boy with his own father. While on this trip‚ the man often reminisces about how this camp has not changed a bit and that he often feels like he has gone back in time and is the boy he was when he first came‚ not the father he now is like when the speaker says “[…] or I would be saying something‚ and suddenly it would be not I but my father who was saying the words […]” (White 371). The purpose of this essay is that in life we all know we have to grow up at some time‚ but like the man in this piece
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‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy Pupil Unit Includes Formative Assessment Strategies [pic] Critical Essay: Poetry ‘Valentine’ by Carol Anne Duffy [pic] By the end of this Unit you will be able to write Critical Essays on the poem ‘Valentine’. You will be able to write relevantly about the central concern(s)/theme(s) of the poem and be able to support your views by reference to appropriate poetic techniques. You will learn about/revise the following
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the poem is just sort of mellow‚ as if it is nothing but an ordinary day. The speaker talks about the tattoo on the old man who’s at a yard sale on a chilly morning‚ contrasting his youth and his age to show the mark that the tattoo symbolized in his younger years. The poem shows a theme of how although things change‚ the past will always be a part of us; such as how a tattoo will stay with you forever. The speaker observed what the tattoo once meant and figuring what kind of person the man
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changing attitude of the speaker towards the fish. First‚ the fish is described as ancient and grizzled‚ showing signs of death and decay. However‚ upon closer inspection‚ the fish is made out to be a survivor of many battles. Through the use of figurative language‚ the poet shows the speaker’s shift from noting only the fish’s dejection to admiring him for his past glories. Bishop begins with the personification of the fish into a figure of defeat and age. The speaker mentions that the fish had
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dramatic monologue – a poem in which the impression the speaker unwittingly gives is rather different from the picture they intend to present. Initially‚ the poem appears to be built around a contrast between the storm outside and the cosy domestic scene within the cottage that Porphyria and her lover share. But there are unsettling notes from the very start –the storm is strangely personified in terms of sullenness‚ ‘spite’ and anger‚ and the speaker is for some reason so moved by it that his heart is
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stanza‚ the speaker directly addresses death to portray her dislike towards it. This is evident in the use of imperative tone in “Leave me alone.” The use of a caesura further emphasises the speaker’s strong dislike towards the changeable nature of death. The speaker pleads “Give me more time for time that was never long enough”‚ which reaffirms the unpredictability of death and also reflects the transience of time. An acceptance of death is expressed in the final stanza‚ in which the speaker truly understands
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expressed in various ways‚ for instance the speaker reads‚ “… The monsters/ thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws:/ He slipped through the door and there in the silence/ snatched up thirty men…” (lines 34-37). The speaker symbolizes his thoughts to be quick and fast moving like his claws are when he feeds on all the other humans. Snatching his men and feeding himself with their bodies. Another example used throughout the poem is when the speaker states‚ “Then the sword/ melted‚ blood-soaked
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cemetery in the autumn. Their love is so strong that they never want to be apart. The speaker is a man who is telling a story about a relationship that he was in as a teenager; he is not speaking to anyone unparticular. Through diction‚ symbols and tone the author explains how young love can be confusing‚ misunderstood‚ and full of emotion. The diction in the first two lines introduces a young couple‚ but the speaker does not come out and say the word couple he uses the word “they” in the first line
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Why is it difficult to decide how many speakers of English there are around the world today? Introduction A language is a socio-cultural aspect of any given society. It is important to note that languages tend to evolve thereby making it impossible to establish their evolutionary paths and developments. As a result‚ there have been enormous challenges in the attempt to establish the historical path of such languages. With English language‚ the situation becomes even worse simply because it is widely
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I wanna talk about beating stress Introduction This support pack accompanies the audio file ’I wanna talk about beating stress’. To listen to the audio file‚ go to: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/i-wanna-talk-about/beating-stress This support pack contains the following materials: • • • a pre-listening vocabulary activity the transcript of the audio file a comprehension activity Before you listen Exercise 01 Match the words and phrases in the table to their definitions. a. bunch of
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