living-things and nature around the flower‚ and I think he is going to say something about his construction of the Sun-flower rather than the sunflower itself. Analysis: 1. Predict:- look at the title and predict what you think this poem is about. 2. Question:- Read the poem and write three questions to help you understand what you are reading. * Who is the one tired of time? * What does the sunflower symbolize? * Where the sunflower wishes to go? 3. Monitor:- As you read‚ underline
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person’s eyes. The poem describes Chicago and everything that’s happening in the surroundings. A person’s eyes see more than some people think. “They tell me you are wicked and I believed them‚ for I have seen your fainted women under the gas lamps the farm boys‚” states imagery in the poem. Meaning the people of the town are bad‚ and how people are afraid. “Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action‚ cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness”‚ states a simile in the poem. The simile is comparing
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Unity or Diversity Two of the poems which I found myself fascinated with are “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levins Morales and “To live in the Borderlands means you” by Gloria Anzaldúa. These two poems talk about the pride of each of the author’s cultures and races. The authors do not want to make excuses for being the way they are but want to tell about the pride they feel for being the way they are‚ and they found no way to change themselves but show that history has made them the way they are
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My favourite poem is: Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson I’ve never really had a favourite poem but this one connected with me. This is my favourite poem as it describes hope by using a powerful array of metaphors to enhance its effect. While it is true that many people all over the world live in extremely challenging and life threatening situations‚ leading hard lives in appalling conditions. What keeps people going in such circumstances is the glimmer of hope that
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Sunjata was not only brave‚ but he was very intelligent. In the epic poem of Sunjata‚ there we’re many emotions that was in the air. Many people made accomplishments. People were betrayed‚ lied to and also dishonest. In the West African poem of Sunjata‚ Books 7 and 8 will target mothers love‚ rage and power. Male rage can be a good thing and can sometimes be a bad thing. It can occur in various ways. Sometimes if someone looks at a man in a wrong manner‚ he may feel a certain way and that’s with
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by Seamus Heaney and “Stop All The Clocks” by W. H. Auden are beautifully opposite poems about family and love. By using two opposite themes‚ imageries and rhymes‚ both poems bring to reader different feeling. The first similar thing between “Digging” and “Stop all clocks” is their theme. Both of them talk about their personal experience. However‚ the reader still can find the difference when they read these poems. In “Digging” by Seamus Heaney‚ the readers can see the multiple themes. The first
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Australian identity “Enter without so much a knocking” reflects Australian identity as it is the life of a working class necular family in Australia. This poem starts with ‘Blink‚ blink. Hospital .Silence’ and ends with ‘Blink. Blink. Cemetery. Silence.’ This repetition of ‘blink. Blink’ alludes that Life is short‚ and over before you know it‚ this has helped me to strengthen my knowledge of Australian Identity as Australia has been involved in 3 wars and not to take life for granted as you never
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issue and theme within a few poems. This idea of choosing work over life is evident within the poems “The Mill” by Edwin Arlington Robinson and “The Secretary Chant” by Marge Piercy. Both of these poems discover what working is to that individual and how
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or you have scarred the lives of others‚ you still deserve the right to live. “To the Mercy Killers”‚ by Dudley Randall‚ is a poem about life; Randall believes that mercy should be granted to all of us‚ despite the imperfect life we have lived. Throughout the poem Randall uses irony and metaphors to portray the theme of “To the Mercy Killers.” The theme of this poem is life. We all deserve to live‚ despite the hardships we have faced or the wrongs we have committed. Randall writes‚ “Never conspire
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In Maxine Kumin’s poem “Woodchucks”‚ the reader is led into a short tale of a woman whom is dealing with a family of woodchucks that are eating away at her garden. While this poem appears to be a simple tale following this woman’s methods to exterminating the pests‚ it rather is a poem that uses its speaker to stealthily showcase the potential that humans have for monstrous actions. The speaker‚ while appearing to be a sensible person turned deranged by the joyous feel of power and success‚ is a
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