Cameron Richards Essay #5 Mr. Whealy English 9 period 6 March 10‚ 2015 Why young love is like death In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ written by the great William Shakespeare‚ two “star crossed lovers” in the roman city of Verona take their lives for the sake of love. So they say‚ but many question if Romeo and Juliet were truly in “love”. Did they fall for each other for their looks or for their hearts? Each character had to make huge decisions through the story‚ that later caused more problems to
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good poem. I had a less than great attitude coming into this unit. In the past grades‚ I dreaded anything that involved poetry. The reason I picked the poem “ Baseball “ is because‚ I really like how the poet‚ Bill Zavatsky wrote the last couple paragraphs. Also the way Zavatsky changes the tone of the poem flawlessly is astounding. So far this poetry unit has taught me how to not judge a book by it’s cover. Over the last couple of years I have‚ this year I am hoping to change. This poem concerns
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in his or her works. Natalie Czech’s “A Poem by Repetition by Allen Ginsberg” combines two powerful pieces of art‚ poetry and photography to create one cohesive piece of art. The art is inspired by writings documented in Ginsberg’s personal journal; not originally being a poet‚ Ginsberg later had his journal turned into a poem. Czech later discovered the poems and altered the ending to a broader form of self-appreciation‚ changing the last line of the poem from “anybody‚” to “anything.”
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so it would be more appealing to varied audiences. Hollywood changes the epic poem so much in the movie to draw people’s attention‚ make it a good versus evil kind of movie instead of flat like the poem and making it a more sexy/ emotional movie. In the epic poem and the movie there are quite a few similarities. One being the symbols‚ Grendel represents life’s ordinary obstacles‚ Grendel’s mom represents
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an American writer of children’s poetry. Prelutsky writes the poem “The Bogeyman” which is in his poetry collection titled “Nightmares: Poems to Trouble your Sleep” written in 1976. The poem describes the horrifying features of the monster named “Bogeyman” who lives in a darker‚ dangerous place waiting to attack anyone who comes near. The speaker of the poem warns the audience of the danger of ever encountering the creature. In the poem “The Bogeyman‚” Jack Prelutsky uses many literary devices such
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EXPLICATING A POEM [pic]In order to explicate or give a detailed literary analysis of a poem‚ it is useful to ask the following questions. You do not necessarily have to follow this order. 1. What is the literal sense of the poem? • Can it be broken down into sentences? • What is the meaning of each sentence? • How could the poem be paraphrased: restated in prose form? • In what ways is the poem different from a prose paraphrase? 2. What is the diction of
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story‚ a little boy named Cory is also part of a poor family. Cory dreams of becoming a professional football player. However‚ his father believes that because he is black‚ he will not be successful as a professional player (Wilson‚ 1987). In these stories‚ both Beneatha and Cory have high hopes for the future and the resources to act upon them. However‚ after the unforeseen circumstances in each character’s situation and the attitudes of society in the time period‚ Cory is
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In the poem “Ithaka” by C.P. Cavafy the poet uses repetition to display the message that although‚ Odysseus’ main goal is to return home enjoy the journey and assimilate what you can along the way. In the first three lines of the poem‚ the poet communicates to Odysseus giving him advice on his nostos back to Ithaka : “As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one‚ full of adventure‚ full of discovery.” These lines show how the poet prefers Odysseus to take his time to “stop and smell the
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To Celia is a love poem with a simple four line rhyme scheme (abcbabcb)‚ written in first person. The over all tone of the poem is dreamy‚ optimistic‚ persistent‚ and gullibly innocent. The rhythm is smooth‚ and pensive‚ and seems to fall into an iambic pentameter. The poem gives the reader an intimate sense of this man’s love‚ and obsession for the woman of his desire‚ Celia. I interpreted this poem as having a theme of lost love. I imagined that Celia is his ex-lover‚ he still is in love with her
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In the poem “Sestina‚” the author‚ Elizabeth Bishop‚ depicts a painful story of a grandmother and a child living with loss. Most readers who have some knowledge of Bishop’s biography would assume that the poem reflects the time in her childhood when she lived in Nova Scotia‚ after her mother had been committed to an asylum (Sanger 47). The story begins in a kitchen on a rainy afternoon in September‚ with both the grandmother and the child having tea and reading the almanac. While the grandmother
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