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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When we hear about death we imagine something scary‚ such as The Grim Reaper. In our minds The Grim Reaper is a tall‚ dark figure who’s wasting no time on bringing you along with him. However in the poem I’m going to talk about in this paper views death in a different perspective. In Emily Dickinson’s poem‚ Because I Could Not Stop for Death‚ the speaker describes death as a gentleman‚ and how he took her on a nonstop journey. Besides death being talked about as a person‚ the speaker also goes through
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From the beginning of the poem you can see the cottage maiden was in love with the Lord she calls him ‘a great Lord’ and asks herself ‘Why did a great Lord find me out to fill my heart with care?’ She’s admitting he filled her heart with care‚ but by asking why‚ she’s saying he hurt her. She also says ‘O cousin Kate my love was true.’ Here she’s expressing her sadness and the feeling of betrayal she has for her cousin she also says ‘If you stood where I stand‚ I would have spat into his face‚ and
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confusing‚ you obviously didn’t grow up. Just kidding. The poet give us this poem and shows us how he lived his childhood but never really was living. The style of the poem is more of a confessional poem. He gives us words that describe him and how he felt. This work of art the poet gives us a boy [which is him] that is sitting on a window sill reading while others kids are playing around on the playground. The poet give us this poem and shows us how he lived his childhood
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In this essay I will be investigating and exploring the way the writers in the three poems use conflict to convey a message to the readers. All three poems deal with conflict in different ways. ‘Bayonet charge’ is about a soldiers experience in a violent battle. ‘Half caste’ is about racism and John Agard talks about how half caste is an offensive term to use on mixed people. Lastly‚ the poem ‘Catrin’ shows us it’s a relationship between a daughter and the mother and how they deal with conflict.
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Hip Shooter - When I first read this poem it made me think of travelling‚ maybe in life. The cold and harsh world‚ though beautiful‚ is hard to live in. The horse is the character’s only companion. The ending though‚ seemed as if the character was waiting for sleep‚ and would keep traveling in the cold and dark until they reached a place to sleep. This could also mean sleep as a final resting place‚ as death. The character will continue to travel a cold‚ dark and harsh path of life with his only
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simply get in his father’s way. The poem is full of admiration for his father’s strength and skill with horses. At the end of the poem‚ however‚ we are moved to the present day and there is a change in roles; it is now Heaney’s father who has become the child who gets in the way. His awareness of how the passing of time has brought about this change does not lessen the love and respect he feels‚ however. Heaney remembers when he was a small boy‚ and in the poem he looks up to his father in a physical
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Poem Analysis Shakespeare’s Th’expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame Where most poetry since Petrarch had been based on the unavailability of the love object‚ Shakespeare in sonnet 129 writes about exactly what happens when you get what you think you want. But contrary to expectations it is not an achievement devoutly to be wished‚ but rather an inevitable nightmare. It’s quite hard to pin down Sonnet 129 to one specific speech situation. Neither is there any “I” – a clear reference to a particular
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perspectives that have long been marginalised; in particular‚ refugees and immigrants Shire’s remarkable interpretations in her poems have consequently captivated thousands on the Internet and social media. In the poem ‘Home’ Shire intends to distinctly disclose the struggles and the agonizing battles that refugees experience through their journey for a new start‚ what makes Shire’s poems so mesmerizing is she is honest with her words and she is not afraid to not filter out any harsh imagery in order for her
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Langston Hughes purpose of these sets of poems was to outline the current condition for African Americans at that time‚ and also to display his desires and present the ideal conditions for African Americans. Below are several of his poems that has symbology and reflects and demonstrates his desires and ideals. In my opinion‚ Dream Variations demonstrates Hughes desire for African Americans to be able to enjoy the pleasures of life as white people did. When he says “to whirl and to dance till the
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