For my gut reaction writing‚ I read “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. The poem brought back memories of cold winter nights by the fire. My living room has a gas fire‚ and even when it is below 40‚ the living room can still be 80. The second stanza reminded me of the days I would spend cross country skiing‚ especially the part where Hayden says the cold is splintering and breaking‚ because when you are cross country skiing in the mountains around Seattle‚ you can hear each little sound caused
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Goal: Total word count in this document: Title: Are you still trying to get rid of your winter weight? It’s common that people gain weight during the winter‚ depending on where you live‚ the main reason is the weather and lack of sun. We all feel less motivated and just want to stay warm and cozy in our beds. But it’s May and the sun is shining and the sun is out to play! A healthy lifestyle is vitally important‚ but many of us struggle for one reason or another. You might not have a vivid idea
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The first poem in the collection for analysis is “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. The poem is about realizing and regretting not being more appreciative for the father’s hard work and those little things the father did for the family‚ that the speaker took for granted. In the second stanza‚ you might also think that the relationship could have been tough and now the speaker regrets not being more thankful for the things his father did for him. In line 13-14 when the speaker says‚ “What
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Speaker in poetry Christen Borgersrode I chose to write about “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. This poem was a touching memory as the speaker looked back on how he never thanked his father for all he did on those chilly Sunday mornings. In lines one through five the speaker talks about how the father would always get up in the early morning‚ in the “blueblack cold”‚ and get a fire started to warm the house after working hard that previous week. This shows that the father worked hard
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Explanation of the poem from Snowbound The main theme of Snowbound is that no-matter what happens‚ family will be there to help and comfort. This theme is demonstrated widely throughout the poem and even more so in the last stanza of this excerpt. Another‚ less prominent‚ theme of Snowbound is the meaning and involvement of God in the lives of people. The first stanza describes the moment before the storm. "A chill no coat‚ however stout‚ Of homespun stuff could quite shut out‚" This stanza
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An Unforgettable Experience It has always been my dream to visit China and when I was chosen by my school to participate in the Global Young Leaders Conference to be held there‚ that long yearned for dream became a reality. A reality that was beyond words. My parents and grandparents were overjoyed at the news and preparations for my trip got underway. After months of agonizing waiting the D-day finally arrived. The night before my flight was the longest night of my life. I tossed and turned
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When it comes to explaining the meaning of the Mayan Calendar in the larger perspective‚ Jenkins’ idea is essentially that the Mayan Long Count‚ the 5‚200 tun (tun = 360-day period) cycle that ends December 21‚ 2012‚ is really nothing but an attempt to calibrate a fifth of a precessional cycle of the earth‚ a cycle which is currently estimated by modern astronomers to approximately 25‚920 years. At the ending date of the Long Count Jenkins supposedly identifies an alignment of the Midwinter Solstice
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To our loyal citizens‚ Living in Divergent‚ there once came a terrible snowstorm. Usually around this time period the weather began to over-freeze. This weather actually did a lot of horrible damage. Due to the people‚ some survived‚ but everyone didn’t. Regardless of this‚ many lives were believed to be forever damage. However after 20 years have passed by The city Divergent has come along way. Houses‚ Churches‚ bakery’s‚ malls‚ etc are now better than before. The population has increased‚ even
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The three sculptures chosen is The Rome Pietà and Crouching Boy by Michelangelo and Monument of Don Pedro of Toledo by Giovanni Nola. The sculptures are from the Renaissance era in Italy and all were sculpted in marble within 50 years of each other. Each has at least one main figure although the Monument of Don Pedro does not use a human figure as the focus of the sculpture. There as some unique similarities in the context of each of these works‚ since they could all be viewed as symbols of
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He had been speaking for most of the trip‚ telling Steve everything he had done. Every assassination‚ every mission‚ every legend that made the Winter Soldier so feared. However‚ he wasn’t the Winter Soldier anymore‚ and his voice shook as he described the men and women he killed‚ the things he did. He barely got through explaining the assassination of Howard Stark‚ because Bucky had known him‚ knew that he was a friend
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