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    Md Shahdat   Pd: 04    HELEN KELLER                                                       ​               ​ Like Topac kapur and emily dickinson‚ Helen keller also overcome adversity in her life.She was born on June 27‚ 1880​  ​ in tuscumbia. At the age of 19 months‚ she got a very bad fever which left her blind and deaf. Because of his deaf and blindness‚ she couldn’t communicate with anybody. Her parents were very worried about their daughter. They took her to Baltimore to a doctor. From there

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    or creed.  In The Catcher in the Rye‚ show how such a character’s alienation reveals the surrounding society’s assumptions and moral values. 6. One definition of madness is “mental delusion or the eccentric behavior arising from it.” But Emily Dickinson wrote “Much madness is divinest Sense / To a discerning Eye.  Novelists and playwrights have often seen madness with a “discerning Eye.” In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield’s apparent madness or irrational behavior plays an important role

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    "If I read a book and it makes my body so cold no fire ever can warm me‚ I know that is poetry" (Emily Dickinson). Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. Poetry is the style of writing which sometimes has a unclear or secret theme. Poetry is often used to express or describe personal feeling or emotions. Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden- Robert Hayden is the speaker in this poem. He talks as the son to the father. This poem talks about the love of son to the father‚ who

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    The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely‚ dark‚ and deep‚ But I have promises to keep‚ And miles to go before I sleep‚ And miles to go before I sleep. 2. Because I Could Not Stop for Death‚ Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death— He kindly stopped for me— The Carriage held but just Ourselves— And Immortality. We slowly drove—He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too‚ For His Civility— We passed the

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    The poems‚ “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson and “Is My Team Plowing” by AE Housman have their own perception of the idea of death which they further emphasize with the use of figurative language and style. To begin with‚ “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” is a poem about a person‚ most likely based on the views of Dickinson‚ who is too into her own world that she does not acknowledge her own death. This poem uses style to emphasize the idea of love. For example‚ on the second

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    Death seems to be a popular subject for literature. Death’s many unknowns may cause this—not all are sure of what comes after‚ and scientists cannot study its effects. Therefore‚ writers take a stab at describing and explaining it. Emily Dickinson and John Donne both do this in their respective poems. While they have the same topics‚ these two poems have plenty of differences as well. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “Death‚ be not Proud” address the same topics but focus on different

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    “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson‚ was first published in 1862. Dickinson was known for writing poetry mainly about death. When we think about death‚ we imagine something terrifying‚ but in this poem it is seen in a different perspective. In the poem‚ the speaker comes upon death‚ but not in a scary or bad way. Yet‚ death has approached her in a gentleman-like way. In this poem it’s talked about as a kind human being‚ who is simply taking her along a journey around town and

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    The poem by Emily Dickinson circa 1861 beginning "I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain" explores several subjects contained within an extended metaphor of a funeral service. This metaphor is evident in the word Funeral‚ Mourners‚ Service‚ Box (containing the body)‚ Soul‚ Heavens‚ Bell (rung to signal the passing). All these are capitalized to add emphasis and connect the meaning. Other capitalized words in the poem include Sense and Reason. We are told that the planks separate these concepts from being

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    “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” By: Emily Dickinson Part 5 “Could not stop for Death = emphasis on how you don’t have a choice on when you die. “He kindly stopped for me” irony‚ death isn’t kind. Kind gives positive energy and death doesn’t give that (contrast). “The carriage held just by ourselves” shows how you have to go at death alone and it’s just the two of you‚ emphasis on the loneliness that comes with death and people try to mask how it really is with pretty thoughts (Carriage=pretty

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    progress. With knowledge comes understanding and reasoning‚ with understanding comes power. After reading three poems‚ “Theme for English ‘B’’’ by Langston Hughes‚ “Crazy Courage” by Alma Luz Villanueva and “Much madness is divinest sense” by Emily Dickinson. I interpreted that‚ although its three different scenario‚ they are conveying the same message. People must be more willing to accept change and don’t be afraid to show their individuality despite if it’s acceptable or not. Imagine living in

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