Lil Wayne: The Urban Poet Recently I attended a Lil Wayne concert and his music and performance captured my attention and gave me a greater appreciation for poetry. At the concert I noticed an overwhelming amount of marks on his body that did not seem to be cuts or bruises. Once I took a closer look I noticed his body was like a canvas with tons of artistic tattoos that expressed his emotions and struggles almost as well as his lyrics. The first tattoo I noticed was the newest addition to his
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Florida State Poets Association‚ Inc. 2013-2014 Student Poetry Contest Deadline: Entries may be sent in starting Sept. 15‚ 2013 & postmarked no later than Dec. 1‚ 2013 Entry Fee: None Qualifications: Florida students in Grades 6-12 RULES: 1. One poem per student. 2. The poem must be an original work by the student‚ written in English. 3. Type the poem on standard computer paper‚ in Times New Roman 12 pt. font‚ for ease in judging and scanning for publication
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986827RR - POETRY‚ PART 1 When you have completed your exam and reviewed your answers‚ click Submit Exam. Answers will not be recorded until you hit Submit Exam. If you need to exit before completing the exam‚ click Cancel Exam. Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break‚ so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer. 1. A definition of formal poetry is verse
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Referring to three poems of your choice‚ consider the nature of Blake’s views on religion. Blake often attacked conventional religion in his day and were often seen incredibly shocking‚ although his rejection of religiosity was not him rejecting it as such. He often puts religious imagery in his poems‚ using characters to represent figureheads in Christianity such as the Shepherd representing God in the poem ‘The Shepherd’. The poem ‘The Little Black Boy’ shows the conflict between races in religion
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Futility ~ Wilfred Owen Move him into the sun - Gently its touch awoke him once‚ At home‚ whispering of fields unsown. Always it woke him‚ even in France‚ Until this morning and this snow. If anything might rouse him now the kind old sun will know. Think how it wakes the seeds‚ - Woke‚ once‚ the clays of a cold star. Are limbs‚ so dear-achieved‚ are sides‚ Full-nerved - still warm - too hard to stir? Was it for this the clay grew tall? - O what made fatuous sunbeams toil to break earth’s sleep
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Edgar Allan Poe was an American author in the American Romantic Movement. Poe is most famous for his grim short stories of mystery‚ which led him to be considered to be the inventor of detective-fiction genres. As a child‚ Poe has what some may call a sad life. Poe was the middle of three children. When Poe was young‚ his father abandoned the family and shortly after Poe’s mother died. He was then orphaned and taken in‚ but never officially adopted‚ by a family in Richmond‚ VA. As a child Poe had
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The poem Tarantella is structured into two stanzas. The stanzas are unequal in length as the first stanza is longer than the second. The poem also consists of a chorus which is repeated 3 times. The chorus in the poem is “Do you remember an Inn? Miranda? Do you remember an Inn? ”. Tarantella is about the memories of a specific Inn; “Do you remember an Inn‚ Miranda?”. The poem is set during war which is shown by the imagery used. The poem describes the bad experience of staying at an inn during war
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Several poems by Bruce Dawe surround the subject of loneliness and oppression‚ a matter that many people face in today’s society and also a matter that relates to his interests; his fascination with the ‘underdog’ character and how he provides a voice for certain individuals. ‘The Raped Girl’s Father’‚ ‘The Family Man’ and ‘The Sadness of Madonnas’ are three poems by Bruce Dawe that relate to the themes‚ portraying realism in how loneliness and oppression affect people in the world. An example of
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Compare and Contrast the the poems “An Irish Airman Foresees his death”- W.B Yeats and “The Death Bed”- Siegfried Sasson. Compare the poems to the critical analysis‚ “Trauma Theory.” The poems‚ “An Irish Airman Foresees his death”- W.B Yeats and “The Death Bed”- Siegfried Sasson share various qualities and differences. The similar qualities that the poems share includes a complementary theme of war‚ thoughts of a comrade in the war and the thoughts that run through the soldiers mind before
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Vernon Scannell’s poem ‘Nettles’ has been written from the perspective of a father. In Scannell’s poem he talks about his son and his son’s individual experience of injury and harm. Scannell is outraged with the enemy who has hurt his son‚ and will continue to hurt him through the years. Throughout the poem‚ Scannell mentions ‘regiment’ ‘fierce parade’ and ‘recruits’. These words build up an extended metaphor of an army/enemy. The sense of an enemy reflects the persona’s feelings and emotions
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