George B 11/18/11 Explication of “A Birthday Present” by Sylvia Plath For many readers‚ the draw of Sylvia Plath’s poetry is distinctly linked to her life as well as the desire to end her life. As Robert Lowell states in the forward of Ariel‚ “This poetry and life are not a career; they tell that a life‚ even when disciplined‚ is simply not worth it” (xv). “A Birthday Present”`‚ written by Plath in September of 1962 and hauntingly recorded in her own voice on audio in October of that same year
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Mowing There was never a sound beside the wood but one‚ A And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. B What was it it whispered? I knew not well myself; C Perhaps it was something about the heat of the sun‚ A extra syllable Something‚ perhaps‚ about the lack of sound— B And that was why it whispered and did not speak. D extra s. / emphasis It was no dream of the gift of idle hours‚ E emphasis Or easy gold at the hand of fay or elf: C emphasis Anything more
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Everybody has‚ had‚ or is going to have someone die in their life‚ but it’s the worst thing in the world. Just like I am close to my grandmother I wouldn’t know what to do if I didn’t have her in my life. Would I survive? Is the question I always ask myself‚ the girl and I have similarities only thing different about us is that her father died. You never know who it’s going to be it could be your sister‚ mother‚ grandmother‚ and so on. That’s how I think Sylvia Plath “Daddy” is about how she lost
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In Shelley’s poem "Ode to the West Wind" His call of revolution and change is very strong. He portrays the deterioration of humanity and he invokes individuals to wake up. He also hopes for a millennial future‚ of a major transformation to the better. The poet believes that the society declined to its "grave". He describes the people as dead leaves. He uses the colors of dead flesh to describe the leaves "Yellow‚ and black‚ and pale‚ and hectic red". He also describes the society as "ghosts…fleeing"
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Keats’s speakers contemplate urns (“Ode on a Grecian Urn”)‚ books (“On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” [1816]‚ “On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again” [1818])‚ birds (“Ode to a Nightingale”)‚ and stars (“Bright star‚ would I were stedfast as thou art” [1819]). Unlike mortal beings‚ beautiful things will never die but will keep demonstrating their beauty for all time. Keats explores this idea in the first book of Endymion (1818). The speaker in “Ode on a Grecian Urn” envies the immortality
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<center><b>Assignment 1: Explication from Hamlet (1.3.111-137) ("My lord‚ he hath importuned me with love" [end of scene].</b></center> <br> <br>Ophelia and Polonius have a father-daughter discussion toward the end of Act 1 where Polonius‚ concerned father that he is‚ warns his daughter Ophelia of becoming too involved with Hamlet. This warning comes just as Laertes‚ brother and son‚ has bid farewell. Laertes has just warned Ophelia himself of getting involved with Hamletthis is the first time
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The two strongest concepts present in Keat’s poem‚ "Ode on a Grecian Urn‚" are desire and satisfaction. These concepts usually cannot be fully present at the same time‚ but Keats found something tangible that does encompass both. In this essay I will expand upon the idea of an urn having two seemingly conflicting concepts‚ how this idea is defined‚ what options the speaker has with regard to the consequences‚ and how the conflict is resolved. I will also give my opinion on whether or not the
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101 American English Idioms: Understanding and Speaking English Like an American Section One: It’s a Zoo Out There 1 - Smell a Rat (feel that something is wrong) * How come the front door is open? Didn’t you close it before we went shopping? * I’m sure I did. I can’t understand it. * Frankly‚ I smell a rat. * Me‚ too. I’m convinced that something is definitely wrong here. * We’d better call the police. 2 - Go to the Dogs (become run down) * Have you seen their house lately? It’s really gone to the
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but I know it when I walk into a room. I talked with a modeling agency that books top male models and they were more descriptive: Its when someone walks in the door and you almost cant breathe.” In the article “What is beauty” it says “The oxford English dictionary defines the word beautiful as excelling in the grace form‚ charm of color‚ and other qualities.” Beauty won`t be able to find at once in people Some feel that beauty is all about plastic surgery‚ tanning to look their best‚ and being the
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The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England‚ who speak the English language. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin‚ when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn. England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom and English people in England are British citizens. Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles‚ Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain in the fifth century AD.[8] Historically‚ the English population is descended from several peoples — the
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