English 1118-54 Online 19 October 2014 Explication of “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ And nodding by the fire‚ take down this book‚ And slowly read‚ and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once‚ and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace‚ 5 And loved your beauty with love false or true‚ But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you‚ And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And
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I Love You Too It was a warm‚ but breezy Sunday afternoon. The usual day of fall‚ the leaves were turning; reds‚ yellows‚ and oranges flooded the trees (imagery). Leaves danced around the hard concrete pavement (personification)‚ and then lifting off into the air. I was walking to Tyzer’s house‚ suddenly; a chill ran up my back. Turning around‚ there was a pearly Tahoe. But‚ this Tahoe was familiar; I turned around and walked faster. The chill in my spine turned into pierce‚ throbbing pain; grabbing
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lies is that‚ in poetry‚ all facts and all beliefs cease to be true or false and become interesting possibilities…It may not‚ perhaps‚ be absolutely necessary that he believe it‚ but it is certainly necessary that his emotions be deeply involved‚ and this they can never be unless‚ as a man‚ he takes it more seriously than as a mere poetic convenience.” It is Donne’s sensibility and his personal experiences which are revealed with a vibrancy of language in his love and religious poetry that make him
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Esmeralda Santiago’s work When I Was Puerto Rican is a recent work that has a deep historical interest to Puerto Ricans or anyone that has a dual identity. Esmeralda learns to live in the countryside of the island after a few years living in the metropolitan area and then part for the United States with his mother and siblings. Esmeralda faced many challenges in life‚ but she learned how to overcome the struggles. The work belongs to the genre of autobiographical novel in which the author recounts
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It is often that we find ourselves so deeply attracted to someone or something that we decide to call it love. Love is an emotion felt by all people to some degree. We love things‚ animals‚ people; each of us has experienced love in some form. What do we do when the thing we love is no longer ours? We shut the world out‚ act like we don’t care‚ yet‚ these are all just faces we wear to hide the pain. While there are many ways to combat heartbreak‚ Lang Leav does a remarkable job connecting to the
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all types of love is that your own well-being is connected to someone or something you love. I agree with his view because I have personally experienced it and can connect to having love for someone. I never thought that someone else’s situation can affect me in such a big way‚ but it has. I understood why whenever something happened to my little sisters‚ negative or positive‚ my mood would change because they are the only family members I have that I can say that I truly love. When they come home
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Carter’s “I’d Tell You I Love You‚ But Then I’d Have To Kill You”‚ and you want to learn more. Well‚ if that is so‚ you have picked up the right book. We dive straight into this books plot‚ with an analytical view of an important turning point. We then move on into the relationship between two important characters‚ and the impact that relationship has on this novel. This chapter leads straight into chapters about hidden messages and powerful symbols‚ to the lesson Ally Carter wants you to derive from
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Love and Sex in the Poetry of Kamala Das : A Quest for Identity Creative writing in a language not one’s own is possible and Kamala Das remains even today after five long decades ‘ the most powerful voice of the post colonial reality”. She has acquired and nativized the English language by exploring the nuances of English and impassioned celebration of genuine emotions. Confessional poetry of Kamala Das are often “ anti-structural and
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yearning to breathe free‚ The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these homeless‚ tempest- tost to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door. This famous part of a poem written on a plaque on the inner wall of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty sums up perfectly what the United States is all about. It doesn’t matter who you are and where you’re from‚ Lady Liberty welcomes you. I love America. Even with its faults‚ it still has an enormous
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Since I was a baby‚ the music has been with me. My mother was always singing in the night‚ so I could go to sleep. When I was a child‚ I would just listen to the music on the television. And now I listen to all different types of music‚ but my favorite type of music is the rap. When I went outside‚ I was running‚ and I didn’t feel anything. But then I ran again‚ but this time I was listening to music‚ and I felt very calm and happy. Some of the lyrics of the song that I was listening are: “Because
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