with big hazel eyes. She is said to be very tall with lanky arms and legs that make her beautiful. She only wears earth tones‚ she believes these colors make her powers more vibrant and beautiful. While some believes she is the goddess of Geography‚ she is actually the goddess of the Earth. Her most known symbol is an upside down triangle with a line going through the tip. A few of her other symbols are a pineapple( her favorite fruit)‚ or a daisy. Gi’s favorite fruit is a pineapple‚ and she really
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Hunting Snake by Judith Wright First of all remember that we would never know what exactly the poet is trying to mention and non of the comments can said to be ‘wrong’ Great black snake represents the aborigin people in Australia and the person who gets scared of this snake is an English occupier. The word ’black’ is simply you can understand that it means black people and snake is a wild animal who lives on their own land but humans are the occupiers and the writer at the same time fears and
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Discuss the following poems‚ Hunting Snake and The Cockroach‚ commenting in particular on the ways in which the poets depict their respective creatures. The poems ‘Hunting Snake’ by Judith Wright and ‘The Cockroach’ by Kevin Halligan are both very metaphorical in their comparisons between creatures and humanity. Both poems are about animals in an undisturbed environment and their subsequent interaction with human beings‚ and a language feature that is common in both poems is an extended metaphor
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The Snake rises near the continental divide by the southeast corner of Yellowstone national park and ends by joining with the Columbia River. The Snake River exits Idaho through the Palisades Reservoir. The snake flows for 1078 miles with many tributaries joining the river. The river then turns west to join with the Columbia near Pasco‚ Washington. There have been salmon in this river for as long as we’ve known about it. Almost always having salmon in the river makes it so that the Snake is always
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“Hunting Snake” Judith Wright ** Australian poet fascinated by Aboriginal life and a reverence for nature. Poetic Devices: Alliteration/hypnotic quality that lulls reader and reflects simple poetry of youth Assonance/like alliteration‚ many soft repetitive sounds (‘w’ and ‘s’ particularly) that also mirror snake’s movements Imagery/very strong‚ visceral poem. Sensory-oriented. Creates a strong‚ confident‚ beautiful‚ awe-inspiring image of snake (focus of poem) Rhyme scheme/very simple until ‘twist’
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keep cobra snakes as pets around the world. The people that keep them might be very experienced but that does not mean the snakes should be treated like a normal non venomous snake. They can still injure someone very bad. Cobra snakes have very dangerous venom that can kill an adult human and they require a lot of things to help the be healthy. Nobody should own a cobra snake. The main reason nobody should own a cobra is that the cobra snake has very toxic venom. People that keep the snake as a pet
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HUNTING SNAKE -Judith Wright Hunting snake is the poem written by Judith Wright‚ an Australian environmentalist‚ who shares her amazing encounter with a great black snake. The main theme of the poem is nature. Here‚ the description that the poet gives about “the great black snake” is pretty much similar to the red bellied black snake which was found in the writer’s hometown in New South Wales. In this poem‚ the persona or the voice is that of the poet herself. The poem is written in a quatrain
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the poem is the sudden appearance of the snake and the surprised reactions of the poet and her companion. The snake does no harm to the walkers and they in turn do not harm the snake. As an environmentalist‚ Wright sought to preserve the natural surroundings in Australia. She cared intensely for the Aboriginal people who lived in close intimacy with nature which the settlers did not. The poem‚ on the surface‚ is about the sudden appearance of the snake but it could also be about the various
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Wisdom Athena: goddess of Wisdom‚ and Battle Strategy. Athena is famous for her piercing‚ stormy grey eyes. Athena was a part of the Great gods of Mount. Olympus. She had her own throne along eleven different other gods. Out of all all Zeus’s Sons and Daughters‚ Athena is favored the most. “she was Zeus’ favorite child and was allowed to use his weapons including his thunderbolt” (Athena). Athena‚ although not one of the original Olympians‚ had a major role in Greek mythology and was highly respected
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Ambrose Bierce The Man and the Snake Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24‚ 1842– after December 26‚ 1913) was an American editorialist‚ journalist‚ short story writer‚ fabulist and satirist. Today‚ he is best known for his short story‚ "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and his satirical lexicon‚ The Devil’s Dictionary. The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work – along with his vehemence as a critic‚ with his motto "nothing matters" – earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce." Despite
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