“The Road Not Taken‚” by Robert Forest (1994). ‘The Road Not Taken’ is more than a poem about someone trying to decide which road he’s going to take on a stroll to the woods. Its’s actually a poem about the journey of life. “Two roads diverged in a yellow road‚” (p.1919) symbolize a person’s life. The narrator’s choice about which road to take represents the different decisions we sometimes have to make and how those decisions will affect the future. For example‚ choosing between two equally desire
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It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay. Some people believe that it is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. However‚ other people think that a big city gives more opportunities and it is good for the long run. Personally‚ for several reasons I think that it is better for children’s health to grow up in the country. First of all‚ it is very
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Summary: The book starts off in a very mellow with of introducing its main character‚ Camara Laye. Laye is challenged right off the bat with a very superstitious background and environment. The black snake is introduced early on in the book. The black snake represents the future and leadership for one of the “chosen” ones. The future maybe told through this black snake. It is through the snake and the conversation where Laye is told that his father is scared that Layes education will cause Laye
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depression and isolation affects peoples’ lives and relationship negatively. The story is told in omniscient third person‚ as we know the thoughts of the characters and the conflict. The conflict took different ways‚ for example‚ between and Paul for she doesn’t want to stay‚ and he doesn’t want to leave the farm and his wife’s ideas and the weather which against him to grow the crops. Paul also have some kind of man vs. himself conflict as he feels guilty about his wife and his bagboy. The suspense
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crimes in a local church. A poem was written by Dudley Randall about a true story that happened in Birmingham‚ Alabama in 1963. A group of white supremacists bombed a church that belonged to Martin Luther King Jr. What they did not know was that there were four little girls playing in there at the time. The church should be a safe‚ quiet place one can pray to God‚ but these incidents indicate that violence is creeping into the most innocent of
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Girls Can We Educate We Dads? Diction. “Girls can we educate we dads” is a poem written by James Berry‚ a Jamaican poet in the 1900’s which speaks about a girl who criticizes her dad’s stereotypical views about girls’ behavior and thoughts. The main message or theme that the author is trying to send to the reader is that involving stereotyping‚ generalization‚ and sexism and how these thoughts are present in many men all around the world yet are not true. This poem consists of many factors
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“Those Winter Sundays” & “Paper Matches” “Those Winter Sundays” and “Paper Matches” are poems that came together to form the same qualities. However the two individual poems expresses it‚ in its own contrasting ways. Both “Those Winter Sundays” and “Paper Matches” intertwine metaphors into its work and the aspect of the under-appreciation of one party toward another. The poem “Those Winter Sundays” is of a grown adult looking back into his childhood. He remembers an event that led him to realize
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brings out the horrifying and gratuitous violence in humanity. For centuries we have been fighting against our own kind and for what purpose? War. What is it good for? ‘Absolutely nothing’ according to soul singer Edwin Starr. Even today‚ turn on the TV any day of the week and we will be confronted by horrifying images straight out of a horror movie. Severed heads being carried by children. Innocent people slaughtered. How can we combat this all persuasive violence that seems to be part of our human race
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The poem that I reviewed this week is called‚ “The Death Spread” by Tyler Brewington and I found it on versedaily.org on 5/09/16. In summary‚ this poem is about death and the uncomfortable yet beautiful images it can invoke. While reading this poem I had to reread several lines over and over again simply because I liked them so much. A few lines that stood out to me were‚ “The skeleton of a calf’s been wrapped around a pipe”‚ “A yolk slides down the drain”‚ and “You drive into the Wyoming part
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creates when we encounter a problem? Would an example of fear be that I am afraid my essay is going to be exactly like everybody else’s? “Fear is the brain’s way of saying that there is something for you to overcome.(Rachel Huber)” I believe in this quote Ms.Huber is trying to explain that when we encounter a problem we become so worried that we are not going to do well at the task at hand that we begin to fear the obstacle. Though at times we may let our fears prevent us from making choices we shouldn’t
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