CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these Notes The poems: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sujata Bhatt‚ A Different History Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ Pied Beauty Allen Curnow‚ Continuum Edwin Muir‚ Horses Judith Wright‚ Hunting Snake Ted Hughes‚ Pike Christina Rossetti‚ A Birthday Dante Gabriel Rossetti‚ The Woodspurge Kevin Halligan‚ The Cockroach Margaret Atwood‚ The City Planners Boey Kim Cheng‚ The Planners Norman MacCaig‚ Summer Farm Elizabeth Brewster‚ Where I Come From 1 14 William Wordsworth
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London In London‚ William Blake portrays a very dark and abysmal picture of London. Throughout the whole poem‚ Blake never mentions a positive scene. The poem seems to deal with the lower class part of society‚ the part which lives in the poor neighborhoods. The first stanza begins with the speaker wandering around London. Throughout the poem‚ Blake repeats a word which he used in one line‚ in the next line. An example of this can be seen in the first two lines. He uses the word chartered in
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POEM O my Luve’s like a red‚ red rose‚ That’s newly sprung in June: O my Luve’s like the melodie‚ That’s sweetly play’d in tune. As fair art thou‚ my bonnie lass‚ So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still‚ my dear‚ Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry‚ my dear‚ And the rocks melt wi’ the sun: And I will luve thee still‚ my dear‚ While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare-thee-weel‚ my only Luve‚ And fare-thee-weel‚ a while! And I will come again‚ my
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in the cheetah’s eye; They wheel and then stampede‚ for none Knows which it is that has to die. His stealth and swiftness fling a noose And as his loping strides begin To blur with speed‚ he ropes the loose Buck on the red horizon in. Outline This poem shows the game of chance involved when a predator attacks his prey. The Cheetah looks harmless and awkward like a puppy. He relaxes in the shade but gradually focuses in on scattered herds that have no idea that he will attack them. Gradually‚ hunger
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JK 9-19-2013 Poetry Explication: Stanzas Written in Dejection by Percy Shelley Written in 1818‚ Stanzas Written in Dejection was penned directly in the midst of the English romantic era. Shelley‚ though not thought to be at the time‚ was one of the most incredible poets of his age‚ composing unique poems to capture the vibrant emotions of everyday life. Due to this fact‚ it almost goes without saying that his poem‚ Stanzas Written in Dejection‚ is a very descriptive and emotional piece that
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Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania between July 1st and July 3rd‚ 1863. Gettysburg is often portrayed as being the supposed “turning point” of the war‚ as the Union‚ led by General Gordon Meade defeated the Confederacy‚ led by General Robert E. Lee. Lee began the second campaign of the war‚ aptly named “The Gettysburg Campaign” after his success at the battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia in May of 1863. He hoped that while he
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Motion The poem Anne Frank Huis refers to Anneliese Marie who was born in 1929 in Frankfurt to Jewish parents. After the Nazi came to power in Germany Adolf Hitler became the chancellor and the Frank family fled to Amsterdam. The Nazis occupied in Netherlands in 1942 and Franks went into hiding. The poem reminds us one of the three years of fear and suspense undergone by Anne Frank and the family who took shelter in a narrow space in an upstairs building. Andrew Motion in his poem tries his best
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‘Mayday On Holderness’ Stanza Two By Ted Hughes In the poem‚ “Mayday on Holderness”‚ Ted Hughes analyses the relationship between man and nature. The theme of the second stanza is strongly focused on death‚ playing a part of the poem’s overall theme - the cycle of life. Another focus point of the stanza is the eternal being of nature and man’s need for it. Hughes picks up on the inferiority of mankind in comparison to “unkillable” nature. Hughes conveys the idea that nature is immortal and
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DBQ: The Battle of Gettysburg It is 1863‚ and the people of the United and Confederate States are wondering who will win this Great Civil War. Southern General Robert E. Lee decided to make a bold move and marched his troops to Pennsylvania to achieve a victory on Union soil. As the news of Lee’s army reached Northern General Meade‚ they followed in immediate pursuit. The Battle of Gettysburg is a crucial turning point in Civil War due to the termination of the Southern advance into Northern States
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Once Upon a Time‚ The Gettysburg Address and‚ Views of the Wall all have a power symbol to convey an idea about the individual’s role in society. All stories are about people struggling in a society. All people struggle in life. From Once Upon a Time‚ reports of intrusion were being documented by the homeowners (from lines 138-146) and suggests to the wife that she should make the fences and walls even bigger around the house. The idea of having people ransacking her house and going through
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