This poem by A.E Houseman is an eight-stanza poem with a rhyme scheme of ABCB. It is about a man struggling with his uneasy conscience. The narrator/speaker has a conversation with his dead friend‚ where he imagines what his friend would ask him‚ and then gives his response. The punctuation of the poem indicates who’s speaking. In every odd stanza‚ which are surrounded by quotation marks‚ his deceased friend is asking him questions. Conversely‚ In every even stanza‚ which do not have quotation marks
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In Joan Didion’s "Los Angeles Notebook" her portrayal of the Santa Ana winds includes a unique‚ "Twilight Zone" tone. Her utilization of foreboding vocabulary made an uneasy tone and complexity of the Santa Ana’s with regular life. Didion’s utilization of complex components‚ for example‚ parallelism‚ difference‚ and imagery passes on that by and large‚ the robotic Santa Ana winds speak to differentiation of a regular‚ normal existence with the stress that accompanies the Santa Ana winds. The movement
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the service of life and living trying to find the answers of the unknown. Odysseus spends many years on the sea at many different lands working in the service of the gods in search of answers to the health of his family and the possibility of a homecoming. Odysseus’ long travels make him believe he is indeed searching for the unknown. The gods throw him all across the globe‚ but he finds very few answers. The last sets of lines in the first stanza deal with experiencing and growing. The obvious
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opposing ideas‚ the mention of “nationalities” shows some sense of belonging‚ however this idea is replaced by the quote “partitioned off at night”‚ conveying that the migrants are finding it difficult to let go off their own ways. The quotes “like a homecoming pigeon” and “we lived like birds of passage” emphasises the temporariness of their existence here‚ like the temporariness of migrating birds waiting for the changes in season to fly away. Unlike birds‚ however‚ they are “unaware of the season” and
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wreaked upon it by the wilderness of the nature. Though there were a few breakages here and there‚ it still stood firmly. Similarly‚ there too had been a wild ‘winter’ in her life‚ the death of a beloved one that had broken her from the inside. Homecoming‚ after a long time‚ was the end of her grief. She goes in the rooms‚ pulls back the curtain so that the daylight drives away the long lingering darkness that there was‚ as the dust particles shimmer in the light and settle back again. During the
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As your sophomore class president I promise to work my butt off while preparing for the homecoming activities‚ organize fun fundraisers for our class like havening school dances after basketball games or football games‚ I also promise that I will not miss one class meeting! Also I believe that my position as sophomore class president will give
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The world is filled with new‚ exciting experiences and adventures that change a person’s outlook on life. A person is said to leave an experience much different than when he or she entered it. I had one of those life changing experiences in high school. In August of 2016‚ I decided to apply for the Disney Dreamers Academy presented by Steve Harvey and Essence Magazine. The Disney Dreamers Academy is a four day weekend in Walt Disney World where 100 selected high school students around the nation
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According to Department of Defense there were 203‚400 who were on deployment. Research stated one half of all military personnel are parents of which two million children having a military parent. Researchers announced that there are growing numbers of families who are experiencing or have experienced strained of wartime deployments. Deployment sought to be lengthy disrupting family function‚ structure and cohesion. Researcher mentioned Reintegration strategies which are defined as work‚ family
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To me‚ new member education means learning about the history and traditions of our sorority. Although sometimes the process can be really tough we lean on our sisters. None of us could do this alone. I am so proud of us and how far we have gotten. Through out these last couple weeks‚ we have shared many tears‚ laughs‚ conversations‚ and secrets leading to friendships that I hope will last for life. When I was younger I wanted a little sister more than anything‚ instead I got stuck with two brothers
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“Brady and Hindley / faded‚ like the faint‚ uneasy smudge of a mistake.” Brady and Hindley were child murderers‚ and were supposed to be a possible danger to the children‚ however‚ they were so insignificant that they were like a pencil smudge. The enjambment also suggests the anti-climax of the danger
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