The two poems “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford and “Keep the Headlights On” by Conor Shenk both touch upon the idea that saving one life may lead to other deaths. Both poems are talking about a dead pregnant deer with her fawn still alive inside of her and how some people would handle that situation. Both authors do a good job in making the audience feel an almost sympathy for the unborn fawn. “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford talks about saving the lives of humans
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Discuss how effective the two poems are in showing a sense of cultural understanding and/or assimilation. Personally‚ I find Assimilation by Eugene Gloria is more effective than Returning in depicting cultural understanding as a state of recognising and appreciating the culture. In the former‚ the poet focuses on the presence of the “scattered rice beneath the red-painted bench”. Although those rice grains are left-overs from his previous meal‚ the poet still attachs some significance to them‚
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Young‚ unemployed black men murder one another at nine times the rate of white youths. In the book If I Grow Up written by Todd Strasser is about DeShawn a young boy who has grown up in the Projects with his grandma and sister. DeShawn dream was to get out of the projects and live a normal person life outside of the projects but‚ things started to fall apart when his family ran out of money due to the point of the Welfare check not being able to support his sisters twins‚ him‚ and his grandma. So
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Chosen by Asker The poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson is about the tragic death of a wealthy idolized man. Robinson uses the irony of a man that seems to have the perfect life‚ to show us the reality that all is not what it seems. It is not the actual suicide that is the subject of the poem‚ but the idea that outward appearances may not always reflect what is going on inside‚ and that money may buy fame and admiration but not true happiness. Through the poem‚ it never hints or shows
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Name Professor Course Date The Vanishing Memory of My father The poem‚” Eating Alone” by Li- Young Lee is richly crafted in imagery that is used effectively to develop the theme of loneliness and memory. Lee utilized a myriad of literary devices in communicating his message such as imagery‚ flashbacks‚ and sarcasms. The interpretation of this poem is essential in unravelling the meanings of different literary devices that Lee employed in this text to develop his theme of memory and loneliness.
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Brooklyn Cop‚ by Norman MacCaig is a poem about an American policeman and the daily dangers he faces. The cop appears to be a savage yet we are later made aware of his underlying vulnerability. New York’s reputation of violence and crime leads to our awareness of the cop’s fear of not returning home to his wife. ... We are first made aware of the cop’s intimidating appearance in the first line‚ of the first stanza when MacCaig uses the simile "built like gorilla." This gives us a very negative and
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POEM ANALYSIS In the poem “Monologue for an Onion” by Suji Kwock Kim‚ the onion metaphor is the centerpiece of the poem. The onion represents the poet‚ and the person she addresses (the reader assumes) is her lover. The onion metaphor is used to convey the message to this anonymous lover that she is by nature heartless and that he should stop trying to unearth a hidden core. The author is trying to dissuade her lover from further fruitless digging which only seems to cause him distress. The speaker
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Angela Viola ENG 102 M/W 3- 4:15 Professor Mirelese A Shot in the Dark Immunization has been deemed the most important public health intervention in history‚ after safe drinking water. It has saved millions of lives over the years and prevented hundreds of millions of cases of disease. There are many legitimate concerns about vaccines safety from parents. Questions arise if vaccines should be state mandated without the choice from parents. Ethically speaking‚ parents need to be aware on
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Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ "Medallion" is about a snake she finds dead‚ and the details of its body that she notices. Written in 1959‚ its form was strictly "controlled." Plath uses imagery‚ literary devices‚ and sensory details‚ especially colors. First‚ we "see" the image of a snake‚ bronze‚ lying in the sun near a gate with a "star and moon" design. By the gate with star and moon Worked into the peeled orange wood The bronze snake lay in the sun Next‚ Plath uses a metaphor
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The Erkling‚ a creature that is commonly found in the Black Forest in Germany‚ rated by the Ministry of Magic as a XXXX creature‚ can grow up to around three feet tall. They have a very pointed face‚ typically with a very long nose‚ used to shoot darts at the victims that it comes across‚ and a bunch of spines covering its arms‚ big yellow eyes‚ sharp teeth and skin in a brown and green shade. One can usually discover one of these grossly creatures by hearing the high-pitched cackling that it uses
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