Dark and stormy night It was a dark and stormy night when she came to find me. I was sitting at my work desk‚ writing my daily report of the day’s work when my ears caught a soft knocking at the front door‚ timid but distinct against the fury of the tempest. Who could it possibly be at this hour and in this kind of night‚ I mused as I pushed back my chair irritably to answer the door. As I was about to slip back the latch‚ a small‚ seldom heard voice in the back of my head‚ which only spoke in
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Colorado where he founded the Aspen Writers’ Conference and edited the Aspen Anthology. His poems have appeared in many periodicals‚ including Ontario Review‚ Massachusetts Review‚ Crazyhorse‚ and Southern Poetry Review. Kurt has also edited several anthologies (published by Milkweed Editions.) Currently‚ he lives with his wife‚ Laure-Anne Bosselaar‚ in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts. PERSONIFICATION Within this poem‚ there is plethora of personification to convey a certain statement about constellations
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Night Essay Surviving the Holocaust can alter a person’s faith – it can either strengthen it or cause it to falter. In 1941‚ in the village of Sighet‚ Romania‚ twelve-year-old Elie Wiesel spends the majority of his time studying the Talmud and exploring other aspects of the Jewish religion. One day‚ all foreign Jews‚ including Elie’s instructor‚ Moishe the Beadle‚ are expelled from Sighet. Upon his return‚ Moishe tries to warn the Jews of the horrific dangers that lie ahead. They all refuse to listen
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My last duchess The poem “my last duchess” by Robert browning‚ a 19th century English poet‚ is based on historic events in 15th century Ferrara (contemporary Italy). The speaker‚ is actually Alfonso the 2nd‚ who entertains in his house his future wife’s‚ from Tyrol (current Austria)‚ negotiator (the servant). Alfonso married his late wife‚ Lucrezia from the Medici family‚ when she was only 14 years old. Unlike him‚ whose noble family origins dates back a centuries (“as if she ranked my gift of
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Nights in Rodanthe‚ a romance fiction novel‚ is written by Nicholas Sparks‚ published by Vision‚ Hachette Book Group of USA‚ in June 2003‚ and copyrighted 2002 by Nickolas Sparks. Nicholas Spark is an American novelist‚ screenwriter and producer who is well-known for his romantic stories. Sparks’ string of New York Times bestsellers includes: A Walk to Remember‚ Message in a Bottle‚ The Rescue‚ A Bend in the Road‚ Nights in Rodanthe‚ The Guardian‚ The Wedding‚ True Believer and its sequel‚ At First
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Tears of a Tiger By: Sharon Draper Isbn-10 #: 0689806981 Themes: Death‚ Depression‚ Decisions Reading level: Young Adults Teaching Connections: I see this as a good book to use with young African Americans because the main characters in the book are African American kids in high school. The novel is also a very good teaching aide because it includes many different types of writing styles like poems‚ letters and short essays. I feel the strongest point to using the book in the classroom is the
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Describe an interesting old person - Who he is - Why you find him interesting - How he helps you - How often you meet him * I have met many old persons in my life. * Many of them have influenced me. * But the one whom I find most interesting is my grandmother. * She is in her late 60s * She is not very tall but very beautiful. * Although she has a wrinkled face but she always wears a warm smile on her lips and a radiant glow on her face
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Tower’ (1928)‚ including the poems ‘Sailing to Byzantium ’and ‘Leda and Swan’ and ‘The Winding Stair’ (1929). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for the literature in 1923. This poem “The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner” (1939)’ is a revised version of Yeats earlier poem ‘The old Pensioner’ (1890). This poem presents the poet’s past memories of his youth which became more painful when he looks at his present state and contrasts his time of youth with his state in the old age. In the first two
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descriptive details about the natural world in her poem. She compares the sun setting and the new evening with many rural details. For example‚ in line two‚ she says: "The pealing thunder shook the heav’nly plain;" She is referring to the empty plains of a rural area. I also wondered how the poem would sound if she chose to praise the evening using details of an urban setting. You could easily use urban setting details as well as using rural setting details. Night is experienced everywhere‚ even in urban
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The stylistic analysis of “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry The text under stylistic analysis is the short story “The Last Leaf” by O’Henry. William Sydney Porter was born on 11-th of September in 1862 in North Carolina. His mother died when he was three year old. Porter worked at drug store of his uncle. Then he went to Texas and tried many professions. For example rancher‚ bank teller‚ journalist‚ founding a comic weekly magazine The Rolling Stone. Then was employed by the Houston Post to write a humorous
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