’Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou: the poem You may write me down in history With your bitter‚ twisted lies‚ You may trod me in the very dirt But still‚ like dust‚ I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns‚ With the certainty of tides‚ Just like hopes springing high‚ Still I’ll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops
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at last." He also uses imagery to explain what the boy first sees after the car crash when he says‚ "When I woke up‚ the rain was pouring down/There were people standing all around." To enhance the appeal of listening to the song‚ Cochran uses alliterations such as‚ "I lost my love‚ my life that night‚" and the phrase "... so I got to be good‚" which appears in every chorus. My next related text on that relate to journeys is the poem ’The Journey’ written by Mary Oliver in 1986. It is a poem about
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Commentary: An Advancement of Learning by Seamus Heaney In An Advancement from Learning by Seamus Heaney‚ he describes a retrospective childhood experience. The narrator compels himself to face a deep-seated and preposterous fear which he consequently conquers. He shares his terror and revulsion by implementing vivid and vibrant imagery presented in nine quatrains. The conquest of an irrational fear depicted in this poem is perhaps a metaphor for overcoming greater fears in life. As the title
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Applied English 11 Course Lesson 2 : The Play of Words Introduction: Your last lesson introduced you to the magical world of words that is poetry. This lesson expands your understanding of poetry by probing deeper into that world. You will read more about the techniques that poets use in order to convey their thoughts and feelings so that you will be able to interpret poems on your own. Your aims: * Identify figurative language used in a poem * Distinguish between connotative
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Such as the name suggests‚ George Macbeth ’s poem focus on an owl‚ showing its many aspects and various characteristics as well as the poet ’s fascination through the several literary devices used in the poem. Through out the whole poem the poet uses enjambments even in the title itself. "Owlis my favourite"It is not a common way to start of a poem maybe contributing to the unusualness of the Owl‚ making him unique creature and an object of fascination. This continuation can also signify the constant
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“The Ballad of Rudolph Reed” by Gwendolyn Brooks: Comprehension Questions “The Ballad of Rudolph Reed” follows the journey of a black man and his family as they move into an all white neighborhood; being the first and only colored family in the community. Rudolph Reed desired improvement of his family’s environment‚ and decided it was best to move into a more sustainable future in their own home. Despite his only intention being to live a more fruitful life‚ the white neighbors attempt in creating
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Arsh Shah Mrs. Murphy Honors English 1 March 24‚ 2011 Analytic Essay on “Silver” From similes to rhyme scheme Walter de la Mare shows what a beautiful evening is really like in this poem.The lyrical poem‚ “Silver”‚ by Walter de la Mare‚ enhances the imagery by repeating the word ‘silver’ to illustrate how the moon shines on everything by using similes and sensory language to describe a beautiful serene evening. Reading this poem the author will draw a great picture of a serene and calm evening
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Most people know the poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost. It is pretty famous. But do most people know the meaning of this unique poem? What does Robert Frost mean when he writes “if the world had to perish twice?” Although it is short‚ “Fire and Ice” is a puzzling poem filled with words that hold a meaning that we have to unlock. In the poem‚ Frost is the narrator and he is speaking to the readers. The issue that Frost discusses is if the world will end in a blazing fire or in freezing ice. Based
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During the Great Depression‚ life was especially harsh for the working class. The downfall of the economy caused unemployment‚ layoffs‚ and wage reduction to plague the United States. Consequently‚ the poor white and black workers who found it already difficult to make a living‚ suffered even worse. In the poems “Share-Croppers” and “Open Letter to the South”‚ both written by renown poet‚ Langston Hughes‚ gives us a glimpse into the life of a blue collar worker in the mid-1930s. “Open Letter to the
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because Hughes decided to use cacophony and alliterations all the way through “Wind” to portray the power of the wind hitting humanity. The use of cacophony in the third verse‚ “Through the brunt wind that dented the balls of my eyes” the author really accentuates the strength of the storm. Also through the use of hard and harsh sounds like [b]‚ which is a voiced plosive sound‚ and [k] which is a guttural sound. An excellent example to show an alliteration that has both the [b] and [k] sounds is: “A
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