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    In To a Skylark‚ the speaker‚ or in this case a man a in love hears the song of a skylark‚ and cannot begin to wonder of the birds vast beauty. He continues on in his poem about how this skylark is greater than all things‚ and how the speaker cannot fathom all of the birds features. In stanza one he starts by saying “Hail to the blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert‚ That from Heaven‚ or near it.” this is really when the speaker begins to shout and express about how the bird is more than a bird. He

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    darkening sky‚” “my girl’s voice” and “a mirror reflecting back”‚ essentially advocating the tone of reverent and reflective. Emphasizing heavily on the speaker’s epiphany at the poem’s resolution‚ when the speaker decides to put the book back to the shelf instead of stealing it‚ the speaker transparently infers the abstract concepts of self and the search for self; ignorance and knowledge; and change and transformation. As the

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    daughter on the topics of household chores‚ how to cook‚ proper table and social etiquette‚ and relationships with men from mother to daughter‚ but the poem mainly depicts the dynamic of a their relationship. Even though it is never revealed if the speaker is actually the mother‚ we can assume this based on nature of her advices‚ domestic commands and even what she says in line 14‚ “ this is how you iron your father’s khaki pants.” We see the juxtaposition of a woman of one generation and that of a

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    Fires of Destruction (word count: 1‚245) In the poem “Nighttime Fires” the speaker of the poem is remembering the speaker father’s wild obsession with burning houses at night and how the speaker had to go with the father to these burning houses with the family. The father is a casualty of the rough economy and this anger toward his bad luck is the reason he loves seeing these macabre scenes. The speaker in “Nighttime Fires” vividly illustrates the lasting impression that the fires and his father’s

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    personification‚ and colorful imagery develops a speaker and a character that demonstrates affection for the quilt’s qualities and reveals a more complex underlying message about the quilt’s impact on how the speaker perceives her life and family. The author employs imagery throughout the poem by pairing vivid colors with other characters and figures to contribute to a more complex meaning. This visual imagery is found in line 3 when the speaker described

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    Mat Noh Group Members: Koo Chi Haw 205634 Thong Hsien Jin 205770 Mohammad Azlan bin Annual 206955 Muhammad Noorhafizi bin Noor Azay 207278 Title: How State budgets are breaking US schools In the beginning of the speech‚ the speaker did gained the attention and interest of the audience by relating the topic to the audience and stating the importance of the topic and relating the topic to the audience. He mentioned that “And these budgets are the key for our future; they’re the

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    engage the visitor’s interest. C lack artistic originality. 2 Extract Three You hear a woman talking on the radio about her favourite piece of music. 5 How does the speaker say she feels when listening to her favourite piece of music? A B nostalgic C 6 engrossed inspired The speaker believes that critics of her favourite music are wrong to A doubt the level of its popularity. B disregard the composer’s skills. C underrate it for its wide appeal

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    escape pain‚ the speaker uses aposiopesis: an abrupt silent. Throughout the entire poem‚ we are not told what was the conversation between the victim and the rapists about. Further‚ the speaker is reluctant to address the subject. Thus‚ deviating to narrative time. Purposely‚ the silence effaces the gruesome details for us to imagine it. Leaving a gap between the narration that ignites the reader’s imagination to the utmost level. By comparing herself with a child‚ the speaker alludes to an archetypal

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    Speaker in poetry Christen Borgersrode I chose to write about “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden. This poem was a touching memory as the speaker looked back on how he never thanked his father for all he did on those chilly Sunday mornings. In lines one through five the speaker talks about how the father would always get up in the early morning‚ in the “blueblack cold”‚ and get a fire started to warm the house after working hard that previous week. This shows that the father worked hard

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    In “The Juggler” by Richard Wilbur‚ the speaker employs detailed imagery and a praising tone in order to express the speaker’s admiration towards multitaskers and his criticism for the lack of recognition they recieve. The speaker admires the juggler’s talent of controlling multiple objects at once‚ and does so through imagery appealing to sight. While juggling‚ the juggler manages to perform and complete the act without dropping a single ball. The speaker compares the balls to heaven and describes

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