I believe that the poem "Mirror" is all about identity‚ how the image of the mirror is a reflection of Plath herself‚ searching for herself and reflecting her inner turmoil. The first stanza gives human qualities to the mirror‚ making it a prime example of personification. The mirror "mediates" and "reflects." The mirror is used to personify how young people only look at the superficial qualities of themselves as well as others. With the shift in stanzas‚ the lake becomes a metaphor. As people age
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Roller Skate Man The poem “Roller Skate Man” by Raymond Souster is about a legless man who gets around on a block of wood strapped to roller-skates. The central purpose of this poem is to make people realize that the way disabled people are treated in society is wrong. That is because the author/narrator describes the man to be physically unappealing by using words such as: “shrivelled body”‚ “freak” and “big head”. The words used to describe him are based on what society thinks of this particular
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Discuss the theoretical and technical concepts of reggae drumming‚ with reference to its historical context (500-600 words) Reggae is a music style (genre) which developed in the Caribbean (Jamaica) in the late 60s‚ which originated from the development of “Ska” and “Rocksteady”. Reggae is recognized worldwide by the rhythmic accents provided from the off-beat pattern (usually played by the guitar or piano) it is also known as the “Skank”. This pattern accents the 2nd and 4th beat in each bar
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Phoenix II Pre-AP/IB/GT Period 4 01 October 2012 A Story Father-Son relationships are difficult to keep steady. One day‚ everything is great then before you know it‚ it is hard to have even a decent conversation. In the poem A Story by Li-Young Lee‚ it seems that the father of a boy is having a tough time watching his little boy grow up. Within the first few stanzas‚ you find that the father and the son enjoy reading stories together and that they have bonded much over this classic bedtime
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Being exposed to different kinds of poetry from childhood‚ I grew fond of it though now I prefer fictional prose to poetry. As a profoundly sensuous form of creative writing‚ poetry both challenges my mind and conquers my aesthetic sense with its subtle wording. But specifically because it is a thought provoking and demanding form of writing I do not read poetry often. Therefore‚ the variety of topics‚ styles and forms of poems collected in Alehouse Journal 2011 disoriented me completely. However
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In the story Odysseus by Homer in 800 B.C.‚ the main protagonist encountered the mythical creatures known as sirens and heard their song of death and deception. This creature in greek mythology has not only been portrayed in Homer’s work of course but also in Mary Atwood’s poem the "Siren Song". Farther than an age apart‚ both works demonstrate what the sirens do and their song of death however‚ they do not portray the creature the same way. For instance‚ in homer’s portrayal of the siren‚ they are
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Firestarter by The Prodigy Rhythm : this is a fairly fast song at roughly 140 bpm. It is in 4/4 timing. Orchestration arrangement &Instrumentation : The song starts off with a drum hit and a heavily effected guitar riff. It is a very sharp sudden start to a song giving it a dramatic and ’in your face’ feel to it. The guitar is drenched in flange ‚distortion‚ reverb and chorus effects to make it sound weird and a little disturbing to the ear that adds to the weird nature of the song. The drums
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When one thinks about poetry the first thing you may think about is the complexity of poetry. Typically I think people are afraid of literary works such as poetry and dismiss poetry because they find it to be too complicated. Many people don’t like to read things that actually require them to think about the text and deem them complicated because they don’t want to take the time to see what the author is trying to say. However‚ if they were to take their time and dissect the poem they would find
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Area of Study Essay- Journeys The Oxford Dictionary defines Journey as “an act of travelling from one place to another”; this could‚ of course‚ be taken literally. Instead‚ why not think of “places” as emotional or mental situations? So you take a journey between different emotional states. “The journey‚ not the arrival‚ matters.” This statement is correct for all four texts I will be discussing. The journey is more important than the arrival because it is the journey that makes people who they
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as Iago will not give him a straight answer to why he is being asked all those questions. When people’s emotions are heightened‚ (especially with anger) they generally find it easier to believe ridiculous lies. Since Iago was an external force‚ which created an internal force in Othello‚ to which he responded by murdering his wife. Once jealousy entered Othello’s mind‚ it consumed him and devoured all rational thought within him‚ causing Othello to commit murder‚ which is deemed by the general
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