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    Hunting Song

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    Hunting Song This story‚ “Hunting Song”‚ helps us envision the deer hunting tactics of the Navajo people. Although the true moral of this story is terrifying‚ the author of this poem wrote it in a way that it sounds almost peaceful. He uses beautiful‚ environmental imagery such as the mountains and dewy flowers to help us picture this scene better in our minds. This story teaches us about the Navajo song writing tradition‚ their appreciation towards the deer‚ and their hunting tactics. A major

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    | | our Casuarina Tree is a poem published in 1881 by Toru Dutt‚ an Indian poet. Its a perfect example of craftsmanship.In this poemToru Dutt celebrates the majesty of the Casuarina Tree and remembers her happy childhood days spent under it and revives her memories with her beloved siblings. ------------------------------------------------- Summary The poem begins with the description of the tree. The poet says that the creeper has wound itself round the rugged trunk of the Casuarina Tree‚ like

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    The Last Song

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    Nichole Alfeche Musser Lit Film & Media 20 September 2014 The Written Word to a Larger Picture Literature is the written word. It may include a poem‚ play‚ or novel. The book “The Last Song” written by Nicholas Sparks‚ originated as a novel before proceeding to then is translated onto the big screen as a movie. The film was directed by Julie Ann Robinson. Books are written to tell a story through literary devices and descriptions. When translated into movies‚ the outcome is not always as

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    minute I read the title of today’s poem‚ I knew I was going to enjoy it. I chose this poem because the title reminded me of a very familiar childhood movie‚ The Sandlot; because of this I thought I could interpret it the best out of all of them. This poem is unique in that the title is actually the first two lines of the poem. Right from the start the title says a lot. The title is very direct in the way it leads into the poem. Readers don’t have to guess what this poem is going to be about. Also‚ almost

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    Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ "Medallion" is about a snake she finds dead‚ and the details of its body that she notices. Written in 1959‚ its form was strictly "controlled." Plath uses imagery‚ literary devices‚ and sensory details‚ especially colors. First‚ we "see" the image of a snake‚ bronze‚ lying in the sun near a gate with a "star and moon" design. By the gate with star and moon Worked into the peeled orange wood The bronze snake lay in the sun Next‚ Plath uses a metaphor

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    Poems

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    is fun Splash in the water Splish‚ splash rain is here Something to bring life to all It is needed soon. Limerick There was a boy named Mike‚ Who loved to go on long hikes. He could jog along‚ Singing a jolly song‚ With his big dog named Ike. There once was a boy named Jake‚ he thought he looked like a snake. He hissed at his friends‚ till they all made amends. That was all about Jake the snake. There was ab old man named Mark Who looked like

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    Poem

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    Shakespeare both instill a figurative idea of immortality throughout the course of time long after the writers have passed on. Shakespeare plants his beauty within the lines of the poem after his lover’s physical beauty deteriorates with time. Spencer‚ however‚ keeps the memory and love for a woman. Although both poems are about two different subjects‚ the main theme that connects them is that they immortalize two non-physical ideas. The hope of every writer is to have their work famous and studied

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    Popular Music and Songs

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    seem like a harmless habit‚ one rarely ever stops to decipher the connotation of the popular songs being played. While an adult might mindlessly sing along to the Top 40‚ a listening child may easily grasp the immoral principles the songs distribute. Some people might declare that not all songs convey a bad message‚ but in reality‚ the mass majority of music is offensive in some manner. Not only do many of songs contain foul and abrupt language‚ but there are also several cases of misogyny and sexism

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    Willow Brooks Rough Draft I met an interesting girl who I am now glad to call my friend. She is rather intelligent and seems to have a grasp on what she wants to do in life. She was born and raised in Texarkana‚ AR where she went to Arkansas High School. Willow Brooks is a student at National Park and has many hobbies‚ a crazy family‚ and goals that she plans to accomplish. Willow’s hobbies include things such as painting‚ listening to music‚ and playing video games. Some of her favorite genres

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    The Front Porch

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    How My Love For Reading Led Me To Theatre Growing up reading and writing has always been a part of my life; you could always catch my mom sitting in her chair with a book by her favorite author in her hand. I’ll always remember the day that she read a play to me‚ she was never into theatre as a kid but she read it as if she had been on Broadway. I think that is where my love for reading as well as theatre first started‚ just watching her so focused and completely into a book. It always amazed me

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