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    Comparison Essay

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    Shawn Williamson Ms. Theresa English 2 7/25/13 Title: Comparison Essay The poem I am about to tell you about is about a girl that he loves and everyone is jealous of his love for her so they take her away from him. It talks about‚ how no matter where someone is if you truly love them then nothing can separate you from them even if they die. The poem later proves this because the knights take her because it is getting cold out and they put her in a sepulcher to keep her warm. The seraphs of the

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    Analyzing a Poem

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    Mack 01 June 2013 Analysis of a Poem What does it take for a man to find his self-worth and what happens when he achieves it? Self-worth is defined as the sense of one’s own value or worth as a person. The “Fisherman” written by Kurt Brown is a direct metaphor of life and all the successes and failures that may come about. Browns story of a fisherman is a true testament of a man spending his days searching for a greater sense of self-worth. As the poem begins‚ Brown sets the tone writing

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    Comparing Eros Poems

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    ancient‚ modern art‚ and literature. Bridges and Stevenson show there opinions’ of Eros through two different poems. Bridges portrays Eros as being beautiful and as important as Zeus‚ as for Stevenson; she sees Eros as misunderstood god‚ who is abused for his lust. Through using poetic devices these writers show that there is more of Eros than may be portrayed. Through two different poems we‚ get two different Eros. Bridges imagery in “Eros” shows how his beauty may be recognized‚ but how little

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    Poem in Your Pocket Day originally began in April of 2002 in celebration of New York City’s National Poetry Month. The Mayor of New York‚ along with the Departments of Cultural Affairs and Education‚ introduced Poem in Your Pocket Day to the residents of New York City. Residents were encourage to select a poem‚ carry it with them throughout the day‚ and share it with others. In 2008‚ the entire country was encouraged by the Academy of American Poets to join the poetry day making it a national celebration

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    Poem of Hercules

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    HW: 2N Imitation (a poem); write a parody of “Internment.” You may use the work you  started in class‚ but must cut and paste into the Doc I shared with you.    The Labours  by Ankit Dixit    The goddess of marriage  out of jealousy‚  made him insane by treachery‚  by then it was too late‚  the blood had been spilled‚  all was lost  and both of his loves were long gone.    Later after he woke from his temporary insanity‚  his hands bloody‚  a knife lay beside him‚  his wife and children bleeding

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    Poems by Emily Dickinson commonly include a light airy atmosphere. She stresses the magical‚ down-to-earth‚ genuinely nice feeling a book can give a person. Even as most of the poems were created out of spontaneity‚ most of her works are meant to serve a concentrated purpose. Two of her poems‚ “Some keep the Sabbath going to Church” and “There is no Frigate like a Book” portray her message of kind but innovative nature in exceedingly disparate ways. Although they include similar literary devices

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    deny‚ especially in today’s society. Told from a mirror’s point of view‚ the mirror in the poem witnesses the truth of what it means to age. Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ Mirror‚ is a poem that deals with the truths and lies in the struggle a woman goes through when grasping the reality of aging. The poem is appealing due to the ways in which Plath successfully uses personification‚ figurative language‚ and diction in her writing to emphasize this idea‚ as well how the concept of keeping up appearances and

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    Poetic Devices and Poems

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    Example- Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “Water‚ water‚ every where‚ and all the boards did shrink; Water‚ water‚ every where‚ nor any drop to drink.” Diction: choice of words. A writing style may vary according to the level of diction: formal or informal. Other terms to distinguish diction are monosyllabic or polysyllabic‚ concrete or abstract‚ specific or general. Words that derive from Anglo-Saxon (Old English) tend to be monosyllabic‚ simple‚ and familiar; words

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    Comparison/Contrast

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    html The Writing Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb Comparing/Contrasting What this handout is about... This handout will help you first to determine whether a particular assignment is asking for comparison/contrast and then to generate a list of similarities and differences‚ decide which similarities and differences to focus on‚ and organize your paper so that it will be clear and effective. It will also explain how you can (and why you should) develop

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    Poetry Comparison

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    POETRY COMPARISON Lucy Pittman A poem is an expression of emotion or ideas through literary work‚ often with a distinctive style and rhythm. Kenneth Slessor’s ‘Beach Burial’ and Bruce Dawe’s ‘Elegy for Drowned Children’ both present ideas on how individuals lament for the passed‚ through the major theme of death. Beach Burial follows the recurring events of the battle of El Alamein in WW2‚ whilst The Elegy for Drowned Children questions the fate of those unfortunate souls who have drowned. Although

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