honoring of the dead with the family and rebirth. The poem is about the a father that plants a sequoia tree in honor of his recently deceased infant son. Gioia uses imagery in the first few stanzas to emphasize the severity of the father and his families’ grief and despair. In these sections he also reveals the setting of the poem which is Sicily and the reason he chose a sequoia tree. The very first stanza of the Gioia’s poem sets the tone for the poem‚ which was melancholy‚ with the imagery the author
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the tide rises‚ the tide falls. The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh‚ as the hostler calls; The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore. And the tide rises‚ the tide falls. Pee Paragraph : I think this poem is trying to tell us that when you have got ups or downs in life‚ you can’t do anything to change what has happened and you just to just carry on. I thought this because when he uses ‘The tide rises‚ the tide falls’‚ it makes me think of something
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Seamus Heaney reflects on his own childhood memory in the poem “Mid-term Break”. The reader discovers through reading the poem that Heaney returns home for the funeral of his younger brother’s car accident. The author illustrates the theme grief through diction‚ puns‚ and structure. The diction chosen in this poem are not only for the readers to understand the situation but are also very powerful and meaningful. In the beginning of the poem‚ the protagonist is “counting bells knelling classes to a
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The Jamestown Fiasco Commentary According to Edmund S. Morgan‚ the majority of problems faced by the first settlers who arrived to Jamestown in the year 1607 were caused by the poor organization within the colony. For example‚ the settlers were unwilling to grow their own food supply and establish a reliable foundation for future settlers. Despite the abundance of game to hunt‚ and perfect weather conditions to harvest crops‚ the settlers would instead dig up corpses‚ and in one case a man
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being harmed. In the play Elizabeth Proctor is married to a man named John Proctor. The audience finds out in the play John Proctor cheats on his wife with a teenage girl named Abigail Williams before the play takes place. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor develops from a powerless woman‚ to a protective wife‚ to supportive wife. In act two Elizabeth Proctor shows the character trait of being powerless women when she is confronted by Mary Warren. Elizabeth says‚ “I couldn’t stop her
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The poem Acceptance Speech by Lynn Powell is about a housewife who feels undervalued by her family and by society. The title of the poem suggests that the character has received an award for achieving something brilliant‚ but in fact she is being sarcastic and conducting an imaginary award ceremony for herself in her kitchen‚ since no one else is willing to appreciate her hard work. The poet uses irony and personification of kitchen utensils and ingredients to add humour to the play. She uses the
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believe is right. Strong and independent‚ Elizabeth proctor always tries to do the right thing‚ though two compelling desires and obligations pull her mind in conflicting directions; these conflicts add depth to her character and show who she is morally and emotionally. The love and obligations to her religion conflicted with the love for her husband. Convincing John to become more involved in the madness in order to try and stop it was what Elizabeth thought was the right thing to do to save
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Mr. Elkins English III 24 October 2013 The Crucible: Elizabeth Proctor Many critics see Arthur Miller as the greatest dramatist of the 20th century. His most famous play was established in 1953 it was known as The Crucible. The play becomes an extended metaphor that explores the societal effects of false accusations mass hysteria and the destructive results of most mentality. One of the most important characters in The Crucible is Elizabeth Proctor. Her jealousy and suspicion traits are extremely
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The poem “Ozymandias King of Egypt”‚ being a very powerful poem‚ is generally a poem about power and is written as a short‚ structured and rhyming story which discusses the meaning of life and the changes going on in the world all the time. “Ozymandias King of Egypt” is actually a sonnet. It has fourteen lines and iambic pentameter and is divided into octet and sestet which makes it a Petrarchian sonnet. The rhyme is present‚ as it should be in a proper sonnet‚ but no clear rhyme scheme is used
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A late model sports car with its roof down entered a long winding private road leading to the Barrister Mansion. The driver was Elizabeth Mayfield‚ a vivacious thirtyish woman with her long dark hair blowing in the wind. She was enjoying the fresh country air and the perfectly aligned mature Japanese Cherry trees on both sides of the road. Yes‚ her first impression of the 13‚000 acres estate was it was beautiful‚ massive‚ and very private indeed. The rolling hills were covered with green grass and
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