H/w Compare the ways that Checking out Me History explores the importance of identity and culture with one other poem of your choice. Agard in Checking Out Me History show is strong belief in the importance of our identity. Whereas Nagra in Singh Song doesn’t see the importance of his identity. In both poems‚ the use of language has been used to show their culture and identity. In Checking Out Me History‚ Agard writes “Dem tell me/wha dem want to tell me”. The use of non-standard english of ‘dem’
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The first poem ‘Sonnet 130’ by William Shakespeare has a humorous view on the traditional ideas of beauty. The poem is a five duplet metre with the stressed sounds starting on the second word of each line. Each line has the same amount of stressed and unstressed patterns which is very common for sonnets to make it quick and easy to read. The five duplet pattern never mimics human speech in the way a four duplet pattern does. The end of each alternating line has a distinct rhyming pattern
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Danah Bakir “Same Song” By: Pat Mora * Predictions: Based on the picture surrounding this poem‚ which is a mirror‚ I predict this poem will be about external beauty and the concept of beauty only being skin deep. Based on the title of this poem‚ I predict this poem will be about similar people’s stories and how they handle their situations in similar manners. The type of poem I think it’ll be is an observational and descriptive poem. I predict this because I think the author is going to use
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In this Ted talk Dame Ellen MacArthur tells about how she sailed around the world solo in record time and what she learned from it. When she was young she always had a passion for sailboats‚ this lead her to her hobby of sailing. After the vet school she went to said she wasn’t going to be able to pass her class she decided to start sailing for a living. Her goal of sailing around the world the fastest happened when she was 24 but at that time someone else recently beat the record as well so she
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Mother to Son and The Coora Flower: A Poetry Analysis In poetry‚ more so than any other form of literature‚ understanding sound‚ meaning and theme are key to understanding the work itself. In the case of the poems “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes and “The Coora Flower” by Gwendolyn Brooks these elements‚ when heavily focused upon‚ allow the reader to discover the message that these writers were attempting to convey. Thought both writers use these elements to their fullest to communicate their respective
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Langston Hughes is by fare the most important writers of the Harlem Renaissance which was the artistic movement of African Americans in the 1920’s that celebrated African American life and culture in New York. Hughes was one of the most creative African Americans who used his neighborhood as influence. Like other active members of the Harlem Renaissance‚ Hughes had a strong sense of racial pride and through his poetry‚ novels‚ plays‚ essays‚ and children’s books; he promoted equality‚ condemned racism
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Introduction Poetry has been a special genre and it is one of the many genres that remain consistent (structural means) even after being exploited for years. Looking back at the British poems in the late 80s‚ the stanzas and lines have not changed much‚ at least not the structure of it. Even until today‚ these shapes remained the same‚ although altered in position such as the use of indentation or tabulation in each line‚ alternatively. Besides‚ poetry has become a medium of communication in various
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Poetic Devices Alliteration - The repetition of initial consonant sounds. “Doubting‚ dreaming dreams no mortal ever…” Poe‚ “The Raven” Assonance - The repetition of vowel sounds. “Poetry is old‚ ancient‚ goes back far...So old it is that no man knows...” Sandburg‚ “Early Moon” Hyperbole – An overstatement or extreme exaggeration. Example: I nearly died laughing. Imagery - Words or phrases that appeal to any sense (sight‚ taste‚ touch‚ hearing‚ and smell) or any combination
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Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 2 Sound Devices and Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Sound Devices A good poem can often be identified by its sound quality. 1. How do we evaluate sound quality? Poets use certain devices to create sound within a poem. We need to analyze the poem to look out for these devices‚ indicate the sound produced and evaluate its effect on the reader. 2. What do poets use to create sound within a poem? There are four main devices: • Alliteration • Assonance • Consonance
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Plath notes: Why does Sylvia Plath’s poetry have textual integrity (i.e. unity)? * Context – Plath’s and yours * Informed PERSONAL understanding IDEAS * CONSTRUCTION * LANGUAGE FEATURES * SIGNIFICANCE Context: 1. Plath wrote in the early 1960’s 2. Plath suffered from depression and Bi-Polar‚ pervious to her main period of writing‚ she had on one occasion attempted suicide. 3. Plath loves and cares for her children‚ maternal instincts and influence. 4. Plath
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