As the days go by I feel your light dimming and it breaks my heart. Laura Diaz words cannot explain what you mean to me and as the clock ticks down I’m realizing more and more what I’m losing when you are gone. First‚ I’m losing a cheerleader. No matter what I did you were always there to cheer me on even ifI didn’t reach the finish line you were there to comfort me and remind me to keep going. Second‚ I’m losing my game show partner. People can only imagine how many nights we had competing against
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Meeting Vera‚ you are amazed at her energy. She is confident in herself as a young woman‚ as leader‚ and a game changer. Her Afro centric demeanor and her outspokenness are part of the driving force that makes her to decide to paint landscapes with poetry instead of a paintbrush. She was born in Malawi then later moved to Botswana as a young adult‚ youngest of two girls – she was always the outspoken one. Never one to back down from the status quo‚ refusing to confine herself in the boxes provided
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Jacob Marley Who he was in relation to the text and Scrooge? Scrooges business partner Died 7 years before the story begins Haunts Scrooge at the beginning of story and warns him of what is to come Traits of Jacob Marley Corrupted by greed Lived his life like Scrooge does‚ takes but does not give. “In life my spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money changing hole…” pg 25 Remorseful As he is now a ghost‚ damned to walk the earth for eternity‚ unable to saves those who need
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Salvador during El Salvador’s civil war. It is based on a true story. The colonel is the poem violently disagrees with the human rights policies put in place by the American president. He takes his frustrations out on his guests by intimidating them with trophies from his victims. Forche’s nontraditional style and politically charge in “The Colonel” emphasize the power poetry has against fear. Unfortunately‚ this poem was written in the wake of a gruesome civil war in El Salvador. Some even describe it
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When one reads this poem the first thing that probably comes to mind is slavery. Why slavery? One has to think it’s slavery because if you know Paul Laurence Dunbar’s backstory you would know that both of his parents were slaves. So this poem pretty much sums up the whole experience‚ because it had may emotions. Such as sad‚ trapped‚ angry‚ hope‚ and perseverance. Also one has to tell that the poem means slavery because of the way it was written. For example: “Till it’s blood is red on the cruel
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On the outermost level the poem‚ “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman‚ is exactly as it sounds. It talks about a young man that was athletically talented for some reason has died. The poem uses many good techniques to suggest‚ however morbid‚ that it good for famous people to die young. The poem has a solemn mood‚ but it is possible to sense a bit of happiness as it recalls the athlete’s life. The first two lines of the poem say “The time you won your town the race / We chaired you through
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In "Twenty-One Love Poems" by Adrienne Rich‚ each poem helps us understand her life. We as the readers get a "sneak peak" at the struggles she faces due to an almost ’doomed ’ love affair she has with another woman. The settings of her poems take place in Manhattan which she refers to as the "island of Manhattan" many times. There is a transitioning from beginning to end of this short collection of poems. Rich begins her collection with a jolly almost exuberant tone of passion and romance she shares
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In “Dreams” by Langston Hughes‚ metaphors help convey the meaning of the poem and add to the power of it. He starts off in the imperative mood‚ telling people to hold on to their dreams (line 1). The use of the phrase “hold fast” in connection with the word “dreams” shows that Hughes is using the word “dream” to mean hope and will-power for the future—not the kind of event that takes place in the mind when we are sleeping. Then‚ he transitions to the conditional (“if”) of a dream being lost (line
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305 Reasons to Love Emily Dickinson Poem #305 The difference between Despair And Fear—is like the One Between the instant of a Wreck And when the Wreck has been— The Mind is smooth—no Motion— Contented as the Eye Upon the Forehead of a Bust— That knows—it cannot see— Dickinson’s poetic accomplishment was recognized during her time‚ but never has she been more acclaimed than she is toady. Readers immediately discovered a poet of immense depth and stylistic complexity whose work
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to recall than the pleasant ones. In both poems “Zimmer in Grade School”‚ by Paul Zimmer and “Those Winter Sundays”‚ by Robert Hayden‚ speakers express their childhood memories. The speaker in “Zimmer in Grade School”‚ addresses the unpleasant memories of his grade school. While the speaker in “Those Winter Sundays”‚ expresses remorse‚ and repentance towards his hard working father who was not appreciated enough during his childhood. Even though both poems are different‚ I have been through similar
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