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    “Those Winter Sundays” is technically a sonnet as it has 14 lines, however, it does not rhyme and is not in iambic pentameter. Nevertheless, sonnets are frequently identified as an expression of love and although “Those Winter Sundays” describes a love a father shows his children, it shares this commonality. In contrast, “We Real Cool” is broken in four stanzas, each containing a two line couplet. The rhyme is in the middle of the couplet not the end like many traditional poems giving readers…

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    The poet Susan Nalugwa Kiguli from Uganda wrote the poem “Mothers Sing a Lullaby” during the Rwandan genocide. Coming from Africa herself, Susan’s inspiration for her poems and other literary works comes from African society, and she contributes in helping civilians of her own heritage. Her literary works and her voice in helping those in need have expanded worldwide and have been greatly acknowledged. This poem shows that defense and comfort can overtake the bloody power of the genocide, that…

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    United Bank Fraud Essay

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    United Bank facilitated a lengthy fraud-for-profit scheme. Former United Bank Vice President Michael Farris, United Title employees, United Bank’s escrow attorney James Sheatsley, United Bank Vice President Larry Conway, and other United Bank employees took part in the criminal enterprise. In addition, Zaferatos Appraisal, United Bank’s exclusive appraiser, performed inflated appraisals in all properties used in the scheme. The fraud-for-profit scheme, resulted in Former United Bank Vice…

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    I trust that Madoff occupied with making a Ponzi plan out of gluttony. Madoff He began implementing his hoax about a quarter century ago. An actuality that is much all the more disturbing about the way of this trick is the measure of philanthropies that were involved. It takes an unreasonable sense of greed to trick cash from philanthropies and houses of worship. The hoax itself bewildered numerous of people on Wall Street. Everybody in New York should know how Madoff could have pulled off…

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    White-collar crime refers to a nonviolent crime that is financially motivated and committed by any business or government official to obtain profits for personal advantage. (Buell, 2014). White-collar crimes ranges from fraud, Ponzi schemes, forgery and insider trading, a substantial amount of all white collar crimes offender’s live by privilege and power (Evertsson, 2013). Although, numerous amounts of white-collar crimes and offenders are caught by law enforcement, a substantial amount of…

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    To Billy-Past Two Poem

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    TO BILLY: No. While the metaphor is poignant and earnest in its simplicity, the poem is largely unclear and underdeveloped. There are several images presented that may come across as confusing to the reader, as well. First Reader’s Comments: Specific Comments: S2, L1 - I feel as though the use of violent imagery is inconsistent with the idea of fixing a piece of broken glass together with tape. Perhaps using imagery of frustration or confusion by the individual trying to piece the glass…

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    Sweeps Them Away Poem

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    After reading over the poem multiple times, the emotions that begin to arise are ones of peace. The words are soft and calming, “petal by petal the flower of our heart” (line 3) Though the poem evokes some feelings of sadness, I feel at peace as I read over the poem. Memories of nostalgic memories of being with old friends that I had lost. Something about the poem reminds me of the process of moving on, and focusing on the future ahead of us, “Sweeps them away, Each one is gone Ever beyond into…

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    Ponzi scheme in South Florida from 2005 to 2009 Rothstein was unstoppable. He was living the dream until one day the truth finally came out and Rothstein was nothing more than a con artist. First, and foremost when we think of Ponzi schemes we think of White-collar crime. Crime committed by people with higher authority, the elite as some may view it. The reason Ponzi schemes do not get the same attention and air time as do street crime, is…

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    line in the passage reads “o FORtune! FORtune!ALL men CALL thee FICKle” (Shakespeare, 3.5.60). Noticeably, there are only nine syllables in this line, five stressed and one unstressed syllable. The line is therefore missing a syllable, and the rhyme scheme that had been in perfect harmony only a line before is broken. The syllable is not the only component missing in this line, rather, as mentioned earlier, the conviction that Fortune is fixed is…

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    Emily Dickinson’s poems, “Because I could not stop for Death”, “There’s a certain slant of light”, and “I felt a funeral in my brain” convey a sense of poignancy which reflects the feelings of isolation of the people in America during the Civil War. Dickinson exploits nature as a metaphor to make an abstract idea more “real”, characterizing the images and feelings during the Civil War Era. She uses elaborate and fanciful metaphors to illustrate a depressing mood, characterizing the speaker’s…

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