Old Bruno A soft robe‚ strewn across your bed. Scraps of chicken “fallen off the counter” younger pal Eddie missed. The memory of a squirrel you and Eddie tag-teamed up a tree. Your simple joys. Silver-grey adorned face and hind legs giving out. Barreled chest over crossed paws as you fall asleep on a carpeted patch of sun. Rhythmic snoring‚ like a steady drumbeat‚ creating loud breathing sounds while you rest. Propped on pillows‚ dreaming of racing your shadow through the thick scrub oak. With
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Focus Journal # 20‚ Sharon Olds‚ The promise‚ 591 May 2‚ 2012 I. Understanding: In this poem Sharon Olds wishes the reader to believe that when terminally ill a man should have say in whether he continues to suffer in pain while useless‚ or to keep living. II. Analyzing: In this poem Olds does a great job painting a visual picture in the readers mind. “We are also in our/bed‚ fitted naked closely/ along each other¸half passed out/ after love‚ drifting back and/ forth across the border of
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Old English Poem: Beowulf Introduction Old English is a term to refer to the language and the literature spoken and written in Britain during the time between the coming of the Anglo-Saxons to Britain in the fifth century and the Norman Conquest in 1066. There are many tribes such as the Picts‚ Jutes‚ Scotes invaded Britain‚ this resulted in the mixing of several races‚ tongues and cultures. But the West Germanic tribes known as the Anglo-Saxon were the most influential tribes during this period
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POEMS Practice 1 IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP 1. Why were their clothes ‘soaky’? 2. Write down the line in the poem which reveals that this incident took place in a village? 3. What does the phrase “bloated carcasses” refer to? 4. In your opinion‚ what kind of attitude do the last two lines imply? Explain. Practice 2: IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP (stanzas 1 and 2) 1. Write down the line which shows that they have been out for long hours? 2. The theme may not be exactly about hardship as implied
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Sharon Olds’ poem “I Go Back to May 1937” is written as if the speaker; which appears to be female is looking back in time to when he or she’s parents first met and married. The speaker throughout the poem does not seem pleased with the events that unfolded thereafter‚ but nonetheless understands that there is nothing that she could have done to stop it from happening. The poem gives a short glimpse into the life the couple had and the effect it had on the child/narrator. The poem is almost a flashback
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Sharon Olds‚ the author of “on the Subway” shows us two different worlds coming together. Both poems have been explicitly implied‚ to demonstrate the differences and similarities. This is why theme and imagery help the reader better understand this poem. Sharon shows how both worlds are in reference to one another‚ but at final time they come together. At the beginning of the poem there is two boys that are both from different races. They both sit right across each other and observe each other
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“The Highway” and “The Last Night Of The World” Comparison Essayhey! The Illustrated Man‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ spins together tales of fascination and of adventure that develop across a man’s mesmerizing back. In “The Highway” and “The Last Night of the World”‚ two of the many stories‚ depict alike characters experiencing doom day and not realizing how disastrous it is. The result of something as life changing as the end of the world leaves us shocked and overwhelmed. “The Highway‚” shows how one’s
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In the poem “Old Couple” by Charles Simic‚ the author utilizes a frightful tone‚ and the symbol of the fifth floor window to reveal the controlling idea that humans tend to impose their perceptions onto the world around them‚ which can alter the way one perceives reality. In order to have a better grasp on people and the world around them‚ one should remain open minded instead of jumping to conclusions. Within this poem‚ the speaker is unreliable. The speaker is viewing the couple from a distance
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In my lyrical poem “Old friend”‚ I write a letter to my dear friend reminiscing of times past and anticipating those to come. Even though this poem holds a lot of imagery and diction relating to the river‚ I write about leaving a constricting environment behind for a place of true bliss. Thus‚ making it something every reader can relate to. To convey my thoughts and‚ I use the imagery‚ form‚ as well as the point of view. These poetic elements allow the reader to really grasp the feeling of elation
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“The Last Night‚” by Ray Bradbury‚ is about the world ending‚ and what the characters do with their last hours alive. This text has many different interpretations. Some say that the story’s message is about the calm acceptance of death‚ others say that it is their complacency that brings about the end of the world. I feel that this story is about the complacency of the character’s lives - how the characters are not shocked by impending doom and go on with their mechanized routine. The characters
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