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    Writers often use literary techniques to relay the meaning of their works to their audience. In “The Whipping”‚ Robert Hayden uses structure‚ imagery‚ and sound devices to transmit the inhumanity of abuse‚ and how beatings lead to a cycle of abuse. Structure plays an important role in the meaning of this poem. The cruelness of abuse is amplified through enjambment and emphasis on the last word of the sentence. When the lady beats the boy ‚ no pronunciation is used‚ which allows the poem to flow

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    sun comes up you better be running." Maurice Greene. Animals need to run in order to survive in the wild‚ and we humans need to run in order to live. When there were slaves in America those slaves who decided to escape needed to keep on running in order to live. In the poem "Runagate Runagate" by Robert Hayden he describes what it would be like to be a runaway slave. He uses rhythmic style in his poem to show how the runaway slaves would keep on running‚ and shows many points of views of what went

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    Astronauts Robert Hayden explores the philosophical issues associated with the exploration of the manned mission to the moon. Despite the bravely independent title ‘Astronauts’ the first five lines of the poem actually reveal the lack of identity and personality of the astronauts‚ as they are ‘faceless in their visors‚’ an idea that Hayden accentuated in lines three to five where their ‘mirror- masks / reflecting the general glare and / shadow of moonscape.’ The alliteration that Hayden uses not only

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    author may simply be trying to state feelings or memories of a certain idea or event. More times than not‚ though‚ present in poetry are multiple themes. Such is the case in Emily Dickenson’s “Crumbling is not an instant’s Act‚” Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays‚” and Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Theme is a distinct‚ recurring‚ and unifying quality or idea that is the subject of a particular composition and all three of the aforementioned poems have similar but distinct

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    "Sunday Bloody Sunday" "Trenches dug within our hearts‚ And mothers‚ children‚ brothers‚ sisters torn apart" -- Matthew 10:35: "For I have come to set a man against his father‚ a daughter against her mother‚ and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." "Wipe the tears from your eyes" -- Revelation 21:4: "He will wipe every tear from their eyes..." "We eat and drink while tomorrow they die" A brilliant ironic take on I Cor 15:32 "If the dead are not raised‚ let us eat and drink‚ for tomorrow

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    Sunday Dinner

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    Sunday Dinner Sunday dinner has been a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember. It’s a day where family and friends reconnect‚ catch up and bring generations together. When our family gathers‚ our guest includes babies‚ teenagers‚ young adults‚ middle-age‚ and senior citizens. When I was a young girl‚ I remember spending the summer at grandmas’ house. On Saturday morning‚ grandma would wake us up at the crack of dawn for breakfast because we had along day ahead of us this

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    do writers write? Most poems are an attempt to pass on a message‚ to give a moral‚ or in any case‚ to communicate in one way or another. An example of a writer doing this in a poem may be seen in An Old Man’s Winter Night‚ by Robert Frost. Robert Frost (1874-1963) wrote An Old Man’s Winter Night‚ perhaps his most well conceived work and published it in the book ’Mountain Interval’‚ released in 1920 as a fine peak to his career. The poem tells the story of the last night before an old man’s death

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    WINTER

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    Winter (/ˈwɪntər/) is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates‚ between autumn and spring. It is caused by the axis of the Earth in the respective hemisphere being oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures define different dates as the start of winter‚ and some use a definition based on weather‚ but when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere‚ and vice versa. In many regions‚ winter is associated with snow and freezing temperatures. At the

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    Behind the Music: Sunday Bloody Sunday During the four minutes and forty-two seconds I listened intently to Bono’s song‚ Sunday Bloody Sunday‚ many thoughts passed through my mind. Bono did a wonderful job of contrasting the 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre with Easter Sunday‚ a peaceful day both Protestants and Catholics celebrate. While hearing U2’s uniquely created spin on the incident‚ I realized how sad and gruesome the day must have been. Bono’s parents were both of two different religions‚ Protestant

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    By: Daniel Oswalt Billy Sunday For almost a quarter century Billy Sunday was a household name in the United States. Between 1902 when he first made the pages of the New York Times and 1935 when the paper covered his death and memorial service in detail‚ people who knew anything about current events had heard of the former major league baseball player who was preaching sin and salvation to large crowds all over America. Not everyone who knew of the famous evangelist liked him. Plenty of outspoken

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