having a poem read to me is more powerful then reading a poem off of a page. When I close my eyes I can see the words that the reader is speaking‚ instead of trying to understand what the author is attempting to write to me; so it is easier for me to understand what the author is communicating without decoding the words. When I close my eyes as someone is reading‚ the reader paints a picture in my head of what the author has written and I can also see the words that are being spoken. The poem being
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“Facing It” is a very sincere‚ emotional poem; the speaker in this poem is an African American Vietnam veteran visiting the Vietnam memorial in Washington D.C. The speaker is an African American because he states this in the lines “My black face fades‚ hiding inside the black granite” (Komunyakaa 1-2). The speaker’s memories of the war are like undying passenger with him for the remainder of his life. The passenger has a solid grip on the speaker when he gazes at the wall of names at the Vietnam
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only when you die. In “The Knowing” by Connie Fife‚ she describes the common instances that can lead to self-awareness. By incorporating‚ detailed literary devices‚ Fife is able to develop the journey to self-awareness in life. Thus‚ throughout the poem‚ Fife utilizes personification to establish the idea that knowledge is obtained through a strong sense
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The Earth’s atmosphere has changed over billions of years‚ but for the past 200 million years it has been much as it is today. We are‚ however‚ causing our atmosphere to change by human activity. Burning fossil fuels and deforestation are two examples of human effect on the environment. Composition of the Earth’s atmosphere The composition of air You need to know the proportions of the main gases in the atmosphere. The Earth’s atmosphere has remained much the same for the past 200 million years
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EXPLICATING A POEM [pic]In order to explicate or give a detailed literary analysis of a poem‚ it is useful to ask the following questions. You do not necessarily have to follow this order. 1. What is the literal sense of the poem? • Can it be broken down into sentences? • What is the meaning of each sentence? • How could the poem be paraphrased: restated in prose form? • In what ways is the poem different from a prose paraphrase? 2. What is the diction of
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Sirokanipe ranran piskan Konkanipe ranran piskan. This Ainu poem is about an owl deity. It roughly translates to “Fall fall‚ silver drops‚ all around fall fall‚ golden drops‚ all around” (Selden). The Ainu worshiped all aspects of nature as gods‚ believing animals were spirits temporarily visiting the earth. The Ainu are an ancient people of nature‚ living in close communities and are now a minority of Japan. The Ainu used to live in Honshu‚ Japan’s main island‚ but have since been limited to
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Devon Sahid Humanities 101 September 26‚ 2011 October 24‚ 2011 Olds Poem In Sharon Olds The Summer-Camp Bus Pulls Away from the Curb she states “With a pencil and two Hardy Boys and a peanut butter sandwich and grapes he is on his way‚ there is nothing more we can do for him” the narrator is sending her son off with what she thinks he will need not only for summer camp but for life. She sends him away with two Hardy Boys books. This is relevant because the Hardy Boy characters are
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easily and break across his knee like a stick.” This excerpt describes the overall perception of the speaker throughout “On the Subway”‚ written by Sharon Olds. Using descriptive language‚ the poem determines the speaker’s perception. The speaker’s fears of the stranger sitting across from her become the reader’s also by her comments and use of descriptive language. The speaker communicates the stranger’s capabilities over her life more than once in the poem. “...he looks at my fur coat‚ and I
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Anders Carlson-Wee explores how ethics is merely a byproduct of societal rules and displays that idea with a children’s game‚ giving cause to morality. To begin‚ “Dynamite” uses a game to represent how society influences our ethics. At the start of the poem‚ the speaker lays out the rules of their game and how “[anything] you throw. is dynamite” (6‚ 7). Their game has structure and rules similar to how society‚ purposefully or inadvertently‚ has guidelines for its members. It is through these rules that
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My reflection is on the short essay “Sticking My Nose in the World’s Business”. I believe in the concept of it but not the way it’s worded out. I believe in being truthful‚ speaking things out just the way they are. If you see something happening and get asked about it. I think you should answer them just the way you saw things happen. Everyone has their personal opinions and thoughts. But facts are facts and I feel like when you aren’t honest with someone or truthful. You robbed someone from something
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