In Maxine Kumin’s poem “Woodchucks”‚ the reader is led into a short tale of a woman whom is dealing with a family of woodchucks that are eating away at her garden. While this poem appears to be a simple tale following this woman’s methods to exterminating the pests‚ it rather is a poem that uses its speaker to stealthily showcase the potential that humans have for monstrous actions. The speaker‚ while appearing to be a sensible person turned deranged by the joyous feel of power and success‚ is a
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your poem. First‚ the most important thing is to find inspirations. A poem can be inspired from a trip with your friends‚ your feelings about the last relationship or from ordinary things in life like your house where you have lived since little. But above all‚ your inspiration is something that you desire to bring back memories and feel emotional whenever you remember. It is the content of the poem and the main topic of what you are going to write. Inspiration is the soul of your poem. No one
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The Theme of Death in Poems Death is a common theme in many poems. It is viewed so differently to everyone. In the poems‚ "Because I could not stop for Death‚" "First Death in Nova Scotia‚" and "War is kind" death is presented by each narrator as something different. To one it is a kind gentle stranger while to another it is a cold cruel being. A kind gentleman stranger personifies death in‚ "Because I could not stop for Death." The narrator of the poem is a busy person‚ with little time
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Poetry Assignment "Richard Cory" Richard Cory is a poem written by Edwin Robinson‚ he uses a variety of poetic elements. Poetic elements are imagery‚ rhyme scheme‚ symbolism and hyperbole to name a few. Robinson’s most common elements used in this poem are rhyme scheme and hyperbole. Robinson uses many elements‚ you can tell though out his poem that he’s trying to make the ’flow’ of the poem easy for it’s readers. He makes the poem string together‚ he makes it come together but he gets the story
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Reflection In Sandburg’s poem‚ Sandburg talks about the current state of Chicago. With the New Chicago movement‚ a few major things change. Hyper technology has come into play and changed Chicago’s identity. Sandburg talks a lot about the different people who are in Chicago. He talks about the major jobs and how the city runs. In New Chicago the workforce changes and I included the key differences in the poem. I talked about how manufacturing jobs became less available. I also talked about how the
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Reading of a Poem Maria Clinton ENG 125 May 31‚ 2011 Tiffany Griffin-Minor Close Reading of a Poem ON THE AMTRAK FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK CITY: BY SHERMAN ALEXIE On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City is an emotionally provocative poem by the Native American Indian writer‚ Sherman Alexie. It describes a train journey from Boston to New York City in which an elderly white woman excitedly points out historical sites to her fellow passenger‚ a younger Native American Indian. The poem demonstrates
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and finally on the fourth time he says dad. Moms are so important that god says they come first three times before father’s. In the poem I chose “Mothers Are A Special Gift” it compares mothers to gifts from god and I for one wholeheartedly agree. This poem incorporates so many different techniques in four stanzas‚ that made the experience of reading it all the more enjoyable. In “Mothers Are A Special Gift‚” it uses both simple and complex vocabulary. I enjoyed that‚ because if you fill up four
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Analysis Paragraph: “Marijuana Is Medicine” Poem This poem called “Marijuana Is Medicine” by S. Heumann gives a clear understanding to the reader about how marijuana is being considered taboo for no reason‚ but is actually a great use medicinally. It talks about how marijuana has many uses and how by being banned‚ it is just doing a disservice to many people. The author points out how “marijuana is medicine for anorexics getting way too thin” (Heumann). A major issue in society is anorexia and marijuana
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“The Road not Taken” is an analogy discussing about a person who made an important‚ but irreversible decision of life in the past. The poem symbolizes how that person (the speaker) chose the risky decision that has a large impact in that person’s life. In fact‚ later the person feel uncertain if the decision was right. The “yellow wood” depicts the condition of carefulness and privacy. The decision that the speaker made particularly talks about a long-term private life decision. The speaker uses
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as the author desires. Both Edson’s W;t‚ and the poems of Donne reflect this idea of intricate textual differences‚ despite shared themes. The difference in ideas regarding the themes stems from the differing contexts‚ or cultures that the texts are based in; these cultures being literary‚ and scientific. While Donne’s poems are written from a literary culture‚ the bulk of W;t is set in a scientific culture. These opposing cultures
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