Close Reading of a Poem Maria Clinton ENG 125 May 31‚ 2011 Tiffany Griffin-Minor Close Reading of a Poem ON THE AMTRAK FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK CITY: BY SHERMAN ALEXIE On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City is an emotionally provocative poem by the Native American Indian writer‚ Sherman Alexie. It describes a train journey from Boston to New York City in which an elderly white woman excitedly points out historical sites to her fellow passenger‚ a younger Native American Indian. The poem
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You Ken Tan Christopher Hennessy LI 208 U.S. Multicultural Literature 26 Feb 2013 Passing: An Analysis and Close reading Nella Larsen’s Passing is a story about the tragedy of an African American woman‚ Clare Kendry‚ who tried to “pass” in the white American community. However‚ while she passes as white‚ she constantly seeks comfort from her friend Irene Redfield who is a representation of the African American community. Gradually‚ Clare has become the double image of Irene‚ due to the similarities
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Frankenstein Close Reading This passage‚ the paragraph located at the bottom of page 138‚ and bleeds over onto page 139‚ comes from the part of the novel in which Victor Frankenstein is almost home from his ordeals in Ireland. While in Ireland‚ Victor promised to make a female companion for his Creature‚ but then throws his work into the sea‚ as he realizes that he does not actually want to create this second being because of the chaos it may cause. Enraged by this‚ the monster murdered Victor’s
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Douglass vs. Angelou Essay Frederick Douglass was a newspaper editor‚ lecturer‚ United States minister to Haiti‚ and a very successful writer despite living a childhood of slavery. In the essay by Frederick Douglass‚ Learning to Read and Write‚ Douglass describes his personal experiences as a young black slave during the 1800’s. Similarly‚ in another essay by Maya Angelou‚ Graduation‚ Angelou describes her experiences as a black girl in the 1960’s. Both authors bring out the challenges as a child
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Neither Langston Hughes nor Maya Angelou were just poets in the world of the twentieth century but instead heroes and leaders who showed the world that race wasn ’t what made you but whom you are instead. Though both grew up during times and events in the world‚ both have similar ideas while also different. Though both poets were put down by society‚ neither let what people said get to them. Both instead wrote poems about how what people say doesn ’t matter. Maya told those people that despite what
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The Raven: A Close Reading The entire poem including the first stanza‚ as scanned here‚ is octametre with mostly trochaic feet and some iams. The use of a longer line enables the poem to be more of a narration of the evening’s events. Also‚ it enables Poe to use internal rhymes as shown in bold. The internal rhyme occurs in the first and third lines of each stanza. As one reads the poem you begin to expect the next rhyme pushing you along. The external rhyme of the "or" sound in Lenore and nevermore
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Questions for Close Reading (p. 435) 1. The thesis is clearly stated in the first sentence of paragraph 4: “We believe in Type A—a triumph for a notion with no particular scientific validity.” Prior to paragraph 4‚ Gleick illustrates the cultural pervasiveness of the Type A category and traces its identification to Friedman and Rosenman’s studies; these studies attempted to link heart disease to a set of personality traits clustered around the “theme of impatience” (paragraph 2). Following the
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Maya Angelou: Poet‚ Author‚ Actress and Dancer Maya Angelou: Poet‚ Author‚ Actress and Dancer Noel Alford University of Phoenix Maya Angelou: Poet‚ Author‚ Actress and Dancer On April 4th‚ 1928 an extraordinary woman was born in St. Louis Missouri to the late Bailey Johnson and Vivian Baxter Johnson when they seen her gorgeous face she was given a beautiful name Marguerite Ann Johnson. At the time of her birth no one knew how great she would be in our history of poetry‚ novels‚ movies‚
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Close Reading of Sonnet 116 Written by William Shakespeare 2011 “Sonnet 116” written by William Shakespeare is focusing on the strength and true power of love. Love is a feeling that sustainable to alterations‚ that take place at certain points in life‚ and love is even stronger than a breakup because separation cannot eliminate feelings. The writer makes use of metaphors expressing love as a feeling of mind not just heart as young readers may see it. To Shakespeare love is an immortal
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In A Brave and Startling Truth by Maya Angelou we see self-belief and overcoming adversity when Maya Angelou was writing about a world at war in A Brave and Startling Truth‚ This could be a reference to when Maya Angelou was growing up because when she was growing up in America there was a lot of Racism‚ It was like a big war between the White people and Black people. The white people did not want to be equal with the black people‚ so they treated them differently in a negative way for example black
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