similarities and differences in the way the characters view being alone. First‚ in the poem‚ “The Sidewalk Racer‚” by Lillian Morrison‚ the author addresses the meaning of being alone by being the one and only single engine human automobile. She compares herself as being the driver and the wheel. The author is telling us that being alone is fun. This poem also describes her as being a skateboard. When the poem says‚ ‘I swerve‚ I curve‚ I sway‚” I imagine the author is telling me that she speeds through
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Poetic Analysis Essay Taking risks will bestow people new stories and new adventure. Lives without exhilarating stories seem extremely tedious. For instance‚ in the poem "Curiosity" by Alastair Reid discusses how dogs do not take risks and do not experience any adventures. A life with a story portrays by cats‚ creatures that are exceedingly adventurous and carefree. In “Curiosity‚” Reid demonstrates how cats and dogs relate to humans when it comes to taking risk. Reid also utilizes poetic elements
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setting of the poem symbolises the Western World but more specifically the European race. Background Analysis of the Poem Commentary – Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara In Gabriel Okara’s poem‚ “Piano and Drums”‚ Okara expresses his feelings and thoughts of a primitive society in contrast to a western society. Being an African himself‚ and having studied in a western society‚ the poem reflects the confusion in his emotions as well as the loss of self-identity. The title of the poem itself‚ “Piano
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Brooklyn Cop‚ by Norman MacCaig is a poem about an American policeman and the daily dangers he faces. The cop appears to be a savage yet we are later made aware of his underlying vulnerability. New York’s reputation of violence and crime leads to our awareness of the cop’s fear of not returning home to his wife. ... We are first made aware of the cop’s intimidating appearance in the first line‚ of the first stanza when MacCaig uses the simile "built like gorilla." This gives us a very negative and
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simply get in his father’s way. The poem is full of admiration for his father’s strength and skill with horses. At the end of the poem‚ however‚ we are moved to the present day and there is a change in roles; it is now Heaney’s father who has become the child who gets in the way. His awareness of how the passing of time has brought about this change does not lessen the love and respect he feels‚ however. Heaney remembers when he was a small boy‚ and in the poem he looks up to his father in a physical
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Write about the significance of climaxes or anticlimaxes in Enduring Love Another climax begins at the end of chapter 21 with a phone call between Jed and Joe “I’m putting her on‚ OK? Are you there? Joe? Are you there?” Here McEwan uses juxtaposition of beginning an event within the formal closure of a chapter. The effect of this adds suspense to the novel as a whole as it wills the reader to follow the chain of events. Also‚ the panicked dialogue of “Are you there? Joe? Are you there?” heightens
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People who have not experienced such loss have a happy‚ if hazy‚ view of the world. Then‚ there are those who lose someone… a major someone... so very special. They do eventually move on‚ but the pain alters them forever. Ed Sheeran‚ in the song “Afire Love‚” illustrates how the loss of an individual can impact everyone around them‚ young and old. Sheeran begins the song by comparing the wholeness he remembers his grandfather to be to the broken remnants of him that are left by Alzheimer’s. Though only
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Linda Orman has lived in the United States for nearly 8 decades. In her time‚ she’s seen major American and international events break over radio waves‚ in black and white‚ color‚ in print and on Twitter. War has been a major part of the media landscape over the past 80 years‚ and has helped form public opinion in support or against war. The role that media has played in major wars of the 20th century is vital‚ and has helped spur or stop conflicts. As technology has developed‚ so has the ways that
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Favorite poem: A Love Poem for Lonely Prime Numbers by Harry Baker Favorite websites: vice.com‚ buzzfeed.com Favorite song: They can’t take that away from me by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Favorite musical: Wicked Favorite Artist: Lucia Hartini Lucia Hartini’s paintings are largely influenced by her own personal struggle and beliefs. She is an Indonesian artist whose work addresses her status as a woman and a Catholic in a predominantly Muslim community. She was a victim of domestic violence
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movement. The two poems that I have chose center on the civil rights movement during the 1960’s and how it affected people. I personally like reading about the 60’s because of how much the world changed during just a decade in time. There countless marches‚ protests‚ murders and beatings that happened during this time‚ but these poems symbolize what happened. The poems I chose tell the story of how the people felt when everything was going on during the 60’s. The first poem is‚ Emmett Till by
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