EXPLICATING A POEM [pic]In order to explicate or give a detailed literary analysis of a poem‚ it is useful to ask the following questions. You do not necessarily have to follow this order. 1. What is the literal sense of the poem? • Can it be broken down into sentences? • What is the meaning of each sentence? • How could the poem be paraphrased: restated in prose form? • In what ways is the poem different from a prose paraphrase? 2. What is the diction of
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Alan Poe’s poem titled‚ “Alone”‚ he conveys a sense of loneliness at a young age. Poe contains a pessimistic outlook on life stemming from the fact he never had an actual childhood‚ he was always alone and this made him categorize himself as “different from the others”. He uses several different examples of figurative language to exhibit his tone and implicitly portray his inner thoughts. Poe initiates the poem with a lonely‚ somber tone and as the story escalates he shifts to a more dark‚ pessimistic
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“Sweet Heat” I think back and visualize the days of Bonnie and Clyde in the early 1930’s and reminisce about the first V8 powered vehicles driven during that era. That vision is what comes to mind when taking a drive with my father in his Ford street rod‚ “Sweet Heat”. “Sweet Heat” is a 1931 original steel Ford Sport Coupe that has been converted to a street rod powered by a ZZ4 350 cubic inch /400 Horsepower General Motors crate engine. The name “Sweet Heat” was derived from the hot new engine
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required for transfer of heat by the process of Radiation. (e) A cold steel spoon is dipped in a cup of hot milk. It transfers heat to its other end by theprocess of conduction. (f ) Clothes of dark colours absorb heat better than clothes of light colours. Match the following : (i) Land breeze blows during à night (ii) Sea breeze blows during-àday (iii) Dark coloured clothes are preferred during à winter (iv) Light coloured clothes are preferred during-àsummer What is heat? Heat is a form of energy‚
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“Heat and Dust” is a story which moves backwards and forward in time‚ between the present (Post British Colonization-1970) and the past (During British Colonization-1923). It tells a story of two Englishwomen in India‚ the narrator and her grandmother Olivia‚ whose lives are interwoven‚ separated by fifty years. The narrator’s search to find out about Olivia brings her to the heat and dust of Satipur‚ India She discovers that Olivia was a woman smothered by the social restrictions placed upon her
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In these two poems‚ Cheng expresses worries about the way people neglect the importance of the environment and how the progress of industrialization is insuppressible‚ not even nature is spared. “Report to Wordsworth” is a negative view on mankind’s harm to nature‚ the causes and results of pollution; it was written with a tone of desperation and Cheng’s attempt to seek help from Wordsworth to inform him about the problem with the world today. “The Planners” highlights the importance of preserving
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In society‚ there is and always has been complications between Caucasians and African-Americans. In this poem‚ Sharon Olds explores this relationship using imagery‚ repetition‚ and multiple tone shifts. In the beginning of the poem‚ the author introduces a situation that contrasts a white person with a black. Correspondingly‚ she applies imagery to emphasize this difference greatly. For example‚ the shoes he is wearing at the time are black “laced with white” and compares them to “intentional scars
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A Raisin in the sun‚ was the first play by an African American woman to appear on Broadway. The play may be considered as a special one‚ as most of the actors were all back and the director too. “ seem like God did not see fit to give the Black man nothing‚ but dreams. But He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile” (I.i.503). The play narrates the truth about a Negro family in the south side of Chicago. A Raisin in the sun‚ is a commentary on the failure of democracy
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Problelm 3.6 Given data: Thi := 250 °C Tci := 30 °C mh := 0.15 kg s mc := 0.6 kg s cph := 2000 J kg⋅ K cpc := 1000 J kg⋅ K U := 1000 W m K 2 Finding Heat Exchanger Area(A0): 2 Cc := mc⋅ cpc = 600 m ⋅ kg K⋅ s 3 Ch := mh⋅ cph = 300 m ⋅ kg K⋅ s 3 2 Tco := mh⋅ cph⋅ Thi + mc⋅ cpc⋅ Tci mh⋅ cph + mc⋅ cpc 4 = 103.333 °C Tho := Tco Q := Ch⋅ ( Thi − Tho) = 4.4 × 10 W Thi − Tco − ( Tho − Tci) Thi − Tco ln Tho − Tci Cc Ch Ch Cc ε0 := if ( Cc
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Many famous poets such as Robert Frost and William Shakespeare wrote about love whether it is tragic‚ cheerful‚ or indifferent. Poetry is a way to express emotions with art forms such as allusions‚ imagery‚ and personification. In this particular case‚ love is the common subject poets write about. Although love is most associated with happiness and lustful feelings‚ it can also fade away‚ be hurtful‚ and sacrificial. In “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd‚” a nymph is a fairy‚ a character that
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