The Use of Repetition in “miss rosie” Clifton enhances the narrator’s compassionate mood for Miss Rosie by using repetition to show he is the only person affected by her. Clifton’s use of repetition in the poem “miss rosie” displays the narrator’s compassion for Miss Rosie‚ thus showing he is the only one who’s been affected by her. By repeating the same phrase multiple times‚ emphasis is put on the fact that no one besides the narrator is compassionate for Miss Rosie. For example‚ when the narrator
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Won’t you celebrate with me” by: Lucille Clifton is a poem referring to her life that was not handed to her on a silver spoon. The poem speaks of adversities and triumphs that she has been through. Growing up there were many obstacles that stood in Lucille’s way but‚ she was able to overcome. The poem also speaks power of the struggle that had unchanging effect on her. Lucille made it to the top and was able to tell her story that got her to this point in life to celebrate. “Won’t you celebrate
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People don’t need to even study literature in school or become authors as a job to be able to have an impact on the way that literature portrays difficulties in life. One of such is Lucille Clifton who was born in 1936. This was during the time of the Civil Rights Movement along with the woman suffrage movement. While she went to college and went on to work as a clerk and as a literature assistant‚ she never studied writing in college. But
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In "Homage to My Hips"‚ Lucille Clifton creates some kind of imagery pertaining to her hips. She seems all into herself‚ more specifically‚ her hips. She makes it a point to convey that her hips are strong or powerful by the lines "they go where they want to go. /they do what they want to do. /these hips are mighty." (9-11) She gets into how her hips are big and mighty‚ no one can hold them back‚ and how they can even seduce men. Although this poem is quite simple and short it says alot. This poem
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Clifton has been likened to Gwendolyn Brooks‚ Walt Whitman‚ and Emily Dickinson in her style. Her poems are spare in form‚ deceptively simple in language‚ complex in ideas‚ and reflective of the commonplace‚ the everyday. Her first volume of poems was Good Times. She was inspired by her own family‚ especially her six young children‚ Clifton’s early poems are celebrations of African American ancestry‚ heritage‚ and culture. Her early publications praise African Americans for their historic resistance
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Lucille Clifton Why some people be mad at me sometimes The poem Why some people be mad at me sometimes by Lucille Clifton was a little confusing for me at first‚ I actually had to read it 3 times in order for thoughts to start processing‚ but once I grasped an understanding from it I felt astonished because it was so deep and powerful. I believe what Clifton was trying to deliver is that there are always two sides to a story‚ one side is theirs and the other is your side and that people will always
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goes downstairs to get the tea and Lucille calls me over‚ “Maggie‚ I have a secret to tell you.” By now‚ I thought she had gotten dizzy. Her eyes were yellow and so was her face. Lucille talks in a slurry‚ unstable voice. “Whatever you do‚ take care of Mattie.” Lucille is taking lazily and stopping between words. “Why? You’re going to be okay‚ right?” I wasn’t ready. Wasn’t ready to tell Mattie what would happen. Wasn’t ready to tell Mattie the truth. Lucille had been sick for just 2 days and she
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Intellection‚ Learner‚ Restorative‚ Individualization‚ and Achiever. These are the five strengths I was told I have from the Clifton Strengths for Students test‚ and I couldn’t agree more. The first two‚ intellection and learner‚ are strengths related to strategic thinking which is an important piece of who I am. I enjoy learning about the world around me‚ but I don’t necessarily enjoy school which is why I chose to only come to school for my bachelors. I love to ask why and have an intellectual
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Clifton Strengths Finder Sarah Delannoy Immaculata University In many cases‚ people find it difficult to label or categorize their natural talent. Because one is unaware of their natural talents‚ he or she experiences. During Gallup’s research on identifying talents‚ they discovered Throughout the course of Clifton’s work on studying talents‚ they discovered that the majority of people do not have careers that purse their natural talents (Rath‚ 2007). Out of 10 million people they surveyed
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Women in American Sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s Sitcoms – situation comedies – are probably the most “American” of all TV formats. They convey a high degree of viewer identification‚ as they show scenes of everyday American life. If the viewer identifies with the series‚ is the series representative to the viewing society? I will try to elaborate on that question by comparing to sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s and the image of women that they carry. Life with Elizabeth was one of the earliest sitcoms
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