“The Colonel” stands out as a poem for two distinct reasons. The first thing that you notice is that the author chose an untraditional format. That‚ paired with the line “What you have heard is true. I was in his house‚” and the indifferent tone‚ gives more of a ‘journalistic’ vibe. Without directly stating it‚ the author hints at the theme of disillusionment. At the beginning of the poem‚ she begins by describing a seemingly ordinary family evening. “His daughter filed her nails‚ his son went out
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innocence -sleeping on beach was common -gray has managed to describe the life of a hippie/hitchhiker -hitchhiker was a man! - north coast summer -washed himself at tap -always mud near a tap -puts hand in pocket finds sand this adds reality for the poem -as he looks around he notices hamburger stand but without money it doent make much difference -he only has a floury apple to eat -sand crawled
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Why are designer denim shorts so expensive? As the weather has been changing for the better‚ I have been on a regular shorts hunt recently. Picky as I am‚ I have been browsing through many shops in order to find the ideal pair to be included in my summer apparel wardrobe. During my search‚ I stumbled upon something my inner economist found peculiar: the price of so-called ‘designer denim[1] shorts’; many of which lie in a price-range of AUS $150-250(!). Since denim shorts roughly consist of half
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The poem Owl‚ written by George Macbeth is introduced with the title itself ‘Owl’ being the first word. Although it is an unusual way to start a poem it instantly captures the readers and has them immersed within the poem. At the end of the first stanza‚ there was a use of internal rhyming. “Mice. Twice”. It quickened the pace of the poem and reflects on the owl swift movements of the owl as he soars through the night‚ in search for his prey. It enhances the anticipation the readers are feeling
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The poem "The Dog and the Sparrow" by Ivan Sergeevich Tourgenieff is an example of the sublime. It has the ability to cause the reader to feel deeply for the sparrow and its bravery and sacrifice. The poem is told in first-person point of view and uses figurative language and metaphors to tell the story. The theme is reverence for the sparrow‚ which like most themes‚ which is discovered until the end of the poem. Tourgenieff wrote this poem in the first-person point of
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Poem Analysis Digging Digging is a poem written by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s about a person looking back into the past and thinking about his father and his grandfather. The memories in the poem are about his father and his grandfather’s occupation. The sentences: ‘Stooping in rhythm through potato drills.’ shows that his father was a potato farmer and ‘My grandfather cut more turf in a day’ shows that his grandfather was a turf harvester. The title of this poem also has a meaning
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The poem ¨The Highwayman¨ is about a bandit called the Highwayman. He falls in love with a girl named Bess. The Highwayman tells her that he has a job to do and will bring her back gold. He promises that he will be back by moonlight. A man named Tim who loves Bess overhears their conversation. Tim decides to tell the authorities‚ who were British soldiers where the Highwayman was going to be. Tim does this because he is jealous of the highwayman and Bess’s affections for him. When the Redcoats come
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John Donne’s Songs and Sonets include love poetry with very different attitudes towards the relationship between men and women. Four such poems‚ "The Sun Rising"‚ "Song"‚ "The Flea"‚ and "The Undertaking"‚ show very contradictory views of what love is and should be. Each of these poems give a diverse even conflicting view of love because they represent the different kinds of love a person encounters throughout their life; starting with young infatuation love‚ moving to bitter love‚ changing to physical
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“It Lures” by Everest is a poem talking about her father and the cancer that is within him. Everest finds a hard time in understanding why this would happen to someone she loves dearly‚ and why there is no cure for it to go away forever. She wonders why her father won’t be in charge and kick cancer out the door‚ but she doesn’t see the difficult time he has to go through. In “It Lures”‚ Everest uses personification‚ metaphor‚ and idiom to portray that sometimes the strongest and most pure people
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Responding to the Poem Deanna Gulston 1. In this poem‚ there is more than one meaning to such phrases as bring us to our senses and cold comfort. What do you think the poet intends these phrases to mean? In this poem phrases such as cold comforrt could mean that he is happy to be spending time alone with his mother‚ making memories. The comfort is cold because she is ill and she is going to die soon. Phrases such as brings us to our senses could mean that even though the poet and his mother
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