Nettles and Praise song for my mother both explore the themes of child parent relationships and the duties the parents have in protecting and caring for their child. Nettles is written from the fathers perspective and is about one event which occurred where his son fell in a nettle bed and the father helps him recover. In contrast to this praise song is written to the mother from her daughter although both are adults whereas nettles emphasizes the child’s young age and vulnerability from the very
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farmyard in which tall nettles cover old farm implements and suggests that he likes it because it is a reminder of mutability (liability to change) and the transience of life. The first stanza tells us that the nettles tower over the implements‚ except for the roller handle‚ as if they want to assert the supremacy of life and hide the fact that even things made from the most obdurate materials are subject to change and will eventually disappear. Yet‚ it is implied‚ the nettles grow in spring and will
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Homework DNA You must create a moving PowerPoint presentation or video to show the structure of DNA‚ how it was discovered and how it can be used in genetic engineering. If you cannot create a PowerPoint or video then you must produce a storyboard/written set of instructions describing what you would have done. Your homework should be at least 1 page typed (size 12 font) or sensible sized handwriting (8 words per line). Labelled diagrams‚ tables and charts are also appropriate for this task but
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Structure and language Structure Quickdraw has four stanzas of four lines each‚ two of which are joined by enjambment‚ where one line carries on into the next. There is no rhyme scheme or regular rhythm. The poem is largely written in free verse. Language Quickdraw plays on imagery associated with western (cowboy) films‚ as the title suggests. "Gunslingers" is a term used in the western to describe those who fight with guns‚ often shooting from the hip. The poem starts by replacing weapons
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The novel‚ Some Prefer Nettles‚ by Junichiro Tanizaki‚ depicts the story of a troubled couple living in the Taisho period of Japan. The husband‚ Kaname‚ and the wife‚ Misako‚ are both frustrated with their unhappy marriage‚ struggling over the decision of divorce while keeping it a secret from everyone but Kaname’s cousin‚ Takanatsu. Both Kaname and Misako acknowledge their troubled marriage but for varying reasons. Despite receiving advice from Takanatsu‚ the couple still could not come to a conclusion
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Quickdraw is a poem about the end and break down of a relationship. Specifically an argument between the speaker and their other half and the feelings felt by the speaker in the poem. It has many similarities and differences with In Paris with You a poem about a very negative relationship with the speaker who is desperately in love with someone who is just using them. The poem uses a play on words and anytime the words Paris and love are mentioned you have to switch them‚ so Paris means love and
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‘Praise Song for my mother’‚ ‘Harmonium’ and ‘Nettles. The title of each poem describes exactly what it is and what is about. ‘Praise Song for my Mother’ is not actually a poem‚ it is a praise son. Which in Guyana (where Grace Nichols was born) it is something written after a person close to them has dies. It is written to commemorate and rejoice about a persons life. ‘Nettles’ is a story about a Scannells son who falls into a pit of stinging nettles. Finally‚ ‘Harmonium’‚ ‘Harmonium’ almost says
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negative perceptions of love. The four poems that embody these different features are ‘Hour’ by Carol Ann Duffy‚ ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare‚ ‘In Paris with you’ by James Fenton and ‘Quickdraw’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Two poems that share similar feelings about love are ’in Paris with you’ and ’Quickdraw’ as they both explore the theme of conflict and emotional pain instigated by love. Fenton makes it clear in the first stanza that the speaker has been hurt in the past‚ claiming that he was
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Compare how a relationship is presented in “The Manhunt”by Armitage and “Nettles” by Scannell The poem “Nettles” is about a father that cares for his three-year old son after he has fallen in a parade of nettles. Even though the father is most sympathetic towards his son‚ and cares for him until his pain is “not so raw”‚ he is furious with anger at the nettles for causing his son the amount of pain that he is feeling at that point. This is understandable as he is his father and he wants to always
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punctured lung which highlights the physical suffering he has experienced. However‚ the persona does not resent this but nurses him back to health – highlighting the depth of their love. This causes us to empathise with their suffering. In ‘Quickdraw’‚ Duffy also presents her couple as linked – although this time there is a feeling of distance and opposition caused by the title
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