H/w Compare the ways that Checking out Me History explores the importance of identity and culture with one other poem of your choice. Agard in Checking Out Me History show is strong belief in the importance of our identity. Whereas Nagra in Singh Song doesn’t see the importance of his identity. In both poems‚ the use of language has been used to show their culture and identity. In Checking Out Me History‚ Agard writes “Dem tell me/wha dem want to tell me”. The use of non-standard english of ‘dem’
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The first poem ‘Sonnet 130’ by William Shakespeare has a humorous view on the traditional ideas of beauty. The poem is a five duplet metre with the stressed sounds starting on the second word of each line. Each line has the same amount of stressed and unstressed patterns which is very common for sonnets to make it quick and easy to read. The five duplet pattern never mimics human speech in the way a four duplet pattern does. The end of each alternating line has a distinct rhyming pattern
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Danah Bakir “Same Song” By: Pat Mora * Predictions: Based on the picture surrounding this poem‚ which is a mirror‚ I predict this poem will be about external beauty and the concept of beauty only being skin deep. Based on the title of this poem‚ I predict this poem will be about similar people’s stories and how they handle their situations in similar manners. The type of poem I think it’ll be is an observational and descriptive poem. I predict this because I think the author is going to use
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Introduction Poetry has been a special genre and it is one of the many genres that remain consistent (structural means) even after being exploited for years. Looking back at the British poems in the late 80s‚ the stanzas and lines have not changed much‚ at least not the structure of it. Even until today‚ these shapes remained the same‚ although altered in position such as the use of indentation or tabulation in each line‚ alternatively. Besides‚ poetry has become a medium of communication in various
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Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 2 Sound Devices and Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Sound Devices A good poem can often be identified by its sound quality. 1. How do we evaluate sound quality? Poets use certain devices to create sound within a poem. We need to analyze the poem to look out for these devices‚ indicate the sound produced and evaluate its effect on the reader. 2. What do poets use to create sound within a poem? There are four main devices: • Alliteration • Assonance • Consonance
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Pete Benck Pd. 5 AP Lit 1-18-06 Among School Children In "Among School Children"‚ Yeats speaks to an upcoming generation that is too preoccupied with preparation. The philosophy of this work suggests that life prepares us for what never happens. Consistent with Yeats’ message in other works‚ it follows the dogma: ignorance brings innocence‚ whereas knowledge brings chaos. With acquired wisdom‚ consciousness produces a chaotic state within the individual‚ causing conflict within the soul
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about poetry the first thing you may think about is the complexity of poetry. Typically I think people are afraid of literary works such as poetry and dismiss poetry because they find it to be too complicated. Many people don’t like to read things that actually require them to think about the text and deem them complicated because they don’t want to take the time to see what the author is trying to say. However‚ if they were to take their time and dissect the poem they would find that poetry isn’t
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Analysis on the Relationship Between Poetry & Painting An analysis on the relationship between poetry and painting Lope De Vega‚ in one of his sonnets‚ refers to two famous contemporaries in a striking way; he calls the Italian poet Marino “a great painter for the ears” and the Flemish painter Rubens “a great poet for the eyes”. Six hundred year and 6000 miles away‚ a similar concept occurs in a parallel situation. The Chinese poet Su Shi‚ in one of his poems‚ praises two men
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Literary Analysis Prewriting My thesis is that I believe the war inspired many of Wilfred Owen’s poems. He was very dedicated to his country. In fact he even enlisted himself in the military voluntarily. The war had many influences on Wilfred and his poems. For example‚ a quote from Dulce Et Decorum Est “If you could hear‚ at every jolt‚ the blood come gargling from the forth-corrupted lungs obscene as cancer‚ bitter as the cod of vile‚ incurable sores on innocent tongues”‚ this poem he was talking
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Molly McGregor Creative Writing - Poetry October 2nd 2012 Critical Analysis of “As the Ruin Falls” by C.S. Lewis Many of C.S. Lewis’ poems have spoken to me on a deep level over the last few years‚ this one in particular holds the most meaning for me and has impacted my life in multiple ways. In this paper‚ I will first discuss why I believe this piece to be about the regret Lewis felt in regard to the negative effect his selfishness had upon a relationship that he was a part of
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