The poem on Turning Ten by Billy Collins for me is about leaving childhood behind and understanding that one must eventually grow up. Its Realizing that one Has to mature and stop the never ending theme park designer that is a Childs imagination. Turning a two digit number was written as a very sad event in this poem. It became a sickness‚ sort of a Disease of the psyche. Whereas still being a one digit number was a lot easier‚ not caring about what others say‚ playing with the imaginary friend and
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themselves. Poems are typically short and sometimes rhyme. In other senses‚ they do not rhyme‚ but have a reasonably deep meaning. In the poem‚ "The Names"‚ by Billy Collins‚ the title really caught my attention because I was surprised by the relationship between the title and the poem‚ my expectations about the connection were fulfilled‚ and the poem itself was extremely moving. One reason I chose the poem‚ who’s title caught my attention‚ was the relationship between the title and the poem itself
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“Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins Naturally‚ life is a continuous cycle of experience and learning. Yet often times so much is buried in our lives that we fail to remember or recall what we have learned. Memories that range from miniscule facts to important emotions can often leave unknowingly from our mind. Billy Collin’s “Forgetfulness” shows how memories are delicate and fragile‚ and that the process of forgetting is one that is nonchalant. Billy Collins effectively blends subtle humor and irony
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In “The Names”‚ Billy Collins uses repetitions of names to designate the astronomical quantity of 9/11 victims‚ and to share his desires of the victims to not be forgotten as time passes by. Billy Collins goes on to present that these names are still pertinent and are almost everywhere around us‚ however he is unsure that these names are pertinent in future time. As time vanishes‚ people incline to forget events that have occurred‚ and this is something Billy Collins desires not to transpire for
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Presumably‚ the poem “Aristotle” is an adaptation to Aristotle’s conceptions on tragedies‚ in which a tragedy must contain a beginning‚ middle‚ and end. Throughout the poem there are unequivocal transitions telling the audience the when the beginning‚ middle‚ and end have arrived. Furthermore‚ the tile may also allude to the way the poem will be written. Since Aristotle was a well renowned philosopher‚ the poem may contain reflections upon certain actions‚ that lead to misfortunes found in tragedies
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Add school counselor to the list of people you can turn to when you need help. They know how to listen and can help kids with life challenges. Counselors have special training in how to help kids solve problems‚ make decisions‚ and stand up for themselves. You feel like you need to talk to someone about everything that’s going on. A great person to share your thoughts and feelings with is your school counselor. In addition to help kids with problems guidance counselors help kids learn about study
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or his dog. Then the next 34 lines are about how when the dog was alive how he didn’t like anything the owner did for him. The author then finishes off the poem by saying that the dogs version of heaven is exactly like everybody assumed it was. In the end the author tells a theme of don’t assume the feeling of other. The author Billy Collins uses Irony in the last couple of lines “ and that is all you need to know about this place/ except what
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interpret the age of the speaker in the poem “On Turning Ten”‚ which is Billy Collins himself. The poem itself is surprisingly dark‚ yet very relatable in an unusual way‚ because you couldn’t see the world the way the poet did when he was younger‚ but you could somehow connect to the speaker if he told his story while looking back at his past. That is why the age that the poem gives off is somewhere in his mid 20s or in his 30s. It is possible that this poem is written in this age because of some
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This poem is really easy to identify with. The first 4 stanzas are clearly relating the reader to the poem. Everyone at some point has to learn these general‚ seemingly useless facts. “A state flower” “The capital of Paraguay” so arbitrary‚ but so true in that this brings back memories of 3rd or 5th grade for almost all of us‚ it is bound to strike a chord with the reader. This is also coupled with a slightly nostalgic loss of these facts in the first stanza‚ as slowly the individual sections of
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Most people try to shield children from the evils of the world; however‚ some may try a little too hard. The teacher in Billy Collins’s poem “The History Teacher” is an example of this. By teaching the children a fairy-tale version of history rather than the reality of it‚ the children fail to learn about the consequences of their actions. The desire of the teacher to protect his students has caused him to soften the harshness and reality of the past. Not wanting to corrupt their innocence‚ “he
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