Michael Giese English IV-4 Mr. Russow SNAKE David Herbert Richards Lawrence was born in Eastwood‚ Nottinghamshire‚ England on September 11‚ 1885. His poem Snake was written while he was living in Taormina‚ Sicily in 1920. The poem is actually derived from an experience there(Groliers). In all‚ Lawrence published 11 novels in his lifetime‚ 5 volumes of plays‚ 9 volumes of essays‚ and several short story collections. Of these‚ Snake was one of his most famous poems. The poem can also be related
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Mountain Lion is a poem that depicts the death of an inhabitant of the Lobo valley‚ a lion that is trapped mercilessly by two hunters‚ who are confronted by the poet as they leave the valley. The poet describes the lion’s face using contrasting but very emotive descriptions such as beautiful dead eyes’‚ and fine round-fashioned head‚ with two dead ears’ putting emphasis on the word dead by repeating it twice in the same stanza. In the first stanza‚ the poet describes the natural beauty of the Lobo
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Why is the Mountain Lion such an important animal? Mountain lions‚ also known as cougars‚ panthers‚ or pumas‚ are highly efficient predators. These cats have a wide range throughout the Western states‚ and populations are increasing. An individual cat’s range depends on food availability. Thus‚ a range can vary from 10 to 370 square miles. Male lions weigh up to 165 pounds and grow to more than eight feet in length. Females weigh about 100 pounds. Female lions generally first reproduce at about
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Vin ordinaire by Lawrence Lawrence His biography can help understand his work but it is not enough: his work exceeds his life. Lawrence (1885-1930) was a very isolated man but was also a visionary. He came to maturity at period of WWI‚ a time of political and cultural changes when the question “where is the western civilization going” was asked. Question imposed by the traumatic effects of mass destruction. And by the many changes in society: social classes‚ roles of men and women‚ how to find
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Jacob S. O’Brien 3rd Grade Mrs Townsend February 1‚ 2013 Jupiter and Venus Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the most massive planet in our solar system. It has an equatorial diameter of 143‚000 kilometers. It is 11.2 times the size of earth and has a mass 318 times the size of Earths. You could also fit almost 1400 Venus’s inside Jupiter. Jupiter has an enormous magnetic field‚ has 63 moons‚ and it also has rings which form
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Cassidy Jensen 10 December 2013 Mountain Lion at the Farm It was a warm and sunny summer day as my family traveled past dirt-filled country roads to our grandparents large‚ retired farm. The cows in the nearby field mooed‚ chewing their cud‚ as we drove into the long‚ gravel driveway. My young 10-year-old self was ecstatic to see my grandparents
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D.H. Lawrence (1885 – 1930) Hardy and Yeats belong to the upper classes; however‚ D.H. Lawrence is a working class poet and novelist. Both Hardy and D.H. Lawrence write outstanding novels and they are famous in both of the literary forms. Hardy depicts nature in terms of pessimism like William Butler Yeats and D.H. Lawrence portrays pessimism through the sexuality that stands for the blood for himself. In Freudian psychology‚ the snake symbolizes the male sexual power. However‚ in D.H. Lawrence’s
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2004 Mountain Lions Have Returned: Can We Make Room For Them? By Jacob Kay Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that mountain lions are in trouble‚ and that we need to address their current situation‚ and help where it is needed. Thesis: Societies are increasingly endangering cougar’s lives as well as their own by continuously infringing more and more on their territory. Intro I. (Attention Getter) On January 8th 2004‚ a female bike rider was attacked by a mountain lion who proceeded
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Snake When the snake first came to the water-trough‚ the narrator was excited and glad "he had come like a guest in quiet‚ to drink at my water trough." He "felt so honoured" at this visit whilst at the same time‚ the voices of his "accursed human education" advised him to kill it‚ for it was a gold snake and therefore venomous. Those voices said to him‚ "If you were not afraid you would kill him." The narrator "picked up a clumsy log And threw it" at the snake when the snake was leaving.
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The jilting of granny weatherall Plot summary As the story opens‚ octogenarian Granny Weatherall is in bed‚ attended to by Dr. Harry and her grown daughter‚ Cornelia. Although Granny finds their concern officious‚ it becomes apparent that Granny is suffering from a serious illness‚ and that she is not fully aware of the gravity of her condition. As she ‘rummages around her mind‚’ she senses death
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