Phrase

As Niccolò Machiavelli once wrote, “the ends justifies the means”. This phrase means that methods that might considered immoral are acceptable provided the end results in a positive outcome that is far more significant than the means. For instance, should society’s conventions dictate a human life to be worth more than a tree, it would henceforth be morally acceptable for a human to chop down the aforementioned tree to lodging for the winter. Thus, the end, which is the survival of a human life,…

In the first stanza, the phrase “Two roads diverge in a yellow wood” (The Road Not Taken, line 1) contains evoking, descriptive language. Readers automatically visualize a road that splits into two completely different paths, referring to the choices provided. The word “yellow”…

Let go- finished Good morning/ afternoon thank you for having me here to celebrate NAIDOC week with you all. Today I will be analyzing the poem “Let Go” by Jack Davis. Jack Davis was an Indigenous poet and activist. He was born in a small town of Yarloop in western Australia. Jack Davis uses poetry to provide a voice that helps us understand the culture that he lives in and his true identity. In order to prove the thesis statement, I will discuss the theme, poetic devices, and Jack Davis’s use…

I am sitting at my work desk reading an autobiography called The Blood of Lambs, and I recall the phrase “see spot run” in my head. Upon reflection, I remember this phrase from a particular troubling period in my youth where I struggled to become literate. Many years have passed and I realize my path of literacy was difficult and full of major obstacles. To begin with, my struggle to read began in the first grade where I found myself relocating to a new school and in a strange environment. The…

Growth This piece is a continuous ternary form (A-B-A’). Because the end of A section does not back to the authentic cadence of the tonic key, it changed dominant key directly. The phrase length is four bars antecedent/consequent. Growth is indicated by the melody moving into a higher tessitura and added more fast articulation note, like eighth notes changed to sixteen notes and back to eighth notes to tense/release the mood of this…

I try to hoist it on my narrow shoulders again” (15-16) showing the effort she puts into appearing happy on the outside, despite her internal emotions. Pastan then refers to Midas in the phrase “I stumble around the house, bump into things. Only Midas himself would understand” (18-21). The reference to Midas in this stanza refers to King Midas from Greek Mythology. According to Greek Mythology, Midas lived as a greedy king and everything…

This is further emphasized with the phrase that follows “set out to rule the world” the use of past tense transforms the listener to a different time and place -the singers past- this is a way of connecting with the listener and drawing them in, things is the main purpose of poetry, it is…

remains constant throughout the song. In one part of her song Demi says, “I used to hold my freak back.” This is a powerful statement because it is talking about how she is getting in touch and control of her emotions and expressing them freely. This phrase is also a hyperbole,…

America and Its Revolution The American revolution was an era in which Americans protested against the rule of the British empire. In 1775-83 the thirteen colonies were officially independent and became the United States (Columbia Electronic). Some refer to the American revolution as the American War of Independence. In 1765 the British government introduced the stamp act, in which the British government would place stamps on any American document etc., and in return Americans would have to…

Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers, used the phrase in a letter to the Baptist Association of Danbury, Connecticut. The Baptist congregation was concerned that the "free exercise" clause meant that the rights to worship were given by the government "as favors granted" (Barton 1). Jefferson had spoken…