Ha is a very optimistic person with her circumstances. First of all‚ in the poem “Inside Out”‚ she says “Maybe the soldiers will no longer patrol our neighborhood‚ maybe I can jump rope after dark.” Even with the terror of war that is only miles away from her‚ she tries to look at the good side of it. Secondly‚ in the poem “1975: Year of the Cat”‚ she writes “Mother warns how we act today foretells the whole year‚” and “Everyone must smile no matter how we feel.” Ha thinks that she has to be as cheerful
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William Wilberforce‚ who lived from 1759 to 1833‚ was a British man who was a member of parliament. He is famous for being a leading abolitionist of England at the time. He influenced others to the point where slavery was abolished from England‚ and in turn stagnated the worldwide slave trade. His actions are good to learn from. William Wilberforce knew that in order to change big things‚ like slavery‚ he had to change individual people’s hearts. For example‚ he was great at convincing people that
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The Westminster Abbey was officially established in London at around 960 A.D by Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury and used as a small Monastery for Benedictines. During that time‚ the cities that had bigger cathedrals generally had a larger population than others because most people in Medieval Europe were Christian. Having a Cathedral attracted the Christians to the city to worship God in an astonishing environment. To this day‚ over three thousand people have been buried there and thirty-nine people
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to America trying to achieve the “American Dream”. The poem exemplifies quality is something worth fighting for as African Americans at the time would not just stand the hatred from racists .McKay uses lines such as “ as a rebel fronts a king in state/ I stand within her walls with not a shred” this displays that America is deeply rooted with racism. The tone of this poem has hope for change! Personification was used to identify in this poem. As the speaker uses lines such as “Her vigor/ her bigness/
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The Beautiful Tower Bridge in England For the bridge of the same name in Sacramento‚ California‚ see Tower Bridge (California). Tower Bridge (built 1886–1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London‚ over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London‚ from which it takes its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London. The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways‚ designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted
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http://www.geocities.ws/cloned4479/Gordimer In Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time”‚ the most important element is its theme. The entire story is set about telling its readers that human beings create their own destruction. The setting of the two parts of the story is important as well as the ironic structure presented. Suspense and tone also add to the final effect. All this is brought together to leave readers shocked‚ ready to rethink the importance of things in their own lives. The
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Ruby Bridges Shelbi- Ruby Bridges played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby was born September 8‚ 1954 in Tylertown‚ Mississippi. A year later‚ her family moved to New Orleans‚ Louisiana. At that time‚ people wanted to keep blacks and whites separate because whites didn’t think that blacks were as good as them. For example‚ blacks and whites had separate drinking fountains‚ blacks had to sit in the back of buses‚ and blacks and whites each had their own separate schools. Ruby was
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“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
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Explain how Robert Frost uses inverted word order in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." What effect does Frost’s word order have on the poem? Does it contribute to your understanding and/or enjoyment of the poem? Robert Frost’s inverted word order in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ gives me‚ as a reader‚ a childlike dream like feeling. He uses his repetition and imagery to make you feel as if you are in the woods with him in his head. The way he describes the bells on the horse jingling
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humour to criticise people Both poems are satirical commentaries addressing the themes of racial and social prejudice but the poems have differing approaches. Betjeman’s poem starts with the title In Westminster Abbey‚ a very grandiose place associated with Coronations and Royal Weddings‚ pomp and ceremony‚ which in itself invokes a smile and feelings of great expectations. It is very different from the banal‚ sombre title Soyinka uses. The form of the poems differs. WA takes the form of a
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