Poem 823 declares that humans’ actions will not be the Lord’s test‚ but their intentions behind the actions will be. The Lord knows that his creation will make mistakes‚ which is why His son died to forgive humans of their sins. He looks to see that those faults come from a heart with pure intentions and that His people learn from their errors in an attempt to better themselves. The narrator‚ although unknown‚ speaks to all of humankind in this poem‚ including herself. The speaker has likely reached
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Emily Dickinson’s “546” taught me to speak my truth and to speak it again the next day‚ whatever it may be. “To Fill a Gap / Insert the Thing that caused it-” she begins. Those lines inspire me to take charge and act with agency to fill the gaps I see in my community. Dickinson’s poem motivates me to not only dream about change‚ but to take responsibility to change what I want changed. To me‚ those gaps are intolerance and disrespect towards other. And by not taking action‚ I only widen the gaps
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In her poem‚ #465‚ Emily Dickinson’s speaker allows the reader to experience an ironic reversal of conventional expectation of the moment of death in the mid-1800s‚ as the speaker finds nothing but an eerie darkness at the end of her life. Although the speaker reflects upon her life from beyond the grave‚ she remembers her final moments in the still room. In fact‚ the speaker recalls the room‚ “like the Stillness in the Air — / Between the Heaves of Storm” (3-4). Here‚ the speaker compares the aura
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the two poems provided‚ each one has its uniqueness‚ however they both share similarities just as much as differences. In the first poem “Bright Star” by John Keats‚ the speaker is talking about how they want to be like a star. First‚ the speaker starts out by addressing the star and saying‚ “bright star‚ would I were stedfast as thou art--”‚ which describes the speaker’s wanting desire to be a star. Throughout the poem‚ the tone is very gloomy considering the speaker is wanting to be a star. However
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“O say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?” To people like Francis Scott Key‚ the writer of “The Star-Spangled Banner”‚ the American flag is a symbol of men and women standing up for what they believed in‚ and even giving up their life for it. These people care greatly about the American flag being honored and respected‚ and I am too. Our flag has three colors that have become very important to our country: red‚ white‚ and blue. The white
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was firstly cultivated by their father Patrick Bronte. Patrick Bronte was ‘a poet‚ writer‚ and polemicist’ (Wikipedia.org)‚ who ‘was the author of Cottage Poems‚ The Rural Minstrel‚ numerous pamphlets and newspaper articles‚ and various rural poems’ (Wikipedia.org). He was an intelligent person‚ and he studied theology‚ general subjects‚ and ancient and modern history in Cambridge. His literary attainment influenced his children deeply. When Bronte sisters were young‚ they were allowed to read freely
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Kindly Unhitch That Star‚ Buddy Analysis Kindly Unhitch That Star‚ Buddy is a poem by Ogden Nash describing the foolishness of people and their relentless search for success. Nash uses a variety of literary techniques to write the satirical poem‚ and they effectively illustrate the ways in which many people are in far over their heads in the world‚ and just need to slow down. The poem is written from the first person‚ which enables Nash to have a all-seeing perspective. Nash comes off as being
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Walt Whitman’s "To A Locamotive in Winter" and Emily Dickinson’s "I Like to See It Lap The Miles" are two very different poems about the same subject. Where Whitman uses strictly free verse‚ Dickinsons work is much more structured‚ with poynient line breaks‚ and punctuation. Their styles of personification also differ greatly. Where Whitman’s work is almost an ode to the locomotive‚ Dickinson’s is more a feeling of a journey. Another major difference in these works is the language they use.
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Emily Dickinson’s poem “They dropped like Flakes – ” seems at first glance to be a simple depiction of the deaths of Civil War soldiers. Upon further analysis‚ however‚ we can read into her poem an allusion to the death of Jesus Christ. Using this interpretation‚ we can see that the speaker of the poem views deceased Civil War soldiers as saviors whose noble sacrifices are comparable to that of the Messiah. The story of Jesus’ crucifixion is a relatively simple one: Jesus carries his cross up to
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How does Emily Bronte present the character Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights? Consider the narrative voice and Bronte’s language choices. In Wuthering Heights‚ Heathcliff is portrayed in a certain way which changes drastically throughout the novel. The way in which others perceive him differs and gradually changes as the novel progresses. The reader is not provided with enough information on his background to know enough about his former life. We only become aware of whom he really is‚ later on
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