repetition and personification to portray how she waited for a man she loved to return who never did. The repetitive phrase of “(I think I made you up inside my head)” makes me feel that this is to emphasize the fact that she really wishes he was fictional‚ but in fact he was real. In real life when something bad has happened to me after I sleep when I finally wake up I think to myself “Was that a dream?” then reality comes back and the pain starts all over. This is how I can relate to this poem. Sometimes
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Asleep in the Valley by Arthur Rimbaud The poem starts with a blissful scenery. The mention of flowers‚ streams‚ mountains‚ the valley‚ and how the rays of the sun reached the mountaintop emits cheerful thoughts from the readers. By reading the first paragraph‚ readers would want to go to the place the author described. They would also have their own conclusions that the poem would end in a happy note. In the second paragraph‚ a young soldier is being introduced by the author. Readers would
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Poetry Analysis Stage 1 English Poetry arouses great emotions in people. How have four poems “aroused emotions” in you? What have you learnt about war and the emotions associated with it? War is a part of our world and has been since the beginning of time. Through war‚ men have been given the opportunity to fight for freedom‚ for their country and for their beliefs. Young men have marched into an abyss‚ some never to return again. They have faced death on a daily basis and the way in which some
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How to Grow Old Bertrand Russell In spite of the title，this article will really be on how not to grow old，which，at my time of life，is a much more important subject．My first advice would be to choose your ancestors carefully．Although both my parents died young，I have done well in this respect as regards my other ancestors． My maternal grandfather，it is true，was cut off in the flower of his youth at the age of sixty-seven，but my other three grandparents all lived to be over eighty．Of remoter
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Identifying the Influence of WWI on May Sinclair’s Social Identity and Poetry Born in Cheshire‚ England in 1863‚ May Sinclair was both a feminist and poet‚ driven to expand the rights of women in the nineteenth century as an active suffragist. In an era where political affairs and the economy were dominated by males‚ Sinclair was constricted by societal gender roles that emphasized the domestic duty and femininity of the female figure in both their private and social lives. The onset of World War
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Comparative Analysis Paper-Poetry Poetry often addresses the struggles of life and workplace themes. The language and content used by the author may often convey his or her experiences and how well this is done is dependent upon the poetic techniques used to produce an emotional response or mood of the reader. Three poems have been selected‚ Ruth Collins poem “The Song of the Factory Worker‚” Jim Daniels poem “The Factory Jungle‚” and Patricia Doblers’ poem “The Rope” to compare the poetic techniques
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An analysis and comparison of The child who walks backwards and A poem for Darcy The poems The child who walks backwards by Lorna Crozier and A poem for Darcy by Steven Herrick explore the issue of child abuse. The poets give very similar treatment to the theme and both poems have the same tone. In all else‚ the poems are different. Crozier makes use of language techniques throughout whereas Herrick’s poem is unadorned‚ which creates its own impact. Both poems are devastating in the social
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“Poetry Is Not a Luxury” (1982) intertwines feminism and poetry together. Author Audre Lorde says that for women‚ “poetry is not a luxury‚ but a necessity of our existence” (Lorde‚ 1982‚ pg. 281). In today’s society‚ women’s opinions aren’t really expressed‚ because it’s not widely accepted in this man-built world. Lorde’s quote “poetry is not a luxury‚ but a necessity of our existence” means that women should use their voices and channel their energy into poetry. Since poetry is accepted‚ women
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Poetry: A Comparative Analysis As is true with most comparative analysis essays‚ we must write a paper in which we compare and contrast different things; in this case‚ compare the relationship between the language and content of three poems. I am faced with creating a list of seemingly unrelated similarities and some differences. At this point I feel a bit confused about how I want to construct this paper. I want to attempt to analyze the writing styles of three authors‚ whose works are from
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but not truly “seen.” As if every part of their being‚ their roots‚ their culture‚ and history meant nothing and holds no value to anyone but themselves‚ just as the speaker is raised in a bi-lingual‚ bi-culture atmosphere although most of us may be forgotten throughout our lifetime from daily encounters or short terms relationships; semester long classmates and professors‚ the poem “Persimmons” by Li-Young Lee reveals to us with his brilliant use of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and other literary
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