Caged Bird by Maya Angelou explores themes of Social injustice‚ Lack of freedom/choice and Shattered dreams in six stanzas of varying length. There is no set rhyme scheme to the poem but there are noticeable rhymes in stanzas two‚ three‚ four and five. Stanza six is a repetition of stanza three. There are half rhymes throughout. Vocabulary and sentence structure is very straightforward. The stanzas alternate between the free bird’s perspective and that of the caged bird with regularity: two stanzas
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Literature Between Wars Critical Commentary of Virginia Woolf’s ‘Mrs Dalloway’ The very first sentence in this extract gives an insight into how Woolf has set to present her main character‚ Clarissa as someone who is lighthearted and somewhat pretentious‚ as she concerns herself with such a trivial matter as buying flowers for her upcoming party. Claiming that she will buy the flowers herself and alleviate the burden of her servant Lucy who has enough to do‚ it is also ironic
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‘Fire and Ice’ - Robert Frost In the poem ‘Fire and Ice’ Robert Frost explains how the world will end by either fire or ice. The poet uses these two primal elements to serve as a metaphor for the destructive powers of the universal human emotions. ‘Desire’ which he associates with fire‚ and ‘hate’ which he associates with ice. The poet uses the first person singular and concludes that from personal experience he sides with
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The poem In Mrs. Tilscher’s Class’ written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ is written in free verses and includes four stanzas. The poem illustrates the perspective of a carefree‚ innocent and happy young girl going through the first stages of life‚ primary to high school. The poem examines the rites of passage and the change that is taken place between childhood and adolescence. This essay will outline the areas in which Duffy uses different literary terms to define the theme of growing up. The first two
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As the title of the speech affirms‚ assuming the label of being the National University and facing the burdens tied upon it was the central issue discussed throughout the speech. The speaker‚ a professor who has worked in the academe for decades‚ has of no doubt‚ already acquired significant knowledge of the university’s functions and tasks‚ and is thus‚ able to truly understand and express the recognition and the obligations of being called the National University. His speech was addressed to his
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A Long Way Gone “I was not afraid of these lifeless bodies. I despised them and kicked them to flip them.” This is what Ishmael was saying at the end first war day they had. It had only been the first time when Ishmael and his friends went to war and by the end of it he had already shot someone. At the beginning when they started training he was afraid to hold the gun‚ and now that the day has come where he actually needed to shot‚ he had no problem with it. 2 of his friends died that day‚ Musa
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Pony boy not to change. If you are wealthy‚ does it make you better than people who are not? Just because they are different‚ and do not have enough money to afford material things. Does it make you better and more of a person? If you think that you are right‚ then you are incorrect. Just because you have a lot of money‚ it does not make you more of a person‚ and it does not make you better at all. I mean big whoop‚ you drive a nice car‚ and have nice clothes. Guess what‚ when you cut yourself
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The ghastly realities of war result in long lasting distress for many. Martha Gellhorn’s article “Dachau” is a retelling of her arrival to Dachau‚ the first concentration camp to be opened by the Nazis of Germany during World War II. Gellhorn was one of the first journalists to report from the concentration camp and her detailed observations subjected readers to the horrific realities of Dachau. The graphic descriptions and disgust shown by the author were successful in swaying the reader against
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Mo Yi Lam BISC_102 Professor Kiefer Nov 30th‚ 2010 Final Paper (Summary of Endangered Species Act) Endangered Species Act “What is an endangered species?” is a question that needs to be addressed before getting known of endangered species act. An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct due to three possible reasons: it is few in numbers. According to the theory of Exponential Growth Curve proposed by Malthus‚ a lower population tends to have
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Robert Ashby Edward Miller English 125 Which Way Home-EXTRA CREDIT "Which Way Home." is a Documentary filmed in 2009 about unparented child migrants who are traveling by themselves trying to get though Mexico to the United States. Why are people coming? Why are these Children coming? What is it like to be on this Journey? These are the questions that was asked in this film. The Producer
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