The comparison in this poem is a game of hopscotch being compared to life. In life people are battling themselves to make it from the bottom to the top with other people watching‚ sometimes judging. In hopscotch you battle yourself to make it from the bottom of the triangle to the top‚ with people watching you play the game. Due to Maya Angelou using this metaphor rather than just talking about life’s ups and downs‚ gives the poem a unique style of writing. It gives the poem a rhythm versus just reading
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Furthermore‚ to enhance this effect‚ alliteration is used within the poem: “For I fear those guns will fire” (14). In this line‚ the three F sounds‚ “for‚” “fear‚” and “fire‚” are strung together and nearly imitate the forceful sound of a gun firing. The use of alliteration is also seen in line 26 when the reader discovers
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The main argument of the reading by Paul Bogard is how we should take care of the natural darkness and how we should preserve it. HE tries to give very specific and detailed information to convince us that we should worry about the darkness and how it is really important. At the very beginning‚ he gives a personal experience and how he felt at the time. He says that "I knew night skies in which meteors left smoky trails across sugary spreads of stars". With that being said‚ what he thought of the
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almighty hand that controls the eggs’ lives are all thought-provoking elements of “An Egg Horror Poem”. Although many poems are fascinating to read‚ “An Egg Horror Poem” was engaging through the aforementioned elements‚ a realistic theme‚ light-hearted mood‚ and vivid imagery. By using all three of the great literary ‘musts’; namely‚ theme‚ mood‚ and imagery‚ the author‚ Laurel Winter‚ has written poem that will stand as a poetry classic for years to come. When I read “The Egg Horror Story” for
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The three poems "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson‚ "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar‚ and "Not Waving but Drowning" by Stevie Smith all have the same theme that appearances can be deceiving and that people are not always what they seem. The poems convey the idea that people can misinterpret the meaning behind other people’s actions because the actions are deliberately misleading. The subjects in each of these poems give people the wrong impression by making them think their lives
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day." In this poetic work‚ he describes his lover in glowing terms. However‚ in “Sonnet 130‚” Shakespeare illustrates a more realistic view of love. Although this poem may not seem as romantic as his other works‚ it illustrates how love blossoms even if the significant other is not physically attractive. The first three lines of the poem do not paint an attractive picture of the woman in question. They read‚ "My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; if
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When reading the poem‚ "Mexican is Not a Noun‚" I had different reactions. In the first stanza‚ the author explains that the word‚ "Mexican‚" is not a "noun" or "adjective." I believe this is a statement used to shock the reader. I mentally trying to see why it was characterized as either. It made me want to continue to read to understand his explanation of the word and the meaning of the poem. In the second stanza the poet attempts to tell what his idea of Mexican. This stanza has short statements
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things I wanted. Most of the things I wanted were expensive so I would save enough money to get what I wanted and I would wake up on Saturday mornings with joy in my heart at that I’m able to get something on my own. When the author starts off the poem there is joy in his morning the same as mine‚ then it all changes when he runs into a woman he had a previous relationship with in the mall. As they’re catching up he finds out where she stays and how she had a new person of interest. If I was in his
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proper communication skills is what helps build and maintain healthy relationships. Being able to speak up when something isn’t right is essential in order to avoid confusion or hurt feelings between those involved. In William Hill Brown’s Power of Sympathy‚ readers are able to see the extreme negative consequences of poor communication skills. The lack of communication between both Maria and Harrington is what leads to her unfortunate death‚ leaving behind her daughter Harriot. In letter XXXIX‚ Mrs
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time. Where one comes from does not define being American‚ rather its what is done to assimilate into the American life. Okitas poem and Ciseneros story both examine the ideology of what it means to be American; both texts suggest that‚ in order to meet the expectations of American identity‚ a certain criteria must be met on the societal and cultural aspect. In Okitas poem “Response to Executive order 9066” a strong social bond is tied between the narrator and a character named Denise. The characterization
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