Focus Journal # 20‚ Sharon Olds‚ The promise‚ 591 May 2‚ 2012 I. Understanding: In this poem Sharon Olds wishes the reader to believe that when terminally ill a man should have say in whether he continues to suffer in pain while useless‚ or to keep living. II. Analyzing: In this poem Olds does a great job painting a visual picture in the readers mind. “We are also in our/bed‚ fitted naked closely/ along each other¸half passed out/ after love‚ drifting back and/ forth across the border of
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Sharon Olds‚ the author of “on the Subway” shows us two different worlds coming together. Both poems have been explicitly implied‚ to demonstrate the differences and similarities. This is why theme and imagery help the reader better understand this poem. Sharon shows how both worlds are in reference to one another‚ but at final time they come together. At the beginning of the poem there is two boys that are both from different races. They both sit right across each other and observe each other
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Sharon Olds’ poem “I Go Back to May 1937” is written as if the speaker; which appears to be female is looking back in time to when he or she’s parents first met and married. The speaker throughout the poem does not seem pleased with the events that unfolded thereafter‚ but nonetheless understands that there is nothing that she could have done to stop it from happening. The poem gives a short glimpse into the life the couple had and the effect it had on the child/narrator. The poem is almost a flashback
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served and fought for the United States to their citizens. The Arlington National Cemetery is the biggest military cemetery in the United states and fills in as the last resting place for more than 400‚000 military veterans and their close family from the fronts of Iraq and Afghanistan‚ and in addition World Wars I and II‚ the Korean clash‚ Vietnam‚ the Cold War and America’s Civil War. Arlington National Cemetery is the home of notable destinations‚ including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier‚ which
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Arlington National Cemetery‚ one of the most visited cemeteries in the United States‚ contains many interesting features (World Book; Vol.1; pgs.716-717). Some of the features consist of: the National cemetery‚ the Arlington House‚ the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers‚ and the Changing of the Guards. The National cemetery covers six hundred and twelve acres for the burial of many honorable people (Kane‚ Robert S.; pgs.53-54). In amongst the cemetery‚ Arlington House sits upon a hill. The location
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Sharon Salzberg Sharon Salzberg is a remarkable lady who has spent her life devoted to insight meditation in order to find peace for the tragic loses of both her mother and father when she was young. She first encountered Buddhism in an Asian Philosophy class while she was at the State University in Buffalo‚ New York. This was in 1969 and it seemed to inspire her so much that the next year she decided to take an independent study trip to India. During her trip to India‚ she wanted to find‚ “
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The Abydos Cemetery was a burial ground for the ruling elites of Abydos in Predynastic times. “Umm el-Qa’ab”‚ which means "the mother of pots"‚ is the modern-day Arabic name of the site. (Bard 2008: 109) The cemetery is located in the desert between Abydos and the edge of a mountain range. The burial ground was used from at least the Naqada I period in 3800 B.C. It was the royal cemetery during the 1st Dynasty and was also used by the two last kings of the 2nd Dynasty. The area has been divided into
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Rites of passage” - Sharon Olds and “Real boys” - William Pollack Although the main theme of the two texts is anger and how boys express this strong feeling as a way of solution to conflicts‚ the texts‚ in term of form they are fundamentally different. On the one hand‚ text 1(a) is a poem called “Rites of passage” written by Sharon Olds‚ which ironically shows how this violence has been present in the life of the poet’s son. On the other hand‚ text1 (b) is an extract from scholarly study
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Oakland Cemetery is the largest public park in Atlanta‚ GA. It’s also a stunning example of a rural Victorian garden. The cemetery is 48 acres of winding paths‚ large shade trees‚ flowers‚ and shrubs‚ and stunning architecture. Executive director‚ David Moore says‚ “We estimate about 35 thousand people visit Oakland per year” He also says‚ “there’s a dramatic revitalization that occurring up and down memorial drive that will generate thousands of more people that will want to walk outside to enjoy
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On September 26‚ 2014 I visited the Dallas Museum of Art. I walked through the exhibits looking for something that would stand out from all the other art. In the European Art Collection one particular piece caught my eye‚ it was the “Seaside Cemetery (Seefriedhof)” that was made by Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl. Hirschl’s painting represents the imbalance of power between mankind and nature. He shows the helplessness of man in the face of nature. Hirschl is able to do this by his use of dark colors‚ tenebrous
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