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    government makes each individual merely a number unless they do not conform to society’s norms. The monument of the "unknown citizen" is erected not to honor the memory of a man‚ but to show how he is the perfect example of a good citizen (Auden). In this poem‚ the citizen is just an average person who never stands out among the rest of the population. For example‚ "Yet he wasn’t a scab or odd in his views‚" (Auden 9) illustrates how he holds the same opinions as the majority. Scabs were workers who would

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    Carpe Diem Poem Analysis

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    Carpe diem poem Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16075 This poem is a Carpe Diem poem in realizing and reflecting on how precious life is. The poem makes a point to say that if you do not hold onto your dreams and keep them close at heart‚ life can become lonely and unfulfilling

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    The Other Wes Analysis

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    ways‚ created a difference in their lives. The author Wes had factors that affected his life‚ also the Other Wes. Wes had support from his strong mother and from the military. The other Wes didn’t quite have support from his mother and Tony‚ who wanted the best for Wes‚ telling him to stay in school and out of the drug game‚ but Tony was a bad influence to Wes. Due to both Wes’s path’s they took‚ led them to their destinies. The author Wes was growing up in a neighborhood that was a bad environment

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    Ballad of the Totems Poem Analysis In the book‚ ‘The Dawn is at Hand’‚ written by Oodgeroo Noonuccal‚ the first aboriginal to push for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights in Australia‚ had her book published in 1992. One of poems included in this book is the cultural Ballad‚ ‘Ballad of the Totems which communicates about family-concerning values of status and ones cultural differences and beliefs. By ultilizing these values‚ the poet is able to fabricate a domineering and tense mood within

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    Savannah Frederick Boehringer ENG 102 30 October 2014 Diving into the Wreck Called Life While poems laced with metaphors can be hard to understand‚ reading into them deeper can create an even more beautiful story to be told. Adrienne Rich had a deeper story to tell through her poem “Diving into the Wreck.” Her story was more than scuba diving; it was a story of life and self-discovery while she remained ominous and mysterious; Rich hid behind her metaphors. Upon first reading “Diving into the Wreck”

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    belonging) – White Ribbon Poem No one kept count of all the comings and goings— arrivals of newcomers in busloads from the station‚ sudden departures from adjoining blocks that left us wondering who would be coming next. Nationalities sought each other out instinctively— like a homing pigeon circling to get its bearings; years and name-places recognised by accents‚ partitioned off at night by memories of hunger and hate. For over two years we loved like birds of passage—

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    USE OF FOREGROUNDING IN THE POEM TITLED “GOING” The author of the poem “Going” had a specific message that he intended to set across to his readers. To do this‚ the author used a number of stylistic elements that include foregrounding‚ imagery‚ symbolism‚ diction‚ synthetic parallelism and structure among others. This essay intends to give a brief stylistic analysis of the poem and describe how these devices have affected the meaning of the poem. Basically the poem “Going” according to the essay

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    Sarah Kay Poem Analysis

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    was I to judge? Then one night I discovered a poem about hands‚ not how hands symbolize some greater meaning in life‚ just about hands. Hands and love. That night I learned to love poetry‚ learned to understand how it can convey feeling in ways the verbal descriptions can’t. That somehow you can learn all of life’s lessons from a

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    Literary Analysis “A man never cries” is a popular proverb told to children all around the world. In the two texts‚ Stop the Sun by Gary Paulsen‚ and “A Man Never Cries” by José Craveirinha‚ the issue of crying is addressed. In Stop the Sun‚ a young boy called Terry is introduced. Terry gets very embarrassed as his dad throws a tantrum. Then he realises why. “A Man Never Cries” expresses a childhood of bravery then it advances to the current in which he realises he can cry. Stop the Sun is an innovative

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    Lord Anthem Poem Analysis

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    A comparative analysis of two poems within the same poetic subgenre‚ showing how similar conventions may be used variously Thomas Hardy’s‚ ‘The Ruined Maid’ and ‘Lord Randal’ from the collection of Early modern ballads‚ both are ballads which use similar conventions. Although they are not poems that stick to the exact ballad traditions‚ they carry out many of the traits. Thomas Hardy was known to be musically inclined and his influence in ballad writing came from his various musical talents. In

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