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    Annotation for the poems: How do you annotate the poem "The Harp of India" by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio?   Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Although the above post gives some interesting suggestions about labeling meter‚ there are other focuses for annotating a poem.  For example‚ you can annotate for figurative language and the meaning it grants the poem.  The title “The Harp of India”

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    Essay About Literature

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    Literature Knows No Bounds Literature is timeless‚ it endured all the changes of the past and is still is being appreciated till the present time and will still be as time goes by. Literature exists in every country‚ in every language‚ and in every period but each has its own uniqueness that stands out for their styles. It exceeds time; literary works of famous people regardless of what period in time they came from is still being appreciated‚ if not more than when the period it is from. Literary

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    authors poems throughout history‚ they created a particular style of writing: romanticism. With the use of romanticism‚ these authors booned their stories/poems with aspects of mood with diction that helps convey darker themes. The elements of Gothic Literature in the short stories the “Black Cat‚” “the Devil and Tom Walker‚” and Sharp Objects create a morbid mood through the usage of grotesque scenery‚ psychological issues‚ and death. To begin‚ in the “Black Cat” and Sharp Objects death is taken lightly

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    Critical Response Essay The real debate - the pipe-dream or nuclear? Mark Kenny ’The Nation’ Mark Kenny’s article on the coal power versus nuclear power debate was published in the Advertiser on the 31st of October 2009. The Advertiser is South Australia’s only daily tabloid newspaper‚ and is widely distributed around South Australia allowing for a large dispersion of readers from diverse cultural backgrounds and an assortment of age groups. The article has Mark Kenny’s photograph situated

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    Mid Term Exam Across the decades‚ there have been countless examples of broken societies in literature . In these places‚ life has taken on a new meaning than what we know to be true today. These dystopian future novels are often dark‚ and there is almost always previous event in that timeline that would lead to reason why the system is set up in that particular way. Family is often a big theme in this type of book. Whether it be because that is what the government demands or reprimands‚ family

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    Diaspora Literature Essay

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    Diaspora Literature - A Testimony of Realism By Shaleen Singh Diaspora Literature involves an idea of a homeland‚ a place from where the displacement occurs and narratives of harsh journeys undertaken on account of economic compulsions. Basically Diaspora is a minority community living in exile. The Oxford English Dictionary 1989 Edition (second) traces the etymology of the word ’Diaspora’ back to its Greek root and to its appearance in the Old Testament (Deut: 28:25) as such it references. God’s

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    The Outsiders: Essay Response Demonstrate how the major events that take place in The Outsiders affect the values and attitudes of 3 main characters. The 1967 novel The Outsiders by S.E Hinton is about the social outcasts; the Greasers and their rivalry against the high class Socs. In the beginning of the book the characters values and attitudes are revealed to the reader through the point of view of Ponyboy. As the book progresses and the lives of the characters take a turn for the worse there

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    Literature

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    recognized artistic value:"Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity" (Rebecca West). 3. The art or occupation of a literary writer. 4. The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field:medical literature. 5. Printed material: collected all the available literature on the subject. 6. Music All the compositions of a certain kind or for a specific instrument or ensemble: the symphonic literature. 1. written material such

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    John Smith Professor Edgar Allen Comp-Lit 121 14 November 2013 Essay 2 The theme of sacrifice is shown a lot in a few particular stories that I have read this past month. One of them being The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas. Another one being A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. I saw that these two stories supported the theme of sacrifice in many different ways. They supported the theme through character interactions‚ imagery‚ and certain quotes expressed throughout each story. Imagery in

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    Amanda Caruso November 28‚ 2011 British Literature III Close Reading 3 September 1‚ 1939: W.H Auden’s Call to Anarchy The title of W.H. Auden’s poem “September 1‚ 1939‚” may lead some to believe that the poem is meant as a criticism of Nazi Germany’s decision to invade Poland. It is easy to assume that “September 1‚ 1939” is making reference to this historic event; however‚ the invasion of Poland also marked a major turning point in the war. The poem’s footnotes indicate

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