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    Emily Dickinson, an American poet, has written hundreds of poems. The total count falls just short of 1,800 (Roberts 735). Obviously, she wrote on many topics. Two of her most frequent topics are love and death. While love and death may be very common themes in many people 's writing, they are ironic themes for Dickinson for several reasons. Dickinson was never married and never had an open relationship in her life, but she did go through many deaths. This makes it ironic that she still wrote…

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    Nature of the native is written by Thomas Hardy who is a writer of nature and reality. He plots the story in an elaborately described landscape. His interest in nature scenes shows that he has spent his childhood close to nature. His closeness to nature makes him able to write on it. In the novel ''Return of The Native'' Hardy described a nature as Edgon Heath which is an antagonist to human beings. Heath is a character that influences other characters. It also has control on the lives of people…

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    Homophonic Translation

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    In this letter I endeavor to properly relate to you my understanding of your homophonic experiment, hereon referred to as HE. I must admit, your work rather startled me: the only homophonic translation of a musical song. In fact, it took me a moment to discover what you had translated. Upon a second close reading, and internet surfing, I discovered the answer: “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Les Misérables, hereon referred to as OP. Interestingly…

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    Blake's Poem

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    Structurally, Blake composes the poem as a dramatic monologue utilizing an ABAB rhyme scheme and simple vocabulary. Much of the work uses an anapestic poetic meter, which is often characterized with childish cadence of literature. The composition therefore resembles perhaps a children’s hymn -- establishing the innocence of the boy which narrates it. Ergo, the very nature of youthful innocence is tied inextricably to the overall tone of the poem. Blake not only addresses the reader, but…

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    No Holds Barred Poetry Who's to say what true poetry should be? Many people in the history of this underappreciated branch of literature seem to believe that poetry requires a traditional touch. However, famous poet Billy Collins disagrees wholeheartedly. Whereas most poets stick to the traditional status quo, Collins thinks outside the box and produces very interesting works. The difference between Collins and phonies who simply perform absurd acts for attention is his end goal. Collins’ goal…

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    Complete an analysis on a poem and author of your choosing. Use the links on Google Classroom to find your poem. Make sure to type your response on this document and to give thorough, insightful commentary. Remember, your analysis should be limited to one page or slightly more. Quality over quantity!! Rubric Categories 4 3 2 1 0 T- Title Thoughts on the title are shared..Strong commentary and wording is used Thoughts on the title are shared.Adequate wording and commentary is used Thoughts on…

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    In, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries,” Julia Alvarez writes a poem in which the speaker’s hobby of examining poetic books in a bookstore is included. When describing the speaker’s observations and inspired feelings about a specific poem, multiple poetic devices are used to convey the speaker’s complex situation. In, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries,” Julia Alvarez uses tone and imagery to present the speaker’s complex discoveries of a originality and a…

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    A Prekindergarten Curriculum Supplement for Enhancing Mainstream American English Knowledge in Nonmainstream American English Speakers by Jan R. Edwards and Peggy Rosin sets out to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing curriculum of Mainstream American English (MAE) on African American prekindergarten children. More specifically, would it be possible to enhance awareness in Non Mainstream speaking children (NMAE) in recognizing the phonological, morphological, and pragmatic differences…

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    Statistics relating to sports related volleyball injuries Injuries Rotator cuff tendinitis – when serving and spiking, the rotator cuffs are worked and are very important for the shoulder to move, with over use these muscles can get irritated or fatigued. Finger injuries – during volleyball fingers are vulnerable, this injury can happen when blocking, setting, and digging. Common finger injuries include dislocations, fractures, and tendon ligament damage. Ankle sprains – most common injury in…

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    Alphabetic Principle

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    specific letters and letter combinations. When all the phonemes through the vowel form the body of a syllable is called the Body and Coda. The body of a syllable is when we combine the onset with a vowel. The coda is everything after the body. The body is the first part of a syllable including the volume sound and the coda is what is left. In other words, the body-coda involves breaking the syllable into two parts with the split occurring directly after the…

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