Background: On a hot and humid day‚ my course at Columbia University toured Harlem through the route described in Langston Hughes’s‚ Theme for English B. In his poem‚ Hughes describes his walk from City College of New York to his home in Harlem. When we walked down the steps from City College to Harlem‚ just as Hughes did‚ I realized Hughes’s prevalent battle; he came from an underprivileged background to attend a university where he was the only African American student in his class. Going down
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The people in any army face hardships‚ and the poem “Danny Dever” shows just another one that the British soldiers had to go through. The hanging of Danny Deever not only scares‚ intimidates‚ and disturbs the soldiers‚ but also makes the Colour-Sergeant have to question himself on what the army is doing and whether it is right. The poem shows the questioning of what is ethical and watching the loss of someone you know. The Colour-Sergeant is a higher up of the British army‚ so he knows that the
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The message of the poem‚ “Sadie and Maud”‚ is that the success and happiness is not determined by a structured path‚ but the one we create. In the poem it says “Maud went to college/Sadie stayed home/Sadie scraped life/With a fine-tooth comb/She didn’t leave a tangle in” (Lines 1-4). This is saying that Maud went to college and Sadie did not go to college. It is also significant because it compares Sadie with a fine-tooth comb because fine-tooth combs take everything in and does not leave a tangles
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affair. This abruptness is supported by the following line because the phrase “a slap in the face” can be used to imply the element of surprise. The lake in Mirror ‘has drowned a young girl and replaced her with a middle-aged woman. Throughout the poem the mirror/lake appears as quite a sadistic character who takes delight in the girl’s sadness. This text informs us that her youth is passing and age is gaining on her; the word ‘young’ puts particular emphasis on this fact. The drowning could suggest
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“After Auschwitz” is a poem by Anne Sexton; the poem is about an individual that is in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two. Auschwitz concentration camp was known as a death-camp‚ a camp that was made for the extermination of the Jewish peoples. Since death was a normal occurrence there‚ the speaker expresses the anger and despairs he or she feels towards humanity as a result of all the death that is taking place in the camp. In the beginning of the poem the speaker says‚ “Each
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Constantly risking absurdity The poem “Constantly Risking Absurdity” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poem where he compares a poem to an acrobat.He starts off by describing how an acrobat risks everything even his life to his audience by walking in a high wire of his own making.What Ferlinghetti means is that an acrobat does everything he can including his most precious values mental and physical to entertain and amaze his audience. He doesn`t care if he makes a fool of himself o even kill himself
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And that is the end of the poem”‚ said Professor Wright. “Any thoughts from anyone?”‚ he asked. Hedy raised her hand. I was surprised. Hedy rarely talked. “Professor Wright Sir‚ when can I see my husband? He gave me joy and happiness in life. We were married for fifty-one years before he passed away. Please Sir‚ I just want to see him again”. Professor Wright did not give Hedy the answer as to when she would again see her husband. He‚ instead‚ said that she was on the right path. I figured
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(woo! )And I know your taste isA little bit (mmm) high maintenance (ooh)Everybody else basicYou live life on an everyday basisWith poetic justice‚ poetic justiceIf I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room‚ would you trust it?I mean I write poems in these songs dedicated to youWhen you’re in the mood for empathy‚ there’s blood in my penBetter yet where your friends and them?I really wanna know you allI really
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B. Book Critique Criteria # 4 Poems for young children should tell simple stories and introduce stirring scenes of action. The poem itself is fairly long‚ however on each page the text is fairly simple and easy to read. The story has made-up vocabulary such as‚ moose-moss and Lake Winna Bango‚ but this does not distract from the central message. The story begins “Up at Lake Winna-Bango..the far northern shore…”‚ and it does not leave there until the end of the story. The true action of the
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Michelle Wong 12 October 2015 AP Literature Ms. Taylor The Century Quilt Response The poem The Century Quilt by Marilyn Nelson Waniek serves as a nostalgic reflection of the history of a cherished quilt‚ which connects the speaker’s life to her diverse heritage. Wainek’s use of enjambment‚ personification‚ and colorful imagery develops a speaker and a character that demonstrates affection for the quilt’s qualities and reveals a more complex underlying message about the quilt’s impact on how the
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