Commentary on the poem- ‘My Grandmother’ by Elizabeth Jennings The poem ‘My Grandmother‚’ is a recount of a childhood memory of the poets’ grandmother who “kept an antique shop”‚ and there are many underlying meaning and thoughts in the poem‚ which illustrate the strong attachment of the grandmother towards her shop and the relationship between her and the poet. The poet uses her grandmothers’ life to portray themes such as loneliness‚ guilt and the passing of time. The first and third verse are
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English Composition 1 My Grandmother My Grandmother goes by the name of babunya‚ and baba for short‚ this means grandma in Ukrainian. She lived in Ukraine for most of her life‚ and she is almost 90 years old now. She’s been through a lot in her years‚ thus her appearance has changed. For every wrinkle she has there’s a story to match. She has had every color hair: blonde‚ red‚ brown‚ and black. Now her hair is a short gray color. She keeps it short because it stays out of the way‚ even though
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Mario Hernandez Period 3 What I did this past summer. This past summer I went paintballing a couple of times with my friends and after that I did almost nothing just work I work at pizza hut. I also went fishing to ports Mansfield we caught about two‚ three fishes we were there then we went back home stopped by McDonalds got some hamburgers went home got some sleep. I did almost nothing this summer because I mostly slept. If any I went to go out to go eat‚ watched one movie at the movies
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chores‚ and do everything else my dad did. We even took daily naps together. We were inseparable. On January 5th‚ 2008‚ my sister and I had a sleep over at grandmas house‚ about 5 miles away from our house. Early the next morning‚ I was woken up by the sound of people talking and crying. I sat up quickly‚ thinking it was all just a dream. It was still dark out‚ but the yard light was the sun shinning bright. I jumped out of bed to see what all the noise was. I found my mother lying on the couch‚ crying
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My summer vacation to Europe Europe has always fascinated and attracted me‚ but I never thought that it would be anywhere close to what it seemed to me by the way of reading books and watching documentaries on the subject. You know how whenever an event you anticipate becomes a reality; it never lives up to your expectations? So‚ when my friend suggested that we go to Europe on a summer vacation‚ I was prepared to be a little disappointed‚ even though I was really excited about the trip. But‚ it
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The Death of my grandmother a life experience that changed my Identity My sense of independence was shattered when my grandmother departed from this world. I lost my grandmother and this experience shattered my perspective of life. Losing a loved one was like having a wisdom tooth pulled without any Novocain. In spite of this painful occurrence happening to me at twenty-four years of age‚ emotions such as shock‚ anger‚ and guilt‚ came into play creating chaos. I rerun her death in my mind‚ yet unable
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My Summer Trip to Abha During my Eid holidays we visited Abha [KSA].Abha is about 2‚200 meters above sea level. It is the capital of Asir province. The trip distance from Dammam to Abha was about 1450 kms. It was a journey from 47 C to 15 C. The interesting side of our trip was my grandparents also came along with us. The journey to Abha was very long. We started the journey At 5:00 AM and reached Khamis Mushayt at 7:00 PM. The car was driven by my dad; of course he is an expert driver which gave
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significant similarities. Both authors deal with issues such as racism and discrimination towards blacks. The authors show the ignorance and bigotry displayed between the races in the late 1930’s. The main characters in "Grandmother’s Victory" are: Grandmother Henderson‚ Maya Angelou‚ Miz Helen‚ Miz Ruth‚ and Miz Eloise who are known as "powhitetrash". The main characters in "To Kill A Mockingbird" are: Atticus Finch‚ Jem Finch‚ Scout Finch‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Mrs. Dubose. The authors show how each character
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My three-hundred acre summerhouse‚ in Osceola Missouri‚ has many aspects to it. It is a huge property in a small-populated town. My favorite parts include the bedrooms‚ kitchen‚ game room‚ and backyard. Like any other house‚ my summerhouse has bedrooms. The biggest room is the master bedroom. It has a huge black painted wooden king-sized bed with a comfortable therapeutic mattress. It also has a huge bathroom. In the bathroom‚ is a large jet bathtub and a large shower. The best part of the room
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This summer i went pokhara to celebrate my vacation with my friends.On the first glance i was excited by the beauty of pokara. This place was like heaven and its beauty was so ’woow!’ I was excited to explore the beauty of pokhara. First of all i visited the famous Bindhabasini temple. It was located in the place called miruwa. The temple was located at great height. As soon as i came out of temple and started to look around my eyes stuck on one hill and it was so lovely and coincidently the name
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