disgusting disease that has plagued our world. Shane Koyczan is a spoken word poet‚ he created the poem "To This Day" about bullying and how to overcome it and fight. He uses text features like an anecdote to build a relationship with him and the audience‚ or the organization of the stories he presents to increase the credibility‚ and when he uses repetition he is enhancing his point. In the poem he uses an anecdote‚ the anecdote tells us about his experience with bullying. It tells the story of
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Barbusse‚ Jünger and Graves all describe life in the trenches of World War I. Barbusse has an interesting way of describing the events that he is recounting‚ and seems to be writing his memoir as if the audience is with him at the scene that he is showing to us. Jünger‚ on the other‚ glosses over some of the horrors of the war‚ and instead likes to describe the changes that warfare has brought to the landscape that he is describing. In general‚ he is very descriptive‚ and has a preoccupation with
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The Day of the Dead‚ October 31 to November 2‚ is a holiday celebrated to remember those who have passed away. Day of the Dead celebrations are generally celebrated in states from Mexico. The holiday is celebrated by making beautifully decorated altars that often contain food‚ drinks‚ flowers‚ and toys (Villalba). The holiday “recognizes death as a natural part of the human experience” (National Geographic). Death is something everyone has to deal with at a point in their lives. It is often found
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not a day goes by I am not thinking about you. Much time has passed‚ but I don’t suspect I’ll be home by Christmas. Our soldiers are exhausted. Days are spent walking knee deep in mud and worse‚ sometimes waist deep in mud. Many of the men need rest but there is a war that has just begun. My sleeps are less than one hour at a time but I am constantly interrupted by the violent images I have witnessed. The conditions here are horrific. Rats the size of cats are festering in the trenches. These
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Break Break Break by Alfred Lord Tennyson The poem ‘Break Break Break’ by Alfred lord Tennyson was written in 1834‚ the year after the death of one of his closest friends; Arthur Henry Hallam. Hallam and Tennyson had been very close for almost six years‚ and Hallam had been engaged to Tennyson’s sister‚ so his fatal brain hemorrhage in 1833 came as a great shock to Lord Tennyson. Hallam’s death affected him so much that nineteen years later he named his son Hallam.The literate subject of the poem
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Letter from the trenches Dear Mom and Dad ‚ I am a soldier in the war. I’m sorry for not telling you that I was joining the army but didn’t want to get your hopes up if something happened to me. Life as a soldier was difficult because you had small rations and a lot of people died from scared food and products that were already spoiled. I remember my Sargent telling me to be careful out there in the trenches because enemy forces could rush you at any time and kill you from behind. I will never
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BREAK‚ BREAK‚ BREAK (1834) Break‚ break‚ break‚ [s1] On thy cold gray stones[s2] ‚ O Sea! [s3] And I would that my tongue could utter [s4] The thoughts that arise in me[s5] . (Unable to articulate the deep emotion – anger and resentment at nature) O[s6] ‚ well for the fisherman’s boy‚ That he shouts with his sister at play! O‚ well for the sailor lad‚ That he sings in his boat on the bay! [s7] (what he sees – he sees time passing – focus on the play of the youth
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Midterm Break By Seamus Heaney "Midterm Break" is a happy‚ promising title that belies the experience of the narrator; the irony of a death in the family over midterm has robbed not only Heaney’s joy in family nostalgia‚ but all his horror and grief as well. The ideas of death‚ grief‚ and finality are explored in this poem. As he encounters other mourners‚ each more intense than the next‚ his neighbors‚ his crying father‚ Jim Evans‚ an emotionally ravaged family friend. His tone takes on an aura
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- Term Break’ by Seamus Heaney Mid-Term Break”‚ by Seamus Heaney‚ is a free-verse poem that portrays the event in which the speaker‚ who came back from boarding school‚ deals with the loss of a younger brother.In this poem there are several important themes such as time‚ age‚ family‚ pain‚ love and most of all death. This poem takes the audience along on the speaker’s journey to accepting his little brother’s death. The author used a number of imagery to depict the themes of the poem. In these
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Poem in Your Pocket Day originally began in April of 2002 in celebration of New York City’s National Poetry Month. The Mayor of New York‚ along with the Departments of Cultural Affairs and Education‚ introduced Poem in Your Pocket Day to the residents of New York City. Residents were encourage to select a poem‚ carry it with them throughout the day‚ and share it with others. In 2008‚ the entire country was encouraged by the Academy of American Poets to join the poetry day making it a national celebration
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