on the Planners:- The Planners‚ a poem written by Boey Kim Cheng in Singapore.Boey Kim Cheng demonstrates this heartless modernization in his poem by using a constant perfect strait almost unnatural description of everything. The soullessness of Singapore is also portrayed in this poem by its perpetual effort to neglect and erase the past or any history of it‚ creating a facade of culture. This city is so soulless and synthetic that it’s not even considered part of nature. Boey Kim Cheng starts
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thoughts. SECTION B: POETRY Songs of Ourselves Either: 1. Re-read A Different History (by Sujata Bhati) Explore the ways in which the persona vividly conveys her state of mind in this poem. OR 2. Explore how either “the Planners” (by Boey Kim Cheng) or “The City Planners” (by Margaret Atwood) powerfully conveys feelings about the absurdity in the way cities are planned. OR 3. Explore the ways in which your senses are powerfully appealed to by Norman MacCaig in “Summer Farm” and by Willaiam
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Gracie Smith Literary Heritage 2201 27 October 2011 As Long as it’s a Love Letter Deep love‚ passionate desire‚ and intriguing mystery are conveyed through the use of literary devices such as symbolism and metaphor in Kim Addonizio’s “First Poem for You” and William Meredith’s “The Illiterate” and aide in supporting the themes that intimate relationships can be both intriguing and frightening at the same time. Love is conveyed in “The Illiterate” through the simple idea of a letter. The letter
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driven‚ cooperative work environment with many different thinking styles. These styles included strategical thinkers‚ tactical planners‚ and logisticians. Each style played a critical role in the development and progression in an organization like the armed forces. I fell that I would be best described as a tactical planner personally and professionally. A tactical planner is someone in the military science that deals with securing objectives set by strategy‚ especially the technique of deploying
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* Twitter * ‘So‚ We’ll Go No More A-Roving’ by George Gordon‚ Lord Byron → 36 Responses to ‘Report To Wordsworth’ by Boey Kim Cheng 1. ------------------------------------------------- coreachick says: ------------------------------------------------- February 20‚ 2011 at 10:28 am ------------------------------------------------- Boey Kim Cheng was born in Singapore in 1965. He now lives and works in Australia. This poem has echoes of several sonnets by Wordsworth. As the
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The topic of globalization has become a hotly contested debate over the past two decades. Indeed‚ the increased integration of international economies have led to costs to some and benefits to others. These costs and benefits are a result of three effects of globalization‚ that is‚ expanded markets‚ cheaper resources or a combination of the two. Firstly‚ from the business perspective‚ one effect of globalization is that of expanded markets. This means that a business that had previously only sold
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poems (“Horses” and “The Planners”)‚ and answer assignment question-Start with “In” Paragraph 1 (Horses): State a point-how the poet expresses the power and majesty of nature. Use PQC. Paragraph 2 (Horses): State second point-the darker side of nature‚ how it is fading with industrialization‚ like the poet’s childhood. Use PQC. Paragraph 3 (The Planners): State point-the mathematical and logical way nature is portrayed in the “perfect” city. Use PQC. Paragraph 4 (The Planners): State second point-the
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year by saying “Time again for the annual joust”‚ as if there was no way of preventing it. By saying “to tilt at the old windmills” the author refers to the fact that the soldiers strike at windmills instead of actually fighting‚ which suggests that Cheng believes war is useless and pointless. This ironic comment shows that the author condemns war. The diction of “creaking bones”‚ “suppressed grunts” and “battle-weary knights” conveys the idea of the tiredness and exhaustion soldiers suffer from‚ and
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Literature of Singapore The literature of Singapore comprises a collection of literary works by Singaporeans in any of the country’s four main languages: English‚ Tamil‚ Chinese‚ and Malay. While Singaporean literary works may be considered as also belonging to the literature of their specific languages‚ the literature of Singapore is viewed as a distinct body of literature portraying various aspects of Singapore society and forms a significant part of the culture of Singapore. Literature in all
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Report to Wordsworth‚ a poem by Boey Kim Cheng‚ is one that speaks of the path of destruction through nature that man is leaving behind him. I personally find the poem powerful and extremely convincing‚ in the sense that it manages to challenge the reader very objectively. ‘You should be here‚ Nature has need of you’ involves the reader directly‚ and the use of a Capital letter personifies nature in such a way it makes one feel her pain. The following lines are significantly symbolic‚ as the words
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