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    doesn’t want to live on the farm anymore. Paul‚ the protagonist‚ is farmer husband who doesn’t want to leave the farm even though he can’t meet his family needs. And his wife Ellen who represents the antagonist‚ she does‚ wants to stay or accept the life on the farm. Ellen has a serious argument with Paul about their lives and her weariness she told him that she can’t stand it anymore give a foreshadowing in the story and was the initial incident when they start their argument .Ellen gave up persuading

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    Constantly risking absurdity The poem “Constantly Risking Absurdity” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poem where he compares a poem to an acrobat.He starts off by describing how an acrobat risks everything even his life to his audience by walking in a high wire of his own making.What Ferlinghetti means is that an acrobat does everything he can including his most precious values mental and physical to entertain and amaze his audience. He doesn`t care if he makes a fool of himself o even kill himself

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    new landscapes‚ but in having new eyes‚ in seeing the universe in the eyes of another‚ of hundreds of others‚ in seeing hundreds of universes that each of them sees”. Through the analysis of the two Robert Gray poems of ‘Journey‚ the North Coast’ and ‘The Meatworks’‚ as well as ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’‚ directed by Ben Stiller‚ we as an audience learn that the key to discovery is developing a greater capacity to view the world from different perspectives other than ones own‚ leading to new

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    1. Repletion has been used in the poem to express her opinion on what frightens her‚ she uses a list of things in the verse and then sums up her feelings about it and that she is not affected by them; “life doesn’t frighten me at all.” 2. A lot of noises are used in the poem “barking” and “boo” expresses how she is not afraid of noises and could be expressing a metaphor for the courage in each one of us. 3. In the poem she speaks about boys pulling her hair‚ this could be symbolic for

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    section of the poem‚ Coffin uses his word choice‚ similes‚ imagery‚ and a gloomy tone to convey the theme. The imagery is being created mostly by Coffin’s word choice and partly by some similes being used. The simile lines‚ like “two birds on golden legs slim as dream things” ( Coffin 6 ) and “ran like quicksilver on the golden sand” ( Coffin 7 )‚ show how the birds were looking pretty majestic before the person ended their lives. The choice of words shows how the birds were all full of life before they

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    His Ordinary Men seeks to shift perspective away from the notion that those predisposed toward the behavior that perpetrated this greatest of human tragedies were inhuman and accustomed to operating in fashions more sociopathic than militarily appropriate. In doing so‚ he sets a sizable challenge for himself. Truly‚ there is no way to address why the German people participated in without elaborating upon some of the most unspeakable acts committed in modern history. To that end‚ Ordinary Men takes

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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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    A Poem For Best Friends This is a poem for best friends. You © Margery Wang I still remember the first day we met We were too shy to say much at all It’s funny to think back to that time Because now we’re having a ball! They say that true friendship is rare An adage that I believe to be true Genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you. Our bond is extremely special It is unique in its own way We have something irreplaceable  I love you more and

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    morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh‚ as the hostler calls; The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore. And the tide rises‚ the tide falls. Pee Paragraph : I think this poem is trying to tell us that when you have got ups or downs in life‚ you can’t do anything to change what has happened and you just to just carry on. I thought this because when he uses ‘The tide rises‚ the tide falls’‚ it makes me think of something that has ups and downs because the

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    Eric Fykerud May 3‚ 2013 Period 2 9th Grade Poetry Book Report Blackberry picking theme analysis: In the poem Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney‚ he describes the action of picking blackberries during the summer. This poem has many themes infused within the poem. However some stand out more than others. greed‚ mortality‚ and disappointment. First he describes greed the over excessive amount of berries that they would pick. “We trekked and picked until cans ere full”. The kids

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