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    having to let go of something he loves, whether he likes it or not. Blake 's writing, "The Sick Rose" demonstrates his feelings of loss for something, most likely a person close to him life a wife, through his various usage of metaphor, personification, and allegory to create a mood that the reader is able to relate to. Without any deep analyzing, this excerpt can be interpreted as the death of a rose flower in a violent storm. However, Blake turns this story into a completely…

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    writing beautiful poetry, if it is unpublished, unseen, and unappreciated? His poem “Asking for Roses” uses a familiar quote from nature to describe his sense of necessary risk-taking to avoid succumbing to what he saw as an unfulfilled and underappreciated life. “A flower unplucked is but left to the falling, / And nothing is gained by not gathering roses.” (Frost 28) The simple understanding of the life of a rose allows the reader to consider the concept and see the situation through Frost’s…

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    loving life and being captivated or challenged with finding sweetness in your world” (Universe of Symbolism, n.d.). For the colors and numbers of flowers, take roses as an example. For instance, red roses mean romance, orange roses mean enthusiasm and passion (ProFlowers, 2014). Besides, ten red roses mean “you are pretty” and ninety-nine red roses mean “I'll love you till the day I die” (RoseforLove, n.d.). Each combination of flowers specifies a meaning. The main message of boys send flowers…

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    Red In American Beauty

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    As one drives down the highway and catch a glance of someone in a bright red vehicle, one can’t help to turn their heads. There something about the color red that grabs the general public attention. “Although red is not technically the most visible color, it has the property of appearing to be nearer than it is and therefore it grabs people’s attention (Psychological)”. In the movie American Beauty, directed by Sam Menden, Menden uses red as a symbolism for power, danger, and determination to…

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    For this assignment, I picked the common area as my scene. On the scene, there was three pieces of evidences, which was a Nike sneaker, a knife and hair. The hair was black, kinky and fuzzy. It was placed on the floor in front the door way next to the right side of the couch. It wasn’t as easily seen as the other evidence because that area was dark, as well as the pieces of hair. A kitchen knife with a black handle was the second piece of evidence. The knife was located on top of the coffee…

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    Vacation Clip Art Essay

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    Clip Art Flowers Review Vacation clip art is images that illustrate memorable occasions and wedding ceremonies that various cultures recognition yearly. You may use this clip art as background decorations for the websites, welcoming cards and celebration invites. The flower clipart collection offers fower designs and accent graphics to make use of in the style of the wedding invites and programs. These cheerful clipart flowers capture the charm of the flower flowering, so frequently connected…

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    The Gloriosa superba, also known as the Glory Lily is a scrambling tuberous perennial climber that can grow up to four metres tall (weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au). It’s Shiny bright green leaves are arranged alternatively along the stem (weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au) and long tendrils curl at the tip of the herbaceous weed (weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au). Bright red and orange flowers make it a very distinctive plant and is rarely confused with other species (Keysaver.lucidental.org). The flowers are always…

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    A hero can be classified by many things. A hero can be superman, a police officer, and even your mom, but what makes a hero? Is it someone who can fly or shoot laser beams from their eyes or someone who saves a baby from a burning building? I’ll admit some of these characteristics are far-fetched since I don’t know anyone who can fly or randomly saves babies on a normal day. All heroes, including super ones, all have something in common, they're admired for their courage or an outstanding thing…

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    “Waiting for Superman” is a song by the band Daughtry. The lyrics tell a story about a girl waiting for the right guy, or ‘superman.’ But while the song lyrics seem focused on the girl, a damsel in distress; the music video accompanying it focuses on telling the story of a man—the story’s superman. The story this video tells is heavily influenced by the pop-culture definition of a superhero, developing a comic-book-esque origin story for this song’s main characters. This underlying theme of…

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    My assigned artwork, The Assyrian Lion Hunt Reliefs expresses a desire for power, permanence and a need to find meaning in the world. The artwork illustrates the Assyrians being led by a king, and as we all know, the kings are the most powerful in a monarchy. The artwork also illustrates the lions being held captive in cages, only released to fight another lion in the ring, showing which lion is the most powerful, almost done as in the gladiators times. The way the artwork shows how to find…

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