The Mamas and the Papas played a major role in the pop scene of Southern California in the mid to late Sixties. The group formed out of the folk music revival of the late Fifties and early Sixties. The members included John Phillips‚ who had been a member of the folk trio called the Journeymen; Cass Elliot came aboard after a stint in the Big Three‚ while Denny Doherty played with the Halifax Three. Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty also played together in the Mugwumps‚ which also included John Sebastian
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Is life too long‚ or just too short? Tone is the mood of a poem‚ many authors use the tone to convey the true meaning of their pieces of writings. In these two poems both authors use different tones to portray the theme in both articulate ways. The poem‚ ‘’Loveliest of Trees‚’’ by A.E. Houseman is set at the time of the 1800’s in England‚ around Easter Time.’’ And stands about the woodland ride/ wearing white for Eastertide’’ (3-4). The poem is about an individual who is twenty years old‚ and
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For someone who completed just three big feature films in his brief career‚ the effect of James Dean on popular culture is truly remarkable. It is not just the films themselves‚ but the persona and the magnetism that James Dean exhibited that attracts such fascination and admiration. James Dean’s performances hint at so much more. His reaction to the world around him seems to sum up how so many young people around the world relate to their lives. He was reared by his aunt and uncle in Fairmont
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does not fit in. He can’t make toys as quick as the other elves. He can’t bake cookies as delicious as the other elves. He can’t even fit into the elf sized showers! Buddy asks the elf who raised him‚ Papa Elf‚ why he doesn’t fit in. Papa Elf tells Buddy that he isn’t an elf‚ but he is a human. Papa Elf continues on explaining Buddy’s history‚ but Buddy is distraught. Buddy concludes that the only way he can make sense of this is to go face to face with his past. He decides to travel to New York City
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Dominic Barone Mr. Nelson English 110 18 September 2014 Dominant Tone Sensory Details Exercise IDEA #1 Where is the place you are thinking about describing? Football field at twilight Who‚ if any‚ are the people there? Football team‚ coaches‚ and myself What is the main feeling that you intend for the reader to feel as he or she reads your paper? Anticipation and nervousness of the upcoming game What point of view will you use? (For example‚ will you refer to yourself and what you see as you
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Introduction to University Writing June 9‚ 2013 Assignment 2 – Summary of The Waltz of Sociability: Intimacy‚ Dislocation‚ and Friendship in a Quebec High School Vered Amit – Talai indulges her readers with a commonly accepted phenomenon of Western civilization in which adolescents rarely transition into adulthood with their childhood friends through the experiences of a group of high school students in The Waltz of Sociability: Intimacy‚ Dislocation‚ and Friendship in a Quebec High School. It
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Roethke (1908- 1963) – “Papa’s Waltz” Mary ENG 125 Instructor: Sara Keller June 13‚ 2011 Theodore Roethke- “Papa’s Waltz” There were many poems that I enjoyed in this week’s readings‚ however the poem by Theodora Roethke- “Papa’s Waltz is one that I found most interesting. The theme of this poem was the ambiguous nature of family relationships. The information that is being detailed about the father is what I found interesting. Also‚ the tone‚ form‚ content and language of
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"Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa’s Waltz" are two fairly short poems that are similarly themed. Neither poem lends any sure knowledge as to what the gender of the children are‚ other than the assumption that since both authors’ are male‚ then it must be a poem about their own childhoods. One thing is made clear through the voice’s in each poem‚ neither father is perfect and both children have a bit of fear with regards to their fathers’. In "My Papa’s Waltz"‚ the opening line informs us that
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criteria one can use to evaluate it. Historical significance‚ tone‚ and subject matter can all be used to evaluate a work of art. For example‚ all of these criteria can be used to evaluate the poem‚ “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley. The circumstances surrounding the creation of the poem are significant because of the state of modern medicine at the time. The subject matter is one that many people can and have related to over the years. The tone is gloomy‚ yet inspirational. “Invictus” is a poem written
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Essay: Diction and Tone in Poetry In the field of literature‚ authors use various forms of writing techniques to create diction and tone. One way that the author‚ Andrew Marvel‚ of “To His Coy Mistress” uses a unique way of diction to portray several styles of tone‚ in which they shift from one another‚ through stanza to stanza. His diction creates a variety of literary styles that most authors use as a way of conveying a personal message. This diction creates a multitude of imagery that the reader
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