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

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   Half past two is also different as it is the only poem where the poet uses brackets '(I forget what it was).' This makes the reader think about what it was and that he is saying 'I' instead of 'He.'

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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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   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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   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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   Seamus Heaney poetry comparison

   The narrator is not really picking blackberries, but is instead picking memories. The blackberries represent the experiences of the narrator. As the blackberries start to ripen, they do so slowly, starting with "just one" and then progressing until there are hundreds, maybe thousands of them waiting to be picked.

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   A comparison of the poetry of George Herbert and John Donne

   The first stanza begins with a mention of 'the world did on a day'. This immediately suggests a form of personification and brings 'the world' to life. 'With his train bands' in the second line confirms this. Using personification helps the reader relate to the poem and makes the scheme less complicated and cumbersome.

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

   Good is also represented by "your sprit of ambition" and "desire" as being positive. Through the poem there is a philosophical debate, dichotomy is used especially in the father as the poet says "My father, sceptic rationalist trying every curse and blessing" his father is well educated but because of