Spirituals began when Africans were brought to the colonies and forced to work as slaves. These songs were used to communicate‚ pass the time‚ and tell stories. Spirituals allowed slaves to express their despair‚ pain and suffering and slaves used code words to talk about their masters or give hints about escape‚ directions‚ and escape route. Spirituals also allowed for religious devotion and unity and was homophonic‚ containg multiple parts to the same rhythm. It also incorparated sycopation‚ the
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Kaitlin Duffy Professor Warnke 7/30/13 Paper 2-Poetry Cathy Song is a 60 year old woman who resides in Honolulu HI with her husband and 3 children. Along with being a wife‚ mother‚ and daughter‚ Song is a developed poet as well. Although Song does not particularly like being classified as an Asian-American poet‚ her ethnicity largely influences her poetry as well as her family life. Concerning her ethnicity‚ Song states “I am just a poet who just happens to be Asian-American.” Ethnic background
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In the poem “Song” by John Donne‚ the poet presents the listener with a closed form consisting of three stanzas. Each stanza is amplified with one sestet that exhibits a rhyme scheme‚ ABABCC‚ and a concluding rhyming triplet. Donne uses this form to create a light tone‚ a song of romance. However‚ the lyrical approach is undercut by the disenchantment that the speaker encounters with a woman. The disenchantment ignites the speaker to view all women as inconsistent and disloyal‚ despite the poet’s
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The Aborigines Act of 1905 supposed to be an act that raised provision for the better protection and care of the Aboriginal inhabitants of Western Australia; however in reality the real purpose of the act was not to make the general wellbeing of the Aborigines better‚ it was to control every movement they made and have power over every aspect of their lives. The following essay discusses several of the clauses in the text that prove its intention most deceiving‚ and what the act truly accomplished
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Love and Time The song Live Forever by Sequoyah Prep School and the poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell both talk about love. More specifically‚ they deal with love and its relationship to time. They show how important it is to let love grow over time‚ instead of rushing it for sex. It is almost like a garden‚ and it has to be well kept. The concept of love versus sex is very prevalent. It is obvious from the first line that the singer is more intent on love. He speaks about doing everything
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Australian Aborigines - Indigenous Australians There are several hundred Indigenous peoples of Australia‚ many are groupings that existed before the British annexation of Australia in 1788. Before Europeans‚ the number was over 400. Indigenous or groups will generally talk of their "people" and their "country". These countries are ethnographic areas‚ usually the size of an average European country‚ with around two hundred on the Australian continent at the time of White arrival. Within each
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The song “Concrete Angle” by Martina McBride and the poem “The Little Girl down the Lane” by Nikki‚ talks about child abuse. It expresses both the child’s pain and the child trying to hide all their pain behind a mask‚ also trying to hide such a big secret. Both the song and the poem are very strong. They both sent out a very powerful message. To begin with‚ the song Concrete Angle by Martina McBride talks about a little girl in school wearing the same dress as the day before. The
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The poem and song use explicit persuasive techniques to draw the attention of the audience to an aspect of the topic. To create an effective text type the author needs to use persuasive techniques in order to transport the message affectively as it will affect whether the audience enjoys the text type. The author has used repetition in the song to emphasise the young age of the soldiers and create empathy with the audience is when it states: “I was only nineteen”. The author of the poem has used
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occurred at the Sirens’ island‚ a rocky place where sailors me their fate in a twisted convergence of ship and shore. Homer portrays these Sirens as dangerous and deceptive‚ and their song tempts Odysseus so much that he orders his men to tie him down‚ simply to ensure his survival. Margaret Atwood’s poem: Siren Song‚ however‚ basks the Sirens in a light of subtle danger‚ and extreme desperation. Stanzas four and eight detail that desperation‚ as one Siren sings‚ begging for liberation "out of this
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Whitman’s Style In the poem “A song of myself #10”‚ he tells the audience that he sees things that most people don’t see every day‚ and isn’t afraid to say what he thinks about some things. Like when he takes in the runaway slave‚ he is not afraid of the slave‚ and is willing to protect him from any potential danger. In Whitman’s poems‚ he talks to us about things that happen daily‚ but no one really notices the beauty or meaning of the actions. In the poem “Song of myself #52”‚ he compares
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