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    Environmental Poetry

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    Environmental poetry expresses emotions and ideas about the surroundings and conditions to the readers and listeners. Three different landscapes are illustrated‚ by poets of different eras‚ with the use of sensual imagery‚ sound techniques and allusions. Robert Gray presents a post apocalyptic future of the impact of cities‚ through the didactic poem “Flames and Dangling Wire”. A subjective view of the environment is conveyed in “William Street”‚ Kenneth Slessor reveals that beauty lies within. In

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    English Literature poem comparisons How do the writers express/convey their emotions by focusing on the themes of control and freedom? 1) Prayer Before Birth (Louis Macneice) 2) Tyger (WIlliam Blake) 3) Sonnet 116 (William Shakespeare) 4) War photographer (Carol Ann Duffy) 5) Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) 6) Remember (Christina Rossetti) Q1) “With strength against those who would freeze my
humanity‚ would dragoon me into a lethal automaton.” Qa) “He has a job

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    Analysis of a Poem: “The Lamb” by William Blake “The Lamb” by William Blake is a strong teaching of the image of Jesus. The author writes it as a form of a child’s song which an adult is asking questions to a child and the answer to “Who made thee?” This is also a form of a teacher teaching a lesson about Jesus (Blake line 1).The author uses of repetition‚ metonymy‚ personification and allusion build the image of Jesus. The lamb unquestionably symbolizes Jesus. The lamb is a traditional image

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    the bird in the end of chapter 10. The moonscape is always mentioned to cover all of Dresden after the fire bombings. As Billy Pilgrim emerges from the meat locker beneath a slaughterhouse into the moonscape of incinerated Dresden. In all horror and death around him‚ the moonscape exists as a massive image above him in beauty and escape. It exists as hope‚ possibly as a symbol of astronomy as new moon ’s come and go with new phases. The moon here is a key emphasis as to what it does. As it has been

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    CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO’S POETRY CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO * HIS LIFE (it’s a rap) * HIS WORKS (a brief overview of his poetry and accomplishments) * REVIEW OF POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND * HIS POETRY (Three poems will be explored to illustrate the development of the personal and communal experience of Okigbo’s poetry) * A * B * C * GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF: * PERSONAL LIFE of Christopher Okigbo * COUNTRY involving the public life of Christopher * POETRY which expresses

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    CASE STUDY Marie Collins quits Vatican Commission The article involves a case study of Marie Collins who was subjected to sexual abuse by a priest from Ireland at the age of 13 years. There has been undergoing through a lot of frustrations since she was young whenever she encounters a priest has sexually molested any minor wh0o. As a plan to take action against all the priests who are found guilty of sexually abusing a minor‚ Catholic Church in Rome decided to form a commission that will be investigating

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    story of Billy Budd. Captain Vere is the head of the Bellipotent and is the overseer of all activity that occurs on the ship. Vere is known for his intelligence‚ truth‚ virtue‚ and dedication to his duty. Vere never hesitates to put the betterment of the ship before the betterment of the individual‚ even if he does care for the individual greatly. The morals that Vere holds dear to himself will cause him great deals of stress and conflict when he is confronted with a situation regarding Billy Budd

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    History Sourcebook: World War I Poetry: Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967):"How to Die" Link to Collected Poems [At Columbia] Wilfred Owen (1893-1918):"Anthem for a Doomed Youth" Link to Collected Poems [At Toronto] Wilfred Owen: "Dulce et Decorum Est" Herbert Read (1893-1968): "The Happy Warrior" W.N.Hodgson (1893-1916): "Before Action" Wilfred Gibson (1878-1962) "Back" Link to Collected Poems [At Columbia] Philip Larkin (1922-1985): "MCMXIV" Link to Poems [At Hooked.net] Siegfried Sassoon

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    Billy Beane: Changing the Game” Case 1. Based on the “Billy Beane: Changing the Game” case‚ explain how and why the Oakland A’s economic situation after 1995 shaped its: a) Compensation Strategies In the world of major league baseball‚ Oaklands A’s defied the laws of baseball economics. The team spent only $34 million (the 2nd lowest payroll) had won 102 games and lost only 60 in 2001. On top of this‚ they finished first in their division and made the playoffs. Major baseball teams would hire

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    the quotes would make sense‚ and that took a lot of space and left me very little to analyze. 3. The first change I made was reducing my summary of the book to as few words as possible. The second change I made was adding on to the analysis of each symbol at the end of each paragraph. 4. I’m most proud of this entire paper. I feel like my writing has improved greatly and I believe this paper will have a sky-high score.

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