Discuss this statement in reference to Ted Hughes ‘Sam’ and Sylvia Plath’s ‘Whiteness I Remember’. Composers construct their own representations of events‚ personalities or situations; they manipulate the features of their texts in order to achieve a particular effect/impact on the responder. These constructions can be influenced by many factors and thus this leads to conflicting perspectives amongst texts. Ted Hughes poem ‘Sam’ and Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘Whiteness I Remember’ demonstrate the way
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Langston Hughes is a popular author associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Many of his works focused on “modern‚ urban black life” (1038). Although he took pride in his African American culture‚ he did not ignore the fact blacks were neglected during this time. In 1926‚ he wrote a beautiful poem that is very short and concise‚ yet extremely powerful. Hughes’ poem “I‚ Too” is important because it describes the common experiences for African Americans during this period. Within the first line of the
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Poem and Song #1: Never Give Up “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is a well-known piece written during the Harlem Renaissance. In this poem‚ Hughes uses a mother-figure as a narrator. She is speaking to her son and telling him about her life. She has had a rough life but has persevered to this point and plans on continuing that. She tells her son to never give up and to keep going even when it’s hard. The overall tone of this poem is one of hope and perseverance. When Hughes’ narrator says
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cause of declining sea otters population. According to the reading‚ environmental pollution is the main reason for this phenomenon. The lecture‚ on the other hand‚ finds this hypothesis questionable and claims that attacks by predators is a better explanation for otter population declination. The lecture also provides three reasons to repudiate what is mentioned in the passage. First‚ the reading states that there are polluting sources‚ such as oil rigs‚ in the region otters live; in addition‚ water
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think the poem is a wonderful way to describe both dreams‚ and race. For the speaker has mentioned about his race‚ and his dream was present in his mind. A few examples is‚ my dream “was there in front of me‚” and “I am black.” To me‚ the speaker wanted people to know that he had other plans in mind; however‚ he had limitation about what he can do while he grew older. The poet was using both simile and symbol in the poem. A simile that Hughes used‚ “bright like a sun.” I find that Hughes was trying
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Foundation of Ted Hughes’ work Who was Ted Hughes? What’s so special bought him that he was able to use his own life experiences to create wonderful poems? Ted Hughes wrote bought anger sorrow and regret because he saw people in pain‚ his own wife passed away and he regrets his actions from the past. Edward James Hughes or more commonly known as Ted Hughes was born in August 17‚ 1930 at 1 Aspinal Street‚ in Mytholmroyd‚ West Yorkshire to William Henry and Edith Hughes. When Hughes was seven his
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INTRODUCTION Otters belonging to the order Carnivora of class Mammalia‚ are semi-aquatic members of the family Mustelidae which also includes weasels‚ martens‚ polecats‚ badgers‚ skunks‚ grisons and minks. Otters are placed in the sub-family Lutrinae (Khan W. A. et al.‚2010). Genus Lutrogale ;Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) (Ogamba E.N. & Abowei J.F.N.‚2012) ( Figure 1) .The smooth otter is the largest otter in Southeast Asia that comment otter. It was named for its shorter‚ smoother
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Sea Otter Metabolics and Thermoregulation Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris) have always intrigued me because they are one of the most recent additions to the marine environment having only been fully aquatic for about 1-3 million years‚ but what really peaked my interest was the fact that they maintain homeostasis as far north as Alaska without blubber in 13-17 degree water‚ and that the metabolic rate that they would have to have must be enormous so I decided to look into what it takes to keep an
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Pondering the future is not an unusual characteristic to have. It is natural to try to figure out what will happen to someone and why. This allows one to consider the realisticness of a dream and what will happen if it isn’t achieved. In Langston Hughes’ poem “Harlem”‚ the speaker wonders about his “deferred dreams”. He wants to know if not pursuing his dream will cause regret later in life‚ and I wonder that as well. I want to know what the consequences are for not reaching my goals in life‚ but at
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Plath and Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes Both of these poems have a central theme of nature. However‚ the real meaning of each poem can be found elsewhere. In the case of Mushrooms‚ there is a strong sense of a metaphor underneath the surface about the struggle for women’s rights and Plath plays up to this by describing the mushrooms as insidious beings. Hawk Roosting on the other hand‚ implies a metaphor for the arrogant‚ selfish megalomaniacs of today’s world and Hughes achieves this by expressing
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