"If I Could Tell You" Analysis In "If I Could Tell You" W.H. Auden uses personification‚ repetition and imagery in order to prove the point; you must live your life like you do not have time left. Auden gives a vast setting over all. There are two main characters; Auden and time. The dialogue is in first person and he is speaking to some one he cares about. Auden uses personification to give life to time. This shows how time is the keeper of our destiny. He personifies time because he does not
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Thank You for Your Service It’s almost four o’clock in northern Maine on a cool spring morning. Bags are rustling and seat-belts are unbuckling as everyone starts to get out of their seats and into the isle‚ waiting impatiently‚ to stand on American soil once again. While walking into an empty airport terminal‚ one by one‚ with a bag over our shoulders and rifle in hand‚ the muffled sounds of clapping starts to hit our ears. Nearing the opening between terminals the vibrating sounds of clapping
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Are You Proud of Your Country? I wonder if I could walk up to a person and ask‚ “Are you Proud of Your Country?” and see what they would say. What some people don’t realize is that they are really lucky to live in a country as great as ours. The United States is a free country that is protected by laws and amendments. The laws are to ensure our safety as people‚ and the amendments are to ensure that we are treated as we should be‚ and to provide something that hasn’t been declared in the Constitution
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The educated is truly free. Do you agree? ‘Knowledge is power’‚ this frequently cited quote is no more a stranger to anyone. Education‚ which role is essentially to transmit knowledge‚ has empowered an individual with the accumulated knowledge‚ values and skills that an individual would require. Indeed‚ with knowledge‚ the educated has yielded the power to control the situation around him‚ to break free from oppression and authority‚ and to breakthrough the vicious poverty cycle. Yet‚ as the
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Are you ready for a quick and easy 5-step crate training plan for your pup? Repeat each of the following steps for one day or one week‚ depending on how well your puppy takes to crate training. Move onto the next step once your pooch is confident with the previous step. Day 1/Week 1: Introduce your puppy to his new crate by opening the door so it won’t close on the dog accidentally. Be prepared to spend some uninterrupted time with your puppy and sit down next to the crate for a few minutes. Put
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Which of the following is the most important to you when choosing a living place? (1) living in a place that is not expensive; (2) living close to relatives; (3) living in an area with many shops and restaurants 368 There are many factors you have to consider when you choose a living place. Which is the most important for you: rent‚ closing to relatives or a location with a lot shops and restaurants? To my perspective‚ convenience is the priority when pickingI pick up a place to live. First‚ living
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Can a blood test really tell you when you’ll die? Author: Giles Tremlett. Source: http://thelonggoodread.com/2011/10/13/can-a-blood-test-really-tell-you-when-youll-die/ As a taxi takes me across Madrid to the laboratories of Spain’s National Cancer Research Centre‚ I am fretting about the future. I am one of the first people in the world to provide a blood sample for a new test‚ which has been variously described as a predictor of how long I will live‚ a waste of time or a handy indicator of
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Next Term‚ we’ll Mash You By Penelope Lively Do you know about violence or bullying‚ or just heard about before? If you have or want to hear a short story about this kind of story‚ you might lie down and read this. In the text ”Next Term‚ we’ll mash you” we hear about this boy Charles who get threatened by some guys at his new school‚ because he is the ”new member.” How bad can it actually be? Next Term‚ we’ll Mash you is about a young boy named Charles who is sitting in a car with his parents
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Don’t You Hate It When Mom’s Always Right? I Know I Do. My mother is no different from any other‚ always harping on and on about “doing this so that doesn’t happen.” In fact she is famous for it. Whoever said‚ “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure‚” could have been best friends with her. But like any mom‚ in most situations she is correct. Although my mom telling me over and over to do something preventative is annoying‚ she does have a point to it and is most always right. One of
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teacher. When I was in seventh grade‚ I was excellent in science subjects. However‚ I was bad in art. I hated this subject on the contrary of the majority of students. One day‚ in the art class‚ the teacher talked about colors and that everyone has favorite colors because inside every individual there are art and decorum he or she can express them via drawing and mixing colors or designing. After saying that‚ she wrote on the board “I would like you to draw a colorful image in which you empress friendship
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