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    War poem analysis The soldier and anthem for doomed youth The theme in ‘the soldier’ is power‚ you can tell this because in the poem the author talks about the better side to the war and how it would be a great achievement to die whilst fighting for your country‚ how it would be an honour to die for England and also what he would want if he were to die‚ for example ‘in hearts at peace‚ under an English heaven’ is talking about once the war was over there would be peace. It is also suggesting that

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    the Canal Analysis In the poem‚ Saturday at the Canal‚ author Gary Soto tells the story of two teenage kids who are unhappy with their lives. They were expecting their lives to be different even though they were only seventeen. The author makes sure we realize just how miserable they are. He uses descriptive writing to help us understand how they feel. Soto is also careful not to be too specific about certain ideas in order to help the reader create their own interpretation of this poem. Saturday

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    Background of the poem: Emily Bronte spends last days of her life at home. She didn’t have any outdoor activities. Her life was full of miseries and gloomy incidents. There is not any light of hope and couragment in her life. She was fed up with her life. She wrote this poem in those days when she was bound at home. This poem is the true representative of her disappointed feelings. She wanted to sleep but sleep brings no rest to her. She wanted to sleep eternally

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    One Today- Poem Analysis

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    "One Today"- Poem Analysis Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama’s second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who’s daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is. Blanco uses several rhetorical devices throughout "One Today"‚ more so in the first few stanzas. An example of figurative language

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    Poem Analysis: 'Pancakes'

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    “Pancakes” “You’re going to have to settle for sub-par performance and realize your imperfect like the rest of us”. This is a quote from the story Pancakes that is very true and makes you think that you have something imperfect about you. For Jill‚ a perfectionist this it’s hard to realize that nobody can be perfect at everything but soon she’ll learn that their is such thing as being imperfect. Picture a somewhat empty cafe and then all of a sudden a lady comes in with a question. The question is

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    Analysis of the poem “Bright Star” In the poem “Bright Star”‚ Keats expresses how he wants to as steady as a star but also wants to still have humanly pleasures with his lover. Keats worked on this poem for a number of years‚ but it still seems like he really did not get the concept of what he was truly writing. This poem could mean more than just about life and death; it could be much deeper than that. The speaker of the poem expresses how he wants to be as steady as a star. In fact‚ right

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    During the time of the Harlem Renaissance‚ literature written by “colored folks” tended to have similar tones‚ messages‚ and visuals. These connections can be seen between the poems “We Wear The Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar‚ “If We Must Die” by Claude McKay‚ and an excerpt from Invisible man by Ralph Ellison‚ “Battle Royal.” A common tone between the three pieces would be pride. In “Battle Royal” the speaker is incredibly proud of his speech‚ to the point of delivering it despite coughing up blood

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    Composition Heather Ross 23 February 2015 William Blake’s Chimney Sweeper Poems Analysis Both of William Blake’s poems reflects on the heart wrenching and unfortunate things young boys in the late 1700s were forced to do as chimney sweepers‚ yet their point of views and tones are quite different. Whereas in the first poem‚ Blake uses an innocent and undeserving young boy as the speaker to project a tone of naiveté while in the second poem he creates a speaker that is an all knowing adult and reveals the

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    Fog Of War Analysis

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    Walking Along a Familiar Path In Errol Morris’ documentary Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara‚ we follow the life and times of former United States Secretary of Defense‚ Robert McNamara. The insightful piece follows his life from birth during World War I‚ his success at college‚ cunning business career at Ford Motor Company‚ to his involvement in World War II and his controversial political career during the Kennedy and Johnson presidential terms. Morris highlights

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    colour bra poem analysis

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    ‘Colour bar’: Poem Analysis essay Racial or ethnic prejudice is an ongoing discriminative issue targeting those who are different based solely according to skin‚ colour and cultural background. These preconceived beliefs begin to spread amongst people and soon after people begin assuming that these thoughts are indeed true and have them instilled in their minds as well as the minds of generations to come. The poem ‘Colour Bar’‚ by ‘Oodegeroo Noonuccal’‚ takes you into the perspective of an Aboriginal

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