THE CITY PLANNERS By Margaret Atwood Background Born in Canada in 1939‚ Margaret Atwood is an author‚ poet‚ critic‚ and essayist‚ feminist and social campaigner. Best known as a novelist‚ she is also an award-winning poetess. "The City-Planners” is critical of the monotony and false beauty of modern cities‚ suburbs and its architecture. The poem views modern life as empty‚ artificial‚ and its inhabitants as robotic and lacking in spirit. Analysis i. Main Subject The main theme is the poet’s
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An ode poem is a poem that is about only one specific thing that you think is truly amazing and praiseworthy. This type of poem can be centered upon an object‚ an idea‚ or even a person. The trick to writing an ode poem is to write using the same structure throughout‚ while using different words to communicate the one thing you are writing about. Here are some tips to help you out if you’re interested in writing an ode poem: 1. What really makes you emotional‚ either in a positive or negative way
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Exhaustion or Death?: Sounds and choice within a Reading of Philip’s Zong! #1 NourbeSe Philip’s poetry within Zong! has a plethora of interpretations due according to the individual style and choices of the reader. Basing the way that a reader wishes to interpret upon their imagining of cruelties committed aboard a slave ship‚ fears of drowning or water‚ or altered using the historical context implicit to the name of the collection. Furthering these choices in group readings to express multiple
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This poem provided an amazing metaphor of the world. It would seem as a puzzling poem for those who didn’t associate the title with the poem. Thus‚ It was a creative way of the poet to summarize the theme of the poem in the title. Additionally‚ the poet was able to connect to the readers with the use of images and comparison between the pencil and the world. Moreover‚ he used the white space to concentrated words and to allow the readers to reflect on the poem. The endings contained the element of
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In the book Break Blow Burn‚ Camille Paglia delineates William Shakespeare’s intricate and complex poem‚ “Sonnet 73.” In order to thoroughly examine the poem on its deeper meaning‚ Paglia presents historical details about its context‚ analyzes formalistically and considers archetypal elements‚ and explains its philosophical undertones. Paglia begins by describing the history of the sonnet. It was established as a “courtly love tradition” in France before spreading to English writers‚ who adjusted
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Award‚ Certificate and Diploma in Caring for Children Level One Scheme of work for CFC 23: Musical Activities for Young Children. (QCF) January 2013-February 2013 Tutor: Melissa. Hastie. In class support: Laura Caruth (LC)‚ every Monday Unit AimThe aim of this unit is to enable the learner to gain an understanding of musical activities for young children | DateWeek beg. | Learning Outcomes | Activities/Learning experiences | Equality and Diversity | Resources | Week 18/01/13 | Introduce
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Sonnet 130: Imperfectly Perfect The secular world is increasingly fixated on the concept of beauty and the pursuit of perfection‚ however this preoccupation is not unique to the 20th century. While traditional love poems in the 18th century generally focused on glorifying a woman’s beauty‚ Sonnet 130 written by William Shakespeare goes against the conventional culture of love poems and instead describes the realistic nature of his object of affection. In Sonnet 130‚ the idea of love and is intensely
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Paul Katkov DE10: Adroit Adroit (noun) – clever or skillful in using hands or mind. In her poem #280‚ Emily Dickinson describes her insanity caused by her isolation from the outside world. The first time the poem is read‚ it may seem like she is recalling a moment from her past‚ which included a funeral of someone she knew – maybe even her parents. If the poem is read closely‚ it becomes clear that the speaker is not sane. The most obvious part is the rhyming. In the first four stanzas‚ the
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ And often is his gold complexion dimmed‚ And every fair from fair sometime declines‚ By chance‚ or nature’s changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade‚ Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st‚ Nor shall death brag thou wander’st
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