Explanation of the poem from Snowbound The main theme of Snowbound is that no-matter what happens‚ family will be there to help and comfort. This theme is demonstrated widely throughout the poem and even more so in the last stanza of this excerpt. Another‚ less prominent‚ theme of Snowbound is the meaning and involvement of God in the lives of people. The first stanza describes the moment before the storm. "A chill no coat‚ however stout‚ Of homespun stuff could quite shut out‚" This stanza
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The first expression that Shakespeare used in the poem is “summer days.” The writer tried to relate the beauty of the summer season with the beauty of his beloved friend. Though‚ he tried to emphasize on the fact that his friend is much more magnificent and charming than the summer season. The speaker used phrases like rough winds and the darling buds of May to describe the qualities of summer. He indicates that his friend’s qualities are much higher than the qualities of the summer day because the
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A rose symbolize a beauty. Beauty that comes with kindness‚ softness and also calmness. A rose is a very beautiful flower and also expensive. In this poem‚ it could symbolizes as opportunity or something that you really wish for. The first stanza talking about the abandoned‚ wrecked house. The house is dirty( line littered) Have none doors but the wind ever closes. It looks like the house is haunted‚ and frightening. But it also seem so mystery because it stands in old garden of old-fashioned
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new I come from haunts of coot and hern.- The brook starts from a place the coots (a kind of duck) & herns (commonly known as herons) spend most of their times. I make a sudden sally‚-The brook suddenly rushes down. And sparkle out among the fern‚-As the brook flows it sparkles because of sun rays‚ and it flows through a ground which mostly have grasses and flowerless plants (ferns). To bicker down a valley.-The brook flows down a valley making noisy sounds. By thirty hills I
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I CANNOT TELL A LIE Indian Father lines up his three sons. "One of you pushed outhouse over cliff‚ two nights ago. Which of you did it?" "Not me" "not me!" "Not me!!!" "Come on‚ I promise not to punish you. Who did it?" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Let me tell you story of great American hero‚ George Washington. When he was a boy‚ he chopped down a cherry tree. His father came to him and asked‚ ’George‚ did you chop down that cherry tree?’ ’I cannot tell a lie‚ father‚ I chopped
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Fish’ by Elizabeth Bishop is a free form poem where the poet does a spectacular job in describing what has occurred from the moment she catches a fish‚ to the time she releases it‚ after a chain of rather interesting events. At the beginning of the poem‚ Bishop creates an image of a helpless fish‚ which is held captive by the narrator in the poem. In doing so‚ she is able to guide the audience into feeling sorry for the fish and the situation described in the poem in general. She commences by describing
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Explain one of the principles of cognitive psychology and how it can be demonstrated… Define cognition - Refers to a process that is based on one’s mental representations of the world‚ such as images‚ words and concepts. People likewise have different experiences and therefore each individual will have different mental representations of the world. For example: what boys can do‚ girls cannot do this cognition will influence the way they act . State principle 1- Cognitive psychologists believe that
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The poems “L’Allegro” and “Il Penseroso” are greatly related because of the night-day qualities that Milton presents. “L’Allegro” represents more of a care-free life‚ whereas “Il Penseroso” represents more of a quiet‚ reserved life‚ such as the one Milton lived. At the beginning of each poem‚ each of them reflect on each other’s premise‚ then going on to their own qualities. Both of the poems seem like they could come from different people‚ staying very central and positive on their own thoughts
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thought" Alex Nelson’s Poetry Explanation on Wordsworth’s poem "I Wandered As Lonely As A Cloud" Imagine walking through a field in early summer‚ around an aqua blue lake that is in the shape of a giant egg. You discover a field of daffodils that is flowing in motion like a grand "dance" full of elegance. This area is full of sublime that can only be fully appreciated by a poet. William Wordsworth has been to this place and it was the subject of his poem "I Wandered As Lonely As A Cloud
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government. This poem shows the comfortable position of those people who are in charge and not necessarily see the cruelty and death of thousands of soldiers. The general does not care about them‚ he is not depressed as others‚ because he does not have to look at dying in the front lines men. Line 4 suggests his incompetence which causes that many soldiers have no chance to survive on the battlefield: decisions made by the general have nothing in common with the situation there. The whole poem criticizes
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