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    The Flower

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    " The flower is god’s finest workmanship in the world. It is his finest gift to mankind." Flowers hold grace‚ beauty‚ and love all inside a small‚ delicate‚ warm hearted piece of nature. Yes‚ flowers are nothing more than a foot tall‚ but the joy and happiness it brings to one‚ overpowers it by twenty. I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. ~Emma Goldman The flower is a pure‚ beautiful creation of nature. Everyday we are exposed to the enriched colors and charming qualities

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    ON FLOWERS The flowers that grow to glad all earth Are emblems of a better birth‚ When we shall wake beyond the skies‚ And see the plains of heaven arise. The trees that bud and blossom forth‚ Throughout the world from south to north‚ Are tokens that a life will bloom When manhood’s passed beyond the tomb. FLOWERS are the gems that give color to the poetry of nature‚ and to cultivate a taste for them helps to beautify our minds. They assist at times in expressing our feelings and thoughts

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    ”The Flowers” by Alice Walker Summary: “The Flowers” 1973 is written by Alice Walker who is an Afro-American author. “The Flowers” is a short story about a girl named Myop. Myop is a black 10-yeard old girl who lives on a farm with her poor sharecropper family in the countryside. She staggers around and plays with animals and discovers beautiful nature in her pleasuring never-ending childhood. But while exploring the land she lives near with flowers in her hands she accidently discovers a horrible

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    Comparing Poems I am going to be talking about their methods that the poets use to explore the connection between people and the places in which they live in. The poems that I am comparing are Hurricane hits England and Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan. In Hurricane Hits England the techniques used are personification‚ she says “Talk to me oya” here referring to the hurricane as a person‚ she is doing this to try and feel like she is at home‚ trying to connect back to where she came from‚ it

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    monarch‚ from the age of eighteen to sixty-eight. The Victorian Era had a great population growth which led to many lower class individuals without jobs or competing for them. Victorian marriage was very important to the bride and they were taught at a young age that taking

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    The poem written by Robert Herrick called “ To the Virgins to make sure of time” has the theme of Carpe Diem in its connotation. The author tries to persuade the reader to live life to fullest and not to waste time in things that are not important. Robert talks about the concept of time and uses nature to get his point across. In the contrary to the poem “ Song” written by Sir John Suckling.     First of all‚ the poem starts of by expressing that time is and will pass by. For example he mentions

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    Flowers play important roles in our everyday lives. They are beneficial to all of us. When someone is in the hospital‚ we bring flowers to cheer them up. Flowers are a great "pick-me-up." You send flowers to your loved ones on special occasions like Mother’s Day or on birthdays to show how much you care. You might even get cuttings out of your garden to brighten up a room or for the fragrance. Flowers also have healing properties. Not only do flowers help relieve stress‚ they are used in medicine

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    This poem was about this young black man trying to figure out where he fits in society. He was writing a poem for a college class and he was suppose to be writing about himself. The instructor said that when they start writing about themselves then it will be known to them of where they fit in. As this kid is writing his poem he knows that knows everyone is different wether that be black or they are white either way we are Americans so their should be no difference in anyone but he finds that he

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    The first stanza of this poem illustrates life is a lonely cycle‚ and as a child Young-Lee learned to be hopeful for a better future. Lee Young-Lee is left alone as a child. This loneliness is reflected through the verb tense of words within the first stanza‚ for example the word ‘alone’ comes before ‘time’ which suggests that Young-Lee as a human being is alone‚ but in time he is also alone because even if he has his parents for some time in his life‚ he will eventually have to live life independently

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    "The Flower" by George Herbert is an exuberant‚ joyful poem in which a single image of the spiritual life is expanded with naturalness and elegance that appear effortless. Herbert refines a style in which the writer tries to write honestly and directly from experience: his imagery is more homely and accessible than John Donne’s: if nothing is too exotic for inclusion in Donne’s verse‚ nothing is too ordinary for inclusion in Herbert’s. But this has the result that Herbert’s images are‚ generally

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