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    How do the poems‚ “A Simile and “Moon Rondeau” compare in the different stage of a relationship depicted? There are times when we need to talk yet the words never come. During our toughest moments things seem to get complicated and confusing leaving us to wonder; however‚ I believe in us and all that we share. The authors of the poems‚ “A Simile” and “Moon Rondeau” compare the steps of a relationship by using symbolism‚ analogy and imagery. In the poems‚ “Simile” and “Moon Rondeau” the authors

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    initiative seem inhuman. In one line‚ Piercy uses simile when she writes‚ “the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half submerged balls.” By using this simile‚ Piercy piques the readers’ imagination‚ renewing their interest in the forgotten things people do. This simile shows that the people who do hard work make it look easy from doing it so well and the speaker wishes she could be like them. In addition to simile‚ Piercy uses metaphor and simile. To capture how hard the people work‚ Piercy uses

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    objectives behind the precepts rather than the practice themselves. Morality is translated to sila in Buddhist terms. Sila is a state of normalcy‚ and when practiced it will return one to one ’s own basic goodness or original state of normalcy. (Plamintr‚ 1994) Greed‚ hatred‚ anger‚ jealousy are just some factors that alter individuals nature‚ making them into something other than their own true self. Sila trains individuals to preserve their true nature while overcoming negative forces. When viewing

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    Analysis 5 Sicut Cervus Intro: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of spiritual music and the best­known 16th­century representative of the Roman School of musical composition. He has had a marvelous influence on the development of church music‚ and his work has often been seen as the culmination of Renaissance polyphony. Palestrina’s masses show how his compositional style developed over time. One of the symbols of Palestrina’s music is that dissonances are

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    events the soldiers are going through. All Quiet on the Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum Est” exploit literary devices to affirm the horrors of war. Erich Maria Remarque and Wilfred Owen emphasize poetic language with the use of personification‚ simile‚ and imagery. An idea or animal that is nonhuman‚ is bequeathed with human virtues. In Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front he emphasizes poetic language by giving the idea human virtues. Remarque refers to nature as a girl “one

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    The Reason of the Respondents for Watching Music Videos The two most common reasons on why the respondents watch music videos are to understand the meaning of the song by the artist and for pure entertainment. Respondent A- Derry (COE) “Nanunuod ako ng music video first and foremost for entertainment kasi kapag nanunuod ka sa kanila‚ it’s like you are watching a movie‚ there’s a story although meron namang mga music video na talagang walang kwenta or sabihin na nating

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    examples are similes‚ personification and hyperboles. One of the most obvious poetic devices in figurative language are similes. Similes are one way Wordsworth describes how he wanders alone as part of the landscape. "I wandered lonely as a cloud" (line 1) is the first distinct simile in the poem. By using the word "as" the author helps the reader understand how he wanders alone by comparing it to a cloud. The author goes on to mention how long he wanders by using similes. "Continuous

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    In the nineteenth century‚ American Indians led rough lives. They were oppressed and forced to move westward by the whiteman. They were forced out of the land that their ancestors had lived and died upon for centuries. With the way the Indian quality of life was headed‚ the Indian population was destined to suffer under the tyrannical rule of the white men. Indian tribes of the nineteenth century were forced to conform to the white peoples every wish in fear of death. “….reformers called for for

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    with ice-skaters‚ which gives us an image of coldness‚ but this does not mean that this poem is less profound because even though the theme is superficial and cold‚ the author describes it in a very detailed and profound way through metaphors and similes. In this poem the author leaves all the feelings and emotions behind‚ and talks about how superficial and cold are the people that can "...make love without love."(l.1) In this poem the

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    Jack's Behavioral Changes

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    group apart. Although one boy‚ Jack‚ has instincts that will be beneficial during this time. Jacks instincts are animal like and will help with hunting and keeping the group safe. Golding shows us these animal like instincts by using imagery and similes. Golding uses imagery to paint an image of Jacks behaviors that reflect an animal. Imagery is when visually descriptive or figurative language is used in literary work. Golding uses imagery to describe the wild‚ dog like behavior of Jack and how

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