The poem is told from the point of view of a wise mother talking to her son about how to get through the hard times in life. This woman compares life to a set of stairs. The first few lines of the poem states‚ “Well‚ son‚ I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” The purpose of these lines is to let people know that life will never be as easy as it is made out to be. Sometimes you need to have thicker skin to get through the worst times in life. One line in the poem states‚ “Don’t
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Julie and Her Garlic Bread Michelle‚ brown eyed‚ 48 year old lady who walked with a slight hunch. She always wore bright red lipstick specifically designed to cover her dry‚ chapped lips. Her hair felt like hay and her wrinkles covered her face like art. She wore thrift clothes everyday‚ and she wore them proudly. Michelle was unemployed‚ and lived with her two dogs Lucy and Lola. She has had her dogs by her side since I can remember. They were inseparable. Michelle had a heart of gold and a sympathetic
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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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Documentary Analysis - The World before Her The documentary movie by Nisha Pahuja takes the audience into the two distinct yet familiar lives of two young girls‚ Ruhi and Prachi‚ they are struggling in the modern world and both are fighting for their equality as Indian women. Ruhi seeks fame and freedom by entering a beauty contest‚ where Prachi supports her religion and tradition by attending a Hindu extremist camp. The intention of this film is to bring awareness of
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thing we love is no longer ours? We shut the world out‚ act like we don’t care‚ yet‚ these are all just faces we wear to hide the pain. While there are many ways to combat heartbreak‚ Lang Leav does a remarkable job connecting to the reader through her poems. She can relate to the reader‚ they understand what she writes about‚ she helps them get through breakups and puts words to our emotions. “A bruise is tender but does not last; it leaves me as I always was. But a wound I take
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virtually indistinguishable. The poem‚ To a Mouse by Robert Burns‚ in which the mouse thought she was prepared‚ but in reality her home is destroyed‚ is where the two pieces are found similar. "Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ west‚ An’weary winter comin fast‚ An’ cozie here‚ beneath the blast‚ Thou thought to dwell‚ Till crash! The cruel coulter past Out thro’ thy cell" (Burns 5). To represent the relationship between Of Mice of Men by John Steinbeck and the poem the first piece of evidence used
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Wilfred Owen Poems MINERS (Page 75) There had been a terrible accident at a place called Podmore Hall Colliery (1918). 140 miners and pit-boys died Owen wrote in a letter that he thought this poem had ‘sour’ taste. He also said that if the poem were to have a subtitle it would be: ‘How the future will forget the dead in war.’ This would be its epigraph Soldiers and miners are similar in that they both risk their lives General strike in 1926 because miners didn’t get paid enough for the job
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Jorge Luis Borges’ short story‚ “Borges and Myself‚” and Julia de Burgos’ poem‚ “To Julia de Burgos‚” are two self reflective pieces about their respective authors. They both focus on a detachment between the author’s persona and self image. Not only do these literary works share similar themes‚ but they use many of the same poetic elements. These elements - tone‚ metaphors‚ and allusions - are a means to accurately communicate the internal struggle they share. Both pieces use tone. In “Borges and
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and discuss spoken word poem written and recited by my favorite artist‚ Shane Koyczan. I picked the poem “To This Day” (link at the bottom of this blog)‚ due to its relation to module 3. This poem does not specifically refer to the social determinants of mental health; however‚ many are mentioned including social environments‚ physical environments‚ healthy child development‚ personal health practice and coping skills‚ social status‚ education‚ and support networks. The poem discusses the impacts of
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This harsh shift from a preconceived impression to a reality at which Gay forces the reader to look is found in some of Gay’s other poems as well‚ such as “The Heaven‚” where the narrator describes Heaven as not shaping up to be everything one may expect. Specific to this poem‚ however‚ is the fear of the narrator: an African-American man who is taunted by the prospect of violence. While any driver stopped by a police officer would feel a normal amount
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