Horses by Edwin Muir Homework to complete before class analysis of poem. Directions: select either question one or two to complete for homework. 1. Rhythm: read the poem aloud at least 3 times. As you read it the 3rd time‚ jot down the rhyme scheme. As you read it a forth time‚ record your voice. Listen to your recorded voice and write down your observations. What do you notice? 2. Activity: consider for a moment that the poem is written to reflect a fairy tale or bad dream. In the box below
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e The Representative Poem Ashley Stringer-Franco ENG/ 306 Poetry and Society Catherine Canino February 4‚ 2013 The Representative Poem The nineteenth century is known as the Victorian Era and it is famous for its improvement of information‚ growth of an empire and enlargement of the economy. The era had a vibrant spirit of events. During this era Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the well-known poem “Ulyssses” and it represented how he felt at the time. This poem reveals the determined spirit
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Professor Borner English 1220: 8:00 TTH 16 July 2013 “Like Riding a Bicycle” Analysis The poem “Like Riding a Bicycle” by George Bilgere is a very sad and touching poem. The first stanza is very joyful‚ which is not true‚ and dramatically changes to sad and disappointing throughout the rest of the poem. The main character struggles to learn how to ride a bike with little to no help from his father. After his father leaves him drunk and careless‚ the boy is still unsuccessful. So the boy practices
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The poem Interment is a poem about the injustice that was the interment of the Japanese Americans during WW2. This poem use very good metaphors to explain how they were treated. The author use the idea of the people being treated like cattle as they forced into the camps and these metaphors helped to tell what the theme of the this poem is. The metaphors use this harsh way to describe the treatment of the people as without is the theme would not have the impact it does at the end on the reader. The
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Console games vs. PC games Let’s start with the console’s themselves. Maybe you’ve heard it before‚ but some people say PC-gaming is dying. Can PC games still compete with Console games? Gamers have never been so spoiled for choice. While the console vs. PC war has been around for ages‚ consoles today have bridged the gap by finally providing decent multiplayer capabilities. Is this the end of the PC as the dominant gaming machine? Gaming has been around for a long time. It is serious business
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I knew was how difficult the poetry section of my English class was going to be. However‚ after writing these twenty poems‚ my outlook as changed completely. When I sat in front of my computer monitor‚ the words simply came to me and poured out from my fingertips to the screen. The ability to use my vast knowledge of adjectives from our four hundred vocabulary words seemed exhilarating to me. My poems are for myself to enjoy. They may seem boring or meaningless to others‚ but when I read them
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I am going to analyze the third and fourth stanzas of the poem ¨The Raven¨ of Edgar Allan Poe. “The person has heard a knocking at his door‚ but no one was there”. At this point in the poem‚ his fear and excitement are increasing as some voice keeps repeating the word "Lenore." It is not clear whether he actually hears some other voice speak the word‚ or if he just interprets the echo after he himself says it as belonging to someone else. Most likely they are his own words‚ but in his imagination
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Social Games vs. Traditional Games: which are the most popular? Nowadays many people all over the world make daily use of social networks like Facebook‚ Twitter‚ or Google+. A social networking service is a World Wide Web platform in which you can meet your real-life friends‚ share information and news with them and develop social relationships of any kind. These electronic communication devices‚ along with the opportunity to keep oneself updated with the latest news‚ opinions‚ mundane
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The poem “Mothers” by Nikki Giovanni is about two states of mind. An adult dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life and a concerned child. This is shown by the use of opposite words. “Dark-light” and “pleasantries and unpleasantries.” Being a child‚ Nikki was trying to make sense of what was happening around her. She sees her mother sitting in a chair in a dark room upset her. Nikki is apparently a frightened child. The wetting of the bed confirms her fear. She wrote about and absent father
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OLD GAMES OR NEW GAMES In the past‚ there were old people who are telling the stories of children who were playing in the streets‚ parks and gardens‚ but now‚ their grandchildren cannot be seen at those places anymore. As old people remember there were games which depend on good feelings such as love‚ respect and friendship. There is a strong possibility that much of people can remember “seksek”. It was played with a stone and area that covered with lines which refer boundries of areas‚ especially
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