During the revision of my poems many elements were changed. This included the length‚structure‚diction‚ opening and closing. All my poems got longer; most of them substantially. All of my poems grew by at least one stanza. This was not at all intentional as I feel poems should just be as long as the creator deems necessary; assuming they don’t need to meet specific criteria. This is what differentiates a poem from a song. Most songs are edited and manipulated to fit in the 3 - minute time slot radio
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room‚ she reflected on how different that day had turned out from her expectations of it. How sudden it all was. And how tragic. She remembered the last labored breaths her mother had taken‚ each a struggle for one last moment of life. She remembered watching that same life pass out of her as she heaved her last‚ and how it had not been quiet and tranquil as movies and books made dying moments out to be. It had been obvious that her last few moments were filled with pain‚ as it tried its hardest to
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Running Head: MY LIFE My life revealed Octavia Jones Psychology 202 Wendy Conaway 08/10/2012 Outline I. Where am I from? a. Born in Lynchburg‚ VA b. Raised in Staunton‚ VA II. What things do you remember about your child hood? a. Always baby sitting while my mom was at work b. Learning how to cook c. Never having a childhood d. Moving a lot e. Never having friends over f. Growing
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English 111 paper #2 02-28-12 The Day That Changed My Mind Around three years ago from today my grandma was given the news that tore our family up. She was told she had around two in half years to live due to cirrhosis of the liver. She had a special case because cirrhosis of the liver is more common due to drinking too much alcohol. My grandma never drank a day in her life. Cirrhosis of the liver is a slowly progressing disease that replaces healthy liver tissue with scar tissue. Eventually
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At the age of Fifteen i lost my father‚ not knowing how to react i became coy and detached from school. It was Junior year where i realized that i was‚ in many ways‚ hurting myself. Gradually i became more friendly and cared more about my academics. One day at lunch while i was eating alone‚ a guy named Greg came up to me and started talking to me. It was the first time i felt comfortable talking to someone‚ without them having a clipboard in their hand‚ and without me laying on a couch. We spent
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Life Event 1: Accident In 2005 I was in a major car accident. I was a passenger in five car pileup‚ on I4 going from Orlando to Daytona Beach‚ where I was living. I broke thirty bones. i was in the hospital for two months‚ before returning home to my family‚ in Miami. I learned something very important in this‚ I learned to look at life from another’s perspective. My remember one day in particular as I was crying to my older sister‚ about my life‚ i realized that she also cried‚ at the stress
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a year ago‚ I faced my own near fatal struggle with adversity. Life had become more of a burden than an adventure and nothing seemed to be looking up. Things progressed and events occurred that produced life changing results. After nearly losing my life I realized that things needed to change‚ mindsets needed to change. The one thing that had not changed was my stubbornness. Unable to get to doctors that would help I looked for ways to return balance to the turmoil in my mind‚ one such way was
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My Traumatic Event It was the first week into my sophomore year; I thought I was going to have such a fun and careless time‚ I had just got out of a very bad relationship and for the first time I felt free and in control of my own life. Until the day that my traumactic event changed my look on life‚ and made me open my eyes to reality. I had walked over to my friend Mykayla’s house the morning before school. As I walk in the door Mykayla says “Hey girl I’ve got some good stuff for you.” Me:
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Normative history life events include events that had a major impact historically; such as war‚ the civil rights movement‚ The Great Depression etc. John was born in 1933 at the tail end of the Great Depression and before the Korean and Vietnam War. I asked him how each of these three specific events‚ which were monumental in history‚ affected him and his day-to-day life. Since the Great Depression ended in 1939‚ John does not remember too much‚ as he was only 6 years old. However‚ he does state
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Life Changing Events Events in life are what make us who we are in this present moment. Our temper and personality are mostly based on all of our life experiences‚ some of them stronger than the others at the point they can actually make some radical changes in each and every one of our lives. A personal life changing event of mine happened around five years ago. I had a dog and he died in a terrible accident. Because of this‚ I learned that life can be very short and fragile and that it is important
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