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Introduction To Poetry Paragraph “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins is a poem that advises readers how to approach and analyze a poem. In the first stanza of the poem, “I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a colour slide,” there is a perception of who the speaker and the audience might be. The speaker of this poem is Collins or perhaps a teacher speaking to an audience (readers or students) that’s indicated by “them”. A simile in this stanza is used to compare a poem…

To be an ugly weed, or a pleasant-smelling flower? In Identity, Julio Polanco uses symbolism, setting, and conflict to show, illustrate and communicate, that being different can sometimes be better, and to be yourself and not like any other. Julio Polanco uses the literary element symbolism in this poem many times. An example of symbolism in this poem is “ I’d rather be a tall ugly weed”. He is showing symbolism by saying it as though he is the weed. This quote means that he would rather be…

The Federalist Papers were created to attempt to get the New York citizens to ratify the United States Constitution. The federalist paper was a compilation of eighty five letters that pushed to replace then then in place articles of confederation for a new improve constitution written in philadelphia. Federalist Paper number ten agreeing with the Constitution, which explains how the violence and damaged that happens to be caused by factions, can indeed be controlled by the government. Factions…

Today's society, if having the same society as in the Hunger Games, would react a similar way. Although they would react the same, the effects would be slightly more drastic. Starting off with starvation being the root to all the problems it would lead to rebellion and then the world would go down in shambles. The government starts with hinting at rebellion due to lower districts having to find any way to fend for themselves, all because of low resources. Families, and the gathering of districts…

very different. Ethel’s vocal style of singing is more aggressive and it seemed somewhat rushed but had a whimsical feel. While Ella’s vocal style is more laid back because she takes her time to sing the words of the song and puts soul into it. The form of the song by both singers were pretty much the same by structure but were on different keys. The instrumentation for both ensemble sizes are very different. While Ella had a trio of guitar, bass,…

The cat in the hat, Green eggs and ham, How the grinch stole christmas, these are only a few outstanding books written by the renowned author, Theodor Seuss Geisel. Theodor Geisel, or more commonly known as Doctor Seuss, was a surrealist author and illustrator. He has published over 60 books and 16 of those books are on the Publishers weekly list (A&E Television Networks, 2017). Doctor Seuss writes in a unique writing style that he created which is a mix of vivacity and manipulation of…

Secondhand Stories Have you ever wanted to write something but couldn't find the words? Now you can with blackout poetry! Blackout poetry was created by Austin Kleon during a case of writer's block. So, he took out a newspaper and started outlining words and phrases that he liked. Then, using a black marker, he blacked out the unnecessary text. As a result, he created a new story. All you need is a pencil and a marker. How it works: Grab a pencil and find your favorite article in the paper…

The three poems that I choose from William Blakes archive of poems from the Songs of Innocence/Experience were ones that dealt with children. I wanted to see how he used different colors when describing certain times while also looking at his word choice. The names of the three poems that I choose were Infant Joy (object 23), Infant Sorrow (object 39), and one that has no name (object 17). Even though we went over Infant Joy in class, this poem stayed with me after and I wanted to spend more…

The Road Not Taken (Web) The Road Not Taken is a poem about the interest and motivation to take different experiences in our life. Inside of a forest, the speaker face the decision of taking two roads. One of them is known from the speaker to be a common road, but he decide to take the less traveled and unknown road. From the speaker, it makes a difference to take the other road to have something to say about his life and experiment a new event. Mother to son (Web) Mother to son is…

“The most wasted of all days is the one without laughter”(E.E. Cummings). Edward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14, 1894, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a painter and a poet, he was fascinated with Pablo Picasso’s art. As you can see E.E. Cummings relies on sight and sound to create meaning in his poetry. It is important to know that Cummings uses language to its fullest. In document A his other poem “l(a” the spacing of the poem looks like loneliness, he also uses parentheses for…