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    Death Poems

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    ------------------------------------------------- Throughout most of Japan’s history poetry played a large part in the process of death. A jisei is a death poem‚ a poem that any person on their deathbed was encouraged to write. While if you were a samurai‚ according to the bushido code of honor‚ if you wanted to die with honor and not at the hands of your enemy‚ if you had dishonored yourself or fellow samurai‚ or if your master had died you would commit the ritual of seppuku. Seppuku is a ceremony

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    Both ’The Manhunt’ and ’Quickdraw’ are based on battle and war. ’The Manhunt’represents a soldiers battle of letting someone in and his memories of war where as ’Quickdraw’ is describing a battle between a couple ’The Manhunt’ has a more sinister mood and tone whereas Carol Ann Duffy’s ’Quickdraw’gives a comical view on a struggling relationship. Armatages purpose for writing ’The Manhunt’ was to allow the reader to see the affect of war not just physically but also mentally‚ we also see that it

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    situations. In the poemmanhunt’ by Simon Armitage he explores the relationship between a wife and her husband‚ whom is an injured solider who has returned from war. In nettles‚ the relationship is between a farther and his son who has fallen into a "bed of nettles." Both poets show the consideration felt by the reader of the poem for the other person in the relationship. In the manhunt‚ the narrator’s consideration is for the mental suffering which her husband is suffering. Similar to Manhunt; in ‘Nettles’

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    Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer The introduction of this book outlines for the reader just who exactly Abraham and Mary Lincoln were. Abraham Lincoln himself was an honest‚ fair man who happened to rely heavily on superstition‚ and he believed strongly in the power of dreams. His wife‚ Mary‚ was a woman who often held séances in the White House and more often than that found herself with a shopping bag. However‚ they were both equally devoted to each other and their country.

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    The Cyber Manhunt

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    The Cyber Manhunt Cyber Manhunt‚ also known as Human Flesh Search or Internet Mass Hunting is primarily a Chinese Internet phenomenon of massive searching in which numerous Internet users participate to filter the search results and assists users in clarifying their search request. It literally means to uncover the true identity of a particular person with the connected efforts of all netizens. Because of the convenient and efficient nature of information sharing on the cyberspace‚ the Human Flesh

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    Nettles and Manhunt

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    ‘sobs and tears’‚ ‘blisters beaded’ and that his father will not always be able to be there for him. Development ‘Imagery’- ‘green spears’‚ regiment of spite’‚ ‘fierce parade’ ‘funeral pyre to burn the fallen dead’ and ‘tall recruits’. The Manhunt Relationship It is a lover’s relationship ‘passionate nights and intimate days’ (L2). The speaker loves the subjects and refers to him as delicate and precious: ‘Porcelain collar-bone’ (L8) and ‘parachute silk’ (L12) He shows a number of verbs-

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    poem by Thomas hardy

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    poems   NEUTRAL TONES by: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) E stood by a pond that winter day‚ And the sun was white‚ as though chidden of God‚ And a few leaves lay on the starving sod‚ --They had fallen from an ash‚ and were gray.   Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles solved years ago; And some words played between us to and fro-- On which lost the more by our love.   The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have strength to die; And a grin of

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    Comparison of “The Manhunt” and “Quickdraw" Structure: - I personally feel that the structure of the two poems "The Manhunt" and "Quickdraw" vary a lot with each other in many different ways. Firstly‚ "The Manhunt" has been arranged in very short‚ precise‚ two- lined‚ separate stanzas. I think Simon Armitage did this to emphasize the SMALL steps in this painstaking process of returning a man to the real world after all the suffering and traumatizing scenes he has witnessed in war. There is also

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    manhunt and hour essay

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    Comparative Essay- The Manhunt vs. Hour Simon Armitage’s‚ ‘The Manhunt’ and Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Hour’ both use strong feelings to emphasize their core messages. While each author takes a different perspective on the nature of these feelings‚ in the end‚ both poems have an intense feeling of love at their core.  Armitage’s ‘The Manhunt’ is about a soldier coming home from the war with various injuries.  It is told from the point of view of the wife/girlfriend of the soldier.  As she slowly helps

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    in ‘The Manhunt’ and one other poem from the relationships section. ‘The Manhunt’ and Ghazal both explore the relationship between two people ‘The Manhunt’ is a poem written from the perspective of a wife of a soldier who has gone to war and has been scarred mentally and physically and has changed as a result of what happened to him. The poem exposes the after effects of war on those who served in it and it reminds the reader of those who gave their lives and who suffered in war. The poem uses lots

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