Explication of Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” In “Sonnet 73‚” William Shakespeare utilizes a somber mood‚ strong imagery‚ and intense metaphors‚ which construct a window into the soul of a dying old man for Shakespeare’s audience to visualize the dreadful oncoming of death and question the meaning of life. “Sonnet 73” is identical in structure to Shakespeare’s other sonnets with three quatrains and ending in a couplet. In the three quatrains Shakespeare compares the narrator to the transition from
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An effective short poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ What Lips my lips have kissed‚ and where‚ and why‚ portrays the dissonance between ideal young love and aged heartbreak. Millay starts this theme by looking back on the affairs she has had and realizes she has aged‚ "What lips my lips have kissed‚ and where‚ and why‚ I have forgotten " (1-2). Then Millay explains how her past lovers continue to haunt her‚ " but the rain is full of ghosts tonight‚ that tap and sigh upon the glass and listen for
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Promise – a creative response to ‘Praise Song for My Mother’ Teaching notes The aim of this task is to encourage students to write creatively using some of the ideas from ‘Praise Song for My Mother’ before reading the poem as a way of helping sensitising students to its ideas and language. The task could be developed by asking students to give feedback to one another on their work‚ and the most able or creative could be asked to redraft‚ then analyse and explain aspects of their work.
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Sita sings the Blues is an Americanized Indian epic of the Ramayana. It focuses on both the lives of the artist and Sita. Scenes around how both Sita and the artist where in love then went through a break up. I feel that Sita sings the Blues is a hybridization of Indian and westernized culture and art. Its American interpretation of the Indian culture. While this movie has good entertainment value‚ it’s not an entity accurate representation of Indian culture‚ but rather a surface level introduction
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something the speaker’s group did. The others that are “not” are described that way because whiteness was created. These word and words contribute to the poem’s meaning because they exemplify the separation of people due to a standard “whiteness”. 2. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ there is a significance in the syntax of the line
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(Portfolio Task: Module 3) When you ask a patient to plantar flex a foot‚ what changes occur within the muscles involved? According to Maitland (1977)‚ the movement of foot in which ankle is bent is termed as Plantar Flexion. Posture where one stands on his/ her tiptoes or gas pedal of a vehicle is pushed‚ plantar flexion takes place. Through plantar flexion‚ ankle muscles and calf are relaxed so that they can properly work. The term “Plantar Flexion” is used to describe the movement of toe in
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In the poem "Ask Me‚" the poet‚ William Stafford‚ gives the reader a strong sense of imagery‚ it describes the river so vividly‚ so creatively. This poem is a very good poem‚ and is actually very mysterious and a little bit almost questionable about the theme of the poem. Basically what I get from the poem is‚ the speaker is not ashamed of who he or she is and you can ask them any questions about their past and they will gladly answer. It’s almost as if it is kind of testing the speaker‚ like will
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The person I decided to interview for this assignment was my mother. I decided to interview my mother out of the women in my life because we do not have a good relationship at all. But‚ she has made me the person I am today. I am strong. I am independent. I am carefree and fearless because of her. My mother has always been supportive of all the decisions I have made and has been there for me through many different situations. We share a lot of life experiences which has always showed me that it is
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BASIC OUTLINE FOR AN EXPLICATION DE TEXTE I. INTRODUCTION A. Reading the text 1. Read the text out loud several times‚ paying attention to its difficulties (words‚ expressions‚ grammar). 2. Ask yourself at this point some general questions about the text. Is it is comic‚ serious; a monologue‚ dialog (slow or rapid); is it a description‚ reflection‚ confession‚ etc? 3. Try to find the rhythm of the text: slow‚ rapid‚ even‚ uneven. 4. The purpose of this reading is to make your
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The purpose of authors writing literary works is to teach specific values and themes that they deem essential to put across to their readers. Francine Prose‚ the author of the excerpt I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read‚ is just by being skeptical of using literary works to teach values because of the way many English classes target the values of the author rather than the literary work itself. By using the two examples of the novels Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
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