POETRY – Poems about Love DIRECTIONS: Discuss the attitude/tone of the poem and the theme in your small groups. Afterward‚ write down your conclusions regarding the tone and theme of poems about a similar subject. |“The Quiet World” |“Flirtation” |“Song: To Celia |“love is more thicker than forget” |“Neutral Tones” | | |
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“Shiloh” was written by Bobbie Ann Mason in 1982. The center of attraction of this narrative is a married couple‚ Leroy Moffitt and his wife‚ Norma Jean. During this story the characters are affected by their changing social rural Kentucky environment. In this time period‚ Kentucky transforms to a more suburb environment from their usual rural surroundings. Apart from their marriage changing with their social environment‚ so does their role of gender. Leroy and Norma Jean swaps traditional gender
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At the beginning of a Christmas Carol a greedy old man hated Christmas‚ but at the end he changes ways when he is shown his future. In class we read the play version of a Christmas Carol and listened to the audio version of the book. A Christmas Carol is about a greedy old man named scrooge. He is rude and hate Christmas. He is soon visited by three spirits‚ the ghost of Christmas past‚ present‚ and future. In his future Scrooge’s life is horrible and he dies all alone and nobody cares‚ in fact people
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Deanna Graves AP Literature Period 3 Ms. Guy October 4‚ 2010 The Street In the novel The Street by Ann Petry‚ there is an antagonist relationship between the main character‚ Ludie Johnson‚ and the wind that is terrorizing the city. Petry establishes the wind as an antagonist in the novel to show how the environment is affecting the daily lives of the residents of 116th Street by use of literary devices. The conflict with the wind is a daily occurrence in which every resident of 116th Street
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How to Write a Poem Analysis No matter how long or complicated the poem‚ the first steps are the same: 1. Read the poem on your own looking for general understanding. 2. Read it again to do the same thing. This time‚ start jotting down ideas. 3. Read it aloud (you will more easily hear meter‚ rhythm‚ rhyme‚ and the meaning may become more clear). 4. Go through the poem‚ line by line‚ and make notes all over it. This should help lead you to conclusions about the poem’s: a. Theme(s) and Tone. b.
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Ann Hamilton was born in 1956‚ Lima‚ OH‚ and received her BFA in textile design from the University of Kansas in 1979. She then received her MFA in sculpture from the Yale School of Art in 1985.[ “Biography”‚ Ann Hamilton‚ Accessed May 9‚2016‚http://www.annhamiltonstudio.com/biography.html‚ pg 1 ] When she went to Yale School of Art for sculpture‚ she was a source of humor for her department head who asked her at her interview if she was done with “this weaving stuff” and laughed. Hamilton’s main
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The novel‚ A Christmas Carol‚ uses the supernatural to change a man’s view over life dramatically. Scrooge seemed to be a pleasant man up until his business partner died. Scrooge and Jacob Marley owned somewhat of a large business that consisted of a counting house. Jacob Marley died on a Christmas eve which reminds Scrooge of his death every Christmas. Although Scrooge’s attitude couldn’t be changed by the average person‚ it would require a few ghosts to “save” him. Charles Dickens shows within
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DaVon Davis English 110 Poem Analysis Air and Angels Poem Analysis John Donne ’s poetry is a product of the Shakespearean times the English were under. Both born with a taste of wealth then having it deplete with age seems to be a common trend within the times. 1589 is the presumed year Shakespeare began to write and publish his works. Four years later in 1593‚ Donne ’s younger brother died in prison due to a fever after being arrested for providing sanctuary for a Catholic priest. This caused
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change your mind on the decisions you are making? The authors changes the character’s feelings to demonstrate how a character and how people can change over time. In the stories "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"‚ "Thank you M’am"‚ and "the Christmas Carol". The author can use the changing in character in a variety of ways‚ the author creates a change in writing by changing the characters in the story. The Grinch shows how people can change over time in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". The Narrator
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Why did I survive? . . . Scriscratch. Star. Scriscratch. Star. Scratchstatchscratchsratch. Bar. Why write “bar” on the bar symbol? It’s obvious: Shaped like a bar. Scriscratch. Itchy neck. What lottery to play next? So many themes! Tropical? Had potential. Gold? Too broad. Fourth of July? No longer relevant. So many tickets. No end in sight. Must keep out of sight. No end. But end of days. Keep on playing. Scriscratch. Itchy stomach. Underwater theme. Been a long time since water. Can’t remember
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