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    mark zuckerberg

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    Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14‚ 1984) is an American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is best known as one of five co-founders of the social networking websiteFacebook. As of April 2013‚ Zuckerberg is the chairman and chief executive of Facebook‚ Inc.[5][7]and in 2013 his personal wealth was estimated to be US$16.8 billion.[5]Together with his college roommates and fellowHarvard University students Eduardo Saverin‚Andrew McCollum‚ Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes‚ Zuckerberg

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    Sky Scraper Poem Analysis

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    2012 “Sky Scraper” a poem or just a song? What exactly identifies a poem? How can we classify a song as a poem and another not? There is debate over how a poem should be defined‚ but there is absolutely no doubt about its ability to set a mood. In general‚ poetry is art by means of words‚ an arrangement of words containing meaning and musicality. A poem is identifiable by its literary and musical elements such as its poetic devices. Another characteristic of a poem is its ability to say

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    bones are found help us imagine the horror of the deaths. The poem refers to “their jaws‚ those that have them” and “their absent tongues” – reminds us their bodies have been destroyed by decay and gunfire. Poetic Devices: i. Assonance and alliteration create specific sounds throughout the poem. “a chit of bone‚ the china plate of a shoulder blade” sounds like the plough striking the soldiers skeletons. ii. The alliteration in the poem gives some phrases a more determined feeling. The earth “stands

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    short story “The Mark on the Wall”‚ a simple element like a mark on the wall is responsible to the narrator’s deeply reflection about life and stimulates the imagination of the reader. Although‚ there are many elements in this short story that are capable of being discussed‚ this analysis only points out some of them. The first point that can be considered very important is the symbolism of the mark on the wall. During all the story‚ the narrator imagines what that mark could be‚ but he/she

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    analyzing the poem "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke. This poem isabout a man who loves his country dearly. The country is England. He believes that if he should die in a far away battle field that people should remember of him only that he was English. Brookes says in his forth line‚ "In that rich earth a richer dust concealed." This means that if he is to die in a land other than England that the soil would be made better because there would now be a piece of England within it. The plot of this poem reinforces

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    Carpe Diem Poem Analysis

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    Carpe diem poem Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16075 This poem is a Carpe Diem poem in realizing and reflecting on how precious life is. The poem makes a point to say that if you do not hold onto your dreams and keep them close at heart‚ life can become lonely and unfulfilling

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    Billy Collins use figurative language and imagery in the poem Flames to express an idea or thought. Billy Collins has used Imagery in Flames to show an idea or a thought he has had. Smokey The Bear is walking in the woods with a gas can and some matches. “Hat cocked at a disturbing angle”(line5). This is imagery because it makes the reader visually see Smokey The Bear. When you see this type of imagery it alters the reader’s perspective of the poem to think something is not correct. Smokey The Bear is

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    Blue Heron Poem Analysis

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    music theory into my skull. I believe this helped my compose a melody for this poem. As I was reading this poem‚ my first impression was‚ "How am I supposed to make a melody out of this?". However‚ upon reading this poem‚ I got a feel of what this poem means. This poem is about a Blue Heron‚ a bird‚ that is looking is looking for food in November. As I was reading the poem‚ I decided to focus on the first half of the poem for my melody. Picturing a Blue Heron walking through the cold ponds in November

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    After reading several different poems‚ "The Great Figure" really stood out to me. Although the poem is short in length‚ I feel like it has a story hidden within each word‚ phrase and verse. The poem is about someone seeing the number 5 on a fire truck‚ in the rain‚ as the truck is racing through the city. The image connects the to the poem and also tells the same story as the poem. In the image‚ the number 5 appears three time in three different sizes. The different sizes creates the illusion

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    call “the common dialogue of Americans.” He passed away October 14th‚ 1965. The speaker of this poem is going through an identity crisis. They are dull and don’t see themselves having a personality. They see women in beautiful saris in the beginning of the poem and revel in how exotic and interesting they are or appear to be. Simultaneously they are conscious of their own bland way of life

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