Glenda Paulesich English Composition II 26 February 2012 Suicide Note The poem “Suicide Note” tells the story an Asian-American college student who commits suicide because she could not live up to what she believed were the expectations of her parents. The girl left a note that turned out to be an apology to her parents‚ apologizing for her failures as a student and as a daughter. This poem takes you inside the mind of the young girl as she preparing for her final hour of life. It is apparent
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How did poems convey the first world war? Wilfred Owen and Wills Hall covey war in their own way adapting to the time and circumstances to put across the horror and brutal reality of war. The two texts I am going to refer to‚ to show this are “The long and the short and the tall” by Wills Hall and "Dulce et decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen writes his poetry to get over the trauma of the experience. He has (like many other poets) the burning desire to get the horror of the
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Patrick Primeaux Dr. David Pulling English 1002 March 13‚ 2013 Describing Linda Pastan’s “Pass/Fail” This poem was written in a style using free verse. This means that there is no rhyming repetition and it sounds pretty much like a speech given by a person. The author of this poem‚ Linda Pastan‚ wrote this poem in 1975 to give the reader what she experienced through images. In this case‚ the images portray the worries of taking an exam and how to study. An (image) is a way to express to the
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www.engishbiz.co.uk 2003 Steve Campsall How to Read a Poem Poems can sometimes be difficult to get to grips with. But remember that the poet has tried hard to say much using few words. Part of the enjoyment of a poem is the work needed to engage with it and find out what the poet is saying. Don’t always expect to be able to ‘translate’ a poem – many poems have ‘meanings’ that are hard to define precisely‚ but which still seem to strike a powerful chord in our consciousness. Remember that
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Mary Hyland 11/18/14 P.3 Poem Reaction Paragraphs Emily Dickinson: “Success Is Counted Sweetest” This poem brought about a reaction in me of true success. The message is those who succeed‚ never truly appreciate success: only those who fail‚ or who lack something‚ can truly appreciate the joy if they had succeeded. The poet says “those who ne’er succeed” genuinely value success‚ or as she says‚ “They “count” it “sweetest”. Dickinson also states the members of the victorious army
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from them Poetic Devices: Simile‚ Imagery‚ Line break‚ Stanza break Context: Ender has to leave his home‚ Trondheim‚ in order to help the hive queen start a new life. Before this novel ender unknowingly wiped out the bugger race and promised to give the hive queen life again. When Ender leaves‚ he is leaving not only his home‚ but all the memories he has built here along with his loving sister Valentine. Analyzation: In this poem I tried to portray the sadness Ender was feeling to leave
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Two poems that explore the change from this life to whatever follows are May Swenson’s “Question” and Emily Dickinson’s “I heard a Fly buzz--when I died--”. The former depicts a someone questioning the fate of her body and soul upon death’s separation while the latter constitutes of a speaker retelling‚ from the grave‚ the moments surrounding her last breath. While both poems are written in first person‚ making the prospect of death personal‚ they differ in tense. “Question” is written in present
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The Collected Poems of Ai Poet Ai is more of a Persona Poet‚ than a Confessional Poet. She tells extremely detailed stories of her life‚ sometimes in second person and at time as a male. As I started reading the poems‚ there were time I was asking myself if she was a lesbian‚ I just was confused in what she was trying to convey‚ and then with a little more research I learned she was a multifaceted poet‚ which takes the reader through many twists and turns of her sometime happy or very disturbing
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A week back‚ I was walking on the road at Bangalore‚ It was a very usual busy day around 11 am in the morning. There was some work in progress to repair the platforms of the road. I noticed two women were hiding behind a name board. one among them was holding a kid and feeding him. The other was nearly old 50 years. I also noticed that a cradle near to them in a tree branch. I started observing them‚ for a while to know‚ why they were hiding behind?. After‚ hearing their conversation‚ i came to
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Beauty Poems‚ like stories and novels‚ often have themes and ideas that are expressed. In the two poems I read‚ de los Santos’ “Perfect Dress” and Hoagland’s “Beauty”‚ it is apparent that great thought was put into themes of beauty and into the ideas and opinions behind it. Through analyzation of these two poems I will collectively share the opinions and uncover perhaps previously unrealized perspectives that perhaps is not originally apparent In “Perfect Dress” the tone is immediately set with
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