Analysis 3)Don L. Lee is the author of the poem. He is black and grew up in Little Rock‚ Arkansas. He is a poet and has published 24 books. The poem is about white people coming to Africa to invade the African tribes with modern technology. When you read the poem you get the feeling that the white people are the bad guys. The writer only describes the negative things about the white people‚ and therefore the poem seems very dark. 3)The language in the poem is not very hard to understand‚ but
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hood purred the steady engine. I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red; around our group I could hear the wilderness listen. I thought hard for us all—my only swerving—‚ then pushed her over the edge into the river. Poem Title – Traveling Through the Dark o Poet’s Name – William Stafford o Page # - 1019 o Genre/Style – Death‚ Dark o Topic – Death‚ Decisions‚ Man vs. Nature o Persona – Twisted‚ Grim
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CHAPTER 20 OPHTHALMIC SURGEON IN HONGKONG (1891-92) • Farewell to Europe: Oct 31‚ 1891 (2 weeks after Fili‟s publication)‚ left Ghent for Paris‚ bade farewell to friends (Lunas‚ Taveras‚ Venturas)‚ to Marseilles . • He boarded steamer Melbourne for Hongkong (HK) on Oct 18 bringing recommendation letter by Juan Luna for Manuel Camus with 600 copies of Fili; • befriended many passengers who were mostly missionaries for China including Fr. Fuchs whom he described as “A Father Damaso without
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The poem ‘The Mother’ by Gwendolyn Brooks is a representation of the thought process and feelings a woman endures after aborting a child. The abortion of a child does not erase the memory or pain associated with such a drastic experience.The question of what could have been lingers on in the mothers mind after the termination of their own flesh and blood.In ‘The Mother’‚ the author seamlessly incorporates two types of imagery‚ symbolism‚ and situational irony‚ to express the feelings and thoughts
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advantages. One author that depicts such disadvantages in Nigeria would be Chris Abani‚ who often constructs poems about his past events. One of these poems would be "Blue" which portrays an african slave working on a ship. Although the text seems self explanatory‚ without know who Chris Abani is‚ or about slavery in Africa‚ some phrases and messages are not specified or given enough detail. The poem "Blue" by Chris Abani‚ is impossible to comprehend without historical background. Initially‚ knowing the
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statements “I am whole” in Morales poem verses “…and feeling like you’re not finished” in Smith’s poem. Both statements in these poems are strong‚ stating a completion of a human soul and both poems are in agreement that race is a part of the completion to the human soul. Levins Morales’ poem explains what it is really like to be of mixed race in America. Smith’s poem gives a deep‚ more individual approach of what it is like to be a black girl. Race is a background for both poems. Race and ethnicity have
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Binary‚ hexadecimal‚ and octal refer to different number systems. The one that we typically use is called decimal. These number systems refer to the number of symbols used to represent numbers. In the decimal system‚ we use ten different symbols: 0‚ 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ and 9. with these ten symbols‚ we can represent any quantity. For example‚ if we see a 2‚ then we know that there is two of something. For example‚ this sentence has 2 periods on the end.. When we run out of symbols‚ we go to the
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"My Papa’s Waltz" is one of most popular contemporary poems written by Theodore Roethke. The poem was first published in 1942 by Heast Magazines‚ Inc. from The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke. It is a poem about a boy recalling a time with his father while they share a dance of waltz. This poem consists of four quatrains written in iambic trimeter with a simple rhyme scheme. It uses imagery‚ metaphors‚ and simile to invoke a strong impression. Each image captures an emotional richness all told
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Jamie Noack Professor Topping Eng 102 T-R 2:30-3:45 Essay # 2 04/22/2013 In the poem “Sweethearts‚” by Allen Branden he describes the feelings of a young couple who have to sneak out to find time to spend with each other. The line‚ “Through the pale statuary and falling leaves” (2) gives the poem a setting of being in a cemetery in the autumn. Their love is so strong that they never want to be apart. The speaker is a man who is telling a story about a relationship that he was in as a teenager; he
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Ethnically a. Enslaved b. Go/do what they want c. Free/ don’t like to be held back III. Sexually a. Mighty b. Magic c. Spell/spin Lucille Clifton is an American writer and poet. Her poem‚ “Homage to my Hips‚” is one of her many poems that discussed issues in society. This poem discusses Clifton’s hips‚ and how they are free from the certain views of society that she does not agree on as well as how she is proud of her “hips” and respects herself regardless. She uses word choice
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