first paragraph of the passage provides an example of which of the following figures of speech ? c. Apostrophe 13. Which of the following best describes a theme of Whitman’s poem “ Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking’’? e. The awakening of the poet to his vocation 14. Which of the following did NOT write a slave narrative? d. Charles Brockden Brown 15. The sentences are taken from the opening pages of e. Henry David Thoreau’s Walden 16. The phrase “the furniture of my mind was all
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Music has played a major role in religion and the spirituality of humans from the beginnings of society to today. The effect that music has on humankind is a phenomenon that can channel power, bring harmony to society, calm or enrage the masses, and take a listener on a euphoric journey like no other. Music is an essential part in religious ceremonies, birth, re-birth, spiritually altered states (trance), and even death. Music is the connection between the human soul and the path to an individual’s
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of Jose Rizal, the national hero of the Philippines. Athree-hour epic on the life and struggles of his poet and patriotisms. It covers his life fromhis childhood to his execution at the hands of the Spanish forces occupying thePhilippines in the late 19th century. We are also thrown into the world of Rizal's novels(filmed in black and white), so we get a glimpse of how he viewed Filipino society under the Spanish heal.The film also through a series of flashback showing Rizal as a genius, a writer
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stanza describes the summer month “that brings the Rose” taking “Jamshyd and Kaikobad away”, and so forth and so on ad nauseum. Again, in the fifty-third stanza: “You gaze To-Day, while You are You-how then/ Tomorrow, You when shall be You no more?” The poet seems to be in an incredible hurry to get this life going before some cosmic deadline comes due, and more than willing to encourage any of the laiety he encounters in the course of the poem to do the same. Another recurring motif throughout the poem
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beast, the changing of man’s ideal of perfection and finally physical transformation occurring throughout both volumes. These 'transformations' are brought about via the chains of a patriarchal society which are imposed upon the female protagonists which causes them to have to leave their assumed role in society and assume a more independent and masculine role. Both authors use revisionism throughout their tales so as to allow both their feministic values to be expressed and to allow the female narrative
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Assignment 2: Harlem Renaissance Poets Demetria Davenport HUM 112 Dr. Jeff Kersh Countee Cullen (1903-1996) “Heritage” (1925) What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal black Women from whose loins I sprang When the birds of Eden sang? One three centuries removed From the scenes his fathers loved, Spicy grove, cinnamon tree, What is Africa to me? So I lie, who all day long Want no sound except the song Sung by
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are titled “The Burial of the Dead”, “A Game of Chess”, “The Fire Sermon”, “Death by Water”, and “What the Thunder Said”. The Waste Land is an allusive and complex poem. As such, it is subject to a variety of interpretations, and no two critics agree completely on its meaning. It may be interpreted on three levels: the person, the society, and the human race. The personal interpretation seeks to reveal Eliot's feelings and intentions in writing the poem. At the society level, a critic looks for the
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O Captain! My Captain! And Seven Ages of Man Comparison Everyone wonders what reasons they have to read a poem. People always think that poems are boring, sometimes they are and other times they’re not. For example, two very interesting poems are “Seven Ages of Man” written by William Shakespeare. Another good poem is “O Captain! My Captain!” By Walt Whitman. As said above these are two very interesting poems they are alike and different as well. For example: they both have to do with the life cycle
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Approaching the Work Anthology How to compare the poems Meerkat Poetry Meerkat Poetry In section B of your AS exam, you will be asked to write one essay about the poems in the Work anthology. You will be given a choice of two questions. You can compare and contrast at least two poems of your choice, in response to a statement: OR You can compare one named poem and one other of your choice, in response to a statement: All the poems that you choose must come from the Work section of the anthology
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OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE • Palaeolithic nomads from mainland Europe; • New inhabitants came from western and possibly north-western Europe (New Stone Age); • in the 2nd millennium BC new inhabitants came from the Low Countries and the middle Rhine (Stonehenge); • Between 800 and 200 BC Celtic peoples moved into Britain from mainland Europe (Iron Age) • first experience of a literate civilisation in 55 B.C. • remoter areas in Scotland retained independence • Ireland, never conquered by Rome
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