“How to Be Old” It is easy to be young‚ (Everybody is‚ at first.) It is not easy to be old. It takes time. Youth is given; age is achieved. One must work a magic to mix with time in order to become old. Youth is given. One must put it away like a doll in a closet‚ take it out and play with it only on holidays. One must have many dresses and dress the doll impeccably (but not to show the doll‚ to keep it hidden.) It is necessary to adore the doll‚ to remember it in the dark
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Varna English Writing 300 Professor McFadden February 8‚ 2012 The Centaur The poem “The Centaur”‚ written by May Swenson allows readers the opportunity to see through the eyes of a young girl as her imagination brings a hand crafted piece of wood to life; transforming it into a majestic stallion. As she lets her imagination flourish throughout her experience the reader sees how the girl and stallion become one. Swenson’s careful choice of words contain abundant elements of language‚ imagery
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“The Centaur”‚ by May Swenson is a narrative poem that is told by a woman looking back on her childhood. Through the various uses of imagery throughout the poem‚ Swenson portrays a child who is having a joyous time in a field. The imagery that Swenson uses throughout the entirety of the poem helps convey the message about women and their expectations in society to the reader. Firstly‚ at the beginning of the poem‚ the reader is relatively clueless of the fact that the child is a girl. In
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Instructor Smith English 10-4 8 February 2013 The Centaur “The Centaur” by May Swenson portrays an imaginative‚ care free young girl as she becomes one with what she thinks is the centaur‚ she is “the horse and the rider” (38) ‚ but eventually her mother brings to an end her wild ride. Through structure‚ diction‚ figurative language‚ and imagery‚ Swenson describes a special time for the ten year old girl. The structure in the poem illustrates the freedom of youth and playfulness. The poem
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In her nostalgic poem “Centaur”‚ May Swenson defines an optimal childhood through the speaker’s reminiscence about the summer play of a ten year old tom boy‚ grasping every carefree moment of youth. The speaker captures this girl’s imagination through her depiction of a metaphorical centaur‚ who is a girl who becomes part horse in her mind. The speaker’s reflection of this specific summer reveals a lack of responsibility and an abundance of opportunities comprise a lighthearted adolescence. The
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Old English Poetry Short Notes: 1. Beowulf - It is the conventional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines‚ set in Scandinavia‚ commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. It survives in a single manuscript known as the Nowell Codex. Its composition by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet is dated between the 8th and the early 11th century. In the poem‚ Beowulf‚ a hero of the Geats in Scandinavia‚ comes to the help
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The Swensons and Engstroms in America Although no definitive explanation exists for William’s father‚ Charley Swenson‚ remaining in Sweden instead of emigrating with his parents and siblings‚ prospects of a sustainable livelihood accorded him by the inheritance of his father’s property suggests a plausible reason. Conversely‚ the rocky land of northern Gotland‚ hardly suitable for agriculture‚ provided an inhospitable environment for any farmer wishing to flourish.1 Nevertheless‚ perhaps with
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Write about the poem “When You Are Old”. You should describe what the poet writes about and how he uses language to convey his thoughts and feelings. In W.B Yeats poem "When You Are Old‚" an anonymous narrator requests of a former lover to remember her youth and his love for her‚ the poem continues to tell the tale of this unrequited love the narrative persona feels. Unrequited love is the theme for this poem and is illustrated through a number of different techniques. There are three stanzas
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David F. Swenson and Philip L. Quinn are two brilliant authors that share some of the same views on the meaning of life as one another. They both believe religion is the way for one to best live a moral life. Even though the share the same main ideas‚ they little differences that make them stand out. Swenson makes statement that man typically lives on ward but tends to reminisce back in time. By this he means that if there was no past‚ there could be a future looking at it through retrospect. As
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purely personal but attains the universality by virtue of its presentation. The Seafarer:- * It is a poem of some hundred lines. * It is difficult to surmise wheather the poem is a monologue of a seaman or a dialogue between two sailors-one old and another young. * It seems to be in two distinct
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