As I read the poem Theme for English B‚ I couldn’t help but notice this was a personal narrative about a young black man life‚ where he was born‚ where he attended school. He was born in Winston Salem‚ North Carolina during the time of the Jim Crew era when there were only few blacks’ men who were educated. He started his education in Winston Salem North Carolina and some in Durham North Carolina. Later moved on to New York City where he attended college where there were only a few blacks who
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Richard Cory was an aristocrat and he was superior than the rest of the community which was from a working class. In both the poem and the song the narrator is of a working class. In the song it says “ But I work in his factory” this phrase could mean that he had to work in order to make a living because he wasn’t born into society. In the poem it mentions “So on we worked‚ and waited for the light” this line could mean that they were from working class as well and had to work until the end because
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that I love to read is poems‚ regardless if I even understand them or not. Shakespeare is by far one of the best poets to me; of course many people think this. Although understanding his works were similar of understanding the Bible‚ meaning I needed it translated‚ I still very much enjoyed putting his words into my own imagination first before I found true meaning to his words. Some poems are simple and pleasing‚ and some I just want to stop in the middle of the poem and give up on trying understanding
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Walt Whitman’s "To A Locamotive in Winter" and Emily Dickinson’s "I Like to See It Lap The Miles" are two very different poems about the same subject. Where Whitman uses strictly free verse‚ Dickinsons work is much more structured‚ with poynient line breaks‚ and punctuation. Their styles of personification also differ greatly. Where Whitman’s work is almost an ode to the locomotive‚ Dickinson’s is more a feeling of a journey. Another major difference in these works is the language they use.
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“Parents rarely let go of their children‚ so children let go of them” - Paulo Cuelho. The two poems: Seamus Heaney’s “Follower” and Chrissy Banks’ “The Gift” each hold a different perspective on the relationship between parents and children. In his poem‚ Heaney reminisces on his childhood spent on a farm following his father‚ while Banks writes as a mother from suburbia being cared for by her adolescent son after she has an accident. Both “Follower” and “The Gift” portray a character’s realisation
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what she desires. At first‚ her fear is making a decision. She realizes that if she does what she has on mind‚ there are two possible scenarios: she could win or she could lose. “If I should fail‚ what poverty!” – “And if I gain‚—oh‚ gun at sea‚” The poem gives the impression of a speaker who thought in everything before jumping into a choice. “To know the worst is sweet”. She predicted her worst case scenario and decided that she could live with it. And if‚ indeed‚ I fail‚ At least to know the worst
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Authors of poems 12 Angry Men and “Democracy” ‚ Rose and Hughes agree on the importance of democracy. While Hughes is contributing that Democracy although is a fair way of government‚ it is not present in our everyday lives. Rose suggests that Democracy is a smart‚ fair way of government but shows how it is present in his drama and that people should take advantage of its perks and freedom that other forms of government don’t have. What is a Democracy you may ask? Well‚ Democracy is truly
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“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
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In looking at Kipling’s poem White Man’s Burden and Johnson’s response poem Black Man’s Burden‚ one can find several contrasts and very few similarities in the perspectives of these two men and what they believed was our nation’s rights when it came to spreading Western culture and beliefs. The white man’s burden and The black man’s burden are both different viewpoints of the ways of Imperialism‚ such as positive consequences ways and negative consequences. The poem by Kipling‚"The White Man’s
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Week 9 Readings: • W‚ I Ch. 11 Writing about Fiction • W‚ I “Same Place‚ Same Things” 979 • W‚ I “Saturday Confessions” 995 Due Journal Response Literary Analysis You should be working on your literary analysis essay. Look at these short stories and try to identify the literary elements of them. What is the plot‚ the theme‚ symbols‚ setting‚ etc. How do those things contribute of the overall effect of the story. When you write about fiction‚ you interpret what happens
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