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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Nettles by Vernon Scannell The poem ‘Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell revolves around a father’s perspective on an accident involving his son‚ through which the poet explores a father-son relationship‚ wherein the father tries to protect his son from the various difficulties in life. However‚ despite his efforts to shield his son from these problems‚ they will be a constant threat in life. The boy here is a metaphor for the army‚ with the nettles being an extended metaphor of recurring war. The combined
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children outside into the playground to play on the climbing apparatus and use the large cars and scooters. I firstly looked over all the equipment to make sure that there were no obvious dangers or unnecessary risks to the children such as stinging nettles‚ animal droppings or broken equipment. Once checked any risks I found were unnecessary removed then I allow the children to come out and use the apparatus available to them. |APPARATUS |RISK/CHALLENGE
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Vernon Scannell’s poem ‘Nettles’ has been written from the perspective of a father. In Scannell’s poem he talks about his son and his son’s individual experience of injury and harm. Scannell is outraged with the enemy who has hurt his son‚ and will continue to hurt him through the years. Throughout the poem‚ Scannell mentions ‘regiment’ ‘fierce parade’ and ‘recruits’. These words build up an extended metaphor of an army/enemy. The sense of an enemy reflects the persona’s feelings and emotions
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celebrations make up the many traditions within Japanese culture that aren’t as visible as the kimono. It is within this part of the paper‚ we would like to look at the many traditions‚ identities and modernities in Japan and in the book‚ Some Prefer Nettles by Junichoro Tanizaki. Among peers‚ art is often overlooked and is seldom appreciated. During the end of the nineteenth century‚ also during the time of modern development in painting techniques‚ Japan entered the international world. Their culture
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the relationship in the two poems ‘Hour’ and ‘Nettles’. The poems ‘Hour’ and ‘Nettles’ are both poems about the relationship between two or more people. Both poets used some of the same principles but they also use very different structures. Below are some of the examples that I have found. In the poem ‘Hour’ and ‘Nettles’‚ the poet always presents the information by relating most of the words or phrases used in the passage with the title. In the poem ‘Hour’ the poem has used ‘Love’s time’s a beggar’
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As a species we are fascinated by the pursuit of happiness‚ holding it as one of (if not the most) important goals achievable‚ but how much stock should we really put into this drive? As Professor Daniel Nettle argues in his book‚ Happiness: the science behind your smile‚ we are not unhappy because of our environment‚ but rather because of our nature. Happiness and consequently unhappiness is due in large part to how we address our world. The majority of people rank themselves above the average level
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aundra Murray Nettles was born in 1947. Her career focuses are resilience in children and teens‚ community development‚ development of African American women‚ environmental psychology and education. She earned her BA in philosophy and a master’s in library information sciences and psychology and later received her PhD in psycholog6y in 1967. She serves as chair on black women’s priorities which helped introduce concerning issues facing black women. Saundra’s committee work led to the formation of
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Compare a daughter’s tribute to her mother in ‘Praise song for my mother’ with the poem ‘Nettles’. ‘Praise song for my mother’ is about a daughter showing how much she loves her mother by writing her a praise song. There are very strong emotions in this poem and the mother meant a lot to the daughter “You were moon’s eye to me”. ‘Nettles’ is about a young boy who falls into a bed of nettles‚ the boy then goes to his father “seeking for comfort”‚ the father identifies the wounds and the son gets
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DR. NETTLE (throwing his arms up in the air) Give him whatever the fuck he wants! Dr. Nettle throws his latex gloves in the trash. He turns his back on Morris quickly rushing out of the room. INT. REHABILITATION CENTER BEDROOM - DAY Eileen grabs her purse and puts her denim jacket on. EILEEN Bye Morris‚ see you next week. MORRIS B-bye E-ei-l-leen. She walks out of the room. Simultaneously Ruth walks into the room carrying a lunch tray. She lifts the top off of the tray. Morris is distracted
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