The tone of each poem differed amongst each other. “To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time” has a pessimistic tone. The speaker is giving advice to all young women‚ but he also conveys his opinion about a declining quality of life; “But being spent‚ the worse‚ and worst/ Times still succeed the former.” He states that as time passes‚ life becomes worse than it was before. The images of the poem also help to create this tone‚ such as the image of the dying flower‚ on lines 3 and
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Religion is an important part of my family because no matter what we are going through‚ having a strong religious background keeps us going even through the tough issues. My family was brought up in a Methodist church and we attending church every Sunday‚ and we prayed daily. As a young child‚ being a Christian was instilled in me also as I got into adulthood. My grandmother and aunt could read the Bible front to back‚ and back to front. I asked my aunt about reading the Bible and she stated
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Those Winter Sundays and The Papa’s Waltz With the two poems Those Winter Sundays and The Papa’s Waltz‚ they focus on the details about the fathers and their life‚ the fathers and their families‚ and the characteristics about them. With the details in the poems‚ it places a setting and helps the reader understand the differences in the poems to describe the fathers and families that make the reader about to pull differences to realize the important factors in the poems. These two poems have memories
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Describe (not just define!) the functional unit called a motor unit. Explain the relationship between motor unit size in finely vs. coarsely controlled muscles. Explain how motor units act to establish muscle tone. What are the functions of muscle tone? Motor Unit- One motor neuron and all the muscles it innervates. Each muscle will respond to one motor nerve which contains axons that can have up to 100’s of neurons that branch into terminals that form NMJ with ONE fiber. When a motor neuron sends
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Tone Assignment Peter Sigouin Ka-Ching! Margaret Atwood ENG4U In Margaret Atwood’s Ka-Ching!‚ the dominant tone of the passage is nostalgic and contemplative. When Atwood describes her first job‚ working for a small hotel coffee shop‚ she refers to it as being a clean‚ well-lighted‚ with booths‚ counters and waitresses. She is looking back on what seemed to be a poor experience. The basis of the Machiavellian characteristics was to do whatever it took to gain
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The title of the poem ‘Whatif’ refers to the fears and paranoia questions we have at night‚ as we are more vulnerable. The poet combines the words ‘what’ and ‘if’ in a childlike manner. The main theme of the poem is ‘fears of a child’. In almost every line the poet adds a new fear. He mentions numerous childish fears like the feel of failing at school‚ being bullied‚ growing green chest hair and teeth not growing straight. He also mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear
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Matthew Arnold’s use of diction and imagery reveal the overall pessimistic tone of the poem. The use of diction brings the reader toward two separate tones‚ yet they uniquely contribute to general feeling of pessimism that Matthew Arnold portrays. In the first stanza‚ the "calm" sea brings a feeling of peacefulness. Since it is not turbulent‚ but rather serene and still‚ the calmness of the sea evokes feelings of harmony. This tone is set to show the value and possibilities of a peaceful life‚ portrayed
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first‚ start to listen to him with excitement. The bachelor seemed to know what story the children will like and what type of tone and language the story had to be told to get the children’s attention. In the first part of the story‚ the author presents a scene in which 3 children‚ their aunt and a bachelor were traveling all in the same carriage on a train. The children don’t seem to want to listen to their aunt and do what they please to do. The aunt tries to tell the children not to do things but
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areas and in this essay‚ I will tell about how and why the matter to me. JROTC matters in my home due to how it affects my family and my behavior at home. JROTC affects my family and my behavior positively. It affects my family positively because‚ as said in that class‚ JROTC teaches me discipline and respect for my family members. I show them that I am a good citizen. By me abiding by those rules‚ JROTC affects my behavior in a positive way because I become motivated to become a better citizen because
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One of my most accomplished failures was AP Government in my sophomore year of high school. AP Government was my first AP course‚ and it is incredibly important to me because it helped me learn and realize my future career goals. Many would say that receiving a C grade is not failing‚ but to me it was. I was devastated after receiving my grade‚ which lead me to question whether or not I was advanced enough to take the class. I was unsure of what career I wanted to pursue in the future‚ but I knew
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