John Agard’s ‘Checking out me history’ is written in dialectical non-standard English‚ where he has tried to input the natural sounds and phrases of a Caribbean dialect. This is important because one of the major themes of the poem is that of his personal identity; this use of language really highlights his different background and puts emphasis on his differences. His use of repetition‚ especially of the phrase “dem tell me” gives a sense of repetition and exaggerates the amount of things he was
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himself by reading widely at the National Library of the Philippines and the library of his father‚ Leocadio Joaquín‚ who had been a lawyer and a colonel in the Philippine Revolution. This developed further his interest in writing. His mother was named Salome Marquez Joaquin. Joaquín was first published in the literary section of the Pre-World War II Tribune under writer and editor Serafín Lanot. After winning a Dominican Order-sponsored nationwide essay competition for La Naval de Manila‚ the University
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they would have breakfast. Breakfast was unofficially a Fig 1 World War 1 Source:Life in the trenches. Duffy Michael‚ Life in the trenches.2009.web.3 April.2013 Fig 1 World War 1 Source:Life in the trenches. Duffy Michael‚ Life in the trenches.2009.web.3 April.2013 time of truce between both sides. During the unofficial truce they would also collect the dead that were in the
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Compare the ways mood is presented in ‘The Laboratory’‚ ‘My Last Duchess’‚ ‘Hitcher’ and ‘Salome’. Mood is a state of feeling stimulated by a particular apparatus or situation. It can also be a distinct emotional characteristics/ theme of a particular item. Mood is reflected in the four poems by the different poets utilising various devices and techniques such as the diction‚ language‚ alliteration etc‚ in order to display a certain message to the audience. The poem ‘Hitcher’ refers to the environment
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Comparing Literature Poems "HAVISHAM" In the poem "Havisham"‚ Carol Ann Duffy presents the subject of this poem as an old‚ embittered woman with "ropes on the back of her hands"‚ while Browning presents the subject of his poem as a strong and determined but very jealous and embittered young woman. The poem is written in the first person in the form of a dramatic monologue‚ "The Laboratory" by Robert Browning is also written in this form. Miss Havisham is aware of her own stink - because she does
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History of Samal Early Beginnings The name Samal was derived from the word Sama‚ a tribal group found in the island. People used the word Samal because of the Visayans who miscalled the word Sama. The first datu in the island was Datu Taganiyug‚ a native of Peñaplata‚ Samal. In the past‚ the people of Samal name a place about what was the said place known for. For example‚ the name Peñaplata was derived from the word "piña" or pineapple because of the abundance of pineapple in the area
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St. John the Baptist‚ an oil painting by Caravaggio in 1608. The biblical allusion tells the story of Herod‚ the tetrarch‚ imprisoning John the Baptist for divorcing his wife and uptaking his brother’s wife‚ Herodia. Furthermore‚ Herodia’s daughter Salome requests for John’s head on a platter from Herod who promises to fulfill her desires (Graves). Eliot utilizes the tale to convey the degradation of power Prufrock will experience under the infatuation of the woman. Under
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start out with the facts and how the war came about. It all started when Saddam Hussein‚ the president of Iraq‚ ordered his military to invade Kuwait. Saddam Hussein’s motivation for this invasion was to assert control over Kuwait’s oil reserves (Duffy 107). Saddam believed that Kuwait was breaking agreements that limited oil production in the Middle East (Atkinson 34). Although Kuwait is a small country it is a large producer of oil‚ producing a large amount of the world’s necessity for oil (“CNN
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In 1914‚ militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism began a war in Europe between the Allies (Britain‚ Russia‚ Italy‚ and France) and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria). This war would later be known as the First World War and only lasted four years‚ yet it destroyed Europe’s economy and ravished its terrain. While the war was going on America claimed a neutral stance. Mostly for the fact that many Americas were isolationist and did not care what
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How does Carol Ann Duffy Present Different Feelings about Love in “Hour” and “Quick Draw” Caroline Ann Duffy had made it a common opinion in her writing that she believes love is a crawl thing. However in both “Hour” and “Quick Draw”‚ she talks about love in an appreciative way. Although in the two poems‚ it has two very different circumstances in a relationship. Similarly both poems‚ is themed around a relationship‚ however the differences being that Hour describes the situation with a vast amount
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