W.S. Merwin immediately sets a tone for “Losing a Language” in the title‚ hinting at the lament-like characteristic of the poem. In fact‚ the title is not supposed to be a metaphor or even contain a hidden meaning that the reader must deduce by reading on. The poem is exactly what the title suggests: language and words‚ and thus communication‚ has been lost. Merwin creates a nostalgic and sad tone to emphasize the loss and quickly establishes the direction of the poem using simple diction. He carries
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Someone Who Inspires Me Have you ever known someone that has made a great impact on your life or is of great importance to you? Has that someone been there through all the good and the bad situations in your life? I am so proud to say that I can answer “yes” to all those questions. The special person that I can say inspires me the most is my father. He loves me through even the roughest of storms in my life and his. When my dad has had a rough day he still comes home happy just for my family
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penalty are going higher than for those states that don’t. if a criminal wants to commit he/she will commit it and it doesn’t matter if he or she receives the death penalty a criminal is a criminal. Having the death penalty doesn’t matter for someone who doesn’t care about anything or anyone. Studies show that the death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison. The high costs of the death penalty are for complicated legal process to execute a person in the U.S with a big cost at
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Article from http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/814676.shtml#.UyCHTvmSwmU Judgmental netizens lack heart Global Times | 2013-9-28 18:23:02 By Du Qiongfang Losing one’s baby is a heartbreaking experience for any woman‚ no matter the reason. So when a 19-year-old college student in Shanghai surnamed Yang became unexpectedly pregnant with twins and felt she had no choice but to have an abortion‚ she expressed her sad reluctance and posted photos of the pregnancy test and ultrasound on her
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According to the article satellite images reflect that the Amazon rainforest is diminishing at an enormous rate. About 10‚000 square miles of this beautiful forest is being lost to pastures for grazing‚ soybean plantations‚ and illegal logging. Since the year before there has been a forty percent increase in the deforestation of the Amazon forest. The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. They expect this horrible trend to only become worse. Some conclude that if the forest is not
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If you were to look back on your high school years‚ what advice would you give to someone beginning their high school career? If I were to look back on my high school years and give advice to now students‚ I will tell them never wait until college to do anything. You should stay curious all the time‚ cultivate a passion for something‚ have fun with learning‚ and pick at least one club and join in. Stay curious all the time. I think a high school student should be stay curious; or become curious
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Someone I admire In life there may be many people who come into your life. Of them there are two types: the ones whom you forget and the ones you remember for the rest of your life. The second type of people influence you and may have caused changes in your life.The person you admire belongs to this second category of people. They need not even be a mojor part of your story but their presence might have caused a major change in your life. The someone that I admire is my mother. She is the sole
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Society as a whole has put more emphasis on eating right and taking car of your body. They promote weight lose with TV and radio commercials to show the benefits of losing weight can help your overall health. With exercise and dietary supplements‚ it can help people achieve their weight lose goals. Are health issues the reason why someone wants to lose weight‚ or to cut down on the risk? According to American Health‚ obesity has become a common problem that effects all ages from children to the elderly
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differences and similarities between these statistics are based mainly on choices‚ emotions‚ and routines. This shows that one can come to conclusions by comparing and making distinctions on ending a relationship and losing a job. One of the first and main similarities between losing a job and ending a relationship is the emotions caused from it. In this case‚ the emotions could be anger‚ frustration‚ and grief. For example‚ when someone’s significant other breaks up with him or her‚ this can cause
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The article‚ The grief of losing a pet is traumatic and universal. So why don’t we talk about it?‚ written by Eliza Henry-Jones for the Guardian‚ urged readers to ask themselves a question about how they perceive others who have just lost a pet. Do they comfort them‚ or do they reduce the meaning of their loss? The author made the argument that losing a pet can feel almost as terrible as losing a family member‚ yet‚ society does not provide those grieving the loss of a pet with the same support
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