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    So This Is Nibraska

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    ‘So this is Nebraska’ is a poem by Ted Kooser in the postmodern age. The poem had been written in present tense‚ probably to emphasize the current state of rural Nebraska‚ which is a small village in America. The poem describes a Sunday afternoon in July in Nebraska and this is mentioned in the third stanza of the poem all the other descriptive language in the poem is used to explain this setting. The very first paragraph is a compound complex sentence. The purpose of this is to slow the pace of

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    Comparing Poems

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    the sea at the darkest time of the day which helps to create that eerie tone. Longfellow also uses a description of sounds saying “the curlew calls” also help him to create his tone of eeriness. On the other hand Bryant’s use of imagery such as his phrases “The golden sun and “the meadows green” give the reader a sense of being out in nature with a bright shining sun in a quiet calming place which helps to support the peaceful/calming tone. He also goes on to say “Yet not to thine eternal resting-place

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    using phrases in the example‚ the author creates an atmosphere of eeriness and evil. The imagery causes the reader to feel as if they are actually inside the story and on the boat. They can actually feel the darkness “pressing into them”‚ just as the author has written. For example‚ by reading the phrases put in the story‚ I can suddenly feel a cold chill and imagine the sound of animals and the sea at night. The Caribbean is also well known for its mysteries‚ and by having the second phrase the author

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    Paradigmatic

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    in his gait." (Thackeray). The essential quality of detached construction lies in the fact that the isolated parts represent a kind of independent whole thrust into The sentence or placed in a position which will make the phrase (or word) seem independent. But a detached phrase cannot rise to the rank of a primary member of the sentence—it always remains secondary from the semantic point of view‚ although structurally it possesses all the features of a "primary’ member. This clash of the structural

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    LIKE A GIRL

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    see here is an example of the phrase “like a girl‚” actually having reference and meaning from one young man to another. It’s stating that Phillips plays baseball like a young girl‚ which was a huge insult and blow to his esteem‚ and all the others who heard the statement were blown away that it was even said; almost as if it were violent vulgar language. During the 2015 Super Bowl‚ the company Always‚ constructed and released a commercial that stated the phrase “like a girl‚” still to this day

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    repetition to show he is the only person affected by her. Clifton’s use of repetition in the poem “miss rosie” displays the narrator’s compassion for Miss Rosie‚ thus showing he is the only one who’s been affected by her. By repeating the same phrase multiple times‚ emphasis is put on the fact that no one besides the narrator is compassionate for Miss Rosie. For example‚ when the narrator states‚ “when I watch you / wrapped up like garbage” (1-2)‚ “when I watch you / in your old man’s shoes” (6-7)

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    Adjuncts

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    “now” ‘expands’ the information supplied by the verb phrase “are going”. Here is part of a definition of an adverbial (Greenbaum “Oxford English Grammar”):- “An adverbial is an optional element in sentence or clause structure. There may be more than one adverbial in a sentence or clause.” A second definition comes from Jackson H. “Grammar and Meaning”:- “The functional slot in a sentence typically filled by an adverb or prepositional phrase relating to circumstance.” I might add:- “these functional

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    You spend most of your time growing up with your family‚ and those little phrases you come up with or things you babbled as a baby stick on with the family. They then become familiarized to you and your family. They can also be phrases made by you or by others. In my family for example “Cuatro Nalgas” is used at times to call my younger brother‚ and when we say it‚ he knows we are referring to him. Guessing

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    each composer. The most obvious similarity between all three adaptions is the text‚ a vital part of a Catholic worship service. The melodic shape of the pieces are very similar‚ with the melody building to important phrases such as ‘O Jesu‚ File Mariae’ (Oh Jesus‚ Son of Mary). The phrase reaches a climax point before receding away. The timbre remains the same throughout all three adaptions – SATB‚ except the Elgar has an organ/piano part. The texture is a key difference between the Byrd/Elgar and the

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    What Does French Slang Mean

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    societies‚ until recently‚ did not consider dignified enough to even mention in society. The image of blood leads automatically to "les Anglais ont débarqué" (the Redcoats have landed)‚ which proves how much the French loved the English. Other potential phrases include "Ma tante Rose a débarqué" (Aunt Rosie’s arrived)‚ "j’ai mes fleurs" (i’ve got my flowers - roses‚ probably)‚ "j’ai mes ours" (i’ve got my bears)‚ or the flat and very BCBG "je suis indisposée"‚ equivalent to "I’m sick" in English and "Ich

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