explicating poems‚ and actually I do not really like poetry‚ although they are beautiful and interesting because I often have a hard time to understand tem. In this essay‚ I choose two poems to explicate‚ which is “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and “The Road Not Taken”. Through the process of completing this assignment‚ I have a lot of struggles such as the deeper meaning of each line‚ the grammar‚ the balance between two poems‚ and the figurative languages. Furthermore‚ when I am writing the essay‚ I have
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ The key word here is "two". Throughout our lives we constantly face decisions where we have two choices. Even when it seems there is only one choice‚ we can decide either to DO it‚ or NOT do it; so there are STILL two alternatives. And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler‚ long I stood Then there are times we wish we could do BOTH; HAVE our cake and eat it too! We know we can’t‚ so we must agonize over the choices; weigh the possibilities. And
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Frost created a scenery where the speaker is looking at a long fork in the woods. Either the speaker can go down one road or go down the other‚ but the speaker does not know which one is the best route. He describes one side of the road to be “grassy and wanted wear; though as for that‚ the passing there‚ had worn them really about the same time” (line 8). In other words‚ the road was well used and known to the community. Then he describes the other side of the fork “in leaves no steps had trodden
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Grierson dies‚ we find out why nobody ever saw him again. Miss Emily had previously bought some arsenic‚ that was to be used as rat poison‚ and decides to use it on Homer and kills him. By explaining her upbringing by a stern father and her slow journey through a secluded life to her death‚ Faulkner shows how
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The Shadow’s Personality. “I am what you have made me.” (Great Expectations‚ 238). Some aren’t able to control their own actions‚ and their purpose in life is decided by someone else. In the Victorian era fiction novel‚ Great Expectations‚ by Charles Dickens‚ the main character Estella‚ is a beautiful girl raised and controlled by her adoptive mother‚ Miss Havisham to wreak havoc on the male sex. Even though they have the same purpose‚ and have similar qualities‚ both characters have
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your study of the prescribed text and related material‚ what were the most significant aspects of physical journeys that you noted? Throughout physical journeys there are many aspects contained within. These aspects are what shape and form people throughout their journey. The most notable aspect of a physical journey is overcoming the barriers and obstacles which are confronted throughout the journey. This idea is evident within the prescribed texts “Migrants”‚ “Last seen at 12:10am” and also thought
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affect your life forever. The texts that I used to convey this link were The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle‚ The Shawshank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont and a poem by Robert Frost called The Road Not Taken. Throughout the texts used we learn that you cannot always see the outcome of a particular choice unless you choose to go down that path. An important decision is made by the main character(s) in each text and they suggest that not all choices
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My whole life I have been told what to do. As a child‚ my parents had the life they wanted me to live sketched out in their minds. From the way I learned‚ they way I dressed‚ what I should and shouldn’t believe in‚ to what I was supposed to know and think. When I was young I listened to everything they said and was molded perfectly into what they wanted me to be. They’re my parents‚ and so I would do whatever they said without question‚ becuase I thought that whatever they told me was the right
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each other with respect. Sexual harassment and sexual abuse Sexual harassment: Unwanted sexual attention from an individual/group that causes the targeted individual/group to feel uncomfortable and/or unsafe. Sexual harassment may include physical contact‚ sexual comments and unwanted communication. - Sexual harassment is unwanted sexual attention that causes the target to feel uncomfortable and unsafe‚ whereas flirting is a form of communication that indicates interest and is mainly conducted
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was over. The main reason why I picked west minster was for the diving‚ and it’s what I have done every day for the past four years. I began to panic and think I will never dive again. So‚ for months on months and still continuing today I went to Physical therapy every day. I went to multiply doctors to do everything I could to help my back from laser therapy to acupuncture
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