minds with drugs and whores While all their spare time should be spent improving their scores. Taking test after test after test after test after test‚ Making sure their parents standards are met‚ and of course kept Forever and ever‚ Until one day you too will grow up
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The Title to this poem ’At Sea ’ is a neutral title and doesn ’t give away a lot of the meaning to the poem. It doesn ’t necessarily commit to anything specific; it ’s just a statement. This is just like the poem. Armitage hasn ’t completely stated what the poem is about‚ there is nothing to say that it is definitely describing someone/something ’At Sea ’. However‚ there are small links that suggest the ’Sea ’ is being used metaphorically. I think that the summary of this poem is the story of a
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Analysis - "Exposure" by Wilfred Owen The poem "exposure" by Wilfred Owen is written in Winter of 1917. It portrays the message of the real enemy of the soldiers being the cold and icy conditions. Moreover‚ it provides us with a lively description of the persistent cold and awful conditions during one of the worst winters in the first world war. It shows that most of the soldiers were exposed rather than shot by enemies. The poem portrays all the opposing facts to make young men not join the war
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Sunny Abberton’s highly personal documentary‚ narrated by Russell Crowe‚ examines Australian surf culture – a far cry from the endless summer stereotype image of laid-back guys blessed out on being one with the waves -- through the story of his own family. What it lacks in objectivity‚ it makes up for in vivid intimacy. The "Bra Boys" are surfers from Maroubra Beach ("maroubra" is an aboriginal word meaning "place of thunder")‚ a depressed suburban community south of Sydney‚ riddled with drugs‚
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In the poem “Sestina‚” the author‚ Elizabeth Bishop‚ depicts a painful story of a grandmother and a child living with loss. Most readers who have some knowledge of Bishop’s biography would assume that the poem reflects the time in her childhood when she lived in Nova Scotia‚ after her mother had been committed to an asylum (Sanger 47). The story begins in a kitchen on a rainy afternoon in September‚ with both the grandmother and the child having tea and reading the almanac. While the grandmother
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Vu Ngoc Giang Poem for my sister “Poem for my sister” is another opus of Liz Lochhead about the relationship between a big sister and her younger sister. Furthermore‚ it’s her feelings towards her sister’s process of growing up. In stanza one‚ Liz tells us of an everyday occurrence – her sister trying on her shoes‚ she uses heeled shoes as a metaphor for life and how her sister is experimenting with it : My little sister likes to try my shoes‚ to strut in them‚ admire her spindle-thin twelve-year-old
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Glenda Paulesich English Composition II 26 February 2012 Suicide Note The poem “Suicide Note” tells the story an Asian-American college student who commits suicide because she could not live up to what she believed were the expectations of her parents. The girl left a note that turned out to be an apology to her parents‚ apologizing for her failures as a student and as a daughter. This poem takes you inside the mind of the young girl as she preparing for her final hour of life. It is apparent
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bus and made a clumsy half skip from the last step of the bus to the bus stop. “Why does it have to rain now?” he thought as he looked up at the gloomy sky. Rainwater lashed down as lightning flashed and thunder roared. It had been bright and sunny the whole day‚ the sudden downpour half an hour ago caught Benjamin off guard because he had left his umbrella at home. How was he going to get home in the rain? Benjamin stood waiting at the bus stop for ten minutes. The rain did not look like it was stopping
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EYES The first time I saw him‚ I was just a little girl I was quite surprised By how big and round Were his chocolate eyes His face was quite round and young for his age But the wrinkles and gray hair gave his age away He was short‚ strong and very endurant But his best trait was how he was very patient He was fun and funny and had the best laugh His big belly would rumble Every time he released his low chuckle But the best curve out of the numerous ones he had Was the curve his lips
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Kaylyn Olson October 17‚ 2011 6th Hour A Day at the Beach When I was in fifth grade I went to Cancun‚ Mexico with my family. It was an adventure of a lifetime that I will never forget. The entire trip my family and I bonded. During our seven day trip we spent a good portion of our time at the beach. At the resort‚ they had a little outdoor restaurant and a crystal clear swimming pool. I could smell the juicy burgers frying on the grill and the crispy homemade fries cooking in
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