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   Commentary on poem "Two Hands"

   There is a great deal of expression of emotion; however he isn't able to make anything out of it. In contrast, in the few places where slight rhyme has been utilized, there is some logical reasoning involved. For example, "Down the lancet margin his hand moves rapidly as mine moves slow.

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   A world where news travelled slowly

   The use of horses as a measurement of time further immerses the reader into the time period showing a way of thinking which is uncommon today. The poet gives the letter's carried by the messengers physical properties. "The ink was unstable, the characters cramped, the paper tore where it creased.

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   Parachute and Otherwise Poem Commentary

   McQueen uses details in the last lines of the stanza to further symbolize how the speaker is far away from its lover. The details that McQueen showed are embodied in things that come from nature, such as small shells, wet brown kelp and fishes sliding through.

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   Not Rounding Off, But Opening Out: Huckleberry Finn & Siddhartha

   Siddhartha seems to aid Govinda in his search for enlightenment. When Govinda kisses Siddhartha's forehead at the latter's request, he is offered a glimpse into what enlightenment, nirvana, is like. The novel ends with the inconclusive line "...whose smile reminded him of everything that he had ever loved in his

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   The God of Small Things Commentary.

   in a Busby Berkeley musical" hints at Berkeley's renowned 'parade of faces' technique in which he individualized each chorus girl with the tribute of an esteemed close-up.

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   Tuf of Flowers Commentary

   In the first couplets of the poem Frost is mainly operating with the narrator and his first impressions, however as the poem progresses Frost shifts the tone of the poem and focuses more on nature. Having now created an atmosphere of cold aloofness coming from the narrator, Frost makes a

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   Commentary on the poem "Will V-day be Me day too?"

   successful he has been in grabbing their attention and making his point clear. No more endurance, no more tolerance. Revolt is the only option left in order to get their voices heard and make a change. The poet uses similes in order to illustrate the inequalities he is forced to come across and the injustice he has to endure.

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   Snow and Poem in Winter

   In the same poem, the children are playing in the snow and they believe that they are the ones who've made winter happen. In Snow , the author is telling us that "his" world is a very diverse world and various one.