Alex Brown Mrs. Cillessen 8 December 2014 A.P. Literature In his poem “Good-By”‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson illustrates his disdain for the narcissism and coldness that he experienced in urban life and speaks of his yearning for a world which is much more naturalistic and nurturing. In this poem‚ Emerson uses figurative language such as personification‚ metaphors‚ and similes to show the virtues of the simpler life to which he is returning. Emerson paints a picture of the peace and beauty of nature as
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An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil Students may recognize that the irony creates a humorous tone. • her friends had to persuade the speaker to buy a computer even though she is a writer paragraph 1 • the computer keeps breaking down paragraph 3 • the speaker prefers her pencil to the computer paragraphs 4–17 Prelude to Jumping in the River” The speaker’s observation of a man preparing to jump into the river is used as a metaphor for making important decisions in life. Responses may note the use
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Take the F Ian Frazier was an American writer and humorist. He is a writer and humorist for The New Yorker. Ian Frazier was best known for his 1989 non- fiction history Great Plains. summary • Place he lives in Brooklyn • His daughter‚ a city kid • Small trip with train F • People and scenery he saw • Crab incident • Reasons why he like Brooklyn • People in Brooklyn are come from different cou ntries. • Habit of looking down all the times • His favorite place‚ Brooklyn Botanic Garden • His neighbors
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English Literature Assignment Gideon Cheung S4CN (5) Essay on Digging by Seamus Heaney In the poem Digging‚ Heaney attempts to describe his admiration towards his father and grandfather. He finds their skills with the spade over the top. However‚ instead of following the footsteps of his father and grandfather‚ he chooses a pen instead of a spade as his tool for earning a living. The irregular structure of the poem‚ figurative devices‚ diction‚ and the title all played an important part
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With reference to at least four poems‚ explain how poets present both the joys and sorrows of life. Poets such as W.H. Auden‚ Bruce Dawe‚ Roger Mcgough and Elaine Savory clearly present the joys and sorrows of life in their truthful and realistic poems‚ using a range of techniques. These negative and positive aspects of life are shown by the poets‚ by using everyday occurrances like death‚ loss and love to involve the reader. All four poems‚ ‘Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone’‚ ‘Going’
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“The Hand That Signed the Paper” consists of four stanzas that harshly mock the cold and unfriendliness present of politics and conflict. In my opinion this poem is about war‚ revealing the speakers disgust for political leaders overall. The poet makes audience feel as though the hand that signed the paper is worthless or despicable. These overpowering figures with in the poem seem to be important and arrogant for putting themselves in a powerful‚ life or death situation. The first stanza is notifying
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“A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning” is a poem about a couple on the eve of their separation. The speaker is trying to convince his lady to accept his departure by describing love as something that transcends the physical and therefore can endure or even grow through separation. John Donne makes three main points throughout the poem. He informs the reader that the love he and his partner share is beyond a normal love‚ that their love is strengthened in absence‚ and that he compares their love to twin
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Mad Girl’s Love Song‚ by Sylvia Plath‚ is a modern poem of love‚ loss‚ and distress. Sylvia’s intended purpose of this particular poem was to express the narrator’s dismay of a lost love. After awaiting his return‚ and finally giving up‚ she begins to wonder if she had only made him up on the whims of her imagination. Sylvia expresses the meaning of her poem through the use of a unique rhyme scheme‚ repetition‚ and a religious allusion. Sylvia’s rhyme scheme throughout this poem is called a “villanelle
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During the late 18th century in Europe‚ a movement known as Romanticism first defined by "German poet Friedrich Schlegel as [ ]‚ "literature depicting emotional matter in an imaginative form‚"" (Whitney) had rooted into the artistic world to fashion poets including John Keats‚ Percy Shelley‚ and in particular‚ Lord George Gordon Byron and William Blake. Although Blake and Byron were stark opposites in both life and literature‚ Blake preferring to live a more pious life utilizing poetry as entertainment
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Kayla McPeak South University Online February 23‚ 2013 Instructor: Kathy Knecht English 1002: Week 1 Assignment 2 “Death Be Not Proud” John Donne Death be not proud‚ though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful‚ for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow Die not‚ poor death‚ nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep‚ which but thy pictures be‚ Much pleasure‚ then from thee much more must flow‚ And soonest our best men
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