In the poem‚ ”Fast Break”‚ Edward Hirsch uses figurative language to create an imagery poem using vivid language and similes to display Dennis turner’s love for the game of basketball. The poet uses vivid language to help you visualize a fast break Dennis had experienced when he played basketball. “Scissoring past a flat-footed defender” (l.10) the poets trying to imply the man was standing at a stand-still and that’s how the man cut around him so quickly. While the power-forward explodes past
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“The Language of the Brag”: Sharon Olds’s Poem on Female Accomplishments Defining what it is to be a woman‚ Sharon Olds’s poem “The Language of the Brag” examines where the achievements of women fall along the accomplishments of men. Capturing both my personal interest and intrigue‚ Olds uses graphic imagery in a poem that connects to the values of womanhood. Showing the transitions of a woman’s place in society through metaphoric conventions‚ Olds exhibits her pride in being a woman‚ a pride all
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Incidents’ and Half-Caste’‚ language is shown to be very important. Both Agard and Leonard‚ use a variety of language styles‚ underneath the surface of the poem. Studying it very closely‚ you can see many similarities and differences and you start to see there perspective of life and the dramatic monologue that portrays the importance of language. Cultural and ethnic background is expressed through their language; to show that there culture is very important to them. The language helps to bring out the
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Structure and language Structure Quickdraw has four stanzas of four lines each‚ two of which are joined by enjambment‚ where one line carries on into the next. There is no rhyme scheme or regular rhythm. The poem is largely written in free verse. Language Quickdraw plays on imagery associated with western (cowboy) films‚ as the title suggests. "Gunslingers" is a term used in the western to describe those who fight with guns‚ often shooting from the hip. The poem starts by replacing weapons
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words‚ to provide the particular kind of fenestration through which the reader is able to catch glimpses of larger implications of the world. Compared with his contemporaries‚ for instance‚ Faulkner‚ Hemingway deliberately avoids elaborations of technique through which the modernists chose to present the complexity and disjunctions of modern experience and loss of value in their interpretation. There can be found little in his works in the way of those large presentational strategies by which they
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discuss two Dawe poems and use ‘The Last Stop’ as a related text. Landscapes are diverse and therefore can provide opportunities to reflect on human condition. Basically the landscapes are all visible features of an area and have the ability to create memories or future events. Landscapes are the backdrop to all of lifes experiences and can essentially reflect upon the experiences of being human in a social‚ cultural and personal context. The poems Enter Without so much as Knocking and Homecoming which were written
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well-organized essay in which you contrast the speakers’ views of Helen. In the poems‚ "Helen"‚ and "To Helen"‚ by H.D. and Edgar Allan Poe‚ both authors portray their contrasting views of Helen of Troy. In these poems‚ both authors acknowledge Helen’s physical beauty‚ a quality that she is known for in the ancient world. However‚ this proves to be the only comparison between these two perceptions. Based on Poe’s poem‚ it appears his view is coming from a loving‚ and tender place. He admires
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In Harold Pinter ’s "The Homecoming" one of the important themes is power. Many of the characters try to exert power. Many of the characters try to exert power over others through various means such as sexuality and intelligence. The use of violence within the household is believed by the men to be the most important tool of power. However‚ when Ruth‚ the only woman in the play‚ enters‚ she appears to defeat the men ’s power‚ but not with violence. Her sexuality and apparent intelligence become part
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Tina Bruce Tina Bruce is known as a ‘Social learning theorist’ whose work has been greatly influenced by theorist Fredich Froebel. Bruce originally trained and worked as a teacher at the Froebel Institute and then went on to become Head of the Froebel nursery school. Throughout her time Bruce has become an acclaimed figure within childhood education writing many well known articles and was subsequently awarded a CBE for her services to early childhood education in 2009. (4) Tina Bruce bases
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to be the best; a man with ambition; a man who refused to lose; a man called Bruce Lee. Even now‚ after all these years‚ we still remember this name‚ and join the passion of this master’s soul. We can say that his spirit is not dead. His name has been linked in people’s words‚ and his image has been etched in people’s minds. From the hills and shores‚ we still listen to Bruce Lee’s battle call. Childhood Bruce Lee was born on the 27th of November‚ 1940 (the Chinese year of the Dragon)
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