How do we know which season the poet describes? A. The season is spring‚ seen in the springing grass‚ first bird‚ first bud. Note the simile here‚ which helps us picture the pastoral scene which the bird so desperately wishes to join. What figure of speech describes the flower? A. The poet refers to the fragrance of a flower as it opens. He uses a metaphor to compare the flower to a goblet. What type of figurative language is used here? A. The poet uses personification‚ “cruel bars‚” attributing
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People often have a desire or need for power and control‚ the way people go about to achieve this determines if they are successful. In the short story "Butcher Bird" written by Wallace Stegner‚ Mr. Garfield won the respect of his peers by engaging in the conversation and acting polite and courteous to his wife and guests. On the other hand Harry lost his power and control by being negative‚ stubborn and cruel. Not only did Harry lose the respect of his peers he also lost respect from his son. Individuals
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In the fairytale Fitcher’s Bird‚ a sorcerer disguises himself as an old beggar and kidnaps beautiful girls. One day‚ the sorcerer discovers a house with a man who has three beautiful daughters. After kidnapping the eldest daughter‚ the sorcerer tests her fidelity and obedience by handing her an egg and a set of keys. The daughter is allowed to explore the house‚ but she is forbidden to enter one room of the house or lose the egg. The eldest daughter succumbs to her curiosity and enters the room that
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Isabella Bird: The Well-Educated World Traveler Isabella Bird is not a modern-day author; she lived in the 1800s‚ and traveled the world as a single‚ brave woman who wrote about her adventures in letters back to her sister in England. In A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains‚ Bird collected her travel letters from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She bought a horse‚ traveled alone‚ and found places to board at the local houses and farms along the way. Bird stayed at Estes Park‚ Denver‚ Colorado
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Vedanthankal Lake Bird Sanctuary (Tamil: வேடந்தாங்கல் பறவைகள் சரணாலயம்) is a 30-hectare (74 acres) sanctuary located in the Kancheepuram District of the state of Tamil Nadu‚ India. The sanctuary is about 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Chennai on National Highway 45 (NH45) south of Chengalpattu. Vedanthangal is a home for migratory birds‚ such as pintail‚ garganey‚ grey wagtail‚ blue-winged teal‚ common sandpiper and some more.[1] Vedanthangal is about one and half hour journey from Chennai. It is one
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------------------------------------------------- Birds have hollow bones! Doesn’t that seem weird to you. HOLLOW BONES! Those stupid little creatures are so brittle! So‚ when I watched a bird slam into our class window in the middle of our history class (French Revolution)‚ I screamed! Not because I was scared but because hollow bones break easily‚ and I was pretty sure that bird broke a few of its bones. After the accident‚ the bird just sat there near the window looking inside‚ those beady
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The Phoenix Bird Name: Date: Block: Teacher: The phoenix bird is sometimes heard about and referenced in mythology‚ and even popular movies today like Harry Potter. But some don’t know its origin‚ and ancient mythological background. It starts with its symbolism. The Phoenix symbolizes rebirth‚ especially of the sun‚ and has alternatives in European‚ Central American‚ Egyptian and Asian cultures. In the 19th century‚ Hans Christian Anderson wrote a story about the phoenix. Edith Nesbit
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The Dodo Bird The dodo was a medium-large sized flightless bird that was discovered on the Island of Mauritius in the 1590s and was declared extinct less than a century later‚ in 1681. Because the dodo had a turkey-sized body‚ it is thought to have been most closely related to smaller birds such as doves and pigeons. The dodo inhabited the tropical forests on the tiny island of Mauritius that is situated in the Indian Ocean. Like the neighbouring island of Madagascar‚ Mauritius broke away from
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watching birds. It is a popular hobby. Someone who does this is called a birdwatcher or birder. These two words mean the same thing‚ but people who spend a lot of their time watching birds‚ taking their hobby seriously‚ are more likely to call themselves “birders”‚ while “birdwatchers” may just be people who like watching birds when they happen to go for a walk. Both birdwatchers and birders are usually amateurs. The scientific study of birds is called ornithology. People who study birds as a profession
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do you say? How about a book by Roland Smith called “The Ghost Bird” and “Animal Distress Calls” by Eliot Schrefer? I’ll explain to you why I chose these two right now. Birds live in lots of many states over the world‚ but some species have become extinct and some are on the verge of extinction. In each passage they relate to birds in some way whether it have them being sick or extinct-or maybe that they could go extinct. “The Ghost Bird” and “Animal Distress Calls” have the same theme of
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