Primary-Source Text Explication & Analysis The Bhagavada Gita‚ one of Brahminical Hinduism’s most beloved sacred texts‚ is known for being the last and greatest Upsanishadic text of its time. Bhagavada Gita translated means‚ “the song of the Lord” and originally was created as a poem. This writing is only a small episode from the Mahabharata‚ the world’s longest poem‚ which like Homer’s epics deals with war and heroes but at the same time deals with many philosophical and theological issues. The
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Recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992‚ Saint Lucian native‚ Derek Walcott‚ wrote 40 Acres in November‚ 2008. He wrote this poem in honor of the newly elected president‚ Barack Obama‚ and was published the day after the election in the London Times. Walcott introduces the poem with a great deal of imagery and symbolism shown in lines 1-13. “Out of the turmoil” he describes a “young negro”‚ as an emblem‚ with a straw hat and overalls on what seems to be a farm. He describes a crowd
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Title: The title signifies that this author‚ Theodore Roethke‚ see a close family member of his family‚ like his father‚ intoxicated that the waltz dance brings out the humorous side to him. This dance prepares the family for the worst because this it is seen so much. Paraphrase: The smell on your breath can affect a child; but I would never give in for it wasn’t easy. We frolicked so much pans slide from the shelf; my mom didn’t have much tolerance to put up with this. Part of you was injured
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Explication of “The Author to Her Book” As shown in "The Author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet‚ perfectionism is not a new phenomenon. Bradstreet uses diction‚ imagery‚ and tone to display her insecurities about‚ and dislike of‚ her own work‚ resulting from the human imperfections that have created an inadequate piece of literature. Her choice of words in this poem reveals that while admitting a close and intimate relationship with it‚ the she is intensely dissatisfied with her book. The words
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TJ Waller Mrs. Pinchback AP English 12 18 November 2013 Explication One: “Mad Girl’s Love Song” “Mad Girl’s Love Song” by Sylvia Plath dramatizes the clash between perception and reality in the mind of a speaker who has lost a love so vital to her world that she begins to question her own sanity. No formal setting is introduced‚ which supports a theme of mental instability as it can be inferred that the entire poem is taking place within the speaker’s mind as she struggles to determine the
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“Talladega Nights‚ The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” I am having a very hard time with this assignment‚ because I usually watch comedies and my characters are never serious‚ I can’t relate with “Ace Ventura” and I certainly can’t evaluate such a blatantly ridiculous character. I like movies that make me laugh and help me escape at the end of my day. That is the reason I love sitcoms and always look forward to watching “Spartacus‚ Gods of The Arena” with my Husband on Fridays. I rarely watch anything
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Explication This poem dramatizes the importance of individualism‚ especially since the poem was a Romantic poem which was the era which individualism was introduced in. Individualism is a very important theme of the poem as it draws the importance of the basics of individualism. Through the focus and beauty of nature‚ which was also a very big aspect of Romanticism‚ William Wordsworth points out different perspectives of the new concept of individualism. “Golden daffodils…
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When I heard that we were going to read "Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost‚ I was extremely pleased‚ as I was very familiar with this it. I first read it as a child and it has ever since been my favorite poem. Explicating this poem gives a much deeper meaning than the words first indicate. The main underlying theme the poem explores is the wonder and sereneness of nature‚ while at the same time subtly pulling the reader away and towards the hustle and bustle of the modern world
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Jennifer Angelucci April 23rd‚ 2007 SIREN SONG Margaret Atwood’s "Siren Song" is a lyric that consists of nine three-lined stanzas that neither possess any recognizable rhyme scheme nor rhythm. The speaker of this poem is a mythical creature‚ a Siren‚ who addresses us‚ the audience‚ when she speaks of the victims whom she lured through the enticing song she sings. The overall tone of this poem is sarcastic and quite sinister. The title itself immediately depicts the theme and speaker of the poem
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This is a poem written in fourteen stanzas with two lines in each stanza to highlight the importance of remembering what you have left behind in a place. “Goodbye‚ New York” is about the mourning of the narrators departure from the big city. It is always best to remember the good when you are leaving a place that way you have a happy memory to look back on. What caught my attention about the writing of the poem was the simplistic use of rhyming couplets to narrow in on an aspect that will be nothing
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