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    PERCEPTION OF TRANSFEREE STUDENTS TOWARDS UNIVERSITY OF ANTIQUE‚ COLLEGE OF MARITIME STUDIES A Maritime Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the College of Maritime Studies University of Antique Sibalom‚ Antique In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject MR 01 (Introduction to Research with Statistics) by Approval Sheet This maritime thesis titled “PERCEPTION OF TRANSFEREE STUDENTS TOWARDS UNIVERSITY OF ANTIQUE‚ COLLEGE OF MARITIME STUDIES‚” submitted by

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    daily language and some slang word like ‘honky’ and ‘uppity’. However they use that kind of language but it still easy for us to understand what they try to tell in the poem. Base on the poem we can tell that the general of the poem is elegy. This because elegy is mournful‚ especially a lament for the dead and the poem is about missing someone has gone. When we read the poem with tone‚ it flows like

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    particularly evident in “Mother to Son.” However‚ in contrast‚ these poems have more differences than similarities‚ especially in style of writing‚ structure and tone. “O Captain! My Captain!” is a metaphoric poem‚ written by Walt Whitman. The elegy‚ is a tribute to Abraham Lincoln. It is one of four poems‚ that Whitman wrote in memory of his fallen hero. “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes‚ is spoken from the perspective of an African American mother‚ passing on wisdom to her child. As we can

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    concern of memory’s  ability to temporarily suspend time and the strength and potent nature of these memories.  Slessor also explores concepts of one’s memories of the deceased creating a false immortality‚ and the finality of death‚ through his poems “Elegy in Botanic Gardens” and “Five Bells”. These create insight for the reader regarding Slessor’s feelings towards the effects of memories‚ their elegiac nature and his acceptance of human mortality. Throughout his poems “Five Bells” and ‘Five Visions

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    Leonely Flores AICE English Language Pd.7 Chidiock Tichborne Chidiock Tichborne‘s most famous poem is “Written The Night Before His Execution.” This poem is also titled “Tichborne’s Elegy‚” and “My Prime of Youth Is but a Frost of Cares.” Usually‚ poets have written there poems because of some kind of history or background that have accompany it. Sometimes the background or history can include love and romance‚ or cheer and happiness. These are the most common tones of poems. Tichborne’s poem

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    have been developed by many cultures. In more developed‚ closed or "received" poetic forms‚ the rhyming scheme‚ meter and other elements of a poem are based on sets of rules‚ ranging from the relatively loose rules that govern the construction of an elegy to the highly formalized structure of the ghazal or villanelle. Described below are some common forms of poetry widely used across a number of languages. Additional forms of poetry may be found in the discussions of poetry of particular cultures or

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    a person that freed millions‚ and united a country? For Walt Whitman he felt the best way to honor such a "star" was to dedicate at least four of is poem to such a great man. Out of the four poems dedicated the one best known as Abraham Lincoln’s elegy is "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d". This poem is one of Whitman rather lengthier poems‚ in which he utilizes a combination of tone‚ and symbolism to project his feeling and the nations lose. Whitman exemplified his grief through many forms

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    athlete. The poem is filled with praise for the athlete who had died while he was still glorious‚ successful‚ and revered by his town. The speaker strangely believes that the star is fortunate to have died before his fame did. The speaker begins the elegy by directly addressing the deceased athlete. Looking back on one of the boy’s great victories‚ the speaker states‚ “the time you won your town the race / we chaired you through the market-place” (Housman 1-2). Housman’s use of apostrophe conveys the

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    European encounter with the Americas can be seen as an inevitable evolution in history with long-run positive results. The exchange of crops and animals helped both worlds develop and prosper. The first Europeans to reach the Americas were the Norse seafarers from Scandanavia. These voyagers weren’t supported by expansionists‚ which lead to the dismisal of their discovery. Centuries later‚ many Europeans desired contact with a new world for conquest or trade. The Christian crusaders exposed goods like

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    Following The Rape of the Lock‚ Popes efforts were directed toward a mode of composition with which he is not usually identified: the elegiac verses Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady and the romantic psychodrama‚ Eloisa to Abelard. The Elegy is‚ perhaps‚ only partially successful; its chief interest lies in the poets vacillation between a Christian and a Stoic understanding of the ladys death. Eloisa to Abelard is another matter altogether. G. Wilson Knight claims that it is certainly Popes

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