Bibliography: Benitez‚ Conrado. History of the Philippines. Boston. 1929. Brooks‚ Cleanth and Robert Penn Warren. Understanding Poetry. New York: Holt‚ Rinehard and Winston‚ 1996. Christopher‚ Milbourne. Search for the Soul‚ Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers‚ 1979 Fernando‚ Francisco Demetrio S.J.‚ Gilda and Fernando Zialcita. The Soul Book. GCF Books. Panay Avenue‚ Quezon City‚ 1991
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Writers provide glimpses of other worlds‚ giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world To what extent do you agree with this view? The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and a boy travelling down across what seems to be a bleak and dull land. In this book‚ we see a world that seems to have a bleak and dark future without a lot of hope. Land is somehow destroyed‚ perhaps by a natural cause. The cycle of seasons has been completely altered and
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Poetry can evoke strong feelings in readers. Select three poems we’ve read and examine the literary techniques the poets used to evoke a reader’s emotional response (note: not your emotional response.) How do the poets’ various techniques connect to their readers’ feelings? Because a writer wants to evoke strong feelings into their writings‚ they use a variety of techniques from wording to the sense of the feeling the reader feels. In the poem‚ “Harlem‚” by Langston Hughes‚ he uses the descriptive
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Tone of “The Measures Taken” We live in a world where there is always a rationalization for slaughtering‚ political elimination of anyone who stands in our way‚ and with whom we strongly disagree. After the Nazis killed Erich Fried’s father‚ he became aggressive and expressed his feeling through the poem “The Measures Taken.” He argues that the world will be beautiful and peaceful after the “slaughter” of the evil people (Kennedy and Gioia‚ 442). The world is full of suffering‚ and it is caused
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If someone met a crossroad in his or her life and both roads brought many good things‚ what would he or she do? Robert Frost had to choose a path to take in his life. In “The Road Not Taken” He really thought long and hard about his decisions and which choice will take him further in life. The reader can tell from line 2 that the writer is very disappointed he couldn’t take both roads. He chose a road praying that choice was the right one. The writer uses figurative language in the poem to get
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The Great Water Giant The Great Water Giant Has finished his bath. He pulls the huge plug Out of the clouds. He roars his thunderous laugh And a wet slippery waterfall Spills out of a squelchy sky. ‘Look out below’ he seems to shout as the water Splooshes‚ splashes‚ plishes‚ ploshes‚ gushes‚siushes‚ And soaks deep into the thirsty earth. by Ian Souter Jack Frost Look out! Look out! Jack Frost is about!| He’s after our fingers and toes; And all through the night‚ The gay
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Protest poetry and songs have been written all throughout history and even into the present day. Even though there are many differences in the protest poetry including theme‚ style and language they all seem to retain one feature. They all aim to get a message across and in doing so‚ engage their audience and inform them about a particular issue. Some protest poetry and songs which have stood out include; Beach Burial written by Kenneth Slessor‚ Home-coming written by Bruce Dawe‚ Six young men written
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Through the distilled and powerful language of poetry‚ racism is explicitly expressed to exhibit its relevance today. Racism is the direct racial discrimination towards someone of a different race with the belief that one’s own race is superior. Through the exploration of various key and diverse poetic techniques and themes‚ racism is revealed to illustrate the major effects it has today. The purpose of poetry is to highlight its relevance by idealising reality and engaging the reader to help audiences
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“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” a Review English 102 Liberty University 4/21/2014 Poetry Thesis and Outline While reviewing “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ it should be noted that the key is the rhythm of the language. The first‚ second‚ and fourth sentence rime while the third sentence of each rimes with the 1st‚ 2nd‚ and 3rd sentence of the next stanza. In relation with the cryptic language draws the question‚ there is a more
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‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti This Victorian poem is about the narrator (a fallen woman)‚ the Lord and Kate. It is a ballad which tells the story from the narrator’s perspective about being shunned by society after her ‘experiences’ with the lord. The poem’s female speaker recalls her contentment in her humble surroundings until the local ‘Lord of the Manor’ took her to be his lover. He discarded her when she became pregnant and his affections turned to another village girl‚ Kate‚ whom he
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