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A) Read 'American Me' by Maria Miranda-Maloney.
B) The character in 'American Me' is a Hispanic male that crossed the border into the United States. Miranda-Maloney uses many factors to develop her character. We know the character in her poem is Hispanic, as she uses racial aspects within her poem when her character refers to himself as a 'watermelon-eating Mexicano', he refers to a trolley driver as a 'gringo', and he kissed our 'white ...
I don't think the poem means to say that anyone and noone are the cool guys, whereas the 'women and men' are boring types who don't understand. 'Anyone' is just that - any individual. He is special because everyone is special. We don't appreciate this because we all lead such busy lives - we are all the 'women and men' who don't notice things. 'Noo...
Analysis of Frost's "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Robert Frost takes our imaginations to a journey through wintertime with his two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Frost comes from a New England background and these two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in that part of the coun...
McAvley's purpose in "Merry-Go-Round" is to show the innocent beliefs of children viewed by a cynical adult. It portrays children caught up in the magical, surreal world of childhood before thrown into reality and the discordant life of adulthood. He employs specific stylistic devices such as imagery and diction, structure and tone to reveal this t...
Introduction The poems `Mending Wall' and `New year' written by Robert Frost and Edward Thomas are both similar in the idea that they both revolve around encounters. Both poems have many similarities in their presentation and ideas but are also very contrasting. Both have encounters, presented in different ways, some of the key ideas however remai...
Stevie Smith's "Not Waving but Drowning" and Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" are similar in that both poems' characters have lived their lives with regret and sorrow. Neither of their lives were lived to the fullest and as death approaches, the question of, "what could have been?" remains forever unanswered. Upon first reading, Stevie...
I've been through so much in my life, words can't express; the only feeling I have inside is plain loneliness. When you, finally, came around, you said you'd never leave, but I've never felt so alone; I find it hard to breath. When I asked you if you had been drinking, you sat there and told me 'no''. You didn't know how I felt; I didn't let it s...
Mother, any distance greater than a single span requires a second pair of hands. You come to help me measure windows, pelmets, doors, the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors. You at the zero-end, me with the spool of tape, recording length, reporting metres, centimetres back to base, then leaving up the stairs, the line still feedi...
BY ME'''. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measures! We ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? Playing small doesn't serve the world. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own...
Title: Suburban Sonnet, Gwen Harwood Subject Matter: This piece exposes the mixed blessing of children and the darker side of motherhood. Analysis: Key Quotes Techniques and Impact on Reader "zest and love, drain out with soapy water" This image has been juxtaposed against "zest and love", enhancing the way they have seeped from her existence * "d...
Emily Dickinson- born 12/10/1830 Amherst Massachusetts -Left school as teen to live reclusive life on family homestead where she wrote notebooks of poetry. -Work was published after death may 15, 1886. Now considered 1 of towering figues of American lit -Her paternal grandfather, Samuel Dickinson- founder of Amherst College. -Her father worked...
"We Wear the Mask," by Paul Laurence Dunbar and "Richard Cory" by an anonymous writer are two poems that illustrate how people hide their feelings from others. They have different voices, or are coming from different views, but they have the same theme. We can not see how people are feeling by their actions or facial expressions. What they feel...
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam presents an interesting challenge to any reader trying to sort through its heavy symbolism and not- so-obvious theme. Not only does the poem provide us with a compelling surface story, but a second look at the text can reveal a rich collection of seperate meanings hidden in the poem's objective descriptions and sprawli...
i push myself forward trying to escape but my both feet are immobile both strapped in rusty chains i struggle trying to free myself from the monster that held me captive i cannot feel the pain although i see myself all wounded,looking helpless i heard something move did i woke it up?! i struggled more but i can smell it getting near heartbeat start...
"" Worksheet Key 40 points Name: Maggie Palumbo Instructions: Complete the worksheet after reading Maya Angelou's poem "." 1. List 3 similes from the poem: But still, like dust, I'll rise. Shoulders falling down like teardrops But still, like air, I'll rise 2. List 2 metaphors from the poem: I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide Ou...
