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    Amarilis Ramos 10/8/12 Ms. Persad Gateway Senior English Time in Poetry An addict’s growing need for drugs and alcoholism is similar to the speaker’s need‚ in “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell‚ of love from the women he addresses to. Time has an important role in both “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “To His Coy Mistress”. Both speakers use time in a way which best makes them feel comfortable with. "The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" by T.S. Eliot‚ is considered a dramatic

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    way a poem is written is an important factor because it is there that the certain mood‚ pace‚ and rhyme scheme is decided for the story. All of those aspects tie together to help the reader understand what the author is attempting to say within the poem. One of the first things that pops out to the reader is the repetitive rhyme scheme that “My Papa’s Waltz” has. In it Roethke employs the ABAB rhyme scheme and the decision for this is up to the reader’s interpretation. Some may think he did this to

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    POETIC DEVICES IN MY PAPA’S WALTZ 1. Rhyme Scheme- a repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of the line This poem has a simple ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH rhyme scheme‚ meaning that every other line within a stanza rhymes. Example: The whiskey on your breath (A) Could make a small boy dizzy; (B) But I hung on like death: (A) Such waltzing was not easy. (B) The lines with corresponding letters rhyme. The B rhyme in this stanza is an example of a slant rhyme – "dizzy"

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    My two favorite places Everyone has their secret special places that they go to or places just to simply get away or look for advice at every once and a while. I am not anyway different than anyone else‚ as I also have some very secret places where I go when I need privacy or just seeking much needed advice. One of my places is the lake in the wintertime. There I can escape from the everyday mess and can think more rationally or just simply soul search. The lake is located approximently 45

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    The first medium bearing a function of conveying information to people was a book‚ it has been invented about 5000 years ago. The books nowadays are bundled printed pages that come in hardcovers‚ paper covers‚ and those that are paperless‚ what we call e-books. Another popular medium‚ television‚ which was introduced to public in late 1920s‚ is a significant part of our ifs nowadays. Even though traditional TV set is being replaced by online digital television‚ it is still an important part of a

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    Feld told him to wait two more years he still obeyed him and worked for him because he loved Miriam so much. Noah and Sobel were also very loving. They both were absolutely in love with both the woman they loved. Noah stated “You are my best friend as well as my love‚ and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I

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    Yorker they have ads that sell products that are semi expensive because some of the richer people would probably be reading that magazine. Their ads that they put in their magazines are ads that would attract their audiences and readers to go buy those products. In the magazine Woman’s Day they put an ad that is family oriented. There is a mother and daughter and they are holding a happy meal and looking happy. The daughter has dark hair and it’s in pigtails with a red ponytail. She is wearing

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    As similar as they may seem‚ boxing and MMA are two very different sports. I know what you’re thinking‚ “The object of the sport is to punch the other guy in the face‚ how different can they be?” The truth is‚ both sports involve punching the other guy in the face‚ the difference is the rules and equipment used to do so. I know it’s hard to imagine someone like Oscar De La Hoya and a man like Brock Lesnar having anything in common‚ but they do‚ and I am going to tell you how. I know it’s also hard

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    Different Employers When you reach the age to be able to work‚ you have many choices in life‚ where you can work‚ who you can work for. At the age of 15 I made a choice to work for The Yum Brand Company‚ and later on in life at the age of 21 I decided to change employers and work for BBRG Company. They are two very different companies but they have their similarities. Working in the food industry is very different everyplace. Working for the Yum Brand Company they have numerous restaurants but

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    In Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz‚” a child and the father appear to be dancing. The author uses descriptive words to explain the dance that is happening between the father and child. The child’s experience in the poem is not a pleasant one‚ we see this throughout the detailed lines. The father in the story appears to be very drunk. This is seen in the very beginning of the poem. The child states: “The whiskey on your breath / Could make a small boy dizzy” (lines 1-2). It is also apparent

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