followed by two unstressed syllables‚ making the rhythm dactylic. ’Charge of the light brigade’ is about the Crimean war in southern Russia and it outlines both the heroism and obedience of the troops but also the stupidity of war. Tennyson wrote this poem for people to remember this famous event but also not to forget the lessons that should be learnt from it‚ the destruction of mistaken orders. But also to boost the moral and letting people at home know what’s going on. In the first few lines of the
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Olson 1 Les Olson Professor Borner English 1220: 8:00 TTH 16 July 2013 “Like Riding a Bicycle” Analysis The poem “Like Riding a Bicycle” by George Bilgere is a very sad and touching poem. The first stanza is very joyful‚ which is not true‚ and dramatically changes to sad and disappointing throughout the rest of the poem. The main character struggles to learn how to ride a bike with little to no help from his father. After his father leaves him drunk and careless‚ the boy is still unsuccessful
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Born Yesterday | Point | Example | Effect | F | 2 stanzas of irregular length * First stanza talks about positive wishes made by the rest of society which are wished for every child * Second stanza echoes the structure of a sonnet (14 lines long and ends with a rhyming couplet) | In the first stanza‚ the poet talks about wishes of ‘being beautiful’ and ‘of innocence and love’ made by the rest of society‚ whilst the second stanza he wishes for her to be ‘ordinary’ and ‘dull’. | By presenting
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Million Dollar Baby Throughout this course we have discussed about making good and bad decisions in life. In grade 12 curriculum we have watched a movie called A Million Dollar baby cast by Clint Eastwood as an Frankie Dunn (coach)‚ Hilary Swank as an Maggie Fitzgerald (female boxer) and Morgan Freeman Eddie "Scrap Iron"(gym keeper). In this movie Eastwood has shown in his movie a story about a struggling life of boxers and coach. In this movie an actor and director is playing a role
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Horses by Edwin Muir Homework to complete before class analysis of poem. Directions: select either question one or two to complete for homework. 1. Rhythm: read the poem aloud at least 3 times. As you read it the 3rd time‚ jot down the rhyme scheme. As you read it a forth time‚ record your voice. Listen to your recorded voice and write down your observations. What do you notice? 2. Activity: consider for a moment that the poem is written to reflect a fairy tale or bad dream. In the box below
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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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Sappho: Poems In her work “Let’s Not Pretend‚” Sappho juxtaposes opposite ends of the spectrum of being‚ using life and death‚ black and white‚ mortality and immortality‚ old-age and youth‚ but not in a nostalgic theme. She cites her current old age‚ and seems to be relatively acceptant of the fact that life is indeed waning‚ and that she‚ unlike so many who she has seen‚ will not simply be stuck in the quest for eternal beauty. She writes “No‚ no one can cure it; keep beauty from going/And I
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James Tyler November 8‚ 2006 Book Review The name of the book is $ 40 Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise‚ Fall‚ and Redemption of the Black Athlete. The author is William C. Rhoden. Crown Publishers‚ a division of Random House‚ Inc New York‚ published the book in 2006. The book contains 276 pages. The author William Rhoden‚ a Morgan State University graduate‚ has been a sports writer for the New York Times since 1983. He has written for the "Sports of Times" column for more than ten years.
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Task 1 LITERARY ANALYSIS: READING POETRY AND WRITING THE ESSAY Pre-writing exercise 1 • Man: This primarily mean adult male but can designate any human being regardless of sex or age. Wikipedia (2011) • Wall: This is an upright structure of wood‚ plaster or any building material serving to enclose‚ divide or protect an area. Wikipedia (2011) • Berlin Wall: This is the wall that separated East Germany from West Germany. Wikipedia (2011) • Wailing Wall of Jerusalem: It is the remnant of the
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talus poem Favored by the gods of Olympus He partied dined and wined Cool to the mortals was Tantalus But he soon would pay the fine. He went behind the god’s backs From them Tantalus stole He committed other cruel acts Once a friend now a foe. If Tantalus was more of an honest man He wouldn’t take advantage of the god’s trust Accepting the lending hand Instead of turning it into dust. If Tantalus had another shot He would make a better soup Not boil his son hot But use a chicken
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