and sound. Joy Harjo uses figurative language to relay the message of the poem. “Remember the suns birth at dawn.” (L4) This personification is saying not to forget how the sun rises. It also means don’t take for granted that you have another day to live and express yourself. “Remember the plants‚ trees‚ animal life who all have their tribes‚ families‚ their histories. Talk to them‚ listen to them. They are alive poems.” (L14-16) This personification says to remember mother nature because without
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The poem‚ We Wear the Mask‚ was a beautiful poem. Many people can relate to having to hide their true feelings. I am one of those people. In lines 10 and 11‚ Dunbar says‚ “We smile‚ but‚ O great Christ‚ our cries to thee from tortured souls arise.” To me‚ this was these lines really hit home the most. I can relate to feeling like I have no one to go to with my true feelings‚ except for Christ. He is the only person I know that will always be there for me no matter what the circumstance and I know
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but in reality they got very home sick. These guys and sometimes women were on the sea for years. No family on the ship just a bunch of guys for a couple years raiding and killing. In the Exeter Book‚ there are two very prevalent themes of three poems; The Seafarer‚ The Wanderer‚ and The Wife’s Lament; sadness and suffering. In The Seafarer‚
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The great German Lieder use the versatility of a piano and beauty of a poem to set an intimate mood for its audience. Scenes the poem paint are the crux of the lied. Supernatural elements injected into the verses bring the power of the unknown; that is what makes Schubert’s "Erlkönig" stirring. The German poem by Goethe opens with a father clutching his feverish child‚ riding through a windy night. But the child sees a forest spirit‚ the Erlking‚ beckoning him to death. His father tries to placate
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Many famous poets such as Robert Frost and William Shakespeare wrote about love whether it is tragic‚ cheerful‚ or indifferent. Poetry is a way to express emotions with art forms such as allusions‚ imagery‚ and personification. In this particular case‚ love is the common subject poets write about. Although love is most associated with happiness and lustful feelings‚ it can also fade away‚ be hurtful‚ and sacrificial. In “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd‚” a nymph is a fairy‚ a character that
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The Standard Oil Company of California(Socal) is trying to determine how much to bid on the Gulf Oil Corporation. George Keller‚ the CEO of Socal‚ would need to borrow 14 billion dollars in order to make a substantial bid. While banks are willing to lend the money because of Socal’s low to debt ratio‚ the loan would put the company in a highly leveraged position. In order to alleviate that debt‚ some of Gulf’s assets could be sold. Keller has to consider the value of Gulf’s exploration and development
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In these two poems‚ Cheng expresses worries about the way people neglect the importance of the environment and how the progress of industrialization is insuppressible‚ not even nature is spared. “Report to Wordsworth” is a negative view on mankind’s harm to nature‚ the causes and results of pollution; it was written with a tone of desperation and Cheng’s attempt to seek help from Wordsworth to inform him about the problem with the world today. “The Planners” highlights the importance of preserving
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may backfire and hurt us. It’s a fear that comes naturally because we all know that we are too trivial to gain control over the world. In the poem “The Story”‚ Karen Conelly examined the confrontation between insignificance and vastness and conveyed the idea that human’s deepest fear is the fear of being consumed by things he does voluntarily. The poem is highly metaphorical and symbolic. The story‚ on the surface‚ really is about swimming in the ocean alone. However‚ as we readers examine further
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death Onomatopoeia “BOOM” This is an onomatopoeia because it imitates the sound of a gunshot. This helps the poem become more lively and interesting by this use of onomatopoeia as you can hear the gunshot which correlates with death. Furthermore‚ this bluntly states the theme which is that drugs kill people and helps the theme become more impactful. This also helps set the mood of the poem which would be frightful as when you hear the “BOOM” you will imagine a gun shot. Allusion Explicit “Drugs
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The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone The gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is only getting worse doing a great deal of damage to the U.S. economy. The issue in the Gulf of Mexico is the dead zone that has started occurring since 1972 and is only increasing in size. The Gulf of Mexico supplies the U.S. with 72% of their income shrimp 66% of oysters and 16% of fish (Philpott‚ 2013). If the dead zone does not decrease in size fisherman and costal workers will be largely impacted
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