Examination by Laura Wang of the poem “Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening” In this poem‚ the speaker is familiar with his environment: he knows the woods and their owner (“Whose woods these are I think I know”: he knows the owner of the woods and where he lives: “His house is in the village”); in “My little horse must find it queer […] He gives his harness bells a shake to ask if there is some mistake”‚ the speaker interprets the horse’s movements and behavior‚ which suggests he is familiar
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Constantly Risking Absurdity by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Commentary Constantly risking absurdity is a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The poem is an extended metaphor comparing writing poetry to preforming dangerous acrobatics. It has a very original layout and complicated structure. The poem is not very long‚ but it is precise and clear‚ it does so through great use of imagery and diction. It is the harsh truth of poetry writing‚ and really of all creative writing: if the public does not grasp the
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MY commentary In my static image I chose to use the colours red‚ blue‚ white‚ purple‚ red and black because they all play an important part in the image. As some examples the parts in my image that are coloured in blue represent confidence‚ grey/black represents power‚ red represents determination and strength‚ purple represents ambition I also used white because it represents goodness and a successful beginning. All of these colours link to the main idea “overcoming challenges in life can be difficult”
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THE SPIDER AND THE WASP In the feeling and protection of their genetic descendant‚ insects and spiders show off some zeal in analogies to reasoning and some sensitive examples of blind instinct. The case I present here is the digger wasps of genus Pepsis and tarantula spiders together with their opponent. An example is a non-familiar situation which the victim‚ though fully able to defend itself‚ gives up accidentally to its destruction. A lot of tarantula spiders reside in the tropics‚ but many
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Leaving the Nest When children graduate from high school and move away to college‚ it can be devastating for parents. The children leave to gain independence from their parents. They feel they are going on with a new adventure in their lives and gaining a new experience as an adult in the world. They are in a parent’s life for so many years that they cannot imagine life without them in the house. They become sad at the thought of not hearing the laughter or tears every day. Two poems that pick up
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and Ice” follows an invented form‚ irregularly interweaving three rhymes and two line lengths into a poem of nine lines. Each line ends either with an -ire‚ -ice‚ or -ate rhyme. Each line contains either four or eight syllables. Each line can be read naturally as iambic‚ although this is not strictly necessary for several lines. Frost employs strong enjambment in line 7to great effect. Commentary An extremely compact little lyric‚ “Fire and Ice” combines humor‚ fury‚ detachment‚ forthrightness‚
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Subject: English Format: Commentary “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark Through rich‚ sensory details with flowing‚ enjambed lines‚ “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark is an elegant prose poem which elaborates on the sensuality of music through the vivid experiences of the first person narrator instead of the visit of a piano tuner‚ the inferred visitor in the title. Utilizing the narrator’s impressions‚ Ruark portrays the ‘blind’ (l. 1) piano tuner in the first lines as a frail‚ vulnerable‚ dependent
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devices in his plays‚ such as Wasps (422 BC)‚ Frogs (405 BC)‚ to provide socio-political satire‚ literary criticism and entertainment. He reflected the meaning of Athenian identity and citizenship‚ as well as the decline of the Golden Age toward the end of the 4th century BC. His comedic plays have significantly
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Aya Salti Professor Jett English B1A 20 February 2013 Power and Control in One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest Both Ken Kesey the author of the novel One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest and Milos Forman the director of the film version‚ expose us to power and control strong nurses and aids acquire. Men carrying problems with women are placed in the mental institution ruled by Nurse Ratched. McMurphy a strong man that carries power in the outside world ends up joining the world of Nurse Ratched for his own
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“WASP” Essay The issue of discrimination within societies has been prevalent for as long as there has been recorded history‚ Canada is certainly no exception‚ and whenever one group of individuals has privilege over another they tend to try and keep it. During the late 19th century and into the 1930s “WASPs” (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants) were the dominant members within Canadian society‚ and being the dominant group they took numerous steps to ensure they would remain so. Enacting such acts as
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