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he Glass Menagerie is a very character oriented poem. Tom, Amanda, and Laura are all very well developed characters. They all have significant and unique characteristics that are shown well throughout the poem. Tom is the most interesting to me though because of his qualities and even his flaws. Tom has a few different and contradicting characteristics such as he is easily persuaded, his determination and his strong sense of guilt. Tom Wingfield seems to be easily entrapped and persuaded into
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Rhyme and Reason There are many different ways that a poet can get their message across, such as rhyming. The structure can really shape the entire poem. Structure helps to organize the poet's ideas and put the poem into a category. In accordance to the structure, poetry always has a main idea. This main idea is crucial to the poem because it is the message that the author wants to tell the reader. If the structure matches the main idea, the poem will be much more effective and fluid. In the two
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A common question posed throughout time is whether people can feel love or joy without also feeling grief and heartbreak or not. Neruda answers if human beings can feel true joy without first experiencing sadness with his use of stars throughout his poetry. Neruda uses a star motif to indicate a positive feeling or outlook surrounded by the harsh darkness of negativity. A star signifies a light in the dark. Neruda suggests that there can only be light if there is also darkness. The emotional highs
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In George Gascoigne’s poem, “For That He Looked Not upon Her,” Gascoigne addresses the tempting and enticing aspects of a seducing female he deems dangerous to even look at in fear of what a relationship could bring. To do so, Gascoigne uses poetic elements such as vivid imagery, descriptive diction, and a framed form of writing to artfully display the speaker’s complex attitude. When initially describing the speaker’s actions and other elements throughout the poem, Gascoigne implements imagery
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Purpose of the Essay The purpose of the essay is to show that woman of color, and age could be very graceful, and elegant. The story also explains that writing is very important as so is reading, but it is more than that you need to be able to speak with intelligence (Angelou, n.d.). A quote from the essay Mrs. Flowers stated that “no one can make you talk-possibly no one can, but bear in mind, language is man’s way of communicating with his fellow man.” (Angelou, n.d.). The meaning of this is
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In 130, Shakespeare already has a solid rhyme scheme and the simple rhyming of the words at the end of each line creates a more solid foundation for the poem’s content to rest upon. He uses much more verbally pleasing arrangement of words when describing the beautiful things in the world, “I
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This excerpt is from a lyric poem in which the persona, a lover, is addressing his beloved. He expresses his sense of how his beloved has the capacity to open and enclose him, meaning to understand him deeply in every way even when he tries to hide his innermost thoughts and feelings. The mood and tone of this poem convey a feeling of wonder, as if the persona is in awe of his beloved’s capacity to affect him in that way. The poet’s abundant use of tactile imagery allows us to see, through all this
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English Speech – Assessment Task ------------------------------------------------- Using your exert as a basis for your personal interpretation, discuss the distinctive features of the text that allow it to be valued by a contemporary audience. You will need to refer to other sections of your text to validate your discussion. Good morning teachers and classmates, the dramatic reading I will be doing today is of Gwen Harwood’s Poem, “Mother Who Gave Me Life” <Read “Mother Who Gave Me Life”
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The Tyger, written in 1974, is one of both simplicity and mystery. Within this poem written by old English William Blake, there are 13 full questions within this short 24 line work. Though many literary analysts have attempted to forge a meaning from this work, not one theme has a more correct stance than any of the others. One clear symbol within the piece is the Tyger, who represents some form of evil entity, quite possibly Satan himself. One possibility for the theme is that the poet is questioning
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