The Ted Williams Villanelle by Wendy Cope Ted Williams is known as one of the all time greats in baseball. During his long baseball career‚ Ted skipped some seasons and served as a Marine Corps pilot. During his time in WWII and the Korean War‚ we would all assume that Ted gained tremendous leadership skills. These skills helped him on the baseball field‚ and throughout his entire life. Ted could be mistaken as a coach in these lines. He talks to someone as if he is teaching them. He repeats
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it is the simple things that make more of a difference. William Carlos Williams set a prime example in his free verse poem: “This Is Just to Say”. Written in 1934‚ this simple and apologetic note was more than likely left for his wife before leaving for work. While being upset at the fact her husband ate her morning meal‚ I am sure she could not help but smile after reading his slightly amusing 28-word poem. In the first stanza‚ Williams’ states his main purpose for writing this modest poem. He
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William Carlos Williams’ poem "Danse Russe‚" is written like most modern poetry‚ in free verse. Like nearly all of Williams’ work‚ "Danse Russe" has no meter nor does it follow any rhyme scheme whatsoever. Disregarding an iamb or steady beat pattern‚ the poem’s rhythm is organic‚ rather than metrical‚ meaning that the poem flows smoothly from one line to the next without any guidelines to follow. It is almost as if the poem is to be read as a small statement or random thought occurring inside the
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WILLIAM BYRD Gradulia Andrea Campbell MUSC 311 Dr. Hugo Oct. 19 2012 Introduction William Byrd was one of the best English composers during the renaissance era. He is one of the greatest known Elizabethan composers of scared music and one of the main writers for the virginals. He wrote many different forms of music that were popular in England at the time. Some of these include sacred and secular polyphony‚ keyboard
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William Carlos Williams wrote a short story called “The Use of Force”. In this story a doctor tries to determine what’s wrong with a child named Mathilda‚ that ultimately refuses to be examined and refuses to communicate with both the doctor and her parents. The doctor goes from a professional to as then uses force complete Mathilda’s examination. Going from professional to sadist in a short while after Mathilda refused to be examined. Thus‚ the title “The Use of Force” plays an important role in
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William Faulkner William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County‚ with Jefferson as its county seat‚ is both a mythical and actual place. Yoknapatawpha county is 2400 square miles in area and has a population of 15‚611 persons. Jefferson has an actual jail‚ town square‚ old houses‚ and Old Frenchman’s Place‚ even a railroad. Faulkner’s "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County‚ and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is
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William Wallace was born in January of the year 1272. He was the second of three sons. Wallace was born in the town of Elerslie‚ which was in Scotland. His Father Sir Malcolm Wallace held the title of knight but had no political power. Wallace’s Father was involved in a rebellion called Turnberry Band when William was 14 years old and was sent to live with his uncle Argile. His Uncle taught William Latin and French and how to be a swordsman. When William’s father returned from the revolt at Turnberry
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William McDougall Why was William McDougall chosen as a delegate for Canada West in the Confederation Conferences? William McDougall was chosen to represent Canada West in all three of the Confederation Conferences for these following reasons. The first reason why McDougall was chosen as a delegate for Canada West is because he was experienced in politics as well as negotiating. Before getting into politics William was a lawyer; he brought his persuasive and speaking skills into his work
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Neel Parikh English11 7/8 Victorero-Mongone 10th‚ May 2013 Psychological Evaluation of Abigail Williams When people hear the term psychological disorder‚ they usually think of someone who might have gone crazy or are on the verge of losing their mind. That is not always true however as‚ some of those diseases are pretty severe and whereas others that are not too harsh. A prime example of this would be the movie A Beautiful Mind where John Nash was having false imaginations of things including agents
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An architect that similarly follows the solution that I have proclaimed is William Hablinski. William Hablinski’s Architectural firm on the West Coast of U.S.A follows the classical styles of architecture from ancient Greece and Italy by using scale‚ detailing‚ symmetry and proportion in his projects . Hablinkski draws inspiration from Classical Architecture to create residential homes that successfully honour the traditional techniques and concepts of the past whilst still embracing the modern lifestyle
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