The Note on the Fridge We all know that sometimes it is the simple things that make more of a difference. William Carlos Williams set a prime example in his free verse poem: “This Is Just to Say”. Written in 1934‚ this simple and apologetic note was more than likely left for his wife before leaving for work. While being upset at the fact her husband ate her morning meal‚ I am sure she could not help but smile after reading his slightly amusing 28-word poem. In the first stanza‚ Williams’ states
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the feelings one may have toward loss. The speaker begins with a declaration that “the art of losing isn’t hard to master” (1)‚ and repeats it several more times throughout the poem. She speaks in a casual and easy to understand tone‚ despite its perplexing verse form (known as the villanelle). The speaker starts with the loss of ordinary‚ everyday things and gradually moves to the bigger things‚ such as the loss of her significant other. While the speaker claims that losing is something she has long
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Listening effectively is one’s ability to fully understand and interpret messages sent by the speaker. In Mark and Kate’s situation‚ there are listening barriers that prevent and make it difficult for them to fully understand one another. In Kate and Mark’s situation‚ and many other people’s situation‚ psychological barriers are the most common. Emotions became a distraction to listen what the speaker has to say. Just when Mark is calling her attention about doing the job right‚ Kate already started
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need to have a background in the field of psychology nor experience; (ii) helpers know how to place themselves in the speaker’s place by utilizing good empathy and active listening skills thereby creating a warm‚ comfortable‚ and safe place for the speaker; (iii) and that the Model is person centered‚ that a person is capable of solving their own problems successfully. My level of understanding and comprehension of the Model itself is still in the acquiring stage of learning. The actual successful application
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The Town Where I Lived By A. J. Gil Oh‚ the town where I lived –Now that is a town. A river runs through it‚ now sparkling‚ now brown. There the rain falls in torrents and low bend the trees. And puddles delight us‚ the ducks‚ and the geese. And the summer sun blazes‚ hot and around‚ ‘till the haze shimmers above the ground‚ Then night her portals fast unbars‚ Releasing a zillion starting stars. Now my heart aches all day for my town far away Where life is sweet and tidy and neat
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Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 19” Time is shown deteriorating the strongest beings in nature indicating how powerful a force it can be; however‚ the speaker forbids Time to touch his lover which proves even though Time does not obey his love cannot be conquered by the effects of Time. In “Sonnet 19” the speaker commands Time to leave his love “untainted.” The speaker urges “Him in thy course untainted do allow/ for beauty’s pattern to succeeding men” (Shakespeare 11-12) proclaiming his wishes for any physical
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Robert Frost’s "THE ROAD NOT TAKEN" talks about the everyday choices that one makes while traveling down the road of life. In the first stanza the speaker introduces the poem by saying "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"This is interesting because it is suggests that there are two "actual" roads‚ as opposed to figurative roads. Then the speaker goes on to say "And sorry I could not travel both"This is one of the most powerful lines in the poem; because no matter whom the reader is they will relate
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PUBLIC SPEAKING I. ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING A. THE SPEAKER The main element of public speaking He is seen as a person full of ideas‚ knowledge‚ and principles in life that in one way or another can inspire them in the challenges of life. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EFFECTIVE SPEAKER 1. GOOD VOICE QUALITY Good voice quality/variety is a good tool to captivate audience’s attention especially when doing a narration. 2. KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER The more and broader you know about the subject
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did the speaker say this to the person spoken to ? Ans . A milk tooth is any of the first set of teeth in young children that drop out and are replaced by others . so a ‘milk-toothed coward’ is a coward who has not yet matured . Swaminathan was afraid of policemen and warned Mani against killing Rajam ‚ whose father was the police superintendent .Swaminathan’s fear displeased Mani and so he called Swaminathan a ‘milk-toothed coward’. 5 . ‘That is all I can say.’What did the speaker try to
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blackboard in the picture of the actual father is transformed symbolically into the "man in black with a Meinkampf look." The connecting link‚ of course‚ between each of these associations is the word "black‚" which also relates to the shoe in which the speaker has lived and the swastika "So black no sky could squeak through." Thus the specific and personal recollections ignite powerful associations with culturally significant symbols. The fact that the girl is herself "a bit of a Jew" and a bit of a German
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