Robert Browning

Poem “Thickness of Ice” explores the thematic study of relationships as it presents a metaphorical romantic relationship between ice skaters and lovers, the thaw and formation of ice to stages throughout a romantic relationship with the use of symbolism, body language, salience, colour and composition. The composition of the collage shows the stages of relationship or the changes in ice conditions in respective order from the top to the bottom. In the centre of the upper half of the collage…

“Fifty percent of the United States of America is underneath the ocean. And we have better maps of mars than those areas”- Robert Ballard. Robert ballard is a natural scientist/oceanographer. He was born on June 30,1942 in Wichita, Kansas. He later moved to San Diego and grew up there through his childhood. Robert Ballard got the idea of being an oceanographer one day by just reading the book called “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” Following what he loved to do he began working part-time…

Chelsea Starghill Critical Analysis VI- Policing November 8, 2016 In A Brief History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing, the author Victor E. Kappeler, PH.D., addresses issues about the truth of slavery and the roots of policing through Slave patrols and Night Watches. The foundation of policing existing before the Civil War, because of whites wanting absolute authority over minorities. They could manipulate the population of slaves and those who attempted to run away through…

Paul Allen is also into exploration. One of his vessels discovered the Us Navy warship the USS Indianapolis. He found the vessel somewhere in the Philippine Sea. The exact location is currently classified. This achievement is incredible considering the ship had been sunk in 1945 and no one had been able to locate it. Allen also discovered another second world war vessel but this time it had sailed a flag of the Rising Sun. He discovered the Japanese warship, Musashi. The vessel was found in the…

“Acquainted with the Night,” is another popular work of Frost’s packed full of figurative language starting with the title of the poem. The word “night” is a metaphor for darkness, which can be interpreted as loneliness or depression. The speaker appears to be well acquainted with feelings of sadness. Frost can personally identify with this sense of being surrounded by darkness as he unfortunately endured heavy tragedy in his life: prematurely losing all but two of his six children followed by…

Stave 1--Dismal Gray seemed to shroud the entire section of this story, hanging low like the mist over England. Although bleakness is not the main theme in A Christmas Carol, it is certainly present and important. As evidenced by the author’s word choice when he was adding description to the Christmas Eve night: it was cold, bleak, biting weather, and he could hear the people in the court outside….candles were flaring in windows of the windows of the neighboring offices, like ruddy smears…

Robert Frost is a famous American poet of the 19th century who was admired for his work. Frost left an imprint in the world by developing poems that let readers experience feelings through words. He usually focus his poems on experiences that a person would face regularly. Though, Frost includes numerous metaphors that outlined his experiences and environments he lived in. He expressed his feelings through the the use of figurative language. The poet compared himself to a person, place, or thing…

NOTEs Edwin Chadwick Relevant Background Information • “Clear-thinking man of action” • 1832 - English government appointed the Royal Commission - inquire workings of Poor Law and how to improve it. • Leading commissioner • Made it known that system needed to be reformed to stop the citisens from demanding public funds – usually unnecessary Controversy • 1834 – measure passed, Chadwick didn’t get what he wanted (thought he would take charge of New Poor Law) • Only made secretary –…

In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”, the theme that humans create arbitrary separations between themselves to find comfort in safety is shown through his use of a playful to dark diction and symbolism of the wall. Throughout the poem, a playful diction revolving around the barrier gradually transitions into a dark diction of why these barriers exist. First, a playful diction is presented as the narrator thinks of the barriers as “...just another kind of outdoor game” (Frost 21). Frost uses…

In Steven Monte’s “Analysis of ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’” Monte not only explains his views of the poem but pursues many deeper implications. Monte’s essay is a different way to write analysis because his thesis is not only a deeper meaning of the poem but a deeper meaning of life, shown !!!. Monte brings his ideas of “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” to be just like life. This idea of Montie’s tells us that “Pausing and reflecting” in the poem is a similar event that…