He Had Such Quiet Eyes By: Bibsy Soenharjo 3.1 SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM The poem is about a woman who has been deceived to think that she was loved by a man with ‘quiet eyes’. She suffers for this and only learns on hindsight not to trust or give in to men who seek women only for pleasure. The poet gives an advice on being able to recognise what is true and what is not‚ when a person is truly friendly and when he is not. You may lose in the game of love and give your heart away‚ but knowing the truth
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Same Love That is so gay. You are a faggot. Take a second and think about how many times you encounter these phrases on a daily basis. Derogatory terms such as these are some among many other hateful anti-homosexual sayings that are used regularly by adolescents across the country. Why? How have these revolting expressions become part of all of our daily vocabularies? How have the terms ‘gay’ and ‘faggot’ become synonymous with ‘lame’ or ‘not cool’? With the youth of our nation bred into constant
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There are multiple scenes in act 1 scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet‚ where the theme of love at first sight is shown. This is shown using various poetic techniques‚ and by demonstrating that often love is stronger than many other emotions such as spite and revenge (seen in both the script and the film) Also‚ the script and film both have very different ways of presenting love at first sight‚ and while the film utilises the visual aspects of media‚ the script also has numerous powerful techniques such
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Paula Rau Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land‚ Who said -- "two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert ... near them‚ on the sand‚ Half sunk a shattered visage lies‚ whose frown‚ And wrinkled lips‚ and sneer of cold command‚ Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive‚ stamped on these lifeless things‚ The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: My name is Ozymandias‚ King of Kings‚ Look on
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John Agard’s ‘Checking out me history’ is written in dialectical non-standard English‚ where he has tried to input the natural sounds and phrases of a Caribbean dialect. This is important because one of the major themes of the poem is that of his personal identity; this use of language really highlights his different background and puts emphasis on his differences. His use of repetition‚ especially of the phrase “dem tell me” gives a sense of repetition and exaggerates the amount of things he was
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often wrote of the outdoors and the three poems that I will compare are of that “outdoors” type. There are several likenesses and differences in these poems. They each have their own meaning; each represent a separate thing and each tell a different story. However‚ they are all indicative of Frost’s love of the outdoors‚ his true enjoyment of nature and his wistfulness at growing old. He seems to look back at youth with a sad longing. Each of these three poems are alike in that they are all about woods
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original or beautiful in this poem which celebrates the breath-taking variety of nature in its many forms. 3)Continuum- - Explore the wasy Allen Curnow builds up the image of his depression‚ originated from a poetic block‚ in this poem. - Some poems tell a story. Show how you think Allen Curnow makes the story of his mental conflict (creative struggle) and gladual change of mood so compelling. - How does Allen Curnow powerfully convey the difficulties of writing a poem? 4)Horses - The main focus
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In Willy Russell’s Educating Rita‚ the issues of class inequalities and the choices of education are the key themes of the play. These ideas are convey through not only by the character of Frank and Rita and their uses of language but also the dramatic technique employed. Class differences are clearly illustrated at the beginning of the play‚ in the relationship between Frank and Rita. Class differences are especially evident when Rita assumes that an academic like Frank will enjoy fictions such
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"Welsh Landscape" is written by R.S Thomas. He was a Welsh traditionalist born in 1913 and he died in 2000. He has strong views and lives in the past thinking of Wales of having no present or future. The poem consists of just one stanza. The main theme of this poem is war imagery‚ the words that suggest this are "ambush"‚ "spilled blood"‚ "wild"‚ "strife"‚ "strung"‚ "sped arrows"‚ "cries"‚ "fields"‚ "corners" and "carcass". He describes Wales to have "spilled blood" which describes past battles
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Compare and Contrast two beliefs of Life after Death? Resurrection and reincarnation both have the same basic belief‚ that there is life after death‚ but the concept of the two beliefs are very different in several ways. Reincarnation is a Dualist belief and is a rebirth into a new form of existence that may be totally different from the first form of existence. For example‚ a human could get reincarnated as an animal such as a cow. The cow is a totally different form than a human. On the other
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