overall perception of the speaker throughout “On the Subway”‚ written by Sharon Olds. Using descriptive language‚ the poem determines the speaker’s perception. The speaker’s fears of the stranger sitting across from her become the reader’s also by her comments and use of descriptive language. The speaker communicates the stranger’s capabilities over her life more than once in the poem. “...he looks at my fur coat‚ and I don’t know if I am in his power--he could take my coat so easily‚ my briefcase
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desolate shore before man existed. He hears the sad murmur of the sea in the shell‚ and is pleased to be back in the real world after his daydream. The tone of the poem is very calm and it is slow-paced. The mood is very morose and lonely‚ because the poet writes of a place with no humans or technology. The purpose of the poem is to tell us that nature has its own beauty‚ we should love it for the way it is. We shouldn’t ruin it in any way but rather preserve it and protect it. It has been there
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marked him from the start for a happy life. But change happened‚ He grew bloodthirsty‚ gave no more things to honor the Danes. He suffered in the end for having plagued his people for so long his life lost happiness.” This passage from the poem exists for two main reasons for which I can discover. First‚ the poet uses this story to ensure that Beowulf will stray away from Heremod’s path. The poet continues on with vague examples using figurative languages such as: “A killer stalks him
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’The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke is an Italian sonnet that plays with the idea of war being romantic. The whole poem is a metaphor for what he believed the war meant to him. In the first verse‚ he is saying that if he died in battle‚ even in some corner of a foreign field‚ he will forever belong to England. He then uses a series of metaphors to state that England is what raised him‚ gave him an identity and that his soul will be immortal because he died fighting for his country. In the second verse
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but in reality they got very home sick. These guys and sometimes women were on the sea for years. No family on the ship just a bunch of guys for a couple years raiding and killing. In the Exeter Book‚ there are two very prevalent themes of three poems; The Seafarer‚ The Wanderer‚ and The Wife’s Lament; sadness and suffering. In The Seafarer‚
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David Lunde INTS 3020 10/11/2012 “Analysis of Robert Fisk’s ‘Why?’” In my opinion‚ asking the “why” question must always be the first step in critical thinking. Failure to address this question will result in an incomplete analysis in any situation. In Robert Fisk’s “Why?” the author seeks to answer the difficult “why” questions surrounding 9/11 and its aftermath on several fronts. First‚ Fisk sets out to answer why “they” [the Arabs who hijacked the planes] attacked “us” [the United States]
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and sound. Joy Harjo uses figurative language to relay the message of the poem. “Remember the suns birth at dawn.” (L4) This personification is saying not to forget how the sun rises. It also means don’t take for granted that you have another day to live and express yourself. “Remember the plants‚ trees‚ animal life who all have their tribes‚ families‚ their histories. Talk to them‚ listen to them. They are alive poems.” (L14-16) This personification says to remember mother nature because without
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live among the hills green‚ I smile without reply‚ my heart serene. Peach blossoms flow away with running streams. It’s a world other than the earth of men. Thoughts on a Still Night Before my bed‚ the moon is shining bright‚ I think that it is frost upon the ground. I raise my head and look at the bright moon‚ I lower my head and think of home. Chinese history is long and complex—with records dating to around 1600 BC. Within this extensive period‚ many forms of art and philosophy were developed
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Voices of a Real Nation “A little raw”‚ “great and beautiful simplicity of phrase” – that’s how American poets Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell have described the works of Robert Frost‚ one of the most widely read and bellowed American poet. American writer Edward Eggleston wrote‚ “you have given me a rare sensation: you have sent me a book that I can read…” His words he addressed to Edwin Robinson‚ another great American poet‚ tree times Pulitzer Prizes nominee. The reviews‚ mentioned above‚ have something
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Animal spirits are said to be able to change into human form. He continues the poem by:Here he is implying that within him is an animal‚ and this animal is Coyote. The animal and Ortiz are one in the same‚ which makes Coyote and Ortiz one in the same as well. The closeness of the two described here shows Ortiz’s familiarity with
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