When I first read this poem, the first thing that I noticed was the author’s blunt diction when he said “I saw a groundhog lying dead.”. This line automatically caught my attention and my expectations changed. The title reminded me of a sunny day in June after the groundhog decided that spring has arrived. The thoughts of spring blooming and the images of Bill Murray popped in my head. Then as I encounter the poem, I realized that everything that I thought was the complete opposite. The author showcases
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possesses. During the address, the speaker shared a poem entitled “The Dash.” The poem referred to the dash between the dates on a tombstone. Two stanzas of the poem read: For it matters not, how much we own the cars…the house…the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash. So, think about this long and hard. Are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged. The poem was very timely for the graduates as they were
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Race Politics By Luis J . Rodriguez In the poem “Race Politics”, by Luis J. Rodriguez, is a poem about the author and his brother crossing the border from Watts to Southern Gate. White people would judge you and hurt you according to your race. The two boys from Watts knew that Southern Gate was a forbidden place. Soon they get in a bad situation. The author used connotation on line four “over on the other side” (Rodriguez). I believe that the author used connotation on line four because it meant
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people sing all around the United States today, the Star-Spangled Banner. The Star-Spangled Banner started off as a poem and evolved to be our nation's national anthem. This song is sung before sporting events, in schools, and in bad times. I remember learning this song in elementary school and I know children still learn it in their education today. The battle in which he wrote the poem happened in Baltimore, Maryland. Before the British arrived at Fort McHenry, they previously burned down the home
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Past a small, unknown doorway of a vast island, a dark curvy passage lead down to a large forest full of plants. Lining the bark of numerous trees was moss as soft as feathers, and weeds springing out from cracks in the ground. Behind the cluster of bushes, which looked like they haven't been trimmed in years, there was an oak tree. Towering over anyone passing, the tree seemed as if it were thousands of feet tall. Its roots dug deep into the soil, reaching for every last drop of water. No one knew
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This song relates to the book by addressing the different love affairs happening between the various men and women such as Darcy falling in love with Elizabeth. He does not want to love her, though, and that relates to the lines “I’ve got a problem and I don’t know what to do” and “I think I really like her, I hope she really likes me too.” Because Darcey did not want to fall for Elizabeth even though he was, and Elizabeth was not also falling in love with him, Darcey had a problem. Even though he
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Sonia Sanchez born Wilsonia Benita Driver is a poet, playwright, activist, educator, and lecturer. She was born on September 9, 1934, in Birmingham Alabama. As a child, she was faced with many struggles from the loss of her mother at the tender age of two and her grandmother a few years later. Little after those losses she had developed a stutter that resulted in her becoming introverted. This had hindered her from expressing how she felt about the harsh treatments of black in the south that she
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FOLKTALES Assignment: Translate the poems into 21st century English In All God’s Chillen had Wings all the slaves had power if they simply just believed that they could fly. They didn’t understand that if all of them pulled together and had faith in the Old man that they could escape the Master, and the driver and all the beatings. I took from this faith and believing was important. In Big Talk it sounded more like what goes around comes around. I took it as both slaves were picking with each
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Deadly Sin: Betrayal Two best friends share everything with each other. One best friend comes out to the other and tells her she’s gay. The girl proceeds to tell her boyfriend, and later that day, the entire school knows. Characters Best Friend: Catherine Best Friend 2: Courtney Boyfriend: Dambite (Dom-bee-tay) Setting A high school in a Southern Baptist town. Notes to Actors Best Friend 1 (Courtney): Battling with insecurity about being a lesbian, finally getting up to tell her best friend
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Post-Holiday-Depression-Zack-AhernDoes the holiday season bring out the Scrooge in you? Depression get you down? Cold comfort that there are millions of people like you out there, right? There's just no safety in numbers with this thing. Many familiar with depression will know what I mean when I say sunny days are the worst. Yeah, sure, the birds are chirping, the kids are playing, and in the summer, you can hear the drone of lawnmowers in the distance. But with sunny days come obligations. You're
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