POEM: "ORCHIDS" POET: HAZEL SIMMONS-McDONALD (St. Lucian-born) FACTS: Ø Orchids are currently believed to be the largest family of flowering plants. Ø The number of orchid species equals more than twice the number of bird species‚ and about four times the number of mammal species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. Ø All orchids are perennial (persistent) herbs and lack any permanent woody structure. The leaves of most orchids are perennial‚ that is‚ they live for several
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English 1H Embedded Assessment Creating a Poetry Anthology Your assignment is to create a poetry anthology that includes the following: ✓ Cover with unique title and colorful illustration ✓ Table of contents ✓ Introduction (brief autobiography that explains what the reader needs to know about you to better understand your poems) ✓ Eight original poems with colorful illustrations and annotation (Mark the text‚ identify poetic devices‚ and explain the intended effect.)
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Victorian Age The beginning of the Victorian Period is dated sometimes as 1832 (the passage of the first Reform Bill) and sometimes as 1837 (the accession of Queen Victoria). It extends to the death of Victoria in 1901. But when we refer the history book of W. J. Long and literary terms of M. H. Abraham‚ we find that the period between 1850 -1900 is regarded as the Victorian Period‚ which is also known as the Age of Compromise and the Age of Peace and Prosperity. When Victoria came on the
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Stage 2 English Communications – War Poetry War has an everlasting effect on the entire world‚ but the one group of people that have the worst experience are those that are on the frontline – the soldiers. They are often glorified and portrayed to be patriots for their country‚ which is frequently conveyed through poetry. I disagree with this view‚ and the following three poems written by past soldiers support my view on war. Siegfried Sassoon is a renowned World War 1 poet who was in service
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influence all were significant issues that caused conflict and unrest. It was a time when political activism and ideology was strong; Neruda was one such political activist. As result of this era‚ his poetry incorporates many lyrical‚ personal and political dimensions. He understood the necessity of writing poetry to be accessible‚ particularly to the lower class‚ and it is for this reason he wrote in the language of everyday life. Neruda’s voice is the voice of the working class‚ the voice of peasants and
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Analysis of Defense of Poetry Steve Budd Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Shelley was born in 1792 in Sussex England‚ Shelley would become one of the finest poets of the Romantic period. He was brought up under very privileged circumstance and attending Syon House Academy at the age of ten‚ Eton at the age of twelve and would later attend Oxford University (Penn par 1). It was at this time he would received extensive knowledge of the classics and become interested in science and
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Poetry A Soldier By Robert Frost He is that fallen lance that lies as hurled‚ That lies unlifted now‚ come dew‚ come rust‚ But still lies pointed as it plowed the dust. If we who sight along it round the world‚ See nothing worthy to have been its mark‚ It is because like men we look too near‚ Forgetting that as fitted to the sphere‚ Our missiles always make too short an arc. They fall‚ they rip the grass‚ they intersect The curve of earth‚ and striking‚ break their own; They make us
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and comfortable‚ to a suffering sentence. The landlady is sin control‚ and the speaker‚ a young university student‚ cannot escape from the landlady‚ physically nor mentally. The Landlady is effectively written in free verse and is a run-on style of poetry‚ allowing the readers emotions and thoughts to carry to the next line all the way to the end of the poem. The poem runs for 9 stanzas‚ all of which vary in the number of lines. The shorter stanzas are in the beginning and in the end; where as the
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Good morning/ afternoon everyone First of all‚ thank you for inviting me to this exhibition of Poetry in Motion. I was inspired to create my work based on the poem called This Man‚ by the Solomon Islands poet‚ Celo Kulagoe. This poem is a critique of the all-encompassing power of money‚ which can dictate to presidents and prime ministers alike and can ruin those with few resources. This resonates with the current issue of Coal Seam Gas mining and its wealthy supporters‚ while the dangers to the
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Poetry Essay Each one of the poems offers a unique view upon love. The first poem by Robert Herrick‚ "To the Virgins to make much of Time‚" focuses upon the idea of carpe diem. The poem stresses the idea of marriage while love and flesh are still young and believes this gift of virginity to be a great waste if not given while it is still desirable. Marvell also uses the carpe diem theme to his poem ‘To His Coy Mistress‚’ however with three certain sections within the poem. The first part elaborates
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