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    Heart of a riddle: metaphor ( linking 2 unrelated images both found in riddles) - Relationship = VISION / A WAY OF SEEING - TALINGHAGA = METAPHOR Proverb/ Salawikain (rhyme & wisdom) Added = Performed through poems (poetry form) Tanaga – Proverbs with monorhyming – strength/ pain Ambahan – Chanted & Written by mangyans (songs about Nature‚ Childhood‚ woman relationships‚ hospitality) The Mangyans inscribe their songs on bamboo tubes Songs – Active Literature

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    Autobiography Essay Aug 30‚ 2012(August 19‚ 2009) “Come on Sylvia‚ you will be late for the interview!”‚ I could hear my father yell from the kitchen as I sat in my room nervously fussing over my makeup. Today was a big day for me‚ it was my first job interview for a position at the local McDonald’s. My stomach flip flopped at the thought of it all. I was very shy so the thought of having to sit and be interrogated with questions from a stranger was enough to send me into a panic. I looked

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    Impact of War on Poetry

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    includes the impact of war on poetry and other information need to explore this particular problem. To gather the information needed to explore this particular problem‚ firstly‚ I would find out the context of the war mentioned in the poem‚ if not‚ I would find out more on the poet. Following on‚ I would use the information and put myself into the context or the author’s shoes. From there‚ I can analyse the poem better and thus find out the impact of war on poetry. Main text In the poem “Hiroshima”

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    Protest Poetry

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    Protest songs make serious comment on the issues of their time. Discuss with detailed reference to the issues and techniques in two songs studied in class and one of your own choosing. Protest songs are the product of their times. Composers utilise the medium to make meaningful comment on the issues of their era in an attempt to influence viewpoints and bring back change. ‘Dear Mr President’ by Pink criticises the presidency of George w bush and the issues he raised with his decisions. These issues

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    Poetry – Elizabeth Bishop

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    [2013] Poetry – Elizabeth Bishop Aoife O’Driscoll www.aoifesnotes.com Elizabeth Bishop – Brief Biography Elizabeth Bishop was born in Massachusetts in 1911. Her father died when she was a baby‚ and his death caused Bishop’s mother to have a mental breakdown. When Bishop was five her mother was permanently institutionalised and was never reunited with her daughter. Bishop’s maternal grandparents took care of her and she spent her early childhood with them on their farm in Nova Scotia. Bishop

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    general sense‚ poems are personal‚ even autobiographical; they inevitably reflect‚ however directly or obliquely‚ the varied concerns and self-images of their authors. The rake in Rochester’s poems is inevitably a reflection of the historical rake…That he delighted in projecting an image of himself is also clear (Griffin 1973: 21) This study aims to find out how Rochester has been related to his poetry and what consequences these relations have had for how we read his poetry. The most important editors

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    Classical Chinese Poetry Re-Created as English Poetry1 Roslyn Joy Ricci Centre for Asian Studies University of Adelaide Introduction The well-known Robert Frost2 witticism that ‘poetry is what disappears in translation ’ is only valid if poetic translation aims to produce a ‘perfect re-creation of the original‚ ’3 however‚ I suggest that successful translators re-create poetry in another language as opposed to translating it into a second language.4 The aim of re-creating poetry is to attempt

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    poetry reflection

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    Alex Killian Hour 3 The Labyrinth By Robert P. Baird Torn turned and tattered Bowed burned and battered I took untensed time by the teeth And bade it bear me banking Out over the walled welter cities and the sea Through the lightsmocked birdpocked cloudcocked sky To leave me light on a lilting planetesimal. The stone walls wailed and whimpered The bold stars paled and dimpled Godgone time gathered to a grunt

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    An analysis and comparison of The child who walks backwards and A poem for Darcy The poems The child who walks backwards by Lorna Crozier and A poem for Darcy by Steven Herrick explore the issue of child abuse. The poets give very similar treatment to the theme and both poems have the same tone. In all else‚ the poems are different. Crozier makes use of language techniques throughout whereas Herrick’s poem is unadorned‚ which creates its own impact. Both poems are devastating in the social

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    The Disturbing Truth: Frida Kahlo’s My Dress Hangs There Art is not always pleasant‚ but neither is society. Art and society have a reflective relationship with one another. During social‚ religious‚ and political controversy‚ artists such as Frida Kahlo incorporated imagery into their portraits of society which are often disturbing to the viewer. The role of an artist often includes acting as a social critic‚ to show us aspects of our cultural landscape that are unpleasant. In this manner‚

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