Alex Fradkin Dr. Osburg Trends in American Literature March 2‚ 2003 “Song of Myself” as an Epic Poem There are many concepts and characteristics that define an epic. However‚ some criteria are simply more important than others. This is why Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” can be considered as an epic poem due to its ability to meet the most important requirements of an epic. Although it does so through a very intricate method‚ “Song of Myself” contains both a hero and an antagonist‚ thus meeting
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Kira Swearingen Ms. Petronella English 1320 21 February 2015 Close Reading- Song of Myself by Walt Whitman In Walt Whitman’s poem‚ Song of Myself‚ I found different key pieces of Whitman’s diction and language to be more in depth and not so cut‚ black and white. This poem really makes you think by giving you different perspectives of life to wonder about through the use of his words. I have gotten the impression that Whitman really values himself and his beliefs of a good world and being alive in
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As Autumn approaches maple leaves start to lose their green color and then turn red‚ yellow and brown. In observing my first set of maple leaves I noticed a high concentration of black spots in the yellow areas of the maple leaves. This observation brought mine to the question of‚ Do the dark brown spots appear mostly in the yellow area compared to the red areas on the leaves? The first set of Red Maple leaves I observed black spots that seemed to appear in higher amounts on the yellow areas rather
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Dear Editor: I support Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party for president‚ on the issues of health care and paid leave. She has amazing ideas to create health care for everyone‚ and has plans to provide paid leave for a sick family member or a birth of a child. There are numerous reasons why Dr. Jill Stein’s health care plan will help Americans receive quality health insurance. As stated on Dr. Jill Stein’s official campaign website‚ creating a “single-payer public health program‚” and an improved
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The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993‚ or FMLA‚ as it is usually called is thought to be one of the most important pieces of legislation by President Clinton. Housed in the Wage and Hour Division’s section on the Department of Labor’s website‚ along with guidance about break time for nursing mothers‚ and special rules for returning reservists‚ FMLA is in good company with other policies composed to ensure one overall theme‚ that families are supported no matter the circumstance. Whether it is
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The United States was trying to force the Cherokee to leave their land‚ when they should not be forced to leave at all. They were given two options to either stay or leave‚ but they did not know what to do. People think the Cherokee need to leave because their land was blocking the path for them to expand‚ but they did risk death if they did leave. The Cherokee should stay and fight for their land because it was given to them from their forefathers as a gift. The Cherokee should be able to
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Guterson’s Use of Symbolism Lots of symbolism is used within the novel Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson. All the symbols are throughout this novel to help convey the storyline. Guterson constantly brings up the symbols to keep the story flowing as well as to develop several opinions and ideas about the different characters. The snowstorm‚ the cedar tree‚ the war are just three of the numerous symbols used in this novel. The snowstorm represents destruction‚ unpredictable events‚ along with
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Falling For It (The Theme of Deception in The Open Window) The story “The Open Window” was one that had many different interesting characteristics to it. Throughout the whole thing‚ there are surprises‚ as well as specific details that help the reader understand a little bit better what is going on. In the end of the story‚ it comes as a complete shock to the reader what happens‚ because the author set everyone up very carefully. There were many different techniques that he used in order to set
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by the researchers to determine and calculate the amount of tannins from the Otaheite Gooseberry leaves. The results are the following: Table 1 Result of the Extraction and Isolation of Tannins Weight of the sample 170.51 g Weight of evaporation dish 45.40 g Weight of the Evaporating dish + extract 73.75 g % yield weight of Tannins 16.63 % The isolated Tannins from Otaheite Gooseberry leaves obtained a percentage yield of 16.63%coming from the weight of the sample which is 170.51 g. 2
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