The poem "Cross" by P.K.Page describes the sorrow of witnessing a stony couple who can barely remember why they are angry with each other after a week-long battle. They won’t discuss it or resolve it because "neither/can come to that undemanded act of love-/kiss the sleeping princess or sleep with the frog--/and break the spell which holds them each from the other." So the couple ends up like "two on a desert island‚ back to back‚" an emotional chasm dividing them which neither is willing to bridge
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Eric Fykerud May 3‚ 2013 Period 2 9th Grade Poetry Book Report Blackberry picking theme analysis: In the poem Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney‚ he describes the action of picking blackberries during the summer. This poem has many themes infused within the poem. However some stand out more than others. greed‚ mortality‚ and disappointment. First he describes greed the over excessive amount of berries that they would pick. “We trekked and picked until cans ere full”. The kids
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3. Poem Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem ‘Dejection: An Ode (Part VI)’ was published in 1803‚ and can be found on the internet at http://www.online-literature.com/coleridge/634/. Dejection: An Ode Part VI is written by the composer passing a judgement of his life’s course. The poem is set in rhyme schemes alternating between couplets (CC) and bracketed rhythms (ABAB). He recounts the periods of his life in which hope was able to conquer over many misfortunes that he had encountered. However‚ the
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miss Antonios and my fellow classmates. Today I am going to explain to you how I used at least one form of intertextuality in my poem called ‘chilling with the boys’. I used various language techniques to create my rap poem; this includes juxtapositioning‚ hyperbole and a simile. The first technique that I am going to explain that I used to create my distinctive rap poem is juxtapositioning. “Dad comes by my room‚ and thinks I’m studying‚ quickly go to my desk‚ and act like I’m doing homework
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A Poem For Best Friends This is a poem for best friends. You © Margery Wang I still remember the first day we met We were too shy to say much at all It’s funny to think back to that time Because now we’re having a ball! They say that true friendship is rare An adage that I believe to be true Genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you. Our bond is extremely special It is unique in its own way We have something irreplaceable I love you more and
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known legacies for all. Like many Victorian women of the time‚ Florence Nightingale was a nineteenth century traveler‚ but unlike many of them‚ she was famously well known and talked about in the many circles of England and surrounding European countries. Of the nineteenth century women travelers‚ Nightingale is still very widely known and even celebrated today‚ mainly for her reform and founding of modern nursing. Why was Nightingale so popular throughout her time and now in the present? It is hard to
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In “Florence Nightingale” Lytton Strachey uses diction‚ tone‚ and symbols to define his views on Florence Nightingale. He does this in order to show how heroes are more complex than just their accomplishments. In regards to diction‚ Strachey uses phrases that are comparing her actions to religious ideas. He refers to Florence as‚ “The saintly‚ self sacrificing woman‚” (Strachey 2). By comparing her to a saint he is showing how highly he admires her. Also‚ by comparing her to that of a saint he is
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What was the short-term significance of Florence Nightingale in bringing about change in nursing practice in the 1860s. In the Dickens book “Martin Chuzzlewit” the character Mrs Gamp a nurse‚ was dirty‚ fat‚ and old and also a drunk‚ which was like most nurses of those days before Nightingale. One can say that because of this‚ nursing was not seen as a highly regarded profession. Source A supports the view of Mrs Gamp being a true portrayal of nurses in the 1800s. It is an article from the Telegraph
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the tide rises‚ the tide falls. The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh‚ as the hostler calls; The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore. And the tide rises‚ the tide falls. Pee Paragraph : I think this poem is trying to tell us that when you have got ups or downs in life‚ you can’t do anything to change what has happened and you just to just carry on. I thought this because when he uses ‘The tide rises‚ the tide falls’‚ it makes me think of something
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Florence Nightingale was not only one woman with aspiration. She desired to be nurse‚ but in the end‚ she was more than just that. She suffered from Crimean fever during the war and afterwards of frequent fainting and chronic physical exhaustion She also remained bedridden for much of her life. Despite her own health conditions‚ Nightingale still managed to be successful in her quest of changing the standards for hospitals with sound judgment‚ calm and strong authority‚ and fixed determination.
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