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    A Defence Of Poetry

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    A DEFENSE OF POETRY Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)  born on August 4‚ 1792  at Field Place‚ near Horsham‚ West Sussex‚ England.  one of the major English Romantic poets  regarded by critics as among the finest lyric poets in the English language  classic poems: Ozymandias‚ Ode to the West Wind‚ To a Skylark‚ Music‚ When Soft Voices Die‚ The Cloud and The Masque of Anarchy  love of freedom and political opinions influenced poems such as Prometheus Unbound (1820)

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    Choose from one of the texts written by Buber‚ a concept‚ idea or metaphor and explore its implications in relation to your understanding of the role of the teacher. Martin Buber was an Austrian born Israeli Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue. This philosophy was centred on the distinction between the I-thou relationship and the I-It relationship. According to Buber the sought for treasure‚ the fulfilment of existence‚ can be found right in the midst of genuine dialogue

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    Poetry Speech

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    you fellow poetry lovers‚ for taking the time out of your Sunday afternoon to come and show your appreciation for fine Australian poetry. The two poems that I would like to share with you today in relation to Multicultural Australia are Fourteen Poor men‚ by Mary Gilmore‚ and Migrants by Margarret Scott in regards to multicultural Australia. I have a great love for not only these poems‚ but the poets also. Both Scott and Gilmore played a significant role in contemporary Australian poetry. Gilmore especially

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    Poetry Analysis

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    Poetry Analysis Essay “Poema para los Californios Muertos” Lorna Dee Cervantes’ poem‚ “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”)‚ is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico‚ and an address to the speaker’s dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic‚ consistently alternating between Spanish and English‚ Cervantes accurately represents the fear‚ hatred‚ and humility experienced by the “Californios”

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    Poetry Response

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    thousand winds that blow” is a metaphor which is used to give feeling to the poem meaning that he’s there for his family; that he wants his family to think about him every time they feel the wind blow. The line “I am the diamond glint of snow” is also a metaphor meaning he wants his family to think of him when they see the new‚ shiny snow of winter. “I am the sunlight on ripened grain” is a metaphor meaning he is warmth and golden. “I am the gentle autumn rain” is also a metaphor but it means that he’s gentle

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    will. Edward repeats ’wrath’ numerous times to emphasize God’s power. Edwards also uses metaphors to compare God and humans to numerous things‚ "Peole who think they can escape Hell on their own have as little chance of doing so as a spider’s web has of stopping a falling rock." In this case‚ Edwards compares the chance of escape from God’s wrath to a spider’s ability to stop a falling rock. Edwards use of metaphors create another scene to allow the audience to get a visual thought through his words

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    Sylvia Plath Metaphors

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    uses many figurative metaphors to describe him for example “ You do not do‚ you do not do Any more‚ black shoe In which I have lived like a foot”(Lines 1-3). Plath truly describes him as a black shoe and notably‚ nazi’s wore black boots which was included in their uniforms. The significance of the color black is the symbol of something dark and evil and a shoe is something we walk on she must of felt as her father walked on her with his black shoe. The many more metaphors she describes her father

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    Romantic Poetry

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    15 points about romantic poetry 1) Romantic poetry was written during the period of Romanticism‚ which was in the late 1700s in Western Europe. 2) Romanticism was a movement that strongly emphasized on emotion and was against the norms of the “Age of Enlightenment”. 3) Romantic poets are known for their vivid and colorful language‚ and for their highly elevated ideas and themes. 4) The “Big six” poets of Romantic poetry are: William Blake‚ William Wordsworth‚ Samuel Coleridge

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    Environmental Poetry

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    Environmental poetry expresses emotions and ideas about the surroundings and conditions to the readers and listeners. Three different landscapes are illustrated‚ by poets of different eras‚ with the use of sensual imagery‚ sound techniques and allusions. Robert Gray presents a post apocalyptic future of the impact of cities‚ through the didactic poem “Flames and Dangling Wire”. A subjective view of the environment is conveyed in “William Street”‚ Kenneth Slessor reveals that beauty lies within. In

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    The Metaphors of Emily Dickinson Metaphor is a writing technique used to make comparisons between two things that are not alike. Sometimes the things are so far apart that they look like you cannot see any similarities. This is especially true in Emily Dickinson’s work. The best way to show the metaphors in the poem‚ There Is No Frigate Like a Book by Emily Dickinson‚ is to go two lines at a time. The first two lines are “There is no Frigate like a Book and “To take us Lands away”. Books cannot physically

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