------------------------------------------------- Throughout most of Japan’s history poetry played a large part in the process of death. A jisei is a death poem‚ a poem that any person on their deathbed was encouraged to write. While if you were a samurai‚ according to the bushido code of honor‚ if you wanted to die with honor and not at the hands of your enemy‚ if you had dishonored yourself or fellow samurai‚ or if your master had died you would commit the ritual of seppuku. Seppuku is a ceremony
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Mowing" (1913) As the narrator works in the field on a hot day‚ he notices that his scythe seems to be whispering as it works. The narrator is unable to hear what the scythe is saying‚ and he admits the possibility that the whispering sound is simply his imagination or even the result of heatstroke. He eventually concludes that the scythe is expressing its own beliefs about the world. Instead of dreaming about inactivity or reward for its labor as a person would‚ the scythe takes its sole pleasure
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Mowing Complete Text There was never a sound beside the wood but one‚ And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. What was it it whispered? I know not well myself; Perhaps it was something about the heat of the sun‚ Something perhaps‚ about the lack of sound— 5 And that was why it whispered and did not speak. It was not dream of the gift of idle hours‚ Or easy gold at the hand of fay or elf: Anything more than the truth would have seemed too weak To the earnest love that laid
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Mowing the lawn Today it happens again‚ we’ve only just restored the town‚ but never to its former glory. The largest catacombs‚ majestic queen parlors and bedrooms all were housed in the pre-destroyed city. We also had one of the best hospitals in all the land and the staff was so determined to keep the occupant completely cared for. Like that was their only job. Even fighting the Reds attack we were superior. All was written in down on our history wall. How we invaded their home and killed
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poems NEUTRAL TONES by: Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) E stood by a pond that winter day‚ And the sun was white‚ as though chidden of God‚ And a few leaves lay on the starving sod‚ --They had fallen from an ash‚ and were gray. Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles solved years ago; And some words played between us to and fro-- On which lost the more by our love. The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have strength to die; And a grin of
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Fred White Analysis of Robert Frost’s “Mowing” As the speaker labors in his farm field on a quiet‚ hot day‚ he can’t help but notice that his scythe seems to be whispering as it works. He can’t exactly hear what the scythe is saying‚ and he admits that there is a chance that the whispering sound is simply in his own mind because of the quietness of the day or perhaps due to the heat of the sun playing tricks on him. The speaker realizes that the scythe is teaching him a lesson about the value of
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Mowing There was never a sound beside the wood but one‚ A And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. B What was it it whispered? I knew not well myself; C Perhaps it was something about the heat of the sun‚ A extra syllable Something‚ perhaps‚ about the lack of sound— B And that was why it whispered and did not speak. D extra s. / emphasis It was no dream of the gift of idle hours‚ E emphasis Or easy gold at the hand of fay or elf: C emphasis Anything more
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Nettles by poet Vernon Scannell is a reflective poem based on the poet trying to protect his son from hurting himself in a nettle bed. I found this poem very emotional and touching and this is mainly why I chose to write about it. The poet reflects on his own experience to prove his point of view‚ and he achieves this‚ and I indent to analyse what point he is trying to convey in this poem. The poem is set in the poets own garden‚ with the nettles hidden out of sight behind the shed. The young
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Spencer Jackson 3/30/08 Hosting the Past to Provide for the Epistolary Community of the Present: Alexander Pope’s “Epistle to Miss Blount‚ with the Works of Voiture” In this early epistle‚ first published in 1712 as “To a Young Lady‚ with the Works of Voiture‚” Pope addresses his friend Teresa Blount through the work and name of the early seventeenth century French poet and letter-writer Vincent de Voiture. In this indirect address of a female friend facing an uncertain marriage
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It was not so long ago when our journey began. For most of us‚ we entered LNHS with nothing more than a dream‚ and today‚ together we stand as survivors armed with knowledge‚ skills and values to bring this dream closer to reality. To others‚ graduation may simply be equated as the end of the tunnel‚ or a breath of relief‚ or an exultation over freedom‚ but after years under the nurture of our alma mater‚ we know it is much more than any of these. Life is an open road‚ and though we’ve studied its
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