Where I come from Student: Valentin Turri The poem is divided in two stanzas and two extra lines. The poet is an old woman that talks about her present and her old past. In the first stanza the poet starts like introducing us in the text‚ explaining us the meaning of ‘’people are made of places’’‚ this means that all we are made of memories‚ places where we come from‚ we carry
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Linda Carrascal Enc 1101 Prof. Uszerowicz I believe hard work pays off. When we are young we think everything is easy‚ but as we grow we learned that its not that easy and that we have to earn and sacrifice for what we want. I’m currently a full-time student and working part time‚ this is what many people consider “the college life”‚ the time for you to enjoy and have fun. For me however‚ is the time to learn and absorb all I can. The present me will reflect the future me‚ what I do for myself
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Where I Come From - By Elizabeth Brewster The poem ‘Where I Come From’ by Elizabeth Brewster is about how a person is influenced by the environment he is brought up in‚ and how urban life and rural life differ from each other. The poet has used a very critical tone in this poem to convey how people are influenced by the places they have come from rural or urban. She has used a lot of visual imageries and metaphors to convey the busy lifestyle of the city. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem
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born – “People are made of places”. Wherever you go in life you will carry with you memories and echoes of your birthplace‚ whether it is a city‚ as in the first stanza‚ or the quiet Canadian countryside where Elizabeth herself was born – “Where I come from‚ people carry woods in their minds” – and certainly the picture she draws in the second stanza does seem at first to be idyllic and wonderful‚ strongly contrasting with the city images in the first stanza. This idea shows us that who we are is shaped
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where i come from - elizabeth brewster Discuss the way brewster uses language to convey her ideas about the link between identity and place. The main subject of the poem is the contrast between the city and the countryside where the speaker came from. Although there is no straight forward judgment made‚ the poet very cleverly‚ leaves subtle hints by showing a big difference in the tone of the two stanzas‚ which leads us to believe that she speaks in favour of the countryside‚ yet at the same
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“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou and “Invictus” by William Henley are two poems that explore the theme of perseverance. Both poems share a background of discomfort; however‚ the poets display their determination of perseverance by voicing powerful words. The poets give the reader an insight to confidence and to not back down from their discomfort. _______________ In the poem “Still I Rise” written by Maya Angelou‚ Angelou uses different settings and tones to demonstrate confidence. Most of the stanzas
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abcdship’ comes from the old English word ‘worth-ship’‚ which means giving worth to something. So when the wise ones said ‘work is worship’‚ they meant doing what we do with the sense of worthiness or respect. When we understand that all work—big or small—is valuable and do it with reverence‚ then our work becomes worship. “Work is Worship” is a very old proverb which means there is no better way to worship God except to be working hard and this is fully justified by what man has achieved during
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he had not seen Bruce in more than a year. The man started to turn his head to see who had hit him‚ and to his surprise‚ his knees began to buckle. In slow motion‚ watching himself from a distance‚ he could see his body hit the sidewalk. There was a dull pain in his back and it began to spread. It became hard to breathe. He was aware of a parade of shoes moving past his face as though animated with a
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know‚ Shirin Ebadi was the first Iranian woman who defended journalists and protestors through her perseverance? According to dictionary .com‚ perseverance means that steady persistence in a course of action‚ a purpose‚ especially in a spite of difficulties‚ obstacles‚ and discouragement. The Synonyms of perseverance commonly suggest an activity maintained in spite of difficulty. The Origin word is from old French and means persistence and endurance. 2- Did you know Ebadi was the first woman in Iran
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