Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver is a poem which‚ as with other poems she has written‚ connects things in nature to human experience and feeling. The first line held my full attention saying "I thought the earth remembered me‚" as I did not know at first why Oliver included the word thought. After closer examination and re-reading responses to this poem from Discussion Number 1‚ I came to the conclusion that this line could be talking about some sort of death‚ or what happens in the mind directly
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The novel River God by Wilbur Smith is set in Ancient Egypt‚ during a time when the kingdoms were beginning to collapse and the Upper and Lower Egypt were separated between two rulers. The story is in the view-point of Taita‚ a highly multi-talented eunuch slave. At the beginning of the story‚ Taita belongs to Lord Intef and helps manage his estate along with caring for his beautiful daughter‚ Lostris. She is in love with Tanus‚ a fine solider and also Taita’s friend. Unfortunately‚ Lord Intef despises
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The historical novel‚ Blood on the River‚ which we had to read in class‚ is a very interesting book. Elisa Carbone wrote the book‚ in the year 2006. The historical setting takes place in Jamestown in the year 1607. During this time in history many things were happening in the now called “United States of America”‚ because back then it was not called that. People were just coming over to this new land and discovering new things. The main character in this story is Samuel Collier‚ an eleven-year-old
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Forest This article is about a community of trees. For other uses‚ see Forest (disambiguation). | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2011) | A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) Mixed deciduous forest in Stara Planina‚ Serbia A forest‚ also referred to as a wood or the woods‚ is an area with a high density of trees. As
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tropical forests Forest definition (canopy cover %) . 10% tree cover 25% tree cover 30% tree cover 63 43 36 Aboveground forest carbon (Mt C) 4‚356 3‚464 3‚151 Belowground forest carbon (Mt C) 1‚238 968 873 Total forest carbon (Mt C) 5‚593 4‚431 4‚024 89 104 112 Forest Area (M ha) Average Carbon Density (t C/ha) M=million‚ t=metric tons; all figures are mean carbon stock values Trends India: Breakdown of forest types‚ 2010 Primary forest (1000 ha | % of forest area) 15701
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Forests are precious national resource whim not only play significant role in national condor but help in pollution control and maintaining logical balance. These offer a number of direct indirect advantages which have been realised sin time immemorial. Direct Advantages 1. Forests provide valuable timber for dome tic and commercial use. Industries like paper‚ matt making‚ plywood‚ sports goods‚ lakh and furniture at directly based on raw materials derived from forest 2. Forests supply a
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Temperate forests correspond to forest concentrations formed in the northern and southern hemisphere‚ or in temperate regions. Main characteristics include: wide leaves‚ large and tall trees and non seasonal vegetation. Temperate forests can be further distinguished by weatherpatterns and geographical features that favor the predominance of certain kinds of trees. In temperate coniferous forests‚ evergreen coniferspredominate‚ while in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests‚ a more even distribution
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A forest is an area with a high density of trees. There are many definitions of a forest‚ based on various criteria. These plant communities cover approximately 9.4 per cent of the Earth’s surface (or 30 per cent of total land area) and function as habitats for organisms‚ hydrologic flow modulators‚ and soil conservers‚ constituting one of the most important aspects of the Earth’s biosphere. The emerging trends of deforestation‚ desertification and soil erosion are closely linked with societal
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As You Like It Forest Vs Court The forest is presented in a more favourable light in that the “goodies”‚ Duke Senior and his court‚ reside there. All of the good characters in the court are banished or exiled to the forest at the start of the play. Duke Senior describes the court as “painted pomp…the envious court”. He goes on to say that in the forest the dangers are real but natural and are preferable to those in the court “The …churlish chiding of the winter’s wind… even till I shrink with
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As you go deeper into the never-ending forest the outside world closes. Not a house‚ a car or a person in sight‚ all alone in an enchanted forest. The trees stand together yet are still completely alone. They are like shadows‚ haunting one another. I looked up at the glistening‚ starry leaves‚ gleaming like raindrops. The sounds of the rattling of tiny plants‚ grass‚ and swirling leaves on the ground was almost completely silent‚ only the wind that made the whistling sounds among the bare trees was
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