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   English Literature Coursework - Nostalgia

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   In Piano, D.H. Lawrence uses enjambment as well as rhyming couplets throughout the poem which establishes a smooth flow to his memories and gives rhythm to the poem. This makes it appear to be like the music that is being played from the "Piano".

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   Analysis of "Seven Ages of Man" by William Shakespeare.

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   to wear on special occasions are way too loose for him now as in the line, "his youthful hose well saved a world too wide".

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   Of Mice and Men Essay

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   Another passage that clarifies that the tone of this novel is misery is the clause subsequent to George shooting and killing Lennie, "George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it in front of him, back up on the bank, near the pile of old ashes."

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   Compare and contrast the presentation of childhood memories in half past two, piano and ...

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   The poems make different uses of poetic devices as 'piano' and half past two' both uses rhyme where as 'my parents kept me from children who were rough' doesn't use any but makes use of a simile. In the poem 'my parents kept me from children who were rough' it

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   A case of murder.

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   As the poem goes on, the boy is increasingly more objectifying the cat. The boy does not refer to the cat as an animal but as a machine or by describing the sound the cat makes, or by parts of the cat's body: "A buzzing machine of soft black stuff" (L.13)

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   A comparison of the poetry of George Herbert and John Donne

   Finally, 'quick wit and conversation' appear, and made 'an oration'. Herbert use to be the orator at Cambridge. The temptations of the world are trying to make Herbert seem a failure and laugh at his choice of life. Throughout the poem Herbert uses grammatical formations and structures to emphasize a particular point.

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   Childhood in poetry

   Each poet explores a variety of different techniques and they all play around with the language and style, to emphasis on their message. In "Half-past Two", Fanthorpe begins some words in capital letters, such as "She", "Very Wrong" and "Time".

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   'Search for my Tongue' and 'Night of the Scorpion'

   the stress of losing his wife he is trying desperately to save her. He even uses religion to save her though he doesn't believe in it, showing her is doing everything he can. Night of the scorpion is almost one long stanza except three of the last lines; the three last lines tell us what happens after the night.