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    from the flow of time‚ it is impossible. Therefore‚ the only thing that makes sense is to make the best decisions we can based upon past experiences‚ without undue worry about the future. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and Nothing Twice by Wislawa Szymborska reflect the nature of time and decisions. As we learn that the passage of time is unstoppable and unpredictable‚ we can only try to make the best decisions possible without undue worry about the consequences. Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken

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    Wislawa Syzmborska

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    Children of Our Age by Wilawa Szymborska - 1986 We are children of our age‚ it’s a political age. All day long‚ all through the night all affairs--yours‚ ours‚ theirs-- are political affairs. Whether you like it or not‚ your genes have political past‚ your skin--a political cast‚ your eyes--a political slant. Whatever you say reverberates‚

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    Szymborska Ioc

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    Szymborska IOC: Everyday‚ we take many norms for granted. We take certain things in life as standards and often encounter them without giving so much as a second thought. One of these things is the belief that the value of life of a human vastly outweighs that of an animal – or in the case of this poem‚ an insect. In ‘Seen from Above’‚ Szymborska underscores the ingrained interpretation of the pecking order of life‚ which we take for granted. What does this mean? We as humans do not stop and

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    Could Have In the poem “Could Have” by Wislawa Szymborska‚ she constructs the poem in such a way that she is speaking not to one singular person‚ but everyone affected by the Holocaust. Szymborska writes‚ “You were saved because you were the first. You were saved because you were the last.” I believe this is her way of broadening the horizon of who she is talking to. From what we know about Szymborska and her past careers as a poetry editor‚ a columnist‚ and a translator we can see that right off

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    Regardless of age‚ gender or class‚ everyone is grouped together as victims after a terrorist attack. There’s no way to predict what will happen or what causes people to do these horrible things‚ but making the most of every day is so important. In Wislawa Szymborska’s poem “The Terrorist‚ He Watches‚” diction‚ imagery as well as suspense are used to illustrate that life is amazing and beautiful but can be taken away in the blink of an eye. To begin‚ the individual words that were chosen for this poem

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    True Love

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    November‚ 2010 I Love You. True love. Many of us have our own interpretation on love‚ let alone true love. For some people love comes easy‚ but for others it can be the most complicated thing in the world. Seeing cute couples walking down the street and holding hands might make matters worse in fact you might even tend to get a little bit jealous‚ or discouraged‚ but remember its a normal feeling. In the poem‚ “True Love‚” by Wislawa Szymborska‚ love is depicted as a revolting and

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    In the poem‚ “No Title Required‚” Wistawa Szymborska uses narration to speak to her audience in a non-formal fashion to provoke thoughts about importance. The context of the piece itself is not simple‚ but the flow and wording are right to the point. The tone is peaceful in the beginning and grows more serious through the end. There are some examples of repetition to have certain lines stand out. Additionally‚ everything she observes and writes about in this piece is from her eyes. The poem starts

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    The Relationship Between Wislawa Szymborska’s “End and Beginning” and Modern War Table of contents I. Brief biography of Wislawa Szymborska II. The current clean-up efforts in Iraq III. How the clean-up acts in Iraq and “End and Beginning” are similar and different IV. What I believe inspired her to write “End and Beginning” V. Works cited Wislawa Szymborska was born in Kornik in Western Poland on 2 July 1923. Since 1931 she has been living in Krakow‚ where during 1945-1948 she studied

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    Explication: “True Love” by Wislawa Szymborska This paper is an essay is an analysis of Wislawa Szymborska’s poem “True Love.” When I first read the poem‚ I was struck by its sheer simplicity and passion at what Szymborska feels that it means for two people to be in love. However; upon further contemplation‚ I see how she uses the lovers to represent change in an otherwise boring and regimented world where all actions must be taken for the betterment and advancement of the state. “True Love” is

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    "Terrorist‚ He’s Watching" by Wislawa Szymborska explores the anticipation of a real life terrorist bombing. The poem is narrated from a third person omnipresent point of view‚ in a very matter-of-fact tone. The scene described shows various customers entering and exiting the bar in the minutes leading up to the bombs detonation. A few of them that are close to death get away‚ and one man even escapes and the re-enters the bar‚ seconds before it turns into a fiery explosion. The author’s purpose

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