dignitaries‚ parents and students from various schools to grace the very first (Maiden Edition) of her annual inter-house sports competition held at the U. J. Esuene sports stadium on the 12th of march 2010. The event started at about 11.00am with an opening prayer by Pst. Richard Ojong. This maiden event was graced by very important personalities including Mrs. Jennifer Bassey-Duke (Principal/CEO‚ AMMHS)‚ Dr. Inemesit Akpan (P.T.A Chairman‚ AMMHS)‚ Prof. Offiong E. Offiong (Hon. Comm. for Education was
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Distinctively Visual Essay – Shoe Horn Sonata & The Send Off In John Misto’s play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ (1996) and the poem ‘The Send-Off’ written by Wilfred Owen distinctively visual techniques are used to explore past experiences of war and individuals and society’s perceptions. These concepts are conveyed and explored through the use of distinctively visual techniques such as visual and aural imagery‚ stage directions and dialoged. In ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonta’ distinctly visual techniques
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upon at in the same views and it was only after his death and after The Great War that populations realized his talent in conveying such messages through poetry. Owen was constantly angry at society and constantly attacked it in his poetry. In “The Send Off” there is no direct attack but he does make men look like fools and mocks their ceremony. On the contrary‚ in “Anthem for Doomed Youth” Owen attacks society directly by portraying truth. This poem is an elegy for the dead‚ pitying youth as no one
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October 3rd‚ 2014 Commentary: The Send Off This poem‚ written by Wilfred Owens‚ describes a group of men going off to war‚ hence the title‚ “The Send Off.” Throughout the poem there is a gloomy and rundown attitude‚ coupled with matching descriptions‚ which is a drastic change to the earlier patriotic jingoistic poems about the war. In this poem‚ a more realistic‚ dismal attitude towards going off to war is taken. With elevated language and the haphazard rhyme scheme within the short stanzas‚ the
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The Send off Analysis: * Owen does not experiment with language and structure in this poem. * The poem is about the experience of men being moved from their training camp to the trenches in France. The men would have come from a variety of places in the country to the training camp‚ and the town would therefore have little connection to the men (hence there being a small turnout of support). The poem highlights this sense of anonymity and the very low-key way in which the men are transported
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’Anthem For Doomed Youth’ is written in the style of a sonnet‚ traditionally a style of poetry used to express love‚ here it is used as an elegy. On the other hand‚ ’The Send Off’ is written in four cinquains‚ these fragmented stanzas give the poem a question and answer format with the three line stanzas providing the narrative and the two line stanzas that follow allowing Owen to express his opinions. ’Anthem For Doomed Youth’ also uses questions‚ both of the two stanzas start with a question‚ this
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In this essay I’m going to compare the language‚ of the poem “Dulce es Decorum Est” and “The Send Off”. Even if both poems are war poems and both are written by the same author (Wilfred Owens) the two poems both have similarities and differences. “The send off” tells of a group of soldiers who are being sent off to the Front. No one knows‚ or really cares about them and the poet is sure that most of them will be killed or‚ if they do return‚ they will have been changed forever by their experiences
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Faustus is rich in issues prevalent in those times and has elements of a morality play as well as tragedy. The opening speech of Doctor Faustus reflects an ideological battle between Orthodox Christianity and Renaissance Humanism. It functions within a Christian framework where hubris and gluttony are deadly sins and within a moral paradigm which predicts Faustus’s fall. The opening speech introduces the protagonist‚ Doctor Faustus who is a great scholar and a very well respected man. However‚ he
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ADVANCED WORKSHOP : REVIEW OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS BANGKOK‚ 2-6 FEB 2009 Opening and Welcome Speech Mrs Werawan Tangkeo The Deputy Secretary General of Thai Food and Drug Administration @ The Siam City Hotel‚ Bangkok 2-6 February 2009 Dr Viner‚ Dr Stevens‚ Dr Sato‚ and Dr Sudhichai‚ Distinguished participants‚ Ladies and Gentlemen: It gives me a great pleasure to welcome all of you and chair the Opening Ceremony this morning to the “Advanced Workshop: Review of Drug Development in Clinical
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This essay intends to examine the poem "The Send Off" by Wilfred Owen. Owen wrote this poem while he was stationed at Ripon army camp. He was based there after being a patient at the Craiglockhart War Hospital‚ this is where he met Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon. Owen was at Ripon between March and June‚ 1918 and died in action on the fourth of November 1918. "The Send Off" is a poem about some troops that have just come from a sending off ceremony before departing by train‚ presumably to the
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