couple who married young are described as having taken a metaphorical "wrong turning". Small things irritate them‚ before they finally find "accommodation"‚ a way of coexisting although living largely separate lives. The couple in Vernon Scannell’s poem They Did Not Expect This marry young‚ when they have only the "beauty of youth’s season" to build their relationship on. They act "quite unquestioningly"‚ without thinking. This results in their metaphorical journey through life taking a "wrong turning"
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The tone throughout the poem and song are very similar in the sense of sombre‚ heartbreak‚ rejection and depression. Lines that support this include; ‘But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you‚ not even close‚ not even a little bit‚ not even at all’ from Kat’s poem. In this line Kat is explaining her emotions towards Patrick‚ and how she can’t help that she is in love with him after all that he has done. In Gnash’s song‚ “I hate you‚ I love you” it is the artist’s way of explaining that one is still
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many people want to become more “eco-friendly”‚ everyone cares about the environment and they want to do their part. One of the reasons they’ve been so successful‚ is because everybody wants to do their part to help the environment. Case Study: Giving and Receiving on Freestyle.org Eight years ago‚ a self-described tree-hugger in Tucson‚ AZ named Deron Beal was working for a nonprofit that focused on recycling as a way to minimize what was going into local landfills. Beal set up a Yahoo Groups
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poem entitled “Curiosity” written by Alastair Reid is a symbolic poem that uses cats as a metaphor for humans. It relates felines to people in the sense of curiosity‚ and what could be considered actually living life to the fullest. Essentially‚ this work contradicts the popular phrase‚ “curiosity killed the cat” by placing it within a broader context. Instead of discouraging curiosity‚ Reid explains why people should embrace it. In the first stanza‚ the author argues that the cat may have died
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emotional feelings on paper‚ thinking about the time that he will be the next one laying in the grave‚ he is fearing death. In the poem‚ “Aubade‚” Philip Larkin take the reader into his pathless journey‚ letting his audience know what he does and what will happen. He accomplished this through the use of imagery‚ poetic devices‚ and organization of the poem. Throughout this poem‚ the narrator uses imagery by describing his fear of death and the unexpected of death. In the first stanza‚ lines 1-2‚ “I work
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[for] her tower”‚ demonstrating her liberty‚ as she later conforms to what society expects – “it was corny but he did look sort of gorgeous axe and all.” Indeed‚ Lochhead’s unconventional use of the adjective “corny” juxtaposes the poems antiquated setting‚ which satirises the position of woman today by differencing that it has changed very little. Moreover‚ the description “axe and all” alludes to the electric guitar‚ suggesting that all woman are attracted to male musicians‚ an ironic
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perfect‚ it wouldn’t be.” Having a perfect world would be nice in terms of no war or illness‚ but at the same time‚ we would great things‚ such as family‚ snow‚ or love. It isn’t worth giving up your choices to live in a perfect world‚ because of the good things you would give up also. Giving up the bad means also giving up the good‚ too. First of all‚ in The Giver‚ the community took away freedoms to protects us from disease and loss‚ but at the same time‚ took away many great aspects of life. For
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using two of his poems. Debbie and co and backyard. I wil base most of my ideas on Debbie and co and refer to Backyard The poem Debbie and co is set on a public pool on a Sunday afternoon and backyard is based on a family or two having a barbeque in the backyard. Two typical things Australians would do. Through these activities John Tranter tries to show the tranquil nature of Australian culture and Australians laid back attitude towards life. This is shown in both poems in many ways. If we
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The first expression that Shakespeare used in the poem is “summer days.” The writer tried to relate the beauty of the summer season with the beauty of his beloved friend. Though‚ he tried to emphasize on the fact that his friend is much more magnificent and charming than the summer season. The speaker used phrases like rough winds and the darling buds of May to describe the qualities of summer. He indicates that his friend’s qualities are much higher than the qualities of the summer day because the
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Sappho: Poems In her work “Let’s Not Pretend‚” Sappho juxtaposes opposite ends of the spectrum of being‚ using life and death‚ black and white‚ mortality and immortality‚ old-age and youth‚ but not in a nostalgic theme. She cites her current old age‚ and seems to be relatively acceptant of the fact that life is indeed waning‚ and that she‚ unlike so many who she has seen‚ will not simply be stuck in the quest for eternal beauty. She writes “No‚ no one can cure it; keep beauty from going/And I
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