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    "Thief" In the poem "Thief‚" the author talks about how quickly time goes by and reflects on the girl she used to be‚ the girl she is now‚ and her plans for the future. In the troubled yet bright poem "Thief‚" the author claims that time goes by quickly‚ and people change with time. This message is conveyed through the use of repetition‚ imagery‚ and similes. Throughout the poem‚ the repetition of "Three more years" demonstrates that the author will begin a new chapter in her life in

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    Edward Hirsch’s poem‚ For the Sleepwalkers‚ explores the issue of admiration for sleepwalkers and their faith in themselves. Hirsch uses literary techniques to illuminate how the speaker’s view of sleepwalkers develops throughout the poem. At the beginning of the poem‚ Hirsch uses an evident parallel structure recurring in the first stanza is the phrase “so much faith in.” This repetition emphasizes the amount of faith that the sleepwalkers have‚ and by showing that the speaker acknowledges the sleepwalkers’

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    Hood Vs Harvey

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    essay you will see how Hood and Harvey are really similar but there is one thing that makes them very different. Barker makes Hood and Harvey very similar by calling them thieves and vampires‚ but different by the amount each of them care. Hood and Harvey are both thieves in some sort. Hood steals time and souls of kids.When Harvey and Hood met‚ Harvey was very mad about that Hood steals time from everyone who enter. This happened after he saw his mom and dad. Harvey said to Hood‚ “You stole thirty years

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    Thomas Paine Analysis

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    From the earliest starting point‚ Paine makes it clear that he is not solidly partial to administration‚ whose sole quality he cerebrates lies in "limiting our indecencies". Paine considers government to be awful in all structures‚ even taking care of business and terrible at the very least. As showed by Paine‚ governments must be measured by their feasibility‚ as measured by their ability to upgrade society without being severe. Paine does not trust that anyone has a benefit to control others. Paine’s

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    Robin Hood Ethos

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    Robin Hood is perhaps one of the most iconic English luminaries‚ an outlaw living in Sherwood Forest with his ‘Merry Men’ . His ethos of “robbing from the rich and giving to the poor” made him adored by many‚ as he is seen as a figure who fought for the downtrodden. He was a commoner who was truculent against the aristocrats and fought the inequitable ruling of them. He was a dexterous archer and swordsman that courageously defended his fellow commoners and his Merry Men . Some dispute if

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    In this poem‚ Blake is trying to dispel the myth of grandeur and glory associated with London and to show the ’real’ people of London and how they felt. London was seen and portrayed as a powerful and wonderful city where the wealthy lived and socialised. However‚ Blake knew that London was really a dirty‚ depressing and poverty-stricken city filled with slums and the homeless and chronically sick. To reveal the truth‚ Blake combines description of people and places with the thoughts and emotions

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    Ozymandias poem analysis

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    54461332 Assignment 01 Unique number: 859786 Ozymandias Question 1: Pharaoh Ozymandias was a cruel tyrant‚ who thought himself to be the most mighty person on earth; almost as mighty as a god. The statue is described as having “two vast and trunkless legs” (line 2) inspiring the reader to comprehend Ozymandias’ power; he was so mighty that no-one could even measure his “vast” power. The reader is led to understand that Ozymandias was an arrogant‚ cruel leader with the words: “frown” (line

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    Puente Poem Analysis

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    There’s poems online that are about roller coasters. Weird right? My Puente teacher‚ Mr. Shank‚ asked the class to compare any poem we like‚ to our experience in Puente and type it out; maximum 2 pages long. That’s our final. I thought it was going to be something else‚ like difficult‚ but apparently not. I thought about what kind of poem I want to look up online‚ till it hit me. When he asked about our experience‚ my mind played a movie of all the things I went through in Puente. There was lots

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    overall perception of the speaker throughout “On the Subway”‚ written by Sharon Olds. Using descriptive language‚ the poem determines the speaker’s perception. The speaker’s fears of the stranger sitting across from her become the reader’s also by her comments and use of descriptive language. The speaker communicates the stranger’s capabilities over her life more than once in the poem. “...he looks at my fur coat‚ and I don’t know if I am in his power--he could take my coat so easily‚ my briefcase

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    Poem Analysis: The Mother

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    In this poem “The Mother” it was this mother that had many abortions. This speaker was having an emotional breakdown. For example‚ “I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children” (Brooks 1940). When reading ‘’The Mother’’ the speaker talked about her and focused on the children she aborted. But the speaker never mentioned a father. So‚ after realizing she did not mention a father this question came to an understanding. Why do people have different emotional and physical

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