1) In stanza one‚ Maya says three things about the mastodons and the dinosaurs. The first thing she talks about was the mastodons being long departed. By saying this she is implying that they are extinct. The second thing she states was that the dinosaurs left behind dry tokens of their sojourn. By this she means that the creatures before us‚ the dinosaurs and mastodons left us very little information about their journey through life on earth. The last thing she says about them was that they were
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9. So the problem will then look like this‚ x^2-8x=9. Now you must take 8 divide it by two which gives you 4. Now square 4 which gives you 16. Now you must add 16 to both sides and get the equation‚ x^2-8x+16 =25. Now you must factor which comes out to be (x-4)^2=25. When you take the square root of all of that you end up with‚ x-4=+/-5. Which then gives you these two equations‚ x-4=5 and x-4=-5. Once you solve those two equations for x you get the answers of‚ x=9 and x=-1.
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Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Bells” was first published. Poe was famous for his short stories and poems‚ which were typically read in darker tones. He was consistently losing family to illness and time‚ and was‚ as a result‚ a very morbid and depressed man. The inspiration for “The Bells” is thought to be from the ringing Poe heard every day coming from the Fordham University bell tower‚ since he resided in the same area as the university and would often visit the campus. This poem Poe uses the bells
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How to Read a Poem Written by Edward Hirsch Contributor Page Year 2007 Reading poetry well is part attitude and part technique. Curiosity is a useful attitude‚ especially when it’s free of preconceived ideas about what poetry is or should be. Effective technique directs your curiosity into asking questions‚ drawing you into a conversation with the poem. Since the form of a poem is part of its meaning (for example‚ features such as repetition and rhyme may amplify or extend the meaning of a word
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end of a line if there is no period‚ comma‚ colon‚ semicolon‚ or dash c. If the poem is difficult to understand‚ look for the subject‚ verb‚ and complement of each sentence III. Vocabulary Terms a. Catalog Poem a.i. The repetition of items in the list creates a rolling rhythm when the poem is read aloud b. Repetition b.i. Refers to sounds‚ words‚ phrases‚ or lines that are states or used more than once in a poem c. Alliteration c.i. Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
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William B Yeats (1865-1939) From The Wind Among the Reeds (1899) Men improve with the Years I am worn out with dreams; A weather-worn‚ marble triton Among the streams; And all day long I look Upon this lady’s beauty As though I had found in book A pictured beauty‚ Pleased to have filled the eyes Or the discerning ears‚ Delighted to be but wise‚ For men improve with the years; And yet and yet Is this my dream‚ or the truth? O would that we had met When I had my burning youth; But
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KUENSEL THAT THE PEOPLE SHALL BE INFORMED • T H U R S D AY M A R C H 1 4 ‚ 2 0 1 3 • N u 1 0 DPT supporters’ petition to CJ Dechen Tshering INBRIEF » Freeze on open competition The royal service commission has directed ministries‚ constitutional offices‚ autonomous agencies and dzongkhags to freeze all inservice recruitments through open competition until the 2013 elections are over. This is to ensure that civil servants on election duty are not in anyway disadvantaged from not being
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characteristics as they are both based on Caribbean folklore. “Le Loupgarou” means werewolf or lagahoo. Fittingly‚ Derek Walcott’s poem tells a tale of a man named Le Brun. He sold his soul to the devil and so he changes into a werewolf at night. He is ostracized by the village and lives all alone in a small old house. Similarly‚ “Ol’ Higue by Mark Mcwatt is a poem about what Caribbean people would call a soucouyant which is in essence‚ a female vampire that takes off her old skin at night and turns
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The message of the poem‚ “Sadie and Maud”‚ is that the success and happiness is not determined by a structured path‚ but the one we create. In the poem it says “Maud went to college/Sadie stayed home/Sadie scraped life/With a fine-tooth comb/She didn’t leave a tangle in” (Lines 1-4). This is saying that Maud went to college and Sadie did not go to college. It is also significant because it compares Sadie with a fine-tooth comb because fine-tooth combs take everything in and does not leave a tangles
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Nineteenth century poet‚ Emily Dickinson ponders in poem 579 of the initial reaction towards something new and how obtaining wealth for the first time means she has to give up something in return. However‚ she would not be able to use her newfound wealth because of her inability to handle it. Poem 579 explains what happens when a person discovers something completely new and how the narrator handles new experiences. Going through a new experience is what happens to the poet’s diminishing eyesight
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