Poetry Essay- In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two poems. These two poems are called Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth and London by William Blake. Both poems are about London and are set in the late 1700’s / early 1800’s. The Structure of both poems are different‚ William Blake’s London Poem has 4 stanzas and an ABAB rhyming pattern. He also uses a lot of negative words such as rigid‚ harsh‚ aggressive tone. When Blake wrote his poem he must have been
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Lawrance Professor Comp B 20 February 2013 Song Lyrics as Poetry I chose the song “Started from the bottom” by Drake as an example of poetic language in song. In the lyrics there is a reoccurring theme of how Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham) is implying how he came up with nothing‚ but now is living the dream. Being a young successful‚ rich‚ and popular young artist. The theme of the song is if you work hard for your dreams they will come true. Drake mentions in several lines about the late nights
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Maria Jose Florez Garcia is a Latino immigrant from Bucaramanga city‚ Columbia who wrote about her positive view of immigrating to the United States. Her life was mostly focused on tennis‚ since her family played it. She moved to U.S by herself looking for a scholarship for tennis. Her parents and brother are a big inspiration for Maria. Maria believes that God has good things for her in the USA. For instance‚ Maria wrote about how her parents‚ her brother‚ and her play tennis. Her brother was her
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says in the first verse ‘leaning his back against the wall or telling some new joke to a friend’‚ this tells us that he has guy friends‚ however in the next verse it quotes ‘the girls drifting like flowers’. This tells us that the girls were very delicate and graceful unlike him. He wants a girlfriend; he wants to be a girl charmer but doesn’t have the confidence or appearance to do so. This quote makes me wonder if he had any personal problems in the past… ‘Before the music that tears an old
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In late November‚ Betsy has just returned from Bacolod‚ and she was going to new york the next day. Then they made an agreement that they will write each other a letter often. She also give pepe a copy of his father’s book with inscription: To my future husband-whose past‚ present‚ and future‚ I hope‚ may also be mine‚ she also told him to read the last chapter. Then she drew out from her bag a ring for her and pepe. Which had a included a date of when they did the first time. From there‚ they said
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RIZAL IN LONDON‚ PARIS ‚ BRUSSELS ‚ and MADRID * Live d in London May 1888 t o Mar. 1889 3 reasons why he stayed there: 1)To improve the his knowledge of theEnglish Language 2)To study and annotate Morga’s Sucesosde Las Islas Filipinas 3)London was a safe place for him to carryon his fight against Spanish Tyranny Filipiniana studies Completing annotating Morga’s books Wrote many articles in La Solidaridad Penned Young Women of Malolos * Life in London Went to London May 25‚ 1888 Stayed
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“At first it was not easy‚ just like everything in life‚ nothing is easy‚” Jorge Luis Rodriguez highlight in the interview. As a University of California‚ Riverside student‚ I had the opportunity to interview a successful‚ wise and kind man‚ who owns his own small business. He owns big trucks that pick up‚ transport‚ and drop off packages and small shipments within the state of California. He began by talking about his early life as a garbage collector and how the backbreaking job led him to serious
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POETRY ESSAY – “THE RIVER STORY” BRAD HARDSTAFF Brian Patten has produced a great poem called “The River Story”‚ which is about a river and how human pollution has affected it over years and years‚ plus he describes what it was like before and how the river was living. Brian Patten wrote this poem in a huge amount of detail and specifically to show how a river can be affected from human population and the aftermath from the devastation and destruction of the humans to the river. Brian Patten’s
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Aeneas’ interpretation of amor focuses on his higher purposes and future attachments‚ whereas Dido’s focuses on her personal‚ present attachments. Aeneas is not the most poignant speech maker‚ as is revealed through his only rebuttal of Dido’s claims. Within his thirty-line speech‚ Aeneas effectively tramples upon any hope Dido holds of a happy relationship and steady marriage. “sed nunc Italiam magnam Gryneus Apollo‚ / Italiam Lyciae iussere capessere sortes; / hic amor‚ haec patria est” (4.345-347)
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threatened harm but disclosed a fantasy‚ yet with ‘duty to warn and protect’ I took the same fantasy and a probable outcome because the fantasy held the probability to become real because there was ownership of a gun. Again‚ brining me back to interpretation‚ and just how simple wording or understanding can change
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