wrong and why your idea is better. In a collaborative endeavor, it’s important to curb that urge to argue your point. Instead, take a moment to pause before you respond. That will allow you time to gather your thoughts. Next, address what the speaker has said in a respectful manner before expressing your
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"He tells you that no man can live up to the one who lives in your head. And you tried to change didn't you? Closed your mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake" words from a poet named Warsan Shire. The quote comes from the book, "Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth". This quote comes from a deep hurt that resonates in all women. Girls who have been taught to live in fear. Girls are taught to live in fear of men's wrath. We must cover up, close our mouths, walk only
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Upon first reading of Reading Signs it evokes strange imagery of a peculiar man licking stones for some unfathomable reason. But it soon becomes clear the “he” is a gull. Specifically a juvenile gull. Herring gulls will pick up stones, carry them into the air, then drop them and swoop to catch them before they hit the water. Gulls also regularly pick up shells and drop them from a height in order to break them open to look for food. If a gull is doing this with stones it most likely means it is
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Already we have seen that the speaker has a very different Sunday experience than his father does, but these lines really start to bring this idea home. We can think of these “chronic angers” in two ways. First, we can interpret them as referring to the people in the house being angry. The other option is to think of the house itself as being angry. If that's the case, then Hayden's giving us a little dose of personification, because he's saying the house has human feelings. It’s possible that the
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light the conflict between beauty, goodness, and love against the selfishness of the world. The speaker talks to the subject of the poem, trying to convince him almost that he should share his beauty with the world, but it is obvious that there is some resistance to this idea. Another related conflict that is presented is propagation, whose alternative is greatly discouraged by the speaker. The speaker explains this idea that people who are beautiful ‘owe’ it the world to make offspring, who are assumed
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Day, the speaker comments on his lonely and solitary life in order to reveal his self reliance, individualism, and connection to nature. He doesn't need anyone as his “shadow’s the only one” that walks with him as opposed to another human. The speaker doesn't work for anyone else, as he is isolated from the rest of society, exemplifying both his self-reliance and individualism. Because of that isolation, he can rely on himself and better himself rather than worry about others. The speaker extends
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Sarcasm In the song Sarcasm, by Get Scared the author uses metaphors and symbolic language in the song to convey that love that causes excruciating pain isn’t love. The author uses symbolic language in stanza three," Don't mind us we're just spilling our guts,If this is love I don't wanna be loved,You pollute the room with a filthy tongue,Watch me choke it down so I can throw it up." The author includes this to support that love shouldn't hurt because in this stanza it says that hurtful secrets
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The journey of the speaker brings about a progression in her relationship with the swamp, changing its dynamic—alongside the tone—from negative and struggling to heartening and peaceful. This trek seems to serve as a metaphor for the speaker’s life and her transition from pessimism to contentment in her circumstances. Tone is closely related to the condition of the relationship between the speaker and the swamp and is creatively developed through the use of structure, sound devices, and imagery.
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“Ra Taka in great despair gave the signal by raising his hands for all to stand.” “His followers, the Lesser-gods were now in position to ignite the Pluto-dynamite or Plutonium, the measure of ten trillion atomic bombs.” “This was his plan now to destroy the planet and witness the great power of the beast.” “Jahtu realizing it was too late to stop the explosion commanded his suns, moons and stars,” “Hear ye soldiers of the light, Humble (Prostrate) yourselves before the Father and become one with
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I walk a fine line (while composing this imperfect declaration of love) between a fruitless attempt at expressing my boundless gratitude and deep affection, while also maintaining the image of that delightfully eloquent man with whom you have come to expect nothing but literary flawlessness. While cynical the beginning of this letter may be, I remain resolute in producing a masterpiece of expression to all but the author's eyes. Furthermore I shall attempt to continually outdo myself by consequently
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