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    peculiar details‚ shocking‚ surprising situations‚ and by leaving suspicion to the reader. The two stories‚ The Landlady and Lamb to the Slaughter both show Roald Dahl’s skills of creating illustrative details and coming up with unusual situations to make the reader feel uneasy. First of all‚ Roald Dahl uses multiple peculiar details to make the stories have a creepy effect. In the Landlady‚ the lady does very many abnormal things to make the story disturbing. For example‚ when Billy first approaches

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    5. “eight dancers dressed as swans.” – Mary Cornish Numbers 6. “Always wants a hug and never gets enough”- Ronald Koertge Sidekicks 7. “whose perfume swayed in the air‚ turning the modest flowers scarlet and loose.” –Peter Meinke Love Poem 8. “Their whisper rises from beneath the stones to fuse into a single… light.” – Yves Bonnefoy Passer-By‚ These are Words… 9. “He wanted to go inside them and live.” Naomi Shihab Nye Rain 10. “But listen harder‚ use your imagination…”

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    “First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on

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    fantasy‚ horror‚ and adventure; just to name a few. There are two though‚ that fall under the fictional and horror categories; The Tell-Tale Heart and The Landlady. The two stories have their own fair share of differences and similarity. So let’s take a closer look at these two fantastic stories. First let’s take a look at The Landlady. The Landlady takes place in the 1960’s‚ probably around the U.K. The story begins with a young man named Billy. He had just gotten off of a train‚ and he needed to

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    Here is an anti bullying poem written by Jon Evans: Identity–The Bully They all try to look the same
all try to give themselves a name
pick on the boy who is all alone
just because his identity is his own
what has this world come to?
all this wrong that people do
just for the image they want to show
down the evil path they seem to go The next person you go to hurt
or try to make feel like dirt
instead of trying to look cool
feel for the guy you make look a fool A cool identity isn’t a need
let

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    “Those Winter Sundays” & “Paper Matches” “Those Winter Sundays” and “Paper Matches” are poems that came together to form the same qualities. However the two individual poems expresses it‚ in its own contrasting ways. Both “Those Winter Sundays” and “Paper Matches” intertwine metaphors into its work and the aspect of the under-appreciation of one party toward another. The poem “Those Winter Sundays” is of a grown adult looking back into his childhood. He remembers an event that led him to realize

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    THE PABLO POETRY PROJECT CONTENTS: PART A: MELANCHOLY INSIDE FAMILIES PART B: PABLO NERUDA-BIOGRAPHY PART C: POETRY (poem) PART D: IL POSTINO (film) A tribute to Don Pablo…. By Jishnu Menon PART A 1. Write a poetic response to the poem. “Melancholy inside families” by Pablo Neruda is poem that is strong in visual appetite and conveys emotions such as gloominess and fear through those visuals. I believe the images that have been brought to the reader’s mind

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    _________ Poets try to use a concentrated blend of sound and imagery to create an emotional response and to try to get us‚ the reader‚ to sense a particular thing. In this poem “Ozymandias” by Shelley Percy Bysshe‚ there are different types of sound devices. The poet uses alliteration multiple times throughout the poem. “Cold command” and “boundless and bare” are examples of alliteration because the beginning letter of each word is the same. Alliteration helps the poet to make their meaning

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    Abc poem Flowers Lily is the purity of heart Mellow delicate beauty and sweetness Nasturtium represents a conquest or a victory in a battle Olive is so peaceful Poppy is inspiring and majestic. Diamante poem Puppy Playful‚ silly Barking‚ fetching‚ eating Ball‚ leash ‚ free‚ wool Sleeping‚ running‚ playing Sweet‚ young Kitten Sun Hot‚ warm Boiling‚ burning‚ heating Summer‚ Sunshine ‚ winter‚ thunderstorm Splashing‚ sliding‚ slipping Chilly

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    Constantly risking absurdity The poem “Constantly Risking Absurdity” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poem where he compares a poem to an acrobat.He starts off by describing how an acrobat risks everything even his life to his audience by walking in a high wire of his own making.What Ferlinghetti means is that an acrobat does everything he can including his most precious values mental and physical to entertain and amaze his audience. He doesn`t care if he makes a fool of himself o even kill himself

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