The Second Coming – Notes The Gyre The gyre‚ a circular or conical shape‚ appears frequently in Yeats’ poems and was developed as part of a philosophical system outlined in his book‚ A Vision‚ as a model to articulates his belief that history was structures in terms of ages. He chose the image of the gyre to symbolize his philosophical belief that all things could be described in terms of cycles and patterns. The soul (or civilization‚ the age and so on) would move from the smallest point of the
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the difficulties waiting for me in the United States. It’s been almost two years since I first arrived America‚ adapting to its cultures. Through many difficulties‚ I learn we have to embrace opportunities and deal with challenges to grew up. In the first year of college‚ I had to face many new things. I felt nervous and a little excited. I thought‚ “ it’s my first semester of college in America‚ try being open-minded.” I imagined many bad and good situations‚ and how to deal with them because I thought
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Coming Of Age Personal Essay Everybody experiences coming of age in their lifetime. Coming of age is the transition from childhood to adulthood. My coming of age started in the middle of my grade 8 year and has continued up until the present. So‚ for me coming of age has occurred from grades 8-10. The three steps that really defined my coming of age was my traveling to Europe‚ starting high school and getting my first job at Tim Horton’s. My first step in my coming of age was traveling to
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‘Coming Home’ by Marjorie Waters is a personal essay which describes the author’s feelings upon returning home after a long time and how she recovers from her deep grief caused by losing a loved one to death. The author narrates how she walks around the house‚ pulling back the curtains‚ dusting the dirt off‚ making tea etc.‚ doing chores that make her feel at home again. Simultaneously‚ she is opening the doors of her soul to freshen it with the feeling of ‘coming back to home’‚ to finally realise
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packed up all my belongings and was so excited about moving to America. I thought about all the successes I had had in Africa. I had received my Associates degree in Special Education from the University of lagos‚ in the South West of Nigeria. I had achieved a level I never thought possible by making my childhood dreams come true. I was active and life was good‚ but I wanted the opportunity to better myself by continuing my education in America. I had been praying for the many years to move to the United
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Bands of America was very cool this year! The bus ride went very well‚ only problem being that every bump hit would rewind the movie that was playing. Once we got there everything went very smoothly. I got to help the band moms put the hat boxes in order! Warm ups there were a lot of jitters in the air it seemed‚ but not bad ones. Waiting to get on the field was extremely nerve wracking. But‚ once we got on the field everything seemed nice and mellow‚ like we were back on the field at home‚ it just
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before. How would you feel at that time? That was my story of the first days I lived in America. To me‚ those days were the most difficult time in my life up to now. Sometime‚ I even felt very stressful because of struggling with my new life. However‚ I did learn of lot from that. Now‚ I am going to tell you how I experienced the stressful time and some useful ways that I did to reduce my stress. I moved to America with my family two years ago. The first couple months of my new life were not easy at
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The Never Ending Cycle In the poem “The Second Coming” Yeats used Christian imagery from the Bible in regards to the Book of Revelations to describe what he feels as the Apocalypse and the second coming. “The Second Coming” is a poem written about how good and evil is in an eternal cycle; as one expands‚ the other contracts. This poem is a result of Yeats’ reaction to the future of his people after World War I. He uses strong symbolisms in this poem that not only make you feel what he is feeling
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Emma Wellington 10/17/11 Coming of Age Essay English 10/ Weiss Coming of age is a child’s transformation into adulthood and maturity. Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years; we grow old by deserting our youthful years and starting a new as an adult. With coming of age comes responsibilities and the answers to the questions that we have held on to for years. Interestingly enough‚ the time that this process takes however‚ is based on a child’s life situations
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“We’re moving to America tomorrow” was what my mother said to me on April 21‚ 2007. I was playing with my toys when she told me the news and considering we had regularly joked about moving to America for as long as I could remember‚ I thought she was just messing with me. The next day‚ I realized that she was serious than ever. It all seemed to happen so fast. I had so many questions running through my head and experienced so many emotions at once; fear‚ excitement‚ confusion. It felt unreal.
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