Explode a Poem!! Explode a Poem!! 1. Explode a Poem * 2. WHAT: is the poem about? WHO: is speaking in this poem? HOW: does the poem get its message across? WHY: do you think the poet wrote this poem? WHAT: is YOUR response to the poem? * 3. WHAT: is the poem about? Try and sum up the main idea of the poem in one or two sentences. * 4. WHO: is speaking in this poem? is the poet speaking in the poem? Is it someone else‚ real or imagined? Is the poet speaking to you? Are they
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The author who brought you The Kite Runner brings us a second action-packed novel called A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini‚ the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ wrote this story to let us readers experience the discourteous and rancorous effects that happened in Afghanistan during the mid-20th century to the early 21st century. This story reveals how the Afghanistan population survived and suffered because of their rambunctious laws and men. In the following review of Khaled Hosseini’s
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How to Write a Poem Analysis No matter how long or complicated the poem‚ the first steps are the same: 1. Read the poem on your own looking for general understanding. 2. Read it again to do the same thing. This time‚ start jotting down ideas. 3. Read it aloud (you will more easily hear meter‚ rhythm‚ rhyme‚ and the meaning may become more clear). 4. Go through the poem‚ line by line‚ and make notes all over it. This should help lead you to conclusions about the poem’s: a. Theme(s) and Tone. b.
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Wright’s "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry‚ Ohio" The poem’s title seems to depict a harvest scene with foliage falling from the trees‚ the end of summer‚ preparation for winter‚ Autumn Begins. But this seasonal change in nature’s life cycle occurs metaphorically in Martins Ferry‚ Ohio‚ Wright’s hometown‚ which already gives an introduction in itself to the changes‚ which occur there. The feelings and emotions which affected him. He was born In Martins Ferry‚ Ohio on December 13‚ 1927. His father
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Although E. E. Cummings’ poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” emphasizes themes of independence‚ defiance‚ and love; and Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” emphasizes themes of making choices and feeling regret; it is apparent that by analyzing the poems side by side that they both highlight the concept of being forced to choose one side or the other and the difference between the right choice and the common choice. No two poems can be exactly similar to another; so despite having many
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Mariam’s street‚ a girl who is 15 years old called Laila is taken I by Rasheed‚ she is looked after by Mariam and Rasheed. When Laila discovers she is pregnant‚ she agrees to marry Rasheed who is milling to have a child with her. I found it cruel how Rasheed had gone abusive
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Many characters in A Thousand Splendid Suns have troubled pasts that affect their decisions and the way they interact with others. However‚ the two characters that are affected the most by their pasts are‚ Laila and Mariam. Their past decisions mostly affect their lives negatively. Mariam’s past experiences as a “harami” does not prepare her for her future. Laila’s loss of Tariq causes her to lose hope in her children and act negatively toward Rasheed. Mariam’s mother‚ Nana‚ had a
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inform you about the value of studying a new area of study; discovery for you year elevens. Discoveries can be unexpected and can be confronting but these can lead to rediscovering things that were once forgotten or something through relationships or even new understandings and renewed perceptions. Robert Gray an Australian poet attempts to explore these concepts in two of his poems ”Late Ferry” and “The North Coast” and a related text “The Relative Advantages of
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Charlene Wu Mrs. Zachik World Literature November 8‚ 2014 A Thousand Splendid Suns By Khaled Hosseini‚ Riverhead Books‚ May 22 2007 Laila‚ from Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ is a product of her environment. She’s shaped by warfare‚ by her family and by her education. Laila was born in the city of Kabul‚ Afghanistan. In the course of time Kabul came under siege and became a war-torn city. “It wasn’t so much the whistling [of the shells] being fired itself‚ Laila thought
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affects everyone involved in it. It causes women to become less than the working class and kids and teenagers to become the face of eating disorders and suicide. But the men continue to be glorified like they are the most valuable gender. In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini‚ Mariam is the minimized wife of Rasheed; an abusive man who sees Mariam as nothing but a possession. With Mariam being in a society where women can’t be without a man in public or else they will die‚ she will act like the
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