A Adam Bede In many American’s eyes‚ leisure is very important. People mix the relaxation and worry-free times of earlier generations. The speaker longs for the “Old Leisure” and the older ways of living (Eliot). The author’s techniques used in the passage from George Eliot’s Adam Bede display the upsetting aspects of the techniques and technologies of the present. In Adam Bede‚ the tones of eagerness and idleness rush through the sluggish leisure of life. The author’s detail
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the picture‚ not even simple things such as whom it is about‚ but we get the sense that the author is talking about themself being in the picture. It is proven that the speaker has written about themself when Atwood states‚ “…If you look long enough‚ eventually‚ you will be able to see me” (Atwood.7.1-3). Thus‚ showing that the speaker writes this poem about themself‚ I see that they were a midst the most peaceful landscape but yet their true self was hidden beneath many false layers. They were in the
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instead of letting it become a frustrating and painful experience. Many believe that there can only be one meaning to a poem‚ but it depends on who is reading it. There are multiple points of view to a poem that can be interpreted in many ways. The speaker asks the readers to hold the poem against the light as if it were a color slide. Here he is asking them to look at it closely and listen to what the poem has to say. When the author says to “…drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out
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phrase throughout the whole lyrical poem even after his death which indicates that the speaker felt dissatisfaction in his life because even though
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“Prospective Immigrants Please Note” By Adrienne Rich Either you will go through this door or you will not go through. If you go through there is always the risk of remembering your name. Things look at you doubly and you must look back and let them happen. If you do not go through
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1. The first example is on line 17. It reads: “Reason burns a brighter fire‚ which the bones”. The next example is on line 21. It reads: “It is the light at the center of every cell.” The last example is on line 22. It reads: “It is what sent the snake coiling and flowing forward” 2. A) The first example is on line 20. It reads: “But this morning the shoe-box house on the back porch is empty.”
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him when it was warm‚ he would dress‚ so that his father would not lecture him. The son spoke indifferently to the man who drove out the cold and polished his shoes. He explains that he didn’t know of love’s austere and lonely offices. Speaker: The speaker could be Robert Hayden himself‚ describing his regret for not appreciating his loving father. He is depicted in the poem as a little boy‚ oblivious to his father’s hard work and care and only concern about his dislike for the lectures. He
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Desert Places Snow falling and night falling fast‚ oh‚ fast In a field I looked into going past‚ And the ground almost covered smooth in snow‚ But a few weeds and stubble showing last. The woods around it have it--it is theirs. All animals are smothered in their lairs. I am too absent-spirited to count; The loneliness includes me unawares. And lonely as it is that loneliness Will be more lonely ere it will be less-- A blanker whiteness of benighted snow With no expression‚ nothing
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because they are showing as “close-grown”. However‚ “A knot to mar the texture‚” points out these people can be affected by a little flaw. The poet describes the second type of people as‚ “more tortured” (line 6). By using the word “tortured”‚ the speaker states this type of people have many obstacles in their life‚ but they are still standing strong to overcome all the hardship‚ as‚ “It took the wind and wave” (line 8). The third type of person is someone who are at the bottom of society‚ as‚ “Flotsam
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generalisation by talking about everyone in general. He wasn’t saying his speech specific to a particular person‚ but in fact he was saying it to everyone. Emotive Language is strong words used by the Speaker to move the feelings of the listener. We see a strong form of emotive language in the video when the Speaker says “If grace is water‚ then the church to be an ocean. It’s not a Museum for good people; it’s a hospital for the broken.” By saying that it shows the listener that going to the church is a
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