Dana Hall Dr. Doris Davis English 472 March 3‚ 2013 An Explication of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a poem by John Keats‚ written in 1819 and published in 1820 in Hayden’s Annals of Fine Art. As the title states‚ the poem is an ode‚ a lyric poem characterized by lofty words‚ elaborate style‚ and expressive emotion. The poet achieves this style with use of figurative language‚ imagery‚ and a personification of the urn. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” keeps to the standard stanza
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Sydnee Hosler Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Explication In Cormack and Brickey’s article “Constituting the Violence of Criminalized Women‚” they reveal the underlying terms “victim‚” “mad‚” and “bad” to be associated with violent women‚ in this case seen as otherwise “troubled” individuals. This diagnosis does not support the complexity and traumatic experiences in which these women have faced that make them seem more “crazy” than men‚ as most women are seen if they
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Do Not Go Gentle- Explication In the poem “Do Not Go gentle into That Good Night” written by Dylan Thomas is a poem about death and how we all will die eventually but we shouldn’t restrict ourselves and should live how we want to live. The first line of the poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” what Thomas is saying is that you should not go gentle or quietly‚ that we should not just die but do something with our lives. The third line of the poem “Rage‚ rage against the dying of the light
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Mac Hoffman HNRS 2013 Paper #3 An Explication of Character: Michael Eisner As the longtime CEO of Disney‚ Michael Eisner was responsible for helping the company reach heights it had never reached before. He took over Disney in 1984‚ at a time in which it was struggling‚ and ultimately expanded the value of the company by taking high risk-high reward endeavors such as ambitious movie productions and the acquisition of large companies. In his autobiography Work in Progress‚ Eisner presents his
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At this turning point in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ the protagonist‚ Romeo‚ has been banished for killing Tybalt out of revenge for the death of his cousin‚ Mercutio. In having to face his banishment‚ Romeo flees to Friar Laurence’s cell to escape the Prince’s men and consult on what he shall do. During Friar Laurence’s monologue in act three‚ scene three‚ he explained to Romeo how being banished is a much better punishment than the original punishment‚ death; that his lack of
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Because I Could Not Stop for Death In the Poem ‘Because I Could Not Stop for Death” Emily Dickinson uses symbolism and allegory to portray a woman’s voyage to internal life. Emily’s main symbols in the poem are to hide the true meaning of the symbols. In the first stanza the first symbol is introduced in the lines “I could not stop for Death- He kindly stopped for me-.” I these lines Emily explains how busy the woman is and she can’t stop for death. Dickinson then says “He” who is death takes the
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Text Explication and Facets of Poetic Genre Sonnet 60 by William Shakespeare Professor C. Soldan Poetry is “the art of rhythmical composition‚ written or spoken‚ for exciting pleasure by beautiful‚ imaginative‚ or elevated thoughts”. This paper will focus on poet William Shakespeare (1564-1616) who was famous in the Renaissance Period prior to the year 1750. Shakespeare was found to have 154 written sonnets‚ which dealt with themes such as the time‚ love‚ beauty and mortality. However‚ a personal
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Explication of "The Man He Killed" In "The Man He Killed‚" Thomas Hardy demonstrates a sense of disgust for war‚ by comparing two men‚ who could have grown up together‚ and are now fighting against each other for someone else’s cause. The speaker‚ a young man who has served his country and killed an opposing soldier‚ relates to the man he has killed. This is a closed form style poem with dark undertones of the senselessness of war. In the first stanza‚ the young man describes meeting the
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different from from ourselves because if we do not feelings get hurt as shown in “Without Title”‚ violence occurs as does in “The Wife’s Story”‚ and wars are even declared as shown in My So-Called Enemy. Unquestionably‚ in the poem “Without Title” by Diane Glancy‚the Native American father‚ while persevering in the white culture does not accept it wholeheartedly. For example‚ Glancy says “It’s hard you know without the buffalo‚ the shaman‚ [and] the arrow.” She implies it is a struggle for her father
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About the Author: Diane Ravitch was George W. Bush’s assistant secretary of education and was in charge of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement. She was an initial supporter of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation with its focus on standards‚ testing‚ and accountability. However‚ after seeing the “corrosive effects” (p. 5) of NCLB on public education‚ she is now a strong advocate against standardized testing to judge the effectiveness of schools‚ student
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