------------------------------------------------- Throughout most of Japan’s history poetry played a large part in the process of death. A jisei is a death poem‚ a poem that any person on their deathbed was encouraged to write. While if you were a samurai‚ according to the bushido code of honor‚ if you wanted to die with honor and not at the hands of your enemy‚ if you had dishonored yourself or fellow samurai‚ or if your master had died you would commit the ritual of seppuku. Seppuku is a ceremony
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poems NEUTRAL TONES by: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) E stood by a pond that winter day‚ And the sun was white‚ as though chidden of God‚ And a few leaves lay on the starving sod‚ --They had fallen from an ash‚ and were gray. Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles solved years ago; And some words played between us to and fro-- On which lost the more by our love. The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have strength to die; And a grin of
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enraptured by tales of great deeds and conquests? In short‚ is it love for the place‚ where we belong‚ and have done many noble deeds and good things?? If that were patriotism‚ few men and women from our country today would be called upon to be patriotic. What then is patriotism? “Patriotism isn’t short frenzied outbursts of emotion‚ but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime” said Adlia Stevenson‚ 5th United States ambassador to the United Nations‚ saying this he was trying to get the
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Patriotic Duty I believe in the soldier every little boy wants to become. By this I mean I believe in serving your country. As children we have all probably played army man and doctor‚ and we had fun. But what happened to that? Is it like the bad taste in our mouth? So very dry and disgusting finding out we have to actually work to achieve those? In my opinion I find it as a pride to look forward to‚ serving my country and protecting others. I like America I find I should serve it as my patriotic
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Noah Webster Junior was born on October 16‚ 1758 in West Hartford‚ Connecticut. His father was a justice of the peace‚ and a farmer. At the age of six‚ Webster started going to a one room primary school. When he got older he complained about school and called the teachers‚ “Drags of humanity” and many say that is why he wrote when he was older because he wanted to better the schools of the nation. When he was 14‚ he started getting tutored in Latin and Greek from pastor to prepare for entrance
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What Patriotism means to me and how it has impacted my live Patriotism is a ten letter word meaning very simply a devotion to one’s country. As an American it means that I live in a country that defends independence and human rights throughout our nation and the world around us. Our country’s history is one that is full of men and women that have fought‚ who are fighting and will continue to fight for our basic freedoms. Loyalty is often used as a measure of an individual’s patriotism. Although
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Patriotic music has been and always will be a foundation for America’s spirit and pride. Since the day America declared independence‚ Americans have relied on this music to inspire and pay tribute to those who fought and served for our country. The land of the free and the home of the brave has been celebrated for years with awe-inspiring music that touches the hearts of all who are fortunate enough to be a part of this land. Majority of patriotic music was written due to the conflicts
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living in a country should be proud of his country. It is true that the reverence for the history of a nation plays an important role in motivating its fellow citizens for improving the prosperity of a nation and contributing to its development .But patriotic regard should be helpful in regard to the nation’s progress and not to impede the growth of a nation. Patriotism should come with a understanding that it should inspire the all round development of a country for all the generations to come. Therefore
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Nettles by poet Vernon Scannell is a reflective poem based on the poet trying to protect his son from hurting himself in a nettle bed. I found this poem very emotional and touching and this is mainly why I chose to write about it. The poet reflects on his own experience to prove his point of view‚ and he achieves this‚ and I indent to analyse what point he is trying to convey in this poem. The poem is set in the poets own garden‚ with the nettles hidden out of sight behind the shed. The young
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Spencer Jackson 3/30/08 Hosting the Past to Provide for the Epistolary Community of the Present: Alexander Pope’s “Epistle to Miss Blount‚ with the Works of Voiture” In this early epistle‚ first published in 1712 as “To a Young Lady‚ with the Works of Voiture‚” Pope addresses his friend Teresa Blount through the work and name of the early seventeenth century French poet and letter-writer Vincent de Voiture. In this indirect address of a female friend facing an uncertain marriage
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