I think that the first section of the book is very well written‚ and you really do get the sense that the author knew what was happening on the wide-scale. In some books‚ the author can only focus on 1 small element‚ whereas the introduction to this gives a broad sweeping overview of so many different things - many of which made it into the movie; the new Air-Cavalry concept‚ the emphasis placed on small-unit and larger-unit training exercises‚ the command structure being shifted to allow for the
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POEM: "ORCHIDS" POET: HAZEL SIMMONS-McDONALD (St. Lucian-born) FACTS: Ø Orchids are currently believed to be the largest family of flowering plants. Ø The number of orchid species equals more than twice the number of bird species‚ and about four times the number of mammal species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. Ø All orchids are perennial (persistent) herbs and lack any permanent woody structure. The leaves of most orchids are perennial‚ that is‚ they live for several
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damp wood upon the fire‚ That kettles cannot boil; His are the feet that bring in mud‚ And all the carpets soiled. The papers always are mislaid‚ Who had them last but he? There’s no one tosses them about But Mr. Nobody. The finger marked upon the door By none of us are made; We never leave the blind unclosed‚ To let the curtains fade. The ink we never spill; the boots That lying round you. See Are not our boots they all belong To Mr. Nobody. SYNOPSIS: The poem is about
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3/21/2013 The Aeneid was a poem written By Virgil (70-19 B.C.E) . “ The poem was meant to be a national epic for Augustan Rome‚ and it would become a profoundly influential text in the western cultured literary tradition.” (P.927) The story was written right after the fall of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Augustan Rule. The story of Aeneid is an homage of that times political violence. The political climate was changing and the readers at the time had to embrace the new or lament
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iambic pentameter; although‚ there are a few strong first syllables in the poem and some lines have eleven syllables instead of just ten. None of the lines flow into the next one. All of them have a distinct stopping place except that of line 9 (as far as punctuation goes.) There are three quatrains in the poem‚ the third one changes the tone of the poem‚ that are followed up by a rhymed couplet that ends the poem. The poem also has a typical rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Sonnet 18 is considered
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The Poems analysed are: The City Planners‚ Margaret Atwood and The Planners‚ Boey Kim Cheng. These are taken from the IGCSE Cambridge Poetry Anthology‚ but may be interesting for unseen poetry too. Question Set How do these poets use language and structure to get across their theme? I wrote this in about half an hour. Both poems are very similar‚ and have the same topic - City Planning - as shown in their titles. Structurally‚ they are different though‚ and the tone differs in places. I’ve
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Hard work pays off eventually. We all have different struggles‚ but if you work hard it pays off. The short story "upon the water" by: Joanne Greenberg and poem "Debts" by: Karen Hesse shows readers that everyone needs help sometimes. Both authors develop the theme of hard work pays off. Hard work pays off eventually. In the short story Upon the water the main character Cephas has hard ship. So he goes to the welfare center to get some food‚ because he couldn’t afford to himself. He planned
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Name: Sajid Aziz‚ Roll no: AU515926 MA TEFL‚ Course Code: 5666 Assignment no: 2‚ Spring‚ 2013 Research Project A Stylistic Analysis of the Poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” By: William Carlos Williams The Red Wheelbarrow So much depends Upon A red wheel Barrow Glazed with rain Water Beside the white Chickens Introduction Oppose practicing the learned rhetoric in poetry writing‚ Williams finds his subjects in such homely items as wheelbarrows. He believes that
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Hawthorn shows sins of several different kinds in numerous people‚ as well as the consequences and remedies of their sins. Three main characters; Hester Prynne‚ Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth bare the most of these sins. Arthur Dimmesdale‚ however‚ bares the most brutal effects of such sin. This is due to several reasons. <br> <br>The most observable reason for his eventual breakdown is the fact that he keeps his sin a secret. Arthur Dimmesdale’s sin was the same as Hester’s
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distinguished from free time‚ that is‚ time left free not only from regular employment but also from overtime and from time spent in travel to and from the work place. Free time includes leisure‚ as well as all the other activities that take place outside the context of gainful employment. The personal needs of eating‚ sleeping‚ and caring for one’s health and appearance‚ as well as familial‚ social‚ civic‚ and religious obligations‚ must all be attended in one’s free time. Leisure‚ by contrast‚ will
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