The Great Water Giant The Great Water Giant Has finished his bath. He pulls the huge plug Out of the clouds. He roars his thunderous laugh And a wet slippery waterfall Spills out of a squelchy sky. ‘Look out below’ he seems to shout as the water Splooshes‚ splashes‚ plishes‚ ploshes‚ gushes‚siushes‚ And soaks deep into the thirsty earth. by Ian Souter Jack Frost Look out! Look out! Jack Frost is about!| He’s after our fingers and toes; And all through the night‚ The gay
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H/w Compare the ways that Checking out Me History explores the importance of identity and culture with one other poem of your choice. Agard in Checking Out Me History show is strong belief in the importance of our identity. Whereas Nagra in Singh Song doesn’t see the importance of his identity. In both poems‚ the use of language has been used to show their culture and identity. In Checking Out Me History‚ Agard writes “Dem tell me/wha dem want to tell me”. The use of non-standard english of ‘dem’
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The first poem ‘Sonnet 130’ by William Shakespeare has a humorous view on the traditional ideas of beauty. The poem is a five duplet metre with the stressed sounds starting on the second word of each line. Each line has the same amount of stressed and unstressed patterns which is very common for sonnets to make it quick and easy to read. The five duplet pattern never mimics human speech in the way a four duplet pattern does. The end of each alternating line has a distinct rhyming pattern
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Danah Bakir “Same Song” By: Pat Mora * Predictions: Based on the picture surrounding this poem‚ which is a mirror‚ I predict this poem will be about external beauty and the concept of beauty only being skin deep. Based on the title of this poem‚ I predict this poem will be about similar people’s stories and how they handle their situations in similar manners. The type of poem I think it’ll be is an observational and descriptive poem. I predict this because I think the author is going to use
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split: the highest rated skin tone is is the tan skin tone‚ with a average mean rating of 11.71. The dark brown skin tone is next‚ with an average mean rating of 10.72‚ then the brown skin tone with an average mean rating of 10.44‚ and last is the pale (light) skin tone‚ with an average mean rating of 10.06. Thus‚ I have to reject my second hypothesis. However‚ being that the tan skin tone is in the lighter category‚ there is still some truth defining lighter skin tones to be more
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Dickens was born in Portsea‚ in 12. His father‚ John Dickens‚ was a kind and likeable man‚ but incompetent with money‚ and due to his financial difficulties they moved to Camden when Dickens was nine. When Charles was twelve his father was arrested and taken to the debtors’ prison in Southwark. He started working at Warren’s blacking-warehouse and its strenuous working conditions made an impression on him‚ later influencing his fiction. He became interested in writing (and acting) and‚ after having
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was not always successful. The countryside however‚ appears as an environment where although lacking in prosperity and eminence‚ its inhabitants are overall happier. This concept is particularly prevalent in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations and Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd which portray the hardships of working life in the city and the countryside. The predominant message attained from both novels is that although the city is esteemed to be a place where one can enjoy a materially
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Understanding Poetry: Billy Collins‚ Introduction to Poetry Billy Collins uses dark rooms‚ oceans‚ hives‚ color slides and mouse mazes to describe his poem “Introduction to Poetry”‚ but also a way to analyze poetry in general. Growing up‚ students are advised by teachers how to analyze poetry. The speaker of Introduction to Poetry‚ Billy Collins‚ attempts to guide the readers by teaching them a unique and appropriate way to analyze poetry. The use of personification and imagery‚ by the author
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The Leviathan In “The Leviathan‚” Thomas Hobbes develops the concept of liberty by using mechanistic philosophy. The Leviathan is a symbolic artificial person created when power is combined into one body that enacts a sovereign to represent a common will (Hobbes‚ 222). Offering a principle based on science‚ he stresses “natural order” through the unison of body and mind as one functioning unit. In the state of nature‚ Hobbes defines liberty as the absence of external impediments. Without impediments
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Nia Williams EG 102 Dr. DiSanza Paper 2: Poetry Due: 11/13/2012 The Importance of Appreciation and Involvement in the Natural World around Us Two poets from two different centuries address a particular theme with two very distinct perceptions. “The World Is Too Much with Us‚” by William Wordsworth of the 18th century‚ and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer‚” by Walt Whitman of the 19th century‚ both address the importance of appreciation and involvement in the natural world around us.
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