dammed are often words that come to mind when I look at how the human race manages their water. It is through ironies like this‚ which show the true extent of damage the Earth faces. Brenda Hillman in her work Practical Water echoes this through her poems concerning the environment and its downfall. In poetry we dwell‚ but it is impossible to dwell on something whose base is crumbling. Like the polar bear on the lone ice float in the Arctic Ocean‚ we too now find ourselves desperately
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Teiairra Johnson Professor Drummond-Matthews English Comp. II February 1‚ 2012 Funeral Blues Explication In W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”‚he uses a sort of calm or sorrowful tone. The woman in this poem says‚ “Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚”(1) She is wanting to give respect to the dead. She says to get rid of the noises that may be distracting from the process of mourning. Auden creates a mood or sense of respectfulness. The first stanza is stating to get
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How to Write a Poem Analysis No matter how long or complicated the poem‚ the first steps are the same: 1. Read the poem on your own looking for general understanding. 2. Read it again to do the same thing. This time‚ start jotting down ideas. 3. Read it aloud (you will more easily hear meter‚ rhythm‚ rhyme‚ and the meaning may become more clear). 4. Go through the poem‚ line by line‚ and make notes all over it. This should help lead you to conclusions about the poem’s: a. Theme(s) and Tone. b.
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In the poem "The Weary Blues”‚ Langston Hughes describes an evening of listening to a blues musician in Harlem. “The Wear Blues” By: Langston Hughes Droning a drowsy syncopated tune‚ Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon‚ I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other night By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light He did a lazy sway . . . He did a lazy sway . . . To the tune o’ those Weary Blues. With his ebony hands on each ivory key He made that poor piano
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DaVon Davis English 110 Poem Analysis Air and Angels Poem Analysis John Donne ’s poetry is a product of the Shakespearean times the English were under. Both born with a taste of wealth then having it deplete with age seems to be a common trend within the times. 1589 is the presumed year Shakespeare began to write and publish his works. Four years later in 1593‚ Donne ’s younger brother died in prison due to a fever after being arrested for providing sanctuary for a Catholic priest. This caused
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Syrian Refugee Crisis The road for Syrian refugees is very daunting‚ more importantly‚ the road behind them‚ tells a story as the road in front of them. In other words‚ the life they left‚ was as complicated as the life they are living now abroad. The home the refugees left was in utter disarray‚ amidst protests‚ fighting‚ bombings‚ shootings‚ and even sporadic region wide control under Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Even after leaving‚ they confront new and arduous tasks‚ whether they
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Why did I survive? . . . Scriscratch. Star. Scriscratch. Star. Scratchstatchscratchsratch. Bar. Why write “bar” on the bar symbol? It’s obvious: Shaped like a bar. Scriscratch. Itchy neck. What lottery to play next? So many themes! Tropical? Had potential. Gold? Too broad. Fourth of July? No longer relevant. So many tickets. No end in sight. Must keep out of sight. No end. But end of days. Keep on playing. Scriscratch. Itchy stomach. Underwater theme. Been a long time since water. Can’t remember
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Butterfly Effect “In life the smallest things can make the greatest impact on the world”. This is known as the Butterfly Effect in chaos theory. The butterfly effects most famous example is a hurricane creation depending on whether or not a butterfly flaps its wings. For instance if a rat in a hurry is frightened it gives off a gas that tells all the other rats to run away saving the pack form harm. The most well-known illustration of the butterfly effect is also known as the ripple effect. The
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Poem Analysis: “Out‚ Out-” In the poem‚ “Out‚ Out-“‚ author Robert Frost starts off his poem by giving an inanimate object‚ the buzzsaw‚ a sense of life. Using the literary device‚ Personification‚ the buzz saw is being written with characteristics a curious and rather playful child. The buzzsaw acts like once hears the young man’s mother call for supper time‚ that it wants to eat‚ so eats the young man’s hand. The buzzsaw takes (Cuts Off) the hand in a rather subtle demeanor‚ but in truth‚ it would
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Poem Analysis Post card The poem Post card by Peter Skrzynecki explores multiple ideas concerning belonging including barriers that accumulate with attempting to develop a sense of belonging‚ and aid to prevent this. As well the feelings and perceptions of belonging experienced by an individual changing over time‚ and lastly the ties between our feelings about belonging with our sense of identity. The poem presents the challenges undertaken by Skrzynecki to reach a sense of belonging within his
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