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    Response Personality

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    …Personal Response… This is important because in your essay you will have to talk about YOUR understanding of ideas and issues in the text. Write about a paragraph for each question…unless you feel compelled to write more! ▪ Did you like/dislike this text? Why? ▪ What impression do you get from the cover of the novel? What does it suggest the book is about? ▪ What is the significance of the title? ▪ “A book can provide a link to other lives‚ a window to another time”.

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    consistently about how failure isn’t always a bad thing and failure is how we learn. Failure is experienced every day from many people and they think if they fail they think it’s not good. Some concepts that were picked out were writer’s voice‚ the reading response‚ and word complexity. The author’s voice in the reading‚ overall gives the reader a shocking factor and makes me think more. There was a moment in the reading were it was very abrupt. “I was lying. What I actually wish for her is failure.” (Caroll)

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    Sympathy Poem

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    Analysis of Sympathy The metal cage holds in those who are turned away from society and hurts them in the process. The poem Sympathy was written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. It explores the racism that imprisons his soul. Dunbar uses the caged bird as a symbol of racism. The entrapped bird is hurt and injured while great things are happening around it. The tone is pleading and anguish over the racism that is expressed toward the black community. It explains the wonderful sun and beautiful weather

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    Poems (Igcse)

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    Lit – Poems What Thing Is Love? (George Peele) George Peele was an English dramatist‚ born in 1556. He led a reckless life and died of small pox. The poem ‘What thing is love’ was written in 1580’s and is in some ways against love. According to him love is more of a sting then hurt but yet a pretty thing. He says that one should not love as women can hurt you with love – Love’s dwelling is in ladies’ eyes‚ From whence do glance love’s piercing darts (Cupid’s arrows i.e. Roman God of love)‚ That

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    Symbol and Poem

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    I chose to read the poem “Chivalry” by Carol Muske-Dukes‚ and enjoyed reading it. The poem was pretty easy to read and used some good literary elements. The elements that make this poem stand out are the setting‚ tone‚ and the use of symbolism. I understood the poem the first time I read it‚ but I read it two more times to get a better understanding of some of the vocabulary. This poem is about a man that is holding his dead wife in his hands and then decides to set her body in a fire kind of

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    Metaphysical Poems

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    metaphysical poem tends to be short and closely woven. The poem usually intends to persuade. Two poems that use this pattern are Donne’s “The Flea” and Marvell’s “To Coy his Mistress.” In both poems‚ the speaker presents the element of a metaphysical conceit. The concept of love is the main focus‚ and this is where the metaphysical conceit is apparent. The men in the poems are trying to convince the women of their love/lust‚ but both women refuse the advances. The difference in these poems is the metaphor

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    “The Masque of the Red Death” story response Throughout “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ he shares his ideals on the inevitability of death through the main character in the story‚ Prince Prospero. Prince Prospero embodies three of the deadly sins such as‚ pride‚ greed‚ and sloth. In the story Prince Prospero says “Who dares” -- he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him -- “who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him.” This quote embodies

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    Narrative Poem

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    A narrative poem is right for the subject of John Updike’s poem “Dog Death”. For instance the subject about the loss of a love one is usually told in the form of stories. The narrative creates the image of the dog’s value to the family. The first stanza and the title indicate that the poem is about the death of a puppy. Updike personifies the dog‚ to stress the impact of the loss of a love one on the family. We know that she is loved because in the third line of the fourth stanza‚ the narrator states

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    The Government’s Response to Hurricane Katrina In this analysis‚ the role of the government and it’s response to Hurricane Katrina will be examined. This is a complex subject which raises many questions‚ such as: (1.) the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina resulting from the layered government administration‚ (2.) several types of errors in policies causing neglect in decision making‚ (3.) the political manipulation of disaster declaration and relief aid to win votes‚ (4.) the problems of acquiring

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    Comparing Poems

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    In the poem‚ “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls” written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the poem “Thanatopsis” written by William Cullen Bryant‚ two different ways in which one may view may view death is established. In “The Tide Rises the Tide Falls” Longfellow’s diction‚ imagery and figurative language help to create a tone of eeriness. While in Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis” he creates a more peaceful/calming tone. In Longfellow’s poem his use of imagery such as “The sea in the darkness” and

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