he is speaking. The lack of punctuation makes the persona seem as though they are ranting on. The purpose of the abuse is to get the recruits ready for the worst‚ which the persona knows‚ will happen. This harsh and insulting language used in the poem helps motivate the young recruits to face the harsh reality of the battlefield in war. And when I say eyes right I want to hear those eyeballs click and the gentle pitter-patter of falling dandruff you there what’s the matter why are you looking
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University Applying to college is a slow and painful process. Because it’s really hard to get accepted‚ unless You are better qualified than thousands‚ and their thousands. You know; the bank accounts in the Caribbean islands. I had to study really‚ really hard for the SAT’s‚ In order to even stand a shot into any of the ivy leagues. And luckily‚ My family‚ Can donate a library‚ Or instead of Columbia University‚ I’d be off to Albany. There are whole bunch of these so-called admission
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Czinke 1 Chelsea Czinke 09/12/2012 Tuesday Thursday 11-12:20 am William Beckham Outside‚ Inside The Richard Cory in the poem Richard Cory is envied by the people of the town. The envy the people had for Richard‚ setting him to a higher standard made him an outcast. Richard is compared to living as a king. Richard Cory may have been the richest man known but money did not bring him true happiness. The people of the town seemed to struggle day to day. Richard Cory did not
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Violence Poem Violence affects the lives of people like a car without brakes‚ Spiraling out of control with one simple mistake. It may seem fun and the cool thing to do‚ When you make a mean joke about the weird kid at school. Sure when you say it‚ he fakes a smile and laughs along‚ But on the inside‚ the comment plays over and over like a catchy song. When he gets home‚ he takes a quick glance in the mirror. It’s the same reflection he always sees‚ but this time‚ someone different appears
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never forgot this experience. His work was strongly influenced by a poet Siegfried Sassoon. War had got a lot of effects on the people who got in it. Disability was one of them‚ and so was death of course. These were used as themes for many of the poems he had produced. ‘Miners’ and ‘Disabled’ were both written during the period of WW1. They share the reality of war and the effects of it on humans‚ both psychological and physical. ‘Miners’ is Owen’s respond on a colliery disaster‚ which caused a
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In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “First Love”‚ the speaker is opportunistic and infatuated. The narrator is opportunistic because she did not let a sense of morality stop her from taking advantage of whatever opportunity she had to get what she wants. Simply because the narrator wanted a mere glimpse of her crush who worked at a grocery store‚ she hoped her mother “[smoking] with so little enthusiasm”(Cofer 1) did not mean that she’d have to stop going to the store to pick up cigarettes. The narrator did
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because people have to make difficult choices every day. People choose to do something to fit in with other people. This reason convinces them to choose a specific decision so they can feel better about themselves. In “Abuela Invents the Zero”‚ by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ it is portrayed that Constancia made her decision so she would fit in and wouldn’t be made fun of. For example‚ when Constancia knew that her friends saw her with her Abuela in the church‚ she thought‚ "I just know that on Monday my friends
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Comparing and contrasting Text A and B In the poem To Autumn‚ it celebrates the rebounding nature. The symbolic aspects of life‚ in preparation for death; Keats was devoted to poetry due to personal problems. In contrast of the extract‚ it’s about celebrating and sharing with people about the markets in Italy about the exotic vegetables; he’s excited and wants to communicate with the reader. Both texts are describing what they see like e.g. plumps‚ hazel shells‚ vegetables‚ and a sense of bountifulness
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Sanchez English 6th hour 9/26/12 Poem analysis Mending Wall Stone. Hunter. Wall. Savage. These are all words that are used to describe the speaker and his neighbor. Are these words that you would use to describe your neighbor? To describe yourself? Robert Frost is bringing up the subject of two neighbors talking in the springtime. In his poem‚ “Mending Wall‚” Robert Frost writes: “Good fences make good neighbors”. There are two tones in this poem. One tone is the narrator’s view
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"Hitcher" By Simon Armitage‚ "Education For Leisure" By Carol Anne Duffy‚ "My Last Duchess" and "The Lab" by Robert Browning are all poems that deal with violence or the prospect of violence. ‘The Laboratory’ is a dramatic monologue about a woman who has discovered her husband is having an affair with two other women. She is plotting to poison both of the mistresses. My Last Duchess’ is also a dramatic monologue in which the Duke is telling his new bride father’s representative about a portrait of
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