Section I: The texts “Son of Mine” a poem by Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Other Word’s “Jim Crow Alabama” a graphic sketch by Khalil Bendib both explore conflicting perspectives in relation to racism. Noonuccal’s purpose is to respond to her son’s questioning of the racism he is subjected to‚ “My son‚ your troubled eyes search mine…” her views conflict within the text as she expresses two views‚ one of how white people treated Indigenous Australians and on how she as an Indigenous mother adopts a positive
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Sirokanipe ranran piskan Konkanipe ranran piskan. This Ainu poem is about an owl deity. It roughly translates to “Fall fall‚ silver drops‚ all around fall fall‚ golden drops‚ all around” (Selden). The Ainu worshiped all aspects of nature as gods‚ believing animals were spirits temporarily visiting the earth. The Ainu are an ancient people of nature‚ living in close communities and are now a minority of Japan. The Ainu used to live in Honshu‚ Japan’s main island‚ but have since been limited to
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Summary of the Poem Stanza 1 .......Old men feel out of place in a land where everything heralds new life: young men with their nubile women‚ singing and cooing birds‚ spawning salmon and mackerel. Throughout the summer‚ animals and fish bring forth new generations. When life is busy reproducing itself‚ it neglects old men‚ whose bodies are nothing but monuments of what used to be--although their intellects do not age. Stanza 2 .......An old man is little more than wrinkled‚ drooping skin hanging
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3. Poem Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem ‘Dejection: An Ode (Part VI)’ was published in 1803‚ and can be found on the internet at http://www.online-literature.com/coleridge/634/. Dejection: An Ode Part VI is written by the composer passing a judgement of his life’s course. The poem is set in rhyme schemes alternating between couplets (CC) and bracketed rhythms (ABAB). He recounts the periods of his life in which hope was able to conquer over many misfortunes that he had encountered. However‚ the
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fascinated with courtly love. Many of the world´s most famous English poets used this Petrarchan concept and wrote poems‚ songs and sonnets about this Petrarchan concept. Although writers rarely use the concept of courtly love these days‚ we can say that it had a great influence on poetry (cf. O´Donoghue 1) and particularly on English poets and their masterpieces. But how can we really prove that? This work will help us to understand the characteristics of courtly love and to prove to what extend
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Love in Vain was written by blues legend Robert Johnson in 1937. Since then it has been covered multiple times by other music’s great entertainers—The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. The original composition recorded by Johnson and released as a race record plays along in with the Mississippi Delta blues style with an added juxtaposition of the iconic “piano-like” approach to guitar Johnson had. His somber tone and guitar plays along as he describes his love for Willie Mae Powell turning to love
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To Create A Poem About Jair Jair Farciert It all begins with a blank canvas‚ copious amounts of emotion and insight‚ and a sixth sense. These are the elements needed to get started on Jair’s philosophy of life and to better comprehend his ideology you will feel what he feels and know what he knows‚ I am deprecating and collecting dust like furniture left out for too long; jaded certain to crash into the refulgence of your eyes. Jair’s personality plays a significant role in his philosophy
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Love in literature What do we talk about when we talk about love? Early poets reached for the sun and stars to describe their beloveds‚ while novelists have struggled to convey their ’wretched ordinariness’. At matins on 6 April 1327‚ in the church of St Clare in Avignon‚ Francesco Petrarch may or may not have seen Laura for the first time: her skin "whiter and colder than snow‚ not touched by the sun for many years"‚ golden hair‚ black eyes. We don’t know for sure whether Laura really existed
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Presentation of love in The Duchess of Malfi The Duchess of Malfi has a whole host of characters showing love in very different ways‚ some traditional and some controversial. Literature through the ages has presented love in many different forms; from friendship to lust or platonic love to romance. Be it love for another person‚ love for pleasure or love for power; love can be seen as an origin for a multitude of emotions and motivations. It is not uncommon in literature to show how love can be ultimately
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LOVE OF COUNTRY? Frederick Douglass’s speech “If I Had A Country‚ I Should Be A Patriot” delivers a blasting reproach on the discrimination of the African American and why he feels indignant about his country and being unwilling to call himself a patriot. Similar to Langston Hughes’s “I‚ Too‚ Sing America” ‚ both employ a chord informative structure and a canting tone simple enough for the audience to incite a reaction from the audience to plead for freedom in America. Both authors though
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