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    the rain horse

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    How does Hughes present a sesne of fear and menace in this story? The rain horse by ted hughes is a short story text. Ted hughes was a prolific poet and was more celebrated for his poetry than his prose. This narravtive reflects his poetry through the very vivid imagery created by the description of the blinding rain and mysterios horse. Hughes presents a sense of menace and fear through the description of the horse and the horse following him. Hughes presents menace ad fear through the limited

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    Fire and Rain

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    "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor‚ it was shortly after my grandfather had passed away. The death of my grandfather was one of the most difficult times of my life because it was the first time I truly experienced lost. By experience I mean‚ I was old enough to understand what was happening around me. Someone I thought would always be there‚ simply wasn’t. Every loss I have experienced since has always opened the flood gates with memories of this event in my life. The song "Fire and Rain" is one of

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    Called a monument to love‚ the Taj Mahal has also been called "India’s most famous and finest example of architecture.  We could call it a monument to symmetry. From the formal gardens divided into four sections‚ to the tomb 900 feet from the entrance‚ the four minarets continue this symmetrical theme. The minarets next to the Taj Mahal are 41.1 meters or 137 feet high and are cylindrical columns with beveled angles. Located at each of the corners of the raised marble plinth the minarets repeat the right

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    The Washington monument is a memorial in Washington D.C. commemorated to our first president George Washington.Construction of this monument began in 1848 and took nearly a century of planning and building to finish.The Washington Monument was designed by architect Robert Mills.In 1854 however construction came to halt because of political conflicts and lack of money because of the civil war.This is also why the marble the monument is in two different colors because they

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    mean they are not there. Monuments. Many wonder what exactly they do and ponder the message that the artist was trying to convey through it. Almost all wars have been commemorated in this way‚ but many wonder if it is the best way to commemorate those who served‚ and the monuments made for the Civil War are not any different. Throughout this essay‚ I will describe a monument that I have created that I believe best represents the Civil War as a whole‚ and proves that monuments are the correct way to

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    The rain came

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    Introduction The title of the story is The Rain Came by Grace Ogot. The author of the story is Grace Ogot or also known as Grace Emily Akinyi. She was born on 15 May 1930‚ near Kisumu‚ central Nyanza Region in Kenya. In achievement‚ she became the first African woman writer in English who published fiction by the East African Publishing House. Her stories such as Land Without Thunder (1968)‚ The Other Woman (1976)‚ and The Island of Tears (1980) provides the traditional Luo life. Most of her fiction

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    The Rain Came

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    The Rain Came Oganda could see the lake in the distance. She swallows her fear and walks towards it‚ like a cow led to slaughter. Singing quietly under her breath Oganda ignores the prickling of her skin as she makes her way through the sacred land. When at last she reaches the lake Oganda breathes a small sigh of relief‚ she is so thirsty‚ and her journey would be over soon. Just as she’s about to step a foot in the stretching expanse of the water a voice shouts from behind her. Startled

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    The Washington Monument is a magnificent structure designed to honor George Washington‚ the commander of American forces in the American Revolution and the first president of the newly created republic. The monument takes the form of an obelisk‚ a narrow‚ tall tapering four-sided structure with a top section that resembles a pyramid in shape. The Washington Monument‚ fashioned in granite‚ marble and sandstone has the distinction of being the world’s highest obelisk and the world’s highest stone

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    Acid and Shoe

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    making shoe polish we could lessen the trash in the streets because companies would be collecting these trashes to produce their product. As of now‚ Ateneo de Iloilo students and teachers are using leather shoes when going to school and when it rains it could damage the physical appearance of the shoes which would lead them to buy new ones. Many of them uses shoe polish to protect and clean their shoes and some are not safe when it comes in contact with skin‚ eyes or other sensitive parts of the

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    The rains of castamere

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    a lion still has claws‚ And mine are long and sharp‚ my lord‚ as long and sharp as yours. And so he spoke‚ and so he spoke‚ that Lord of Castamere‚ But now the rains weep o’er his hall‚ with no one there to hear. Yes now the rains weep o’er his hall‚ and not a soul to hear. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels‚ The Rains of Castamere was composed after Tywin Lannister’s victory over their rebellious bannermen: House Reyne of Castamere and the ancient House Tarbeck of Tarbeck Hall. Lord

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