It was July 24‚ 2011‚ the day I had been patiently awaiting for over a year. This was the day that my husband was coming home from deployment in Bahrain‚ Middle East. This time‚ not only was he coming home to me‚ he was also coming home to meet his four day old daughter. Emotions were high that day. I walked into the airport pushing only a pink stroller with a newborn baby girl and trying not to come in the way of rushing passengers. The ambience of the airport was very impressive. The lounge
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seatbelt around his waist‚ and he mindlessly looked at his watch. Still 10:27 PM‚ Gnik thought. He reread the text he was composing to Pam: Hey‚ Pam--it’s me again. Gnik with a ’G.’ Do you have some time to chat tomorrow morning? Regular time‚ regular place? Let me know. Satisfied‚ Gnik pressed the send button on his phone just as the pilot finally made the announcement to turn off all electronic devices. Gnik automatically complied‚ tucking his phone into the breast pocket of his sport coat
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The poem Sympathy was written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. It explores the racism that imprisons his soul. Dunbar uses the caged bird as a symbol of racism. The entrapped bird is hurt and injured while great things are happening around it. The tone is pleading and anguish over the racism that is expressed toward the black community. It explains the wonderful sun and beautiful weather and how the caged bird cannot feel it because it is entrapped by racism. “But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s
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Final Words “What would you do if you were me?” Drew asked his best friend in the world. “I honestly don’t know‚” Ken replied. “I can’t believe Lea did this to you‚” he added with sadness in his voice. They were sitting in Drew’s soft yellow kitchen‚ akin to each other‚ looking at the letter Lea had written. It was lying on the pine table between them. There was no point in reading it again‚ and yet‚ they both did. They sat there stunned. Leah’s letter was so distressing. She had written that
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Pulitzer Prize winner‚ is known for his honest and accessible writing. Kooser’s poem “A Spiral Notebook” was published in 2004‚ in the book Good Poems for Hard Times‚ depicting a spiral notebook as something that represents more than its appearance. Through the use of imagery‚ diction‚ and structure‚ Ted Kooser reveals the reality of a spiral notebook to be a canvas of possibilities and goes deeper to portray the increasing complexities in life as we age. This poem opens with an extreme and vivid simile
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Comparison of Two Poems Why is it that people write poems? Sometimes‚ it seems that authors write poems to confuse or to mislead. As most would know‚ poems aren’t actually written for that purpose. They are written to amuse and enlighten in a critical thinking way. Poems are like secret passages with deep meanings within the lines and rhythms; after being pulled apart and analyzed‚ they can leave your mind blown. I will be comparing “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke with another poem titled “Those
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The poem‚ Sonnet 11 is a lamentation song of unreciprocated love by Lady Mary Wroth. She was an English Poet of the Renaissance. She lived between 1587-1651/3 and was from a distinguished literary family and was one of the first women to be recognised as a literary talent. Her life was not an ideal one. Her husband died but she did find love with her cousin‚ Earl William Herbert. It wasn’t easy for her though‚ as Herbert was also one of the favourites of Queen Elizabeth and she moved him around
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metaphysical poem tends to be short and closely woven. The poem usually intends to persuade. Two poems that use this pattern are Donne’s “The Flea” and Marvell’s “To Coy his Mistress.” In both poems‚ the speaker presents the element of a metaphysical conceit. The concept of love is the main focus‚ and this is where the metaphysical conceit is apparent. The men in the poems are trying to convince the women of their love/lust‚ but both women refuse the advances. The difference in these poems is the metaphor
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In the poem‚ “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls” written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the poem “Thanatopsis” written by William Cullen Bryant‚ two different ways in which one may view may view death is established. In “The Tide Rises the Tide Falls” Longfellow’s diction‚ imagery and figurative language help to create a tone of eeriness. While in Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis” he creates a more peaceful/calming tone. In Longfellow’s poem his use of imagery such as “The sea in the darkness” and
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Lit – Poems What Thing Is Love? (George Peele) George Peele was an English dramatist‚ born in 1556. He led a reckless life and died of small pox. The poem ‘What thing is love’ was written in 1580’s and is in some ways against love. According to him love is more of a sting then hurt but yet a pretty thing. He says that one should not love as women can hurt you with love – Love’s dwelling is in ladies’ eyes‚ From whence do glance love’s piercing darts (Cupid’s arrows i.e. Roman God of love)‚ That
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