Old Joke by Alan Shapiro ALAN SHAPIRO Radiant child of Leto‚ farworking Lord Apollo‚ with lyre in hand and golden plectrum‚ you sang to the gods on Mount Olympus almost as soon as you were born. You sang‚ and the Muses sang in answer‚ and together your voices so delighted all your deathless elders that their perfect happiness was made more perfect still. What was it‚ though‚ that overwhelmed them‚ that suffused‚ astonished‚ even the endless ether? Was it the freshest
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In the semi-autobiographical poem‚ ‘The Story of Lost Friends’‚ Ruskin Bond chronicles all the important incidents in his life which lead to friendship being made and then broken. In this poem he narrates a brief story of his childhood‚ of promises kept and broken‚ friends made and lost‚ joy and sorrow‚ set against the war years in India. The poem starts with him standing on the edge of the railway- cutting‚ looking for someone among the hundreds of people in the station and reminiscing
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My Faithful Friend The addiction to smoking cigarettes surmounts over the life of a smoker. What began as a meaningless childhood habit of doing something you’re not supposed to do‚ turned into an addiction that’s almost impossible to quit‚ and will probably be the nails that seal my coffin. As a child the addiction was actually not that of the actual cigarettes. My first memory of smoking was in fifth grade. I was at school with another boy out in a field beyond the playground lying in a ditch
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A GOOD FRIEND’ A very good morning to our principal‚ teachers and fellow friends‚ in conjunction with English week‚ I would like to deliver my speech entitled ‘The qualities of a good friend’. I am very sure we all have friends. For your information‚ a friend is a person you know well and like. As we are growing up‚ we all need friends as a saying goes‚ no man is an island. There are many qualities of a good friend. A good friend should be honest and open towards their friends. They
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The "friend" definition essay Friend is a noun‚ friendly is an adjective‚ befriend is a verb. There are many `interpretations of the word “friend” but which one do you use the most? What qualities do you think make up a good friend. I consider a friend as the following; comrade‚ partner‚ supporter‚ pal‚ buddy‚ mate‚ amigo‚ and recently broski. Every type of person no matter who they are or where there from has some type of friend. It’s in human nature to have a friend‚ and
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My Best Friend Good afternoon principals‚ judges‚ parents‚ teachers and schoolmates. I’m Lily from QESOSA Branch Primary School. Today I’m going to talk about my best friend. I believe a friend is the sunshine of life. It’s good to have a friend with you in good and bad times. I’m very lucky to have May as my friend. May is 11 years old. Her eyes are big and she likes the colour yellow very much. May is kind and helpful and she always helps me with my homework. Once‚ I forgot how
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we tend to think about something like lions‚ preying on gazelles in the wildlife. Arnold Friend‚ however‚ in the story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ Arnold is not a lion preying on gazelle‚ but he is a middle-aged man that becomes predatory and preys on 15-year-old Connie. Scheming and being a predatorial is what make Arnold Friend the villainous man he is. Arnold Friend‚ is a middle-aged man that uses himself as bait to fool and befriend young Connie. His choice
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Everytime I see an old couple I feel good‚ there is something sublime about them‚ something beautiful about them-Love. I think all young couples should spend sometime with old couples and seek inspiration from them‚ listen to their song of life’s journey and how they crossed the deserts soaked in Sun’s fury‚ how they fought the highs and lows of the seas‚ challenegd the peaks that seemed impossible to scale‚ down to the jungle full of dangerous wild animals holding each other’s hands‚ smile on their
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How to Make friends The process of "making a friend" is a very unique process. In which‚ it depends on the person who is trying to become friends with you‚ his gender‚ and his age‚ but the most important one depends on his personality. Every single person is different and the way they make friends differs between one person and another . The way people make friends depends heavily on their personality. The first step people take in trying to make a friend is to meet a potential
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Question 1 There are many elements to consider while reading the bible. Three vital elements to gain knowledge about the New Testament according to NTA (New Testament Antiquity) would be to know the land‚ having an understanding of the history and knowing the culture of the people from the land. Knowing these three items will broaden the bible and the message of Gods word‚ confirming and bringing knowledge from the past. In order to paint a picture that will allow literature to flow the authors
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