the bravery of the six hundred British troops who went into battle against all odds‚ even though they knew that they would be killed. The poem starts in the middle of the action. ’Light Brigade´ is written in dactylic feet (one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables) and this gives a sense of the excitement of the galloping horses in the cavalry charge: ’Half a league‚
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Glory of Women – Siegfried Sassoon You love us when we’re heroes‚ home on leave‚ Or wounded in a mentionable place. You worship decorations; you believe That chivalry redeems the war’s disgrace. You make us shells. You listen with delight‚ By tales of dirt and danger fondly thrilled. You crown our distant ardours while we fight‚ And mourn our laurelled memories when we’re killed. You can’t believe that British troops "retire" When hell’s last horror breaks them‚ and they run
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Listening sub skills 1. Deducing meaning and use of unfamiliar lexical items through understanding word formation and contextual clues in utterances and spoken text 2. Recognizing and understanding phonological features of speech [especially those forms associated with supra-segmental features] 3. Understanding relationships within the sentence: the syntactic and morphological forms characteristic of spoken language 4. Understanding relationships between parts of text and utterances through cohesive
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Mending Wall Script Mending Wall is the opening poem of Frost’s second book of poetry “North of Boston”‚ which was published upon his return from England in 1915. While he was in England‚ he was homesick for the farm in New Hampshire where he had lived with his wife from 1900 to 1909. This poem depicts Frost’s personal story with his neighbor‚ a French-Canadian in New Hampshire. The two had often walked along their property line and repaired the wall that separated their land. The theme I am
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Tartuffe was written by a well-known French playwright named Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière. According to the Eight Plays by Molière‚ “he is the unquestioned champion” in the genre of dramatic comedy (Bishop vii). Tartuffe was first presented in the festival of Versailles as a three-act play. It is about a hypocrite‚ named Tartuffe‚ who poses as a religious and pious man in order to gain trust‚ so he can manipulate people around him. Orgon wants to be closer to God‚ so he accepted Tartuffe into his
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VOCABULARY FOR STYLE ANALYSIS 1. The problem of the text: to set an important (serious‚ burning‚ urgent‚ vital) problem‚ to solve the problem of‚ it seems to be a great problem (of ...)‚ to render the idea of social injustice‚ inequality‚ pollution‚ humanity‚ charity‚ the state independence‚ unemployment‚ discrimination‚ to tackle the problem of 1. The point of the story: to make the point plain‚ to show how vital the point of the text is‚ to expound the point by repeating the
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"Go‚ lovely Rose" BY EDMUND WALLER The Text Go‚ lovely Rose— Tell her that wastes her time and me‚ That now she knows‚ When I resemble her to thee‚ How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that’s young‚ And shuns to have her graces spied‚ That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide‚ Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth‚ Suffer herself to be desired‚ And not
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13 lines of 8 syllables length. The poem consists of three stanzas‚ with the rhyming scheme AABBA AABC AABBAC. McCrae wrote the poem in iambic tetrameter‚ in which a line has four pairs of syllables. The first syllable in a pair is unstressed and the second is stressed. The poem gives vivid images of wild poppies that are blowing in the wind‚ larks‚ sunsets and sunrises. These images illustrate that despite everything‚ the nature carries on. These pastoral elements also reflect the country side
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) probably didn’t know the impact of his words writing "Hamlet" would affect the history of literature‚ playwriting and poetry. Written at the peak of his career‚ it’s considered his masterpiece and the most controversial of his works‚ not only because of its philosophical insights into human nature but for showing the reality of the political system during Elizabethan times and the abuse of power. If Shakespeare portrays these issues through strong male characters and
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Access Programme 2011-2012 Module Title: Language for Study III ENG 009 Semester 4: 2011-2012 Module Leader: Hediyeh Golmohamad Room S.10 Email: h.golmohamad@ukh.ac Instructor: Lone Bendixen Goulani Room S.1 Email: l.bendixen@ukh.ac Date: Time: Location: Introduction Welcome to Language for Study III. The purpose of this course is to enhance students’ linguistic ability
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