The Beauty “In November” By: Emilie Parsonage Have you ever seen something that at first glance may look like nothing‚ but when you dig deeper and deeper into it‚ you are able to see the true beauty shining through? In the poem‚ In November by Archibald Lampman‚ the true beauty of a burned forest is masked by broken ground and charred trees and bush. At first glance‚ there appears to be nothing remaining but wreckage. However‚ through the use of personification‚ visual and kinesthetic imagery
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A Poison Tree By William Blake I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath‚ my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not‚ my wrath did grow. And I waterd it in fears Night & morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles‚ And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both day and night‚ Till it bore an apple bright. And my foe beheld it shine‚ And he knew that it was mine‚ And into my garden stole‚ When the night had veiled the pole; In the morning glad I see My foe outstretchd beneath
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It seemed somewhat difficult to read through a poem and try to “get” how a poem got a tone from its diction and imagery. It sounded easy to think about‚ but the hard part got to be articulating how it worked and what made me actually feel a certain way over a poem. For that battle‚ I read “Common Ground” by Judith Ortiz Cofer. At first‚ I read the title and thought it’d be something for pro-equality and how people are essentially created equal. By the second stanza‚ with the line‚ “when I look
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My Poetry Book By Hans Page 1– Table of Contents Page 2 – Thoughts on poetry Page 3 – Similes Page 4 – Metaphors Page 5 – Personification Page 6 – Apostrophe Page 7 – Hyperbole Page 8 – Onomatopoeia Page 9 – Internal rhyme Page 10 – Imagery Page 11 – Alliteration Page 12 – Autobiographical Poem Page 13 – Acrostic poem Page 14 – “This Is Just to Say” Poem Page 15 – My Favorite Poet(s) My thoughts on poetry My favorite poems are jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
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The poem “Acquainted with the Night” was written by Robert Frost and was published in the collection‚ The West Running Brook. A common interpretation of the poem is that the author has experienced depression. Frost himself was said to have experienced depression‚ and mental illness is unfortunately prevalent throughout his family. He had to commit his sister to a mental hospital and his own son committed suicide. Using the “night” as a metaphor the reader can experience what the world around them
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Society’s focus on materialism and consumerism has lead to the shift in our value system‚ which in result has lead to the degradation and neglect of the environment. In his poems‚ Robert gray forces us to consider and reflect upon our involvement on the issues presented- being our priority of material and superficial value which in result has implicated on the natural world‚ provoking its decline and also the degradation of Australian society itself. Furthermore‚ we have lost the values that make
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commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ a category that may also include polemical works‚ biographies‚ and reflective essays‚ or it may consist of texts based on imagination (such as fiction‚ poetry‚ or drama). Literature written in poetry emphasizes the aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as sound‚ symbolism‚ and metre—to
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Winters are cold‚ but it is the coldest when people are suffering from loss. Most of Kanye’s songs have a hidden message and in this song his message may be unclear unless you know about his life. In all the song in the album Kanye’s lyrics have a deeper meaning than what the average music lover can read or listen to. Coldest Winter is actually a depiction of the singer’s relationship with his mother and his fiancee as depicted through the themes of loss‚ loneliness‚ and doubt. Kanye’s lyrics
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Society is very different in the world today compared to the early 20th century. The one thing that stayed over the years was imaging how to make good impressions and how others think. Charles Cooley discovered the looking glass theory following three particular phases for this process. Based on social interactions‚ or actions of others‚ individuals grow and create an image of their sense of self. The first phase in Cooley’s theory is imaging or evaluating one’s self image from another person’s
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Each and every war has had an effect on those who lived through it‚ and those who fought in it. Poets write about what effects‚ and inspires them. If they were soldiers in war they often times have a strong opinion of war. This comes out in their poetry. Seigfried Sassoon‚ and Rupert Brooke were English poets who both served in World War I. Sassoon‚ a true survivor of trench warfare‚ wrote‚ “Everyone Sang” protecting war. While Brooke‚ who did not see the trenches‚ wrote‚ “The
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