Children of Our Age by Wilawa Szymborska - 1986 We are children of our age‚ it’s a political age. All day long‚ all through the night all affairs--yours‚ ours‚ theirs-- are political affairs. Whether you like it or not‚ your genes have political past‚ your skin--a political cast‚ your eyes--a political slant. Whatever you say reverberates‚
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Szymborska IOC: Everyday‚ we take many norms for granted. We take certain things in life as standards and often encounter them without giving so much as a second thought. One of these things is the belief that the value of life of a human vastly outweighs that of an animal – or in the case of this poem‚ an insect. In ‘Seen from Above’‚ Szymborska underscores the ingrained interpretation of the pecking order of life‚ which we take for granted. What does this mean? We as humans do not stop and
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Could Have In the poem “Could Have” by Wislawa Szymborska‚ she constructs the poem in such a way that she is speaking not to one singular person‚ but everyone affected by the Holocaust. Szymborska writes‚ “You were saved because you were the first. You were saved because you were the last.” I believe this is her way of broadening the horizon of who she is talking to. From what we know about Szymborska and her past careers as a poetry editor‚ a columnist‚ and a translator we can see that right off
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First Love by Ivan Turgenev (An Analysis) "Self-sacrifice is sweet - for some people." Critical Approach: Reader-Response The novelette is entitled First Love. At first‚ I thought this is some kind of a light-sailing story about a first romance. But I guess I judged the title too early‚ and realized while reading that it was indeed a depiction of the agonies of an unrequited first love. Suspense. That’s what i felt while the story is still unfolding. Vladimir’s search for Zinaida’s
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Before I start telling you my story‚ I would like to tell you that I believe in love at first sight. It happened to me and I am sure it has happened to a lot of other people. One day‚ after finishing from work I went to catch the bus home as I usually did. I sat down and opposite me there was this incredible girl looking at me. Our eyes met and it was like our souls joined. We couldn’t stop looking at each other. I knew deep down inside that she was the one for me. After a while‚ I got the giggles
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MY FIRST LOVE Love is an intense feeling of affection towards someone that arises from a recognition of attractive qualities in that person. Love can increase so suddenly‚ spreading a feeling of warm and happiness giving you a glow through every inch of that person. In my own case it was a bitter sweet experience. It all started back home in Africa when my mum sent me to the grounder’s shop to ground pepper so she can cook dinner. Most people in Africa prefer going to
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First love‚ it can make or break you. It’s a love that will live in your heart‚ remain in your memory‚ and cherish forever. A person’s first love is powerful because it comes from innocence and naivety. They say nothing is impossible‚ but I believe forgetting your first love is impossible. It’s impossible to see that person with someone else and not wonder‚ what if? It’s something you can never forget; every time you see them‚ your stomach turns and your heart flutters. Whether you miss them or not
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Jamila Bowman RCCC Dr. Randall May 27‚ 2013 The cheerios ad above is the most basic and easily understandable advertisement regarding a product whose main message is it benefits your health. The ad is very simple so the use of rhetoric can be easily seen and observed for analysis. This advertisement is found on many cheerios cereal boxes and because of the message of lowering cholesterol we can conclude that the intended audience is an older person with high unhealthy cholesterol levels.
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Regardless of age‚ gender or class‚ everyone is grouped together as victims after a terrorist attack. There’s no way to predict what will happen or what causes people to do these horrible things‚ but making the most of every day is so important. In Wislawa Szymborska’s poem “The Terrorist‚ He Watches‚” diction‚ imagery as well as suspense are used to illustrate that life is amazing and beautiful but can be taken away in the blink of an eye. To begin‚ the individual words that were chosen for this poem
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My First Love The poem “First love”‚ by John Clare is a poem. The poem is about falling in love for the first time. In the poem he describes how he falls in love for the first time. In this case‚ we are going to analyze theme‚ structure and devices. The principal theme in the poem is the love. Love is a powerful feeling that affects everybody. It is an abstract noun. People will have different views on love. They might think love is a bad thing and a good thing. It all depends on your experience
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