By Shinelle Lam 9 October 2013 The poem‚ “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost is one that appears rather simple. The speaker is walking through the woods that have been freshly laden in snow. He is admiring the scenery laid before him. Even though he wants to stay and take in more of what he is seeing‚ he keeps his other duties in mind and how much distance there is left for him to fulfill them and mentions there is a choice he has to make which is considered most
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A. “Out‚ Out – ” by Robert Frost 1. The title is a quote taken from Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth. In the context of the play‚ in which Macbeth says “Out‚ Out brief candle” (which he says after being informed of his wife’s death) both suggests and conveys the brevity of life. This is to say‚ Frost writes about the uncertainty and transitory state of life in this poem. He compares life to a candle‚ which can be blown out rather simply. The darkness left after a candle after being blown out can be
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‘’ Riding the crest of globalization and technology‚ English dominates the world as no other language ever has‚ and some linguists now say it may never be dethroned as the king of languages.’’ In the world there is a huge amount of different languages that we can use to express or communicate. The stimulus mentioned above refers English as the mainly language spoken all over the world which will probably never disappear‚ but how far do people agree with that? Firstly‚ it is true that English
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„The key to revitalizing a language is by motivating a new generation of speakers.” The first question that must be considered is the fact that over the last decade‚ the dominance of English as a major international language has significantly increased. This phenomenon did not only limit the use of variety of languages but also led to their extinction. Many languages are dying out due to the process of globalization and internationalism. For this reason‚ there has been introduced an attempt
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Tomorrow‚ When the War Began‚ written by John Marsden‚ is a novel that shows us the kinds of changes people go through when they are faced with adversity‚ and why those changes occur. It shows us how one situation can affect each person differently. In the novel Fiona starts off by being the “perfect girl” in the group. She has been well brought up by a wealthy family. “She looked like she had never done any hard work in her life‚ never been in the sun‚ never got her hands dirty.” In the beginning
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The four great Modernists Poets of American Literature are Ezra Pound‚ T. S. Elliot‚ Robert Frost‚ and William Carlos Williams. The works of Pound‚ whose poetry focused mainly on the desolate state of the modern world‚ influenced by the poems of the other three poets. Elliot‚ too‚ made the ruin of the world his primary theme Frost whose topics ranged from nature to narratives‚ wrote his poetry in a somewhat light manner‚ or with a cool‚ neutral outlook. Williams‚ although not prone to sentimentalism
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In his address Education by Poetry given at Amherst College in 1930‚ Robert Frost introduces the two roles of poetry in education. The first role is that through poetry we cultivate our taste. The second role‚ which is said to be more crucial‚ is that poetry teaches us how to discern and understand metaphor in our life. Having read that poetry helps us with our handling metaphor‚ I naturally reached one simple question. Why is it important to have an ability to identify and comprehend metaphor in
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the subdivision. But then‚ we went out on the road to go to the gas station to get some snacks. A lot of cars and trucks go on that road often‚ because it is one of the main roads.We had to go through that road to get to the gas station‚ because we were hungry. At the end of the main road‚ four different roads merged into an intersection. Before we went to the gas station‚ we just rode the bikes through other subdivisions and parking lots. The main road had a lot of pot-holes and bumps on it. It also
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status in her time. The first line of the story mentions that Mrs. Mallard has a heart problem followed by the news of an accident that her husband was affected in. She reacted right away by sobbing‚ which may be extreme‚ but is still a reasonable response and not strong enough to affect her heart. Afterwards‚ she requests to be in her room alone‚ it is then when she realizes that she is free from the oppression of marriage even though her husband was loving towards her; she is free because her husband
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differences have been overcome‚ and cooperation has occurred. All of these acts are clearly identified in the poem "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost. He uses the wall as an extended metaphor to reveal the narrator’s thoughts about overcoming differences‚ cooperation‚ and unity. Before the members of any group can merge together‚ they must overcome the differences among them. Frost makes this apprehensible in his poem through the dialogue of the narrator. To exhibit the differences in himself and his neighbor
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