The poem “Mothers” by Nikki Giovanni is about two states of mind. An adult dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life and a concerned child. This is shown by the use of opposite words. “Dark-light” and “pleasantries and unpleasantries.” Being a child‚ Nikki was trying to make sense of what was happening around her. She sees her mother sitting in a chair in a dark room upset her. Nikki is apparently a frightened child. The wetting of the bed confirms her fear. She wrote about and absent father
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Importance of Elements in a Poem Every poem is unique in its own way. Be it William Carlos Williams’ “The Red Wheelbarrow” (926) of just 8 lines or Nigel Tomm’s “My Blah Story”‚ which is the world’s longest English poem‚ of 23‚161 lines‚ all of them have a special touch added to them. Poems are written in every mood; love‚ heart break‚ happiness or sadness. Though poems are known to be easily written‚ many factors are involved when creating a good poem. It cannot be just made up
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------------------------------------------------- Throughout most of Japan’s history poetry played a large part in the process of death. A jisei is a death poem‚ a poem that any person on their deathbed was encouraged to write. While if you were a samurai‚ according to the bushido code of honor‚ if you wanted to die with honor and not at the hands of your enemy‚ if you had dishonored yourself or fellow samurai‚ or if your master had died you would commit the ritual of seppuku. Seppuku is a ceremony
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The Great Big Book of Poems Table Of Contents So Excited………………………………..........1 Reason………………………………................2 The Room………………………………...........3 My Cat………………………………................4 I Love You………………………………..........5 Just A Kiss………………………………..........6 I Wish……………………………….................7 Moment Of Freedom…………………………..8 Nothing But The Best………………………….9 The Monster………………………………......10 The End………………………………
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war poetry is the transformation that war brings about in a person. Many poems reveal boys going into war and becoming young men after the experience. Another dominant theme in war poems is about the forgotten soldiers who lost their lives and weren’t remembered. Many poems have been written about war and the feelings evoked by war. Even though a lot of war poetry was written before World War 1‚ the defining war poems were written during or about World War 1. Possibly the main reason for this
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masterpieces. William Shakespeare who wrote during the 15th century‚ created many plays‚ lyric poems as well as sonnets. Known as a well respected master of his craft‚ Shakespeare wrote many fine lyrics which can now be found in his plays‚ poems‚ and sonnets. Similarly‚ Thomas Hardy‚ a realist poet in the 19th century‚ is best known for his pessimistic style and tone used in many poems and novels. The poem It Was a Lover and His Lass by Shakespeare and The Ruined Maid by Hardy contain several devices
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With the start of the Renaissance came an intellectual awakening. Even though the majority of the artistic works of the time featured some form of Christian imagery‚ elements of the scientific discoveries of the time can be seen subtly in the paintings and architecture of the era. As the Renaissance was a time where human intellect expanded and morphed in drastic ways‚ it was also an extremely controversial time of diminishing religion and changing ideas. One of the most controversial discoveries
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www.engishbiz.co.uk 2003 Steve Campsall How to Read a Poem Poems can sometimes be difficult to get to grips with. But remember that the poet has tried hard to say much using few words. Part of the enjoyment of a poem is the work needed to engage with it and find out what the poet is saying. Don’t always expect to be able to ‘translate’ a poem – many poems have ‘meanings’ that are hard to define precisely‚ but which still seem to strike a powerful chord in our consciousness. Remember that
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Several years ago‚ times were exceptionally different from to the present day. The United States confliction with segregation and children having to follow their parent’s footsteps of their careers and traditions. A young boy named Homer Hickam struggled with his father’s way of living by choosing Homers dream for him‚ Homer struggled following is own dream due to his father. Homer dream of becoming a rocket scientist seemed absurd for the people in Coalwood‚ where most boys either be a coal miner
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S. Lewis‚ in his novel The Great Divorce‚ uses beautiful imagery to paint a picture of‚ perhaps‚ what Heaven and Hell might be like. In describing Hell and human freedom he articulates: “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God‚ ‘Thy will be done‚’ and those to whom God says‚ in the end
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