Research Proj. Poem ( The Starry Night)

Prof. Rosen Rodney Harris
Eng.1121 March 28, 2009
Poetry Explication
A Starry Night is poem by Ann Sexton. The author commences by describing the lifeless town that sits beneath the dark. As an eerie and desolate place, the author makes it clear that this town is lifeless. [...]

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Research Proj. Poem

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Prof. Rosen Rodney Harris
Eng.1121 March 28, 2009

Poetry Explication

A Starry [...]

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Response to “The Lamb” and “The Tyger”

One innocent lamb like a child and one fearful tyger like a man. Who made the tyger?  The same who made the lamb?  There is a hungry tyger and there is the delicious lamb, a tasty meal for the tyger.  The lamb has an unique taste with mint sauce while the tyger is a beautiful [...]

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Ode on a Grecian Urn

I think  that in this poem the author is using an ancient Greek artifact with some engravings, and this let his imagination to fly and to see beauty and art. I guess this urn is kind of enigmatic and it most be beautiful to be inspire.

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Response to “We Real Cool”

The poem we real cool depicts a group of individuals who lived their lives’ vicariously. They were very free spirited and seemed to not be very concerned about life or any responsibilities associated with it.
Ps: unfortunate my edition of the text does not have all the reading assignments. I’m using the [...]

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Ode on Grecian urn (second stanza)

From what it seems like, i feel like the part of the urn is being explained and it explains that there are melodies so therefore there are instruments. I believe there is a man playing the pipe and there is a woman he loves but they cannot be together because time is frozen.

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ode on a grecian urn: group 1

-it is a clean, pure, beautiful and untouched
-like a child it needs to be taken care and from generations it has been well perserved.
-since its an urn, it cannot speak
-but the ancient scenes and images are displayed on the urn
-what secrets lie beyond the urn
(thats how far our group got to)

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responses

Harlem
-he talks about black dreams being deferred. in a white society, their dreams couldn’t come true.he compares dreams to food, showing how they die out.
Ode on a Grecian Urn
-this poem is about a urn, a vase. he talks about the descriptions on it and shows how he interprets it. the urn is ancient and passed [...]

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Response to poems.

William Blake  “The Lamb”
This poem seems to be a childs night time pray. Blake also seems to make the connection between himself and the lamb stating how they are both shy and timid.
“The Tyger”
This poem seems to be a description of a mythical creature.
William Carlos William “The Red Wheelbarrow”
This poem is about a barrel that [...]

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Ode on a Grecian Urn V

translation: line 40-50
a neat building with a shape of a triangle
The building is filled with stone statues
With leaves and stepped on weed on ground
There are no words to describe the statue
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Old people are a waste
they should remain within other’s grief
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the truth is all you need
and that is all you need to know on earth

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