Blake Moffett Treadway 8th period The Key to Success Sylvester Stallone once voiced “I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind‚ furious optimism.” Any kind of success in this life is unattainable without optimism. Optimism should‚ without a doubt‚ be a priority. Optimism is the only thing that kept our students learning‚ our doctors healing‚ and our troops fighting‚ all these in hopes of a better future. Optimism is another word for faith. Optimism is just faith
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A Comparison of Blake‚ Wordsworth and Keats William Blake‚ John Keats and William Wordsworth all believe in the "depth" of the world and the possibilities of the human heart. However‚ each poet looks towards different periods in time to capture meaning in life. Blake looks towards the future for his inspiration‚ Keats towards the present and Wordsworth towards the past. Regardless of where each poet looks for their inspiration they are all looking for the same thing; timeless innocence. Each poet
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differences between the two poems ’London’ by William Blake and ’Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’ by William Wordsworth. It will focus upon their structures‚ content and poetic features. Finally‚ I will come to my own conclusion to which poem is most effective and how it is achieved. The two poems were written at very different times of the day and also in history‚ which may be one of the main reasons why there is such a contrast between them. William Blake wrote ’London’ during the Industrial Revolution
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Comparing Robert Frost’s "After Apple-picking" to "Apples" by Laurie Lee Poetry is an attempt to describe the nature and intensity of one’s feelings and opinions. Often‚ however‚ these thoughts are too vague or complex to articulate. How does a poet translate these abstract ideas into something more tangible and workable? Simple‚ metaphorical objects and situations can be used to represent more elusive concepts. These can be interpreted in many different ways‚ however‚ and poets often use the same
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Blake Shelton left home just two weeks after his high-school graduation to pursue his singing/songwriting career at the age of seventeen. Ever since he was a young child Blake has had a love for music. His first hit “Austin‚” was a big hit for him and it led to lots more throughout his career. Blake Shelton is an influential person because of his successful life‚ his multiple songs and albums‚ and his many number one songs and albums. There has been many things that have happened throughout Blake
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Explain how Robert Frost uses inverted word order in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." What effect does Frost’s word order have on the poem? Does it contribute to your understanding and/or enjoyment of the poem? Robert Frost’s inverted word order in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ gives me‚ as a reader‚ a childlike dream like feeling. He uses his repetition and imagery to make you feel as if you are in the woods with him in his head. The way he describes the bells on the horse jingling
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English “Nothing Gold Can Stay” The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost is written in aabb rhyme scheme with iambic trimeter. Through the use of paradox‚ Frost suggests that the most cherished elements of life will eventually fade. The poem depends heavily on metaphors to show what we value will eventually succumb to time. The poem begins with contrasting nature’s green with gold. It’s as if the
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of fear‚ unknown thing or place‚ or a mournful state. Within the world of poetry‚ the contrast of light and dark can be seen in hundreds of poems‚ including "We Grow Accustomed to the Dark" by Emily Dickinson and "Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost where the darkness symbolizes something much deeper than just fear. Both poems‚ "We grow accustomed to the Dark" and "Acquainted with the night" use the elements of Light and Dark as symbols within the speakers’ lives. In "Acquainted with the
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example of the woman that I want to be. These idolizations are present not only in real life but in fiction as well. In Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein is the idealized person Robert Walton wants to become. Friendship and companionship are very important to both Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton. Victor finds companionship and friendship from his childhood friend‚ Henry Clerval. On more then one occasion‚ Victor expresses his gratitude for having a friend like Clerval. "Clerval
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Jela De Leon Arceli Fajardo Auxil Jamorol Aris Zoleta Nerisa Torres Case: Blake Electronics Statement of the problem: a. Should Steve contract the services of an outside research agency? b. If survey is warranted‚ should he employ MAI or I&K? c. Should the new product line be introduced? Analysis of the problem: MAI’s proposal directly provides Steve the conditional probabilities he needs such as the probability of a successful venture given a favorable survey
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