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    Poetry Explication

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    Poetry Explication The Lamb and The Tyger When Reading William Blake’s poems form the song of innocence and song of experience readers get how both links to each other to create a greater meaning. The Lamb from the song of innocence shows the innocence of god in a person‚ while The Tyger shows the experience of a person. Paired together‚ William Blake’s poem The Lamb and The Tyger uses biblical symbolism and diction to illustrate the perspective of religion both good and bad. The titles of

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    order. Within most of stories‚ in Nothing Gold Can Stay‚ the law is often a form taken from the old testament or created on spot. The old farmer‚ in Where the Map Ends‚ told “From the looks of that scar‚ I’d notion you to be glad I’m doing it. I’d think

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    On the Sidewalk‚ Bleeding- Summarizer Alan Cheng 821 Introduction/Orientation: The story takes place on a rainy March day at 11:30 P.M . Andy‚ a 16 year old‚ cigarette smoker‚ and a member of the gang “The Royals” was stabbed ten minutes ago just below his ribs by a member of the rival gang‚ The Guardians. He is slowly bleeding to death on the sidewalk in a quiet alleyway somewhere in New York. As he is slowly dying‚ he just can not stop thinking about his girlfriend‚ Laura‚ whom

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    “I am Canadian” Explication In the free verse poem “I am Canadian”‚ Duke Redbird uses imagery‚ contrast and paradox to confront us with the vastness of Canada and its great diversity. And yet‚ emphasizes the main identity that binds these all – one of a Canadian. In the first segment of the poem‚ the speaker uses light contrast to show diversity with in line-regions. The speaker opens with this form of identity‚ saying “I’m a lobster fisherman in Newfoundland”. While we may not readily relate

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    On The Sidewalk Bleeding-monologue from Andy’s prospective All I feel is the excruciating pain entering my aching body. The irritation and agony makes me feel defenceless. I have a multitude of varied thoughts racing through my confused mind. As I am helplessly laying on the cold‚ wet concrete‚ with the rain drilling down on me‚ I am thinking if this is how I am going to die‚ my life over at the age of just 16. I can think back and faintly remember someone saying‚ “that’s for you royal!”

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    Boy Found Dead Covered In Blood on Sidewalk Just yesterday a boy at the age of sixteen was found dead on a sidewalk by the alley downtown. Witnesses tell investigators that his name was Andy. He had been stabbed to death. The knife had entered just below his rib cage and had been drawn violently across his body‚ opening the wound. Due to the immense amount of blood found at the crime scene‚ investigators state that the boy bled to death. Witnesses state that the victim was a member of a gang who

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    Poetry Explication

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    Poetry Explication 20 May 2012 Questions Entwined into “The Summer I Was Sixteen” Words often have meaning behind what is said‚ regardless of those particular words. Emotions can be extrapolated from statements. A close reading and analysis of the poem “The Summer I Was Sixteen’ reveals more to the reader than just what sits on the page. Whilst reading this poem‚ a feeling of unusual melancholy and normalcy arises from a point in time which should be a substantial amount more upbeat. During

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    Explication of Women

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    Amanda Damiano February 1‚ 2012 Explication of “Women” In "Women"‚ the speaker discusses a women’s purpose: objects in place for support and satisfaction of men. May Swenson conveys the traditional passivity of women through physical placement of words‚ concrete imagery‚ and submissive tone. The first notable characteristic of “Women” is the physical form of the poem itself. The shape of the poem strengthens the ideology of the message Swenson is trying to express. At first glance

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    Jean De La Fontaine once said “Beware- so long as you live of judging men by their outward appearance‚” and this idea is reinforced continually in the short story‚ “on the sidewalk bleeding” written by Evan hunter. The important idea was judgment and how we should not judge a book by it’s cover. I think this idea is worth learning about because too often in society we judge people without knowing them. The author wants to communicate that you should not prejudge somebody for their looks and consider

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    Sidewalk Bleeding Summary

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    The story is about a sixteen-year-old boy named Andy who is bleeding to death on the sidewalk after being stabbed below the ribs by a participant of a rival gang. The story takes place in the last minutes of Andy’s life. Andy‚ member of a gang called ’The Royals‚’ shown by the jacket he’s wearing‚in the front of the jacket over his heart it says Andy and at the back it reads ROYAL. He had has just suffered a severe knife wound from a member of a rival gang‚ The Guardians‚ after leaving his girlfriend

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