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    second stanza‚ Kinsella begins to think. He realises he has to learn something‚ to face some new fact about himself. Just as the garden outside the room faces renewed growth after the decay of winter‚ the poet has some spiritual growing up to do. He sees the signs of his physical decay. He imagines a spiritual mirror in his soul. He examines it and concludes that his youth has passed. He is about thirty-three‚ the age of Christ at his peak‚ when Christ suffered on the cross. Kinsella is concerned that

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    04February “In his poetry Thomas Kinsella explores interesting ideas in a memorable way.” In response to the above statement‚ write an essay on the poetry of Thomas Kinsella. Support the point you make with reference to the poetry on your course. In this essay I am going to talk about the interesting way Kinsella writes his poetry. I will be referring to a few of his poems in this piece such a Mirror in February and Tear

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    Felt a Funeral in My Brain‚’ and ’I Heard a Fly Buzz – When I Died.’ These titles give evidence of startling‚ profound moments which are startling and provoke thought in the readers mind. Dickinson’s poetry is extremely diverse and deals with many themes of human nature. We appriciate mesmorising moments of ecstacy in ’I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed‚’ in which Dickinson uses delightful extended metaphores to exclaim her love of life. "Inebriate of Air - am I - And Debauchee of Dew -" Dickinson’s

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    John Kinsella: the Crest

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    Commentary: The Crest By Amy L Humankind’s threat to the earth and the natural world has been a common theme of writing since the industrial revolution and underpins The Crest. Kinsella’s forboding poem presents a powerful analogy with man’s pastoral development and it’s intrusion into the natural world. Kinsella’s message is made clearly and strongly in the first few lines; “that at high speed this rise moving away from town can so much epitomise the age”. Here the truck represents the

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    Was Ray Kinsella a triumphant hero who dared to live his dreams‚ or merely an insane lunatic who blindly followed voices that could only be heard within the confines of his mind? Although either of these theories could be argued successfully‚ the idea that this intrepid man was indeed a hero is supported by a list of characteristics that generally indicate a classical hero.<br><br>In the movie‚ Field of Dreams‚ Ray Kinsella was introduced to the viewers as an ordinary man‚ living an ordinary life

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    think the themes of decay and rebirth are the main preoccupation of Kinsellas poetry. This is seen with his examination of the changing state of life‚ where he varies from examples as deep and meaningful as aging and death to are irrelevant as the breaking of an egg to show throughout his poetry how life can change situations. Mirror in February focuses on Kinsella’s revelation that he is no longer young. It takes place on a day which ‘dawns with scene of must and rain’‚ and the poet Kinsella‚ who is

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    Truth by W. P Kinsella

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    In the short story “Truth” written by W.P Kinsella‚ the story has started by documenting Silas and Frank’s experience in managing the Hobbema Wagonburners’ hockey team. The audiences learn the “truth” about who is really to blame for starting the riot in Saint Edouard’s Hockey Arena when Silas and Frank let Mad Etta to be the goalie for their team and beat the Saint Edouard’s team. This story is created with humour though the author mixes prose and dialect to get the readers into the world of misunderstood

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    Discuss the ways in which Thomas presents the effects of war in “Gone‚ gone again”. In your answer‚ explore the effects of language‚ imagery and verse form‚ and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Thomas you have studied. Throughout the poem the most prominent theme that Thomas includes are the references to the war. In fourth stanza “and when the war began” is a direct reference to the war‚ due to the context of the verses around it‚ the reference seems to be written quite bluntly

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    Remember Me - Sophie Kinsella

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    With the same wicked humor and delicious charm that have won her millions of devoted fans‚ Sophie Kinsella‚ author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Shopaholic & Baby‚ returns with an irresistible new novel and a fresh new heroine who finds herself in a lifechanging and utterly hilarious predicament… When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital‚ she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident –

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    The poem ‘Parrot Deaths: Rite of Passage’ written by John Kinsella highlights the internal struggle the speaker is experiencing through the death of the parrots. Although the action is happening physically‚ the struggles the parrots face are parallel to the speaker’s own mental purgatory. Colour is intensely used to convey atmosphere and character to both the parrots and the speaker. The use of first person narration‚ gives the poem a personal tone. Colour and physical appearance are dominant

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