A Poem For Best Friends This is a poem for best friends. You © Margery Wang I still remember the first day we met We were too shy to say much at all It’s funny to think back to that time Because now we’re having a ball! They say that true friendship is rare An adage that I believe to be true Genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you. Our bond is extremely special It is unique in its own way We have something irreplaceable I love you more and
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land. They are both written in first verse. “The Storm” is based in America and “Storm on the Island” is set on a small island in Britain. A main difference in these two poems are the people who are targeted: the victims of the tragedy that occurs in their respective towns. The islanders from the “Storm on the Island” poem are prepared‚ (“We are prepared: we build our houses squat”)‚ as if they were expecting the storm‚ even though “the wizened earth” had never
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but to think what happened? What happened to all their hopes? All their dreams? Burned? Rotten? Growing in a new sapling? Flowing down a red river? No. Forgotten. In this poem‚ I was trying to convey themes of life being too precious for war to ruin and how easy it is to overlook all the victims of war. Not only does my poem have two lives that are taken by the war‚ it also speaks of how war affects other types of like such as trees‚ forests‚ and life in water. This connects back to the book in
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we love is no longer ours? We shut the world out‚ act like we don’t care‚ yet‚ these are all just faces we wear to hide the pain. While there are many ways to combat heartbreak‚ Lang Leav does a remarkable job connecting to the reader through her poems. She can relate to the reader‚ they understand what she writes about‚ she helps them get through breakups and puts words to our emotions. “A bruise is tender but does not last; it leaves me as I always was. But a wound I take
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A soldier’s suffering holds no refrain from anyone‚ no matter what title or identity they have. In both the worlds of soldiers in those in the poem entitled “losses” by Randall Jarrell and at Devon school in “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles‚ there are several relationships that they share. Both center around the lives of soldiers and soon to be soldiers during the cruel time of the second World War which was happening in Europe. Jarrell experiments with multiple identity in the combination of several
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given the opportunity to select poems I admire instead of being forced to know a poem‚ I have started to really enjoy certain aspects of poetry. The poems I chose for my anthology were ones that I had an instant connection with‚ but also had a deeper meaning. The five poems I selected were “Snow‚” by Louis Macneice‚ “Solitude‚” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox‚ “Burning the Old Year‚” by Naomi Shihab Nye‚ and “A Positive Change‚” by Seema Chowdhury. First‚ I narrowed my poem choices to a few every time by
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In the poem “Love Poem With Toast”‚ Miller Williams uses imagery to illustrate the complex relationship between two characters. Starting off in the very first stanza‚ William writes a very bland line‚ “Some of what we do‚ we do to make things happen‚” making this line seem lifeless and distasteful. It’s later accompanied by the lines “the alarm to wake us up‚ the coffee to perc‚ the car to start.” This helps support the very first line in showing the reader that their lives are very routine-based
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certain images. Some instances of surrealism can be found in the speaker’s actions‚ the appearance of certain creatures‚ and the speaker’s transformation. The first instance of surrealism is clearly portrayed in the first stanza of the poem: "Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry."(lns. 1-3). "The opening line--"Ink
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your response to the poem. Suggest one or two activities that you might ask form 5 Malysian students to do in connection with the poem. The poem is about the persona is reminiscing her childhood memories. It describes the persona’s “Peranakan” household during the monsoon season. In the “Monsoon History”‚ the lines are arranged in a particular way to create effect and the choice of words that the poet is focused on engaging the audience to interact with the poem.
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always more to the story than what meets the eye! The sonnet “First Poem for You” by Kim Addonizio is a riveting piece of poetry that uses symbolization to help guide the readers to understand the emotions and feelings the woman has towards her partner. Visual and tactile imagery used within this poem helps readers interpret the meaning of the poem. The theme is longevity and the true meaning of a relationship. In Addonizio “First Poem for You‚” Addonizio utilizes literary elements to develop the story
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