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    Cinderella Poem

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    Cinderella poem version by Anne Sexton Cinderella although is based on the fairy tale written by Grimm brothers present a totally different version and point of view about traditions and roles presented in the second one. Cinderella originally is one of the most famous fairy tales‚ and Grimm’s version is one of the well-known of this story. Those German Brothers: Jacob And Wilhmen Grimm presents stories adapted from traditional oral story‚ which has origin in the Ancients cultures like Greece and

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    Expected change and unrequited love show up as major themes in William Yeats ’ poem The Wild Swans at Coole. Yeats sets up the poem in the first stanza to give a general feeling of sadness by describing "The trees are in their autumn beauty" and "The woodland paths are dry" (1-2). Autumn represents a time when nature starts dying and the dying leaves scatter where Yeats is walking. The reader also gets a general feel of an aged surrounding when Yeats mentions "a still sky" (4). The stillness of

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    ABBO POEM

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    production Theirs a sparse mobile population positive development no understanding of their interactions with their environment that social ecological factor s such as family community and culture are influential for positive human development The poems We are Going by ON and Token Kooris by AH depict imagery of the Australian aboriginal race whose culture and interactions with their environment is misunderstood and declining. Through a satirical note AH speaks of the survival or resilience of

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    This poem was very confusing at first‚ because of the way it seemed to contradict itself. One of the first statements is “for a duro‚ you could lie down in the hallway of the hotel. For a duro‚ you could have a coffee and a plain roll that would shatter like glass.” Then‚ with no transition at all‚ it says “for a duro‚ you could have it all‚ the cars‚ the women‚ the seven course meal.” This contradicting diction is also seen when the poet goes back after talking about all the nice stuff you can buy

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    The Poem Interment

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    The poem Interment is a poem about the injustice that was the interment of the Japanese Americans during WW2. This poem use very good metaphors to explain how they were treated. The author use the idea of the people being treated like cattle as they forced into the camps and these metaphors helped to tell what the theme of the this poem is. The metaphors use this harsh way to describe the treatment of the people as without is the theme would not have the impact it does at the end on the reader. The

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    Lucy Poems

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    Lucy poems Lucy poems are the 5 different poems written by WW between 1798 and 1801. They belong to the second edition of ‘’Lyrical Ballads’’‚ which is a collection of both Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s poems. Lucy poems are lyrical ballads‚ they are written in verse and they all tell a story as briefly as possible. Wordsworth wrote them in the simple language of common people and he often used dramatic changes of states and ironic inversions which are also present in the traditional ballad.

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    In Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits‚ barbarous diction characterizes the Catholic Church as barbaric and antiquated. The head of the parish‚ Father Restrepo‚ relies on traditional Catholic teachings that use flagellation as a form of punishment. Father Restrepo is “a firm believer in the value of a good thrashing to vanquish the weaknesses of the soul and was famous for his unrestrained oratory” (Allende 3). The “thrashing” refers to flagellation‚ a process that tears at the person’s skin

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    The Comparison of “First Poem for You” by Kim Addonizio and “With Eyes Closed” (“Con los Ojos Cerrados”) by Octavio Paz Is love really blind or just an obsession in the mind? In the sonnet written by Kim Addonizio; titled “First Poem for You” and “With Eyes Closed” (“Con Los Ojos Cerrados”) written by Octavio Paz are similar to one another‚ as they describe their intense love for someone or something both created in darkness. However‚ both poems may describe different kinds of love. Love described

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    book‚ Night‚ Elie Wiesel uses vivid imagery and dramatic diction to bring to life his horrid and painful memories of the Holocaust and his time in Auschwitz. At the end of chapter 4 Wiesel describes the events that occurred leading up to the death of a young pipel. This scene is brought to life by Wiesel’s incredible use of diction to reinforce the imagery used to create a sense of emotion felt by the reader. Throughout this book diction is used to create a deeper connection to the events and people

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    poem analysis

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    Work without hope analysis Work without hope was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The poem is mainly about how spring is starting up and all the animals are moving around and the speaker seems to still be stuck in his depression. The first half of the stanza includes a personification In the first half of the poem‚ the speaker identifies that the bees‚ slugs‚ and birds are coming out of hibernation. The speaker seems depressed as spring is starting up and all the animals are moving around

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