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English A1

Captain Jack

October 15, 2008

Blessing

        Water, the essential substance for sustaining all life on this planet, and if lacked can cause big problems to us humans. When troubles reach us humans, we tend to look to God for his help, and this is also the case of water as it could be perceived as a blessing. The Blessing by Imitaz Dharker suggests that in places where water is needed, people will jump out and kiss even a single drop of water as if it were a blessing from God himself. Water is essential to everyone and when needed they will look or forever wait for it, even the smallest drop.

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        In the first stanza the Blessing starts off with vivid images of a dry area where water is needed. “The skin cracks like a pod” gives the reader an image of skin cracking but not just the skin of a person but also the skin of the earth. The fact that “there never is enough water” gives the reader even more details on the dry land. In the second stanza the poet shows the reader the water and one can “imagine the drip of it” into “a tin mug.” This gives the reader a longing for water since one can ...

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