The Great Water Giant The Great Water Giant Has finished his bath. He pulls the huge plug Out of the clouds. He roars his thunderous laugh And a wet slippery waterfall Spills out of a squelchy sky. ‘Look out below’ he seems to shout as the water Splooshes‚ splashes‚ plishes‚ ploshes‚ gushes‚siushes‚ And soaks deep into the thirsty earth. by Ian Souter Jack Frost Look out! Look out! Jack Frost is about!| He’s after our fingers and toes; And all through the night‚ The gay
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H/w Compare the ways that Checking out Me History explores the importance of identity and culture with one other poem of your choice. Agard in Checking Out Me History show is strong belief in the importance of our identity. Whereas Nagra in Singh Song doesn’t see the importance of his identity. In both poems‚ the use of language has been used to show their culture and identity. In Checking Out Me History‚ Agard writes “Dem tell me/wha dem want to tell me”. The use of non-standard english of ‘dem’
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The first poem ‘Sonnet 130’ by William Shakespeare has a humorous view on the traditional ideas of beauty. The poem is a five duplet metre with the stressed sounds starting on the second word of each line. Each line has the same amount of stressed and unstressed patterns which is very common for sonnets to make it quick and easy to read. The five duplet pattern never mimics human speech in the way a four duplet pattern does. The end of each alternating line has a distinct rhyming pattern
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Danah Bakir “Same Song” By: Pat Mora * Predictions: Based on the picture surrounding this poem‚ which is a mirror‚ I predict this poem will be about external beauty and the concept of beauty only being skin deep. Based on the title of this poem‚ I predict this poem will be about similar people’s stories and how they handle their situations in similar manners. The type of poem I think it’ll be is an observational and descriptive poem. I predict this because I think the author is going to use
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Right now‚ I’d say that most of the homogeneity appeal for Carol has faded away and been replaced by a misattribution of arousal. The cause of this is an increasing involvement of Carol in action-packed‚ gripping moments of the show and a diminishing resemblance of Carol to her audience. In season 1‚ Carol was a demure‚ middle-aged woman. She was a survivor of domestic violence‚ appealing to those who suffered be it through direct victimization‚ being a bystander‚ or knowing someone who was either
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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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Introduction Poetry has been a special genre and it is one of the many genres that remain consistent (structural means) even after being exploited for years. Looking back at the British poems in the late 80s‚ the stanzas and lines have not changed much‚ at least not the structure of it. Even until today‚ these shapes remained the same‚ although altered in position such as the use of indentation or tabulation in each line‚ alternatively. Besides‚ poetry has become a medium of communication in various
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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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Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 2 Sound Devices and Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Sound Devices A good poem can often be identified by its sound quality. 1. How do we evaluate sound quality? Poets use certain devices to create sound within a poem. We need to analyze the poem to look out for these devices‚ indicate the sound produced and evaluate its effect on the reader. 2. What do poets use to create sound within a poem? There are four main devices: • Alliteration • Assonance • Consonance
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