Understanding and Appreciating Poetry 1 Note to Teachers Set Poems 2012-2014 Teachers have been speaking about the lack of critical material on some of the literature set pieces (particularly the poems) selected for study at the Caribbean O’Level. Diverse interpretations make an exploration of literary material interesting and expansive. This guide to the study of ‘set’ poems is a response to those who wish to be expansive in their analysis and appreciation. It is not intended to be a model
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“When I was 17‚ my life changed forever. I’m 57 years old‚ but even now I can remember everything from that year‚ down to the smallest details. I relieve that year often in my mind‚ bringing it back to life‚ and I realize that when I do‚ I feel a strange combination of joy and sadness….this is my story; I promise to leave nothing out. First you will smile‚ then you will cry—don’t say you haven’t been warned.’’ Written by an international bestselling author and my personal favorite Nicholas sparks
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written several books about the role of the Chinese in American history. A Chinese American herself‚ McCunn lived in Boise‚ Idaho-the state in which her novel is set-with her father’s family. She later moved to San Francisco‚ where she wrote Thousand Pieces of Gold. The well-researched biographical novel serves as a depiction of the life of a typical female Asian immigrant in Idaho during the gold rush era. Events in History at the Time the Novel Takes Place Prostitution. While McCunn’s novel does not
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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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Analysis of ‘Diptych’ ‘Diptych’‚ by Robert Gray is a free verse poem in which imagery is used to invoke feelings‚ but also specifically influence a reader’s first impression of character. Throughout the poem Robert Gray has swayed natural speech‚ used strong imagery and also included poetic tone to create a poem which allows insight to his childhood. Robert Gray has explored his parent’s struggles during their marriage‚ in the poem ‘Diptych’. He likens his childhood experiences to a diptych hinge
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The Poetry of Jose Rizal Jose Rizal is the Philippines’ national hero. He was an amazing polymath. One of the fields he excelled in is poetry. While other poets wrote out of sheer creativity‚ Rizal wrote mostly out of fervor for his motherland. Many other poets write or wrote for the fame or to please a patron. He always wrote under duress. He lived during the time of the corrupt colonial Spanish government. This is probably why there is such poignancy in his poetry. It is as though he longs for
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SMOKING IN INDOOR AREAS As we all know‚ smoking is no longer allowed in indoor areas in our country. If you are a smoker‚ most probably you do not like this ban‚ because you need to go out or go to the available smoking areas in cafes or bars. I am also a smoker but I am strongly opposed to smoking in indoor areas. Firstly‚ many smokers say this smoking ban is pointless. They also add that if you are not allowed to smoke in a bar or nightclub‚ where can you do
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Lab : Iodine-starch Clock Reaction Pre-lab: Before the lab was conducted‚ the concentration of the Iodate ions to be in the mixture made by dissolving specific volumes of solution A with a constant concentration and water was calculated using the dissolution formula: C1V1 = C2V2 Sample Calculation 1: Concentration of the Iodate ions: For mixture 1: C2 = C1V1/ V2 = (0.020mol/L) x (0.003L)/(0.01L) = 0.006mol/L The same calculations were used in the calculating of the
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Opinion Essay Nowadays there are plenty of motivation theories which give a great opportunity for employers to use the human capital more effectively. However‚ it is very important to understand that a theory that works in one country not necessarily will work in another one. To prove it‚ I would like to show an example by comparing the motivation degree of middle managers from Sweden and Russia as a result of using the same motivation tools. As an example I would like to use Maslow’s Need Theory
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