚ mid-September‚ mild‚ benignant‚ yet with a keener breath
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This essay attempts to compare and contrast five different poems written by five different authors both contemporary and heritage poems. The contemporary authors include: Seamus Heaney‚ Kathleen Jane and Grace Nichols the heritage writers are W.B.Yeats and William Blake. I will be discussing the different styles ideas and themes and also their similarities. The first poem I am discussing is ‘The Blackbird of Glanmore’ which is a contemporary poem written by Seamus Heaney. In this poem‚ Heaney uses
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Yeats explores the tension between the real world and the ideal world in many of his poems. The natural world‚ rich with the peaceful sounds of honey-bees and ‘linnet’s wings’‚ is compared to the greyness of city life. He contrasts the heroic idealism of the patriots who died for Ireland with the drab merchant class who ‘add the halfpence to the pence.’ Elsewhere his poetry is alive with the tension between the feverish mortal life of ‘fish‚ flesh and foul’ and the desire for immortality. In his
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contrast it was hard for me in getting used to the cold weather of Chicago. In fact‚ the difference between Oran and Chicago is evident in weather‚ beauty‚ movement and food. First‚ the weather of Oran is often beautiful and mild. In autumn‚ when we are on our way to school‚ the wind blows softly and rapidly as if its spirit is pushing me to be on time. When going
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theme of the story is overtime everything changes. The theme relates to the real world because no matter what we do things are going to change. It is inevitable. People change from year to year‚ day to day‚ hour to hour. People go from tired in the morning to completely energized by the end of the day. So‚ it relates to the real world because things do not only change over time in the story‚ over time everything changes in people’s day to day life.
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when we live through our old age. Old people should be more relaxing and comforting. They have already grown tired of love. The peak of their lives is over. The spring and summer of their lives have passed and what is left for them is the peaceful autumn before the arrival of the harsh winter (death). When we grow old‚ we become "richer". Not richer in material possessions but richer in experience. We would have lived through the trials and tribulations of life. We might have faced hardships along
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Sonja Lea Ms. Hunt AP Language Composition P.1 15 September 2010 A Most Beautiful World Once in a great while a person may have the chance to experience beauty so great that it seems to be of another world. There is such a place‚ a large clearing within a dense green forest. The edges of the clearing are shady and cool‚ but within the open field‚ the sun shines brightly‚ creating warmth. The open center of the clearing offers a view of a clear view sky‚ dotted with light‚ smooth‚ soft clouds. It’s
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