"The Wind" I am the Wind I creep and crawl through every swamp and valley Touching every leaf and holding every branch Surrounding every rock and cooling every stream Playing with the leaves that dance on my shoulders I am the Wind. I cradle nature’s breath in my arms Rocking it back and forth Singing to it my sweet lullaby Kissing its tender face with my gentle breeze I am the Wind. I instruct the tall grass to bow before me Ruling over the leaves and governing the
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Jack Prelutsky is a poet who has written over 40 books of poems. He was born on September 8‚ 1940. He grew up in Brooklyn‚ New York. He became a poet by accident. One night he was drawing imaginary animals. Then‚ he started making poems for the imaginary animals. Sooner or later his friend had delivered the poems to a publisher. The publisher sent back a letter saying that he had natural poetry in his blood. So Jack sent back yet another letter that was asking if the publisher would publish all of
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farming. It also would help with a supply of more food. They also had large and thick forests as well‚ which helped them have enough wood to use. Although‚ the South had mild winters and hot summers just like the North did‚ they also had multiple swamps and marshes which also gave them fertile land to use for farming as well. Another
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The country of Columbia found at the northern tip of South America‚ was first recognized in 1819. Within Columbia‚ there are five geographic regions; the Caribbean coast‚ pacific lowlands‚ Andes highlands‚ Orinoco Savanna and the Amazon Rainforest. The regional cultural traditions are mixed‚ with a broad assortment of distinct groups that have unique customs‚ accents‚ and social patterns. Within the Caribbean region of Columbia‚ the predominant ethnic group is the Pardo‚ a mixture of European‚ indigenous
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Paul Almeida Mr. Myers World Cultures 11 4‚ December 2009 Aztec Culture The Aztec culture began around 1395 and sadly end sometime around 1521. Central Mexico was the area the Aztec culture lived and survived for so many years. The language they spoke was Nahuatl. The word “Aztec” is mainly exclusively for the people of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs once lived around eroded volcanic peaks and dissected mountain ranges. Their god‚ Huitzilopochtli‚ commanded them on a journey to the south and they
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Hemingway’s "In Our Time": Lost Generation "The times‚ they are a changing‚" famous words spoken by Bob Dylan‚ a king of his generation. "Lost generations‚" is an interesting phrase‚ but what kind of meaning should it hold? Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time is a true representation of a "lost generation" for the simple reason that all generations are eventually lost as time goes by. Hemingway focuses on a generation he knows a great deal about- his own. It becomes apparent throughout the novel
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Ms. Hamscher AP Lit Pd. 2 11/12/12 Beowulf: The Man‚ the Legend‚ the Hero Beowulf is an epic poem whose earliest surviving copy was written in 1000 A.D. The story consists of three thousand one hundred and eighty two lines that follow the life of the title character. The original author of the epic poem is unknown mainly because it started as a verbal tale passed down orally through the ages. Finally someone wrote it down in a document now called the Nowell Codex. The epic tale is centered
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It was just dark now. I never went near the house‚ but struck through the woods and made for the swamp. Jim warn’t on his island‚ so I tramped off in a hurry for the crick‚ and crowded through the willows‚ red-hot to jump aboard and get out of that awful country. The raft was gone! My souls‚ but I was scared! I couldn’t get my breath for most a minute. Then I raised a yell. A voice not twenty-five foot from me says: "Good lan’! is dat you‚ honey? Doan’ make no noise." It was Jim’s voice--nothing
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the novel‚ Rainsford eludes General Zaroff for all three nights‚ but stays in the jungle. On the very last night‚ he jumps off the cliff into the ocean and swims back to the chateau to murder Zaroff. But in the movie‚ Eve and Rainsford go into the swamp and make it back to the castle and murder Zaroff before escaping. Other than that‚ the setting is basically the same in both versions‚ but to be honest I like the movie more than the book. It made it more simpler and better. Also the book had more
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the deaths themselves shock politically split nation. Darby Shaw‚ a law student‚ decides to investigate the two justices’ records and pending cases. She writes a report guessing Victor Mattiece‚ an oil tycoon wanting to drill for oil on Louisiana swamp land which is a major habitat of an endangered breed of pelicans‚ was the one that wanted the assasinations. A court case on appeal for him to gain access to the land is expected to go to the Supreme Court. The two justices killed had a history
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