Refugee Mother and Child No Madonna and Child could touch that picture of a mother’s tenderness for a son she soon would have to forget. The air was heavy with odours of diarrhoea of unwashed children with washed-out ribs and dried-up bottoms struggling in laboured steps behind blown empty bellies. Most mothers there had long ceased to care but not this one; she held a ghost smile between her teeth and in her eyes the ghost of a mother’s pride as she combed the rust-coloured hair left on
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Immigrants at Central Station, 1951 The first poem in Peter Skrzynecki’s Immigrant Chronicle is set in Sydney’s main railway station. As it is dated “1951” it is some years after the arrival of the Skrzyneckis here in Australia and also provides us with the context of the poem. The first lines of the poem, “It was sad to hear the train’s whistle this morning...” induces sadness whereas it usually induces joy. This tell us that the Skrzyneckis were sad almost certainly due to the fact that they
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Ispahan Carpet Ispahan Carpet explores the writer’s emotions and feelings about the children sitting in the hut all day, weaving with ‘unsupported bird-bones’. This would be somewhere in the middle east, as carpets are very well done there and done by hand which makes it very much more authentic and valuable. People who make these carpets are usually in poverty as they slave away in their huts for at least 6-8 months making one decent sized carpet. The poem describes what goes on in the hut and
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William Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the shrew’ consists of disorder which is further enhanced by the comic devices. Confusion is prominent throughout Shakespeare’s plays, for example ‘The comedy of errors’ and ‘Macbeth’. The disarrangement would be expected by an Elizabethan audience; however the structure of the play subverts traditional, more conventional plays and suggests disorder in itself. There are various comic techniques that Shakespeare utilises, the most significant being deception, most
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ail.cMEMORY – CHRIS VAN WYK Candice Millar 214119874 LLE 101 ‘Memory’ which was written by Chris Van Wyk, is an extremely powerful poem. The poem does not only place emphasis on power, but tenderness when it comes to the childhood, traumatic memory, motherhood and feelings of nostalgia and reminiscence which are evoked throughout the whole poem. This essay will highlight the different events that took place in the poem and how the poet used certain imagery in order to contribute towards this
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http://www.historytoday.com/jerome-de-groot/signposts-historical-fiction These were some of the questions raised at a recent conference at the Institute of Historical Research at which History Today Editor, Paul Lay, hosted a discussion between Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall, and the Tudor historian David Loades. Historians often describe themselves as detectives, seeking out a kind of truth among the conflicting evidence of the past. There is, furthermore, a large and growing subgenre of
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LIMERICKS A limerick is a short form of poetry which demonstrates a particular syllabic and rhyme pattern and which is known for its humor. Read this sample limerick: There was a large lady from Perth Who wanted to travel the earth But her wish was in vain For the door of the plane Was not wide enough for her girth. Note that the first, second and fifth lines each have eight syllables, and rhyme with each other, while the middle lines have only six syllables and a separate rhyme
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From your study of “Piano” by D.H Lawrence, “Half-past Two” by U.A Fanthorpe and “Hide and seek” by Vernon Scannell, and with reference to another three poems from wider reading, discuss how the poets present feelings about childhood. Childhood is a common experience that we all have been through; however this experience is not the same for everyone. There are always common aspects in our stories but our feelings are completely different. As memories start to fade, the overall feeling of the
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Romanticism was an artistic and literary movement that began in Europe. It was led by numerous artists and poets, such as William Blake, Lord Byron and William Wordsworth. The poetry at that time looked at the beauty in our life. Their poems were elegant, focusing on nature or the femininity of a lovely lady. They all mentioned about natural views and some religious symbols. Poets were using literary techniques to express their feelings. However, the target they wrote were not always the same. Byron’s
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Name: Khandkar Musarrat Maliha Esha Eng 111.3 Instructor: Hilary Clark Essay 1 The innocence trapped in black coffin in William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” William Blake’s “The chimney sweeper” is narrated by a young boy who is a chimney- sweeper, who tells us about his childhood and his fellow workers. In this poem a contrast of dark and light is shown to give the readers a picture of reality and hope. This essay explores the different dimensions, which are significant in this
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