movement. The two poems that I have chose center on the civil rights movement during the 1960’s and how it affected people. I personally like reading about the 60’s because of how much the world changed during just a decade in time. There countless marches‚ protests‚ murders and beatings that happened during this time‚ but these poems symbolize what happened. The poems I chose tell the story of how the people felt when everything was going on during the 60’s. The first poem is‚ Emmett Till by
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In my poem The Nerdy Students‚ I used the writing techniques which are tone‚ imagery‚ irony and descriptive detail to help the reader understand the situation and the pilgrim. I used negative tone in the poem to show the hard struggle that the nerd students faces before taking the tests‚ In my poem I told‚ “They want to study for the wicked test‚\ so that the smart students can be the best.” (Patel‚ 7-8). I wanted to show that the nerd students studies a lot in order to get good grades. Nerd students
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human interaction with it; this type of poetry was known as Jue Ju poetry. (Heifer International) The main themes of the above poems written by Li Bai are connected with Taoism‚ since inspiration is drawn from the Taoist belief that man has an intuitive connection to nature. The relationship of man to nature is the central theme of Li Bai’s poems. In the first poem‚ “Dialogue in a Mountain‚” the persona represents a person who lives in seclusion from society. This is reflected in the first
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bones are found help us imagine the horror of the deaths. The poem refers to “their jaws‚ those that have them” and “their absent tongues” – reminds us their bodies have been destroyed by decay and gunfire. Poetic Devices: i. Assonance and alliteration create specific sounds throughout the poem. “a chit of bone‚ the china plate of a shoulder blade” sounds like the plough striking the soldiers skeletons. ii. The alliteration in the poem gives some phrases a more determined feeling. The earth “stands
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_________ Poets try to use a concentrated blend of sound and imagery to create an emotional response and to try to get us‚ the reader‚ to sense a particular thing. In this poem “Ozymandias” by Shelley Percy Bysshe‚ there are different types of sound devices. The poet uses alliteration multiple times throughout the poem. “Cold command” and “boundless and bare” are examples of alliteration because the beginning letter of each word is the same. Alliteration helps the poet to make their meaning
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Jason Sanchez September 14‚ 2015 Thesis Statement: Both parents in each poem foreshadowed their lives on their child to improve their children’s outtake on life. By doing so they’re being a good role model and showing their child great leadership. In the Poem‚ “Langston Hughs/Mother to Son(1926)‚ Langston Hughs composed the structure of "Mother to Son" as a discussion between a mother and her child. The mother starts by explaining to her child how hard her life has been ‚ by stating‚ "Life for
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call “the common dialogue of Americans.” He passed away October 14th‚ 1965. The speaker of this poem is going through an identity crisis. They are dull and don’t see themselves having a personality. They see women in beautiful saris in the beginning of the poem and revel in how exotic and interesting they are or appear to be. Simultaneously they are conscious of their own bland way of life
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war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Some of his best-known works — most of which were published posthumously — are "Dulce et Decorum Est"‚ "Insensibility"‚ "Anthem for Doomed Youth"‚ "Futility" and "Strange Meeting". Poem at a glance Anthem for Doomed Youth" is a well-known popular poem written by Wilfred Owen which incorporates the themes of the horror of war. It
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The second poem I revised also had a change to the title‚ but the change was minor. The formerly named “Dilemma at 12:30” is now “Dilemma at Noon”. The title was changed to simplify and clarify the time of day it refers to. For this poem‚ I decided to use tercets (and couplets‚ in a way) to give the poem a quirky meter which made it more fun and entertaining to read. The first two lines of every stanza were focused on external observations‚ and the last line of every stanza was an italicized‚ internal
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