an American writer of children’s poetry. Prelutsky writes the poem “The Bogeyman” which is in his poetry collection titled “Nightmares: Poems to Trouble your Sleep” written in 1976. The poem describes the horrifying features of the monster named “Bogeyman” who lives in a darker‚ dangerous place waiting to attack anyone who comes near. The speaker of the poem warns the audience of the danger of ever encountering the creature. In the poem “The Bogeyman‚” Jack Prelutsky uses many literary devices such
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Point – The human mind is a complicated thing to understand. The poem speaks philosophically to describe how the human mind has a conscience and how our conscience helps us distinguish right from wrong. Main Point – Death is cold‚ lovely‚ and dark. The winter season is harsh and so is life. Death is an escape from “winter”‚ death is “easy wind and downy flake”. Concluding Statement – Many interpretations can be created with this poem and the only limit to the interpretations is the creativity of
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address a Civil War battle‚ had just taken place. Lincoln was discussing the events that had taken place in Gettysburg‚ Virginia a few weeks prior to November 19‚ 1863. At the time his speech seemed unsuccessful because the people thought his presentation was too short. Also‚ the people thought it should have been a memorial service for the soldiers who died instead of a challenge to continue the war. It took many years for the country to recognize its value. The Gettysburg Address
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In society‚ there is and always has been complications between Caucasians and African-Americans. In this poem‚ Sharon Olds explores this relationship using imagery‚ repetition‚ and multiple tone shifts. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author introduces a situation that contrasts a white person with a black. Correspondingly‚ she applies imagery to emphasize this difference greatly. For example‚ the shoes he is wearing at the time are black “laced with white” and compares them to “intentional scars
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delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19‚ 1863 to signify the dedication to the soldiers that lost their lives in the Gettysburg battle which took place during the Civil War. This war was important to Lincoln because he believed it signified new beginnings to the U.S. with terms of freedom. Keeping in mind that the Gettysburg battle was the turning point for the war since this was the time that things started to finally look good for the North. In the reading it says‚ "At Gettysburg‚ he identified
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Reading of a Poem Maria Clinton ENG 125 May 31‚ 2011 Tiffany Griffin-Minor Close Reading of a Poem ON THE AMTRAK FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK CITY: BY SHERMAN ALEXIE On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City is an emotionally provocative poem by the Native American Indian writer‚ Sherman Alexie. It describes a train journey from Boston to New York City in which an elderly white woman excitedly points out historical sites to her fellow passenger‚ a younger Native American Indian. The poem demonstrates
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the author’s message regarding the bleak isolation of the world and how hope can still remain. Techniques involving the choice of diction‚ atmosphere‚ and the change of mood demonstrate Hardy’s implication as shown in "The Darkling Thrush". As the poem begins‚ the reader is stricken with ominous images‚ metaphors and a simile. A strong contrast used within a simile intensifies the underlying meaning portrayed by the author. Hardy’s opening consists of a speaker leaning on a gate examining his surroundings
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usage in the poems. While crafting my work for the final portfolio‚ I reviewed many of the poems from our poetry packet in an effort to find inspiration and to create new interesting images. I took the most inspiration for my formal poem‚ which I found most difficult to write. One of the poems that was most useful to me was Jilly Dybka’s “Memphis‚ 1976.” Dybka’s poem follows the sestina form; I also wrote my last poem in this form‚ so it helped to follow the form by looking at her poem as an example
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application of all language rules to aspects which do not require those rules Reconstructive memory – the act of remembering is influenced by various other cognitive processes Schema – a predetermined mental representation of a certain idea or concept 4. Egocentrism – “Today I went to the fire station and I learned all about the things that firefighters do. The teacher yelled at me and said I was too loud but I was talking in my outside voice because we were outside. I don’t know why she yelled at
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Hammad’s poem Break in that it speaks to the Humanities in Ethnic Studies. My central analysis is that Hammad’s gripping poem Break is predominately catered to the aspects of the human portion of this assignment. Furthermore‚ this essay can be viewed as counter-hegemonic. It shows that her stanzas connote a re-enunciation of personality and requires a redistribution of emblematic power. Consequently‚ this is based on this writer’s literary analysis of Hammad’s verses. Therefore‚ this poem exhibits
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