Walt Whitman’s poem "When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer" describes the feelings of knowing too much about the workings of nature. The speaker in the poem is a student who has attended a lecture on astronomy. As he learns more and more‚ he becomes more and more depressed until he leaves the lecture room. Whitman uses interesting elements of form‚ sound‚ and imagery‚ but not figurative language‚ to give meaning to this short poem The poem consists of only one stanza‚ made of eight lines
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I Wish I Could I wish I could turn back the clock to vanish regrets of my wrong decisions from my heart and memories. Those regrets not only made me mentally weak but also depress me. Elders are real profit and their advices are the best way to success. My ego made me blind and ruled the brain and that was the point where I fall and still regret. I wish I could go back to correct my mistakes and to be a man I used to be‚ full of confidence‚ cheered and eager for success. There is saying that if you
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"Because I Could Not Stop For Death" "Because I couldn’t stop for death" is a lyric poem‚ composed of six quatrains. It is one of Emily’s Poems that deal with death. Here we see death personified. He is not frightening‚ scary or threatening‚ but a gentle guide who lead her to eternity. The speaker feels no fear when Death picks her up in his carriage; she just sees it as an act of kindness and politeness as if she is his date. Death is introduced as the leading character and
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me upon reading this poem. Actually‚ I should say that I forced him to do this‚ because he needed to analyze a poem for his own English class‚ and the music coming from the television was beyond annoying. Anyway‚ my brother’s reaction to the poem was something along the lines of "So this guy is basically saying that science‚ by measuring and investigating nature‚ somehow detracts from its beauty". Although my initial incentive was to bop him on the head‚ I restrained myself and calmly told him
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Hi my name is saeed abuhadi‚ I am student in prince mohammed bin fahad university majoring finance. As most of Saudi students in the university I am able to speak two languages which is Arabic as a mother language and English. I started to learn Arabic in my first years by my parents or brothers which keep repeating on me some easy word as beging such papa or mama and those was my first words in Arabic. As the time passing I joined to school to get nartive in my language not just by speaking also
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I have to write a paper to see the papers I need so this is what you get...I’m sorry for any inconvenience because of me...I just need one more paper!!!! My essay is too short you say? Well then I guess I’ll have to make it longer...hmmmm what should I write about? I know!! I’ll write about how today’s education system is awful and terrible. Today’s education system is whack. They cause students to want to kill themselves because of stress...today’s average high school students have higher stress
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Explication of "Because I could not stop for Death" The poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson expresses the speaker’s reflection on death. The poem focuses on the concept of life after death. This poem’s setting mirrors the circumstances by which death approaches‚ and death appears kind and compassionate. It is through the promise of immortality that fear is removed‚ and death not only becomes acceptable‚ but welcomed as well. As human beings‚ we feel that death never comes
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mind. I remember everything just like it happened yesterday. I never pass that stretch of road without seeing it all again. I was driving in my new Volkswagen to my friend’s birthday party on a rainy evening. The white headlights reflected from the mirror-like water and made everything very poetic. I peered through the mist‚ trying to find the right path for the car. The new car was different from my old one. Because this car’s engine is much more powerful than the one I used to drive‚ I found it
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The Day I Nearly Died Year after year our family takes a trip to Colorado for spring break. It’s an exhilarating trip because I get to see all my wild and wacky relatives as well as spend some quality time on the slopes. Something funny or embarrassing always happens. This time was different. This time‚ I could have died! Generally when we go out on the slopes‚ falling down is one of my specialties. Putting an extremely clumsy person on skis and sending them down the hill‚ I found‚
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American Lit. BLK D 20 October 2012 Notes on "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer" Title prediction I believe the title exposes the all-around idea of the poem which is the narrator’s point of view while he listened to a learned astronomer Scan for meaning It may be his retelling of that time; when he heard the astronomer‚ in which he includes references and things he’s learned since. Define unfamiliar vocabulary * learn’d – educated Speaker - who is s/he? What is his/her tone
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