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    The “Ballad Of Birmingham” is a tribute to an earth-shattering historical incident that took place in Birmingham‚ Alabama. The poet’s purpose was to force the readers to empathize with the mothers that lost their children to this incident by providing a more intimate and vicarious perspective. Imagery and diction were two essential elements that allowed the poet to achieve this purpose. These elements enabled the readers to gain a unique understanding that may not have been accessible prior to reading

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    Ballad Analysis Mr. Sensitive 1/ Musical Aspects: Day in and day out Repetition‚ Assonance Watch him scream‚ watch him shout Through the silence Repetition Through the silence Give him ears Repetition Give him eyes Assonance Give some point to the cries and the violence Repetition Oh‚ the violence Hear him scream

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    towards functional pottery. I enjoy creating something on the potter’s wheel that someone will take pleasure in using on a daily basis. For my honors assignment‚ I chose to perform an artist study of Lucy Flagella’s work because I have admired her pottery for its simplicity and painterly decoration. Lucy Flagella is a Massachusetts

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    APM Monday Morning Quarterback Paper “Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds‚” is a song from the Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I have chosen this iconic piece of work because I recently watched a television show on the Beatles and recording history and this song was discussed as an important step in the American pop music advancement. The music in this piece is equally as hypnotic in lyrical and musical elements. Some consider the work to be the first of its kind because the Beatles

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    Ballad of Birmingham 2 Dudley Randall was born 14 January 1914 in Washington‚ D.C. Randall led a life full of intellectual exploration‚ service‚ and literary entrepreneurship. He started writing poetry at an early age‚ and filled notebooks throughout his years‚ drawing on the civil rights movement‚ work experiences‚ travels‚ and personal experiences for inspiration. In addition to serving his country in the Pacific theatre during World War II‚ Randall worked for Ford Motor Company‚ the U.S. Postal

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    Ballad of the Totems Poem Analysis In the book‚ ‘The Dawn is at Hand’‚ written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ the first aboriginal to push for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights in Australia‚ had her book published in 1992. One of poems included in this book is the cultural Ballad‚ ‘Ballad of the Totems which communicates about family-concerning values of status and ones cultural differences and beliefs. By ultilizing these values‚ the poet is able to fabricate a domineering and tense mood within

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    Unit 306 - (HSC037) Promote and Implement Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Outcome 1 - Understand own responsibilities‚ and the responsibilities of others‚ relating to health and safety 1.1 | Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a health or social-care work setting | The following is a list of currant legislation; 1) Fire Precautions Act 1971  I have completed a fire precaution course‚ which we re-cap yearly. Also Style Acre carry out PAT testing on all

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    The poem I picked to analyze is entitled “The Ballad of the Landlord” by Langston Hughes. I believe that Langston Hughes wrote this poem to express sorrow about the way African-American tenants were treated by their landlords during the early 1900’s. I believe the tenants were African-American based on the speech they were using such as “Well‚ that’s Ten Bucks more’n I’l pay you. Till you fix this house up new.” To me‚ this statement tells me that the tenant either had a southern accent or was probably

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    culture‚ finding and owning one’s personal identity is a persistent struggle that can last an entire lifetime. One is surrounded by media and messages feigning “the perfect life” which begin to consume one’s thoughts with “what if’s” or “if only’s”. Lucy Grealy struggles with defining her self-image in her autobiography‚ Autobiography of a Face. Throughout Grealy’s accounts of her battle with cancer‚ bullies‚ and her self-esteem‚ readers get a raw‚ painful‚ yet incredibly relatable look into the elements

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    Dudley Randall’s Ballad of Birmingham Dudley Randall’s Ballad of Birmingham gives a poetic account of the bombing of a Birmingham church in 1963. The poem was written in ballad form to convey the mood of the mother to her daughter. The author also gives a graphic account of what the 1960’s were like. Irony played a part also in the ballad showing the church as the warzone and the freedom march as the safer place to be. Writing the poem in ballad form gave a sense of mood to each paragraph.

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