The Victory After reading several poems in my Backpack Literature textbook (Kennedy‚ X. J.‚ and Dana Gioia‚ 2008.)‚ I came across Anne Stevenson’s The Victory. Stevenson’s words hit me in the gut and made me feel her tension and conflict of becoming a new mother. Anne Stevenson portrays a mother’s feelings of pain during childbirth and mixed emotions of becoming a new mother. The poem contains a tone of conflict and anger. “I thought you were my victory/ though you cut me like a knife’ (Lines
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SONNET #19 by: William Shakespeare D EVOURING time‚ blunt thou the lion’s paws‚ And make the earth devour her own sweet brood; Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger’s jaws‚ And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood; Make glad and sorry seasons as they fleet’st‚ And do whate’er thou wilt‚ swift-footed Time‚ To the wide world and all her fading sweets‚ But I forbid thee one most heinous crime: O‚ carve not with thy hours my love’s fair brow‚ Nor draw no lines there with thine antique
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Honors English 11/28/12 Clouds Go Away - Sonnet Why is the sky so grey? The clouds are hurt toddlers‚ so sad. They cry like they are teenage girls having a bad day. They rumble like the sun betrayed them and left them mad. The sun is a treat‚ so delightful. It brings nothing but warmth
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1 Literary Terms 1. Allegory: a literary work that has a second meaning beneath the surface‚ often relating to a fixed‚ corresponding idea or moral principle. as in metaphor‚ one thing (usually nonrational‚ abstract‚ religious) is implicitly spoken of in terms of something concrete‚ but in an allegory the comparison is extended to include an entire work or large portion of a work. 2. Alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds. It serves to please the ear and bind verses together‚ to
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SONNET 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds‚ Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark‚ Whose worth’s unknown‚ although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool‚ though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks‚ But bears it
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England‚ William Shakespeare did not seem destined for greatness. He was not born into a family of nobility or significant wealth. He did not continue his formal education at university‚ nor did he come under the mentorship of a senior artist‚ nor did he marry into wealth or prestige. His talent as an actor seems to have been modest‚ since he is not known for starring roles. His success as a playwright depended in part upon royal patronage. Yet in spite of these limitations‚ Shakespeare is now the most
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The best way to sum up Club Denali is in the first paragraph when the author says‚ “The ten-minute Denali show runs heavily to images of thundering avalanches‚ storm-flattened tents‚ hands deformed by horrible frostbite blisters‚ and grotesquely twisted bodies being pulled from the depths of enormous crevasses. Like the military’s VD movies‚ the Denali show is graphic enough to make even the thickest skin crawl. As a tool for promoting sensible behavior‚ it would appear that it’s also just as ineffective”
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: An overview of his life and works Submitted to :- Ms. JYOTI HERMIT Submitted by:- TANISHA GUPTA Course :- BJMC (ASCO) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : AN OVERVIEW OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS CHILDHOOD William Shakespeare was born on April 26‚ 1564. William Shakespeare was the
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speak about love through the use of poems. Some poems tell a story; some illustrate what love should or shouldn’t be; some poems express the separation of two loved ones. There is no limit to explaining what love really is. The poems ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Valentine’ by Carol Ann Duffy both try
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Explication Essay “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raison in the sun? Or does it fester like a sore- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust over- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?” This poem by Langston Hughes titled “Harlem” introduces the idea of loss. The loss being a dream put on hold or deferred for some time. Hughes questions what happens to it once it is deferred. Does it dry up‚ fester like a sore
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