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    The poem I wrote in general speaks on treating one another‚ how we would want to be treated. It is about working with one another‚ reaching out‚ being true in wanting to accommodate an individual rise above their challenges. To continue‚ it is a human connection and in the process growing the depth of individual character. The piece relates to the concept as within nursing‚ the day can get pretty hectic‚ however‚ maintaining compassionate care as the main focus of the job is essential. In order‚

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    The winter imagery poem I chose that I felt captures the essence of Canadian winters is called “An Ontario Poem”. This poem provides expressive words and vivid examples to provide the reality of Canadian winters. The first couple of stanzas explains just how vigorously the wind blows also showing the reality of just how cold it really gets. It portrays this by stating “...and the gentle breezes blow at seventy-five miles an hour at thirty-five below”. The following four lines discuss how we love

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    but wives know how to hide their suffering well‚ as she expresses in the poem: “A married state affords but little ease: / The best of husbands are so hard to please. / This in the wives’ careful faces you may spell‚ / Though they dissemble their misfortunes well” (1-4). This quote also shows how Philips uses iambic pentameter and rhyming couplets to make the poem more appealing to the reader. According to the poem‚ women are better off being single. As Philips writes: “Turn‚ turn apostate

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    Kairos: The poem’s setting begins as the narrator is sitting in his wheelchair in the dark. It says that he was wearing a “Legless‚ sewn short at elbow” (line 2) which allows the reader to see that he has lost his legs. Then the setting moves in to the past as his memories become of topic. In his memories he remembers how it was to dance with girls and have a good time. Then at the end of the second stanza we move back into the present as the narrator reminds us that now the girls want nothing to

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    In the poem “Love Poem With Toast”‚ Miller Williams uses imagery to illustrate the complex relationship between two characters. Starting off in the very first stanza‚ William writes a very bland line‚ “Some of what we do‚ we do to make things happen‚” making this line seem lifeless and distasteful. It’s later accompanied by the lines “the alarm to wake us up‚ the coffee to perc‚ the car to start.” This helps support the very first line in showing the reader that their lives are very routine-based

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    In “Strange Fruit” Abel Meeropol protests and raises awareness of the treatment of African Americans in South USA. The song describes the scene of lynching of Black American’s and their resemblance to a fruit hanging from a tree. We also studied the poem “took the children away” by Archie Roach which similarly portrayed a great understanding of the horrific treatment of black people. Roach sings about his personal story of the stolen generation in 1969. Two techniques that were used by both composers

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    Robert Frost Poem Analysis

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    What do the speakers of Frost’s poems reveal about themselves through the stories they tell? About Repeated items (theme‚ diction) Tone (through diction) Words (genre‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ imagery‚ etc.) Alliteration (sound created) Rhyme (end rhyme- group ideas‚ internal rhyme- strengthen idea + emphasizes‚ masculine rhyme- rhyming syllables are stressed and feminine rhyme- rhyming syllables are unstressed) Rhythm Structure Prosody- technical aspects of a poem i.e. rhyme scheme‚ rhythmic pattern

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    Sylvia Plath Poem Analysis

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    them cleverly throughout her poems. ‘Lady Lazarus’ and ‘Daddy’ explore her intimate struggles and how the abandonment and betrayal of masculine figures in her life shaped her views on life and death. Her carefully selected language is crucial in exhibiting her feelings about the oppression of herself as a woman and her demand of dominance over the men around her. The protagonist of ‘Lady Lazarus’ is an allegory of Sylvia Plath herself‚ the suicide attempts in the poem being a reflection of the poet’s

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    Through the use of personal pronouns in the final stanza such as ‘my neighbor‚ my land‚ we can’t face the newspapers‚’ Clarke is able to change the viewpoint and make the final line more direct and engaging. This allows the poem to become more personal towards us. The poem portrays many techniques to make us feel empathetic towards the innocent children associated and reveal the gratuitous violence depicted in the human

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    in the year 1954. She is a poet‚ documentary film-maker and an artist. Her family moved from Lahore to Glasgow when she was less than year old. Presently she divides her time between London and Mumbai. Her other works includes Purdah and other poems (1988)‚ Post Cards from God (1997)‚ I speak for devil (2001)‚ Terrorist at my table (2006)‚ Leaving foot prints (2009). Dharker is also a documentary film-maker and has scripted and directed over a hundred films and audio-visuals‚ centering on education

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