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    to the Wars” by Richard Lovelace are two poems that share this theme. Even though they share the similar subject of war‚ these conflicting poems are an example of how a theme can be interpreted‚ and written about‚ in completely different ways. While both “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “To Lucasta‚ Going to the Wars” focus around the theme of war‚ Owen’s poem sheds light on the hardships and sufferings that soldiers faced in World War I‚ while Lovelace’s poem focuses on the romantic‚ honorable aspects

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    Poems saying how this was not at all like they thought. They also were explaining in their poems how excited they were to start a new life. Here is an example of a poem found in one of the buildings on the island. I am distressed that we Chinese are in this wooden building It is actually racial barriers which cause difficulties on Yingtai Island. Even while they are tyrannical they still claim to be humanitarian. I should regret my taking the risks of coming in

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    farm/battlefield is used as a basis of the grounds to commit a perfect murder scene. Through the use of personal pronouns in the final stanza such as ‘my neighbor‚ my land‚ we can’t face the newspapers‚’ Clarke is able to change the viewpoint and make the final line more direct and engaging. This allows the poem to become more personal towards us. The poem portrays many techniques to make us feel empathetic towards the innocent children associated and reveal the gratuitous violence depicted in the human

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    and the Poem “Invictus” by William E. Henley In class today we watched this movie called Evolution of a Criminal by Darius Monroe. A couple of weeks ago we had to memorize this poem called invictus. Now we have to bring the two and summarize them in a n essay. Then we had to find a theme that deals with both the poem and the movie and explain why. We have to choose at least two literary elements. The two literary elements I’m choosing are flashback and simile. I’m using simile for the poem and flashback

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    The following anthology travels through different time periods and proves that mental illness has been a problem throughout history. The next nine poems will describe the way mental illness impacts lives‚ whether through personal struggles or the influence other peoples has on a person. While the poems in certain time periods are not necessarily about the effects of mental illness they show how the use of poetry has been an outlet for people for centuries. People are constantly affected by other

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    The account of the poem is about an elderly widower is missing his wife‚ and “can’t bear” to run the vacuum due to the painful memories attached to it. The poem makes it evident that the widower is struggling with his grief and his newly appointed duty of caring for the house. The fractured and slant rhyme scheme of the poem creates a feeling of disarray and incompleteness. Some of the slanted rhymes are “dirt/heart”‚ “enough/dust”‚ “mouth/youth”. These rhymes make the poem sound unsatisfied‚ which

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    he shared with the sans-culottes. His poem "London" is a rare example of a violent‚ revolutionary indictment of both the Establishment and the Industrial revolution. This poem is an indictment and a battle cry. Not only does it present images of human suffering observed on a stroll around London‚ but it also suggests a certain vision of humanity as Blake defended it‚ for example in his Songs of Innocence a few years before (1789). The analysis of the poem will revolve around two aspects. First

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    unrealistic and unachievable‚ creating an insecurity in the realm of teenage girls‚ respectively. The girl throughout the poem deals with the constant struggles that comes with being a girl in society. A classmate of the girl tells her “you have a great big nose and fat legs.” (line 6) At a young age it is indoctrinated in the brains of children to criticize others. Beginning the poem‚ the words “girlchild” (line 1) appear bringing the idea that she is still a child but must maintain a certain dynamic

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    “First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on

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    Prayer Poems by Deeci Murphy Copyright Page Acknowledgements To He from which all blessing flow. To He who imparts strength to do all we do. To He who is the giver of all good gifts and perfect presents‚ I am humbly and graciously appreciative

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