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    The Race Poem Analysis

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    In Sharon Olds poem‚ "The Race‚” Olds tells her story as she races to the airport and scrambles through the Gates in order to fly home and see her dying father one last time. The poem infuses suspense as she swiftly makes her way through to the airport and to the Gate that was departing in a few moments. Olds’ excessive use of enjambments‚ metaphors‚ and personification demonstrates her sense of persistence all throughout the poem. Moreover‚ she attentively listens to the young man‚ which provides

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    She Walks in Beauty

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    She Walk in Beauty Lord Byron’s poemShe Walks in Beauty” is in the voice of a man who is describing a woman’s exceptional beauty. Throughout the poem‚ he explains the woman’s physical beauty as well as her spiritual and intellectual beauty. The speaker of the poem is simply admiring the woman’s beauty. The author used words like beauty‚ best‚ grace‚ sweet‚ eloquent‚ and innocent to give the reader a clue to the tone that should be used when reading this poem. Byron used a lot of

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    In the documentary film by John J. Valadez and Cristina Ibarra‚ “The Last Conquistador”‚ sculptor John Houser contemplates in creating the earth’s towering bronze horseman monument for the city of El Paso‚ Texas. Houser visualizes an astonishing sculpture in remembrance of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate that will merit the contribution Hispanic people made to creating the American West. However‚ during the progress‚ things go downhill. Furious Native Americans‚ protest for project to be stopped

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    November Poem Analysis

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    November poem analysis The poem I am going to be analyzing is called ‘November.’ This poem is about death. In the poem‚ the author Simon Armitage gives a clear message about what he thinks death is and how to deal with death. He also gives clear connection with the poem to the title‚ which makes the reader understand the poem better. In this essay I am going to include the following; the poets attitude to his subject‚ the poets descriptive skills‚ the language used‚ how the poem affects me‚ and

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    experienced first-hand the horrors that existed‚ they cannot believe that such horrors exist. On the first train to the first labor camp Elie felt optimistic when arriving to Auschwitz saying “Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors. We gave thanks to God.” (Wiesel 27). When arriving to the camp Elie became more optimistic when he started to find people he knew still alive‚ even in these dark times he was able to find happiness. Not only did Elie have this mind set but

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    A Film Unfinished‚ The Last Stage‚ and Diamonds of the Night are all films that deal in some way with the Holocaust. However‚ the perspective and director’s intentions are so unique for each. A Film Unfinished was able to pick apart the lies of a Nazi propaganda film by including Holocaust survivors’ reaction to the film‚ as well as journals and interviews of people directly involved with the propaganda footage. The Last Stage is authentic because real Holocaust survivors were recruited to act in

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    mystery and intrigue can all be used to describe Robert Browning ’s poem‚ "My Last Duchess." From the speakers ’ indirect allusions to the death of his wife the reader could easily think that the speaker committed a vengeful crime out of jealousy. His elaborate speech confuses and disguises any possible motives‚ and the mystery is left unsolved. Even if he did not kill his wife‚ he certainly has something to hide. Based on the poem ’s historical references‚ style and structure‚ the Duke ’s controlling

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    people are not familiar with the book Tender is the Night‚ most of them do know and have read the book the Great Gatsby. Just like the Great Gatsby‚ Tender is the Night was also written by Fitzgerald in way to reflect the society during the Roaring Twenties. For people who read both books‚ they tend to do a lot of comparison when reading through. Familiar with Fitzgerald’s way of writing a tragic story‚ much of people expect the novel Tender is the Night to contain the same dark and depressing component

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    Poetry: Poem Analysis

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    usage in the poems. While crafting my work for the final portfolio‚ I reviewed many of the poems from our poetry packet in an effort to find inspiration and to create new interesting images. I took the most inspiration for my formal poem‚ which I found most difficult to write. One of the poems that was most useful to me was Jilly Dybka’s “Memphis‚ 1976.” Dybka’s poem follows the sestina form; I also wrote my last poem in this form‚ so it helped to follow the form by looking at her poem as an example

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    In this poem‚ Blake is trying to dispel the myth of grandeur and glory associated with London and to show the ’real’ people of London and how they felt. London was seen and portrayed as a powerful and wonderful city where the wealthy lived and socialised. However‚ Blake knew that London was really a dirty‚ depressing and poverty-stricken city filled with slums and the homeless and chronically sick. To reveal the truth‚ Blake combines description of people and places with the thoughts and emotions

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