Wilfred Owens’s poetry evokes the obscene horrors of war. Discuss with close reference to Mental Cases and at least one other poem studied. War is brutal and impersonal. It mocks the fantasy of individual heroism and the absurdity of utopian goals like democracy. The horrific post traumatic stresses are graphically exposed. In Mental Cases and Disabled by Wilfred Owen. They both expose a chronicle of the debilitating stages of post war traumatism; this is achieved through the employment of various
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N11/3/BUSMT/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M MARKSCHEME November 2011 BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Higher Level Paper 1 23 pages –2– N11/3/BUSMT/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M This markscheme is confidential and for the exclusive use of examiners in this examination session. It is the property of the International Baccalaureate and must not be reproduced or distributed to any other person without the authorization of IB Cardiff. –3– N11/3/BUSMT/HP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M The markbands on pages 3–6 should
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Jordan Friedman Mrs. Kashmer English Period: 4 5-29-13 Writing to Compare Literary Works The following poems set a great example of imagery. The poet’s use of imagery adds to the meaning of each poem. Imagery describes a poem’s true meaning with the five senses. The images of blackberries help me understand the poet’s ideas within the words because of its vivid details. The visual images in line two have a clear picture of blackberry bushes filled with berries. Each adjective is like berry after berry
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there is some true events behind this poem. It was based off of a French women‚ Marie-Madeleine-Marguérite d’aubray marquise de Brihvillers. She had killed her father and two brothers‚ and after her failed attempt of trying to kill her husband‚ she was caught and later on beheaded. Robert Browning waste no time jumping into the conflict of the poem. The persona feels betrayed by a man she used to be in love
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w w ap eP m e tr .X w International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the November 2003 question papers 0580/0581 MATHEMATICS 0580/01‚ 0581/01 Paper 1 (Core)‚ maximum raw mark 56 0580/02‚ 0581/02 Paper 2 (Extended)‚ maximum raw mark 70 0580/03‚ 0581/03 Paper 3 (Core)‚ maximum raw mark 104 0580/04‚ 0581/04 Paper 4 (Extended)‚ maximum raw mark 130 These mark schemes are published as an aid to teachers and students‚ to indicate
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describe the setting of the poem? (the weather‚ atmosphere) 2. What effect does Porphyria have on the atmosphere in the cottage? 3. Why can’t Porphyria give herself to the narrator completely? 4. What does the narrator realise and how does this make him feel? 5. What does the narrator do and why? 6. What happens at the end of the poem? (Think about the lover’s frame of mind?) An Investigation into Porphyria’s Murder Remember: • This poem is a dramatic monologue. •
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English Past Paper Johann Hosterbach The investigated passage is an extract from “ Fallen Angels” by Harper Collins‚ published in 2001. In this passage a young apprentice called Simon is stuck in a grave and tells the reader about him and his family as the narrator of this extract. What observations can be made about the narrator? The narrator of this passage is a boy named Simon‚ probably aged between 10 and 15. His grandfather and father are both experienced grave diggers and the employer
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known for his honest and accessible writing. Kooser’s poem “A Spiral Notebook” was published in 2004‚ in the book Good Poems for Hard Times‚ depicting a spiral notebook as something that represents more than its appearance. Through the use of imagery‚ diction‚ and structure‚ Ted Kooser reveals the reality of a spiral notebook to be a canvas of possibilities and goes deeper to portray the increasing complexities in life as we age. This poem opens with an extreme and vivid simile‚ “The bright wire
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Leave The Past Behind As the matter of fact‚ the racial diversity in the world is increasing day by day. However‚ people just need to find out how to live comfortably with other of different history’s background. It is true that the process to overcome the past between nations and the discrimination between races takes an amount of time. Nevertheless‚ people nowadays are opening a new chapter of life. In reality‚ people all over the world now do not think about the painful past‚ the war or whatsoever
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The writer‚ Phillis Wheatley‚ uses many descriptive details about the natural world in her poem. She compares the sun setting and the new evening with many rural details. For example‚ in line two‚ she says: "The pealing thunder shook the heav’nly plain;" She is referring to the empty plains of a rural area. I also wondered how the poem would sound if she chose to praise the evening using details of an urban setting. You could easily use urban setting details as well as using rural setting details
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