The poem that was chosen was “Stone” by Charles Simic. Charles Simic argues that it is better to be as simple as a stone‚ than being energetic and some other kind of creature or object that has action in its life. The narrator is telling us that his idea of perfection or tranquility is being a stone‚ lying there‚ doing nothing for eternity. He prefers this over being something like a tiger or something with action. In the beginning of the poem‚ Charles Simic says the he would go straight to doing
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He Had Such Quiet Eyes By: Bibsy Soenharjo 3.1 SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM The poem is about a woman who has been deceived to think that she was loved by a man with ‘quiet eyes’. She suffers for this and only learns on hindsight not to trust or give in to men who seek women only for pleasure. The poet gives an advice on being able to recognise what is true and what is not‚ when a person is truly friendly and when he is not. You may lose in the game of love and give your heart away‚ but knowing the truth
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First the Land Was Ours Yellow M 260 The Family Man Yellow M 61 Life-Cycle Blue L 86 Doctor to Patient Blue L 231 Prison Alphabet Blue L 150 Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorship 1. What opinion is Dawe expressing through this poem? That dictatorship is bad 2. What is the character reflecting about? The character is reflecting about a benevolent dictatorship‚ and how it resembles people who are incapable and live in a mental home. And about all the bad things that had Happened
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Interpretation of poems Dulce et decorum est are the first words of a Latin saying taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words‚ it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country. The opening of the poem suggests Owen pities the state to
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Anthony stood hypnotized‚ staring at the gun in his hand. He darted aside the green garbage can in the narrow alleyway‚ as he pulled the trigger back and a bullet flew‚ he missed‚ shooting the wall instead. Adjusting his aim back on the FBI Agent once more‚ he aimed and pulled the trigger. (8 years Earlier) It was an early Sunday morning‚ Anthony’s whole family was at church. They we’re sitting in the back like we normally do because they don’t get there in time to get to sit in the front. After
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in a simple hut. I wonder where I will die‚since I am neither white nor a black man? Question 1 What different denotations does the title have? What connotations are linked to each of them? The title of the poem contains several meanings‚ all of which underscore the main theme. This poem relates to the speaker’s inner turmoil because if his mixed racial ancestry.First of all‚“crossˮcan mean“angry.ˮThe speaker was angry‚ or “cross‚”with his father and mother for their passing on to him an amalgam
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Sam‚ Dean‚ Mary‚ and Castiel all slowly entered the abandoned restaurant with weapons at the ready. When they saw that no one was around‚ Sam spoke the question on all of their minds. "Are you sure this is the place‚ Dean?" Dean finally lowered his gun and sighed. He pulled out his phone and checked the text again. "It says to meet at this exact place." They were all looking around in the same area until Cas froze. "What is it‚ Cas?"‚ Mary asked. "Someone’s here." Then‚ a voice echoed through the
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the middle of the journey of our life‚ I came to myself‚ in a dark wood‚ where the direct way was lost. It is a hard thing to speak of‚ how wild‚ harsh and impenetrable that wood was‚ so that thinking of it recreates the fear. It is scarcely less bitter than death: but‚ in order to tell of the good that I found there‚ I must tell of the other things I saw there. I cannot rightly say how I entered it. I was so full of sleep‚ at that point where I abandoned the true way. But when I reached the foot
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How could people be so bad! Argh! Why do I get all the problems? Why me? Those guys made fun of me for no reason. I was trying hard enough. I was feeling so bad about it that wasted my evening thinking all over things that happened by the pool. Well actually I have been attending the Recreation Centre these days. I go there every evening for swimming. Not that I can’t swim but I can’t do some of the swimming styles. And learning these styles had become so frustrating that I would feel mentally exhausted
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Awakening from General Zaroff’s comfortable bed‚ Rainsford felt he just had the most bizarre dream in his life. What happened slowly came back to his mind. He won in Zaroff’s hunt and then he fell asleep in Zaroff’s bed. Zaroff was the hunter who lived in the enormous building on Ship-Trap Island. Rainsford wasn’t mad like the day before‚ and he got dressed and walked down the to the diner looking for breakfast. Zaroff wasn’t there‚ but there was a new person‚ Evan. Evan looked exactly like Ivan
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