After looking at the title of the poem “Ex-Basketball Player‚” I assume it is about a former basketball player and his life now. After I read the poem‚ I find out that John Updike‚ the author‚ starts the first paragraph by describing a town. He tells about the trolley tracks and some of the stores‚ including a plaza and a garage. Then‚ the author goes on to introduce a character in the poem‚ Flick Webb‚ who helps in the garage in town. In the second paragraph‚ the author explains that Webb used to
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In the poem “Marching Through a Novel” by John Updike‚ the novelists conveys the submissive nature of his characters in the trusting relationship they have with the novelist. Through the metaphor of war‚ the soldiers -characters- show obedience towards their general -the novelist. The general starts of by illustrating the characters with “misty faces” which gives the reader the impression that they cannot be seen clearly. This could be literal seeing as the novelist goes on to talk about landscape
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Centre Number Student Number CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES 2009 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION English (Advanced) Paper 2 - Modules Morning Session Tuesday‚ 11 August 2009 Total marks - 60 Pages 2-4 General Instructions • Reading time - 5 minutes • Working time - 2 hours • • Write using blue or black pen Write your Centre Number and Student Number at the top of this page Attempt ONE question from Questions 3-7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Poet: W.B. Yeats Topic: Nature Theme: The main theme of this poem is the poets longing to return to the beautiful isle of Innisfree and to live in harmony with nature. Subject Matter: At the time‚ Yeats was living in London. He was tired of the hustle and bustle of city life and longed to return to Sligo where he could live close to nature. In the opening line of the poem he sets out his intention to return. He envisages clearing some tress and building a hut
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The Second Coming In The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats‚ obedience is required for a society to function. If there were no structure or order in the world‚ nothing would exist and the foundation of society will collapse. If society is nonexistence‚ people will act only in their self-interest and without rules or regulations there will be chaos. In the first stanza‚ the poem describes the falcon as mankind and how mankind has move so far away from its roots and it can no longer call out
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First Son” Ben Jonson III. Narrative Poetry “Sir Patrick Spence” Anonymous An excerpt from the Odyssey by Homer‚ as translated by Robert Fritzgerald* “The Raven” Edgar Allan Poe IV. Lyric Poetry “He Wishes for Cloths of Heaven” William Butler Yeats “Pied Beauty” Gerard Manley Hopkins “For the Spartan Dead at Plataia” Simonides; and “This Dust was Once the Man” Walt Whitman “Ode on a Grecian Urn” John Keats “One day I wrote her name upon the strand” Edmund Spenser V. How is a Poem
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Take a Chance The poem‚ The Young Man’s Song by William Butler Yeats creates an encouraging tone to convince people in taking a chance with love. The poem creates a symbolic meaning of taking a chance when the poem says‚ “Wherefore I threw a penny to find if I might love.” This line describes that people need to take a chance at love otherwise they may not get another chance. You have to throw the penny in order to take a chance. “Go and love‚ go and love young man‚ If the lady be young and fair
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A Living Story The saying “beauty is only skin deep” is used by the same readers who judge novels based on their covers. An unfamiliar book is meant to be read‚ reread‚ dog-eared‚ and annotated until its true beauty is unlocked. Much of that beauty is hidden between the lines in various symbols relatable to the reader. Only after experiencing and understanding modern symbolism can one fully appreciate the story in question. The epic Beowulf for example was simply an ancient poem until one scholar
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Wings of Fire From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2008) WINGS OF FIRE Wings of Fire by A P J Abdul Kalam Book Cover.jpg Book cover for A P J Abdul Kalam’s Wings of Fire. Author A P J Abdul Kalam with arun tiwari Cover artist Photograph courtesy: The Week Subject India journey to self-reliance in technology
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Yeats • Critical Study → Your personal response‚ how you respond to the poem‚ through the form‚ the language‚ the imagery etc. What values you think are portrayed through poems You need to know at least 2 – 3 poems How you find meaning in the text What is significant and why? Why are the poems universal/timeless/enduring Why universal concepts are represented effectively →fsd‚ For me personally a text that has had a profound effect upon my understanding of the global village is the film
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