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 Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:05 pm
stressed I hate English assignements! I've been sitting here, 'writing' my poem explication for two hours. And I've got nothing. This is due tomorrow.
I don't understand why I can't seem to do this! I can explicate the poem just fine, but I can't seem to write a darn thing about it!
Someone please write my paper for me? kthxbi!
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:17 pm
well, I have a sentence now.
This poem dramatizes the conflict between who often receives help and who should actually be receiving help.
And I know what I'm writing about. But I can't put it in words.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:52 pm
Kayla-K! SHame on youz! So tell me exactly what your assignment is and I'll see if I can HELP you. heart
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:07 pm
Merp. Explicate a poem.
I've got all the stuffs I need. I just need to figure out how to put my thoughts into words that make sense and then string them together.
My stuffs so far:
This poem dramatizes the conflict between those who often receive help and who should actually be receiving help. The ‘fire crew working with the warden’ are picking up the debris from the storm, but they are so busy with that job that they aren’t aware of the beached seal, which they could save. The ordinary people are making no move to save the seal. They are standing around, watching it die and saying “Someone will be here to help soon.” Instead of helping, everyone assumes someone else will do the job. The speaker even joins in on this idea, simply telling someone else, instead of putting the seal back, like she originally wanted to do.
The speaker then moves on, finding a ‘black driftwood heart’ in the same position as the seal, ‘level with the seal’. The root wad, the heart of a tree, is slowly drying out, resembling a heart outside of a body. However, while the outside is dry, the very innermost part of the root wad is ‘still soaking wet.’ There is still hope to save the ‘driftwood heart’, referring to the beached seal.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:52 pm
That sounds great and very complicated. Are you in college BTW??
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:55 pm
Indeed, I am in college. Second year. Still no clue what I should major in.
Second time I've taken this class. I failed it the first time. sweatdrop If it wasn't a requirement, I would never take it. And after I pass this class (when ever that is) I won't have to take another English class ever again! xd That makes me happy.
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:29 pm
That's what I thought. Don't you hate those hardass required classes stressed Well Good Luck! blaugh *runs away from teh complictedness*
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:54 am
MORE!
This poem dramatizes the conflict between those who often receive help and who should actually be receiving help. The ‘fire crew working with the warden’ are picking up the debris from the storm, but they are so busy with that job that they aren’t aware of the beached seal, which they could save. The ordinary people are making no move to save the seal. They are standing around, watching it die and saying “Someone will be here to help soon.” Instead of helping, everyone assumes someone else will do the job. The speaker even joins in on this idea, simply telling someone else, instead of putting the seal back, like she originally wanted to do.
The speaker then moves on, finding a ‘black driftwood heart’ in the same position as the seal, ‘level with the seal’. The root wad, the heart of a tree, is slowly drying out, resembling a heart outside of the body. However, while the outside is dry, the very innermost part of the root wad is ‘still soaking wet.’ There is still hope to save the ‘driftwood heart’. Because the seal and the root wad are on the same level, the driftwood heart is describing the situation of the seal.
The speaker is not only referring to the seal’s plight. In general, the ones that are suffering are often looked over. The sufferers are expected to help themselves. Only when they are so far gone that they can no longer pull themselves up, does anyone step in to help out. The seal could still move, so people just watch as ‘he pulled himself further inland.’
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:48 am
revised more!
This poem dramatizes the conflict between those who often receive help and who should actually be receiving help. The speaker starts out with a list of rejected items, ‘pacifier, tennis ball, soda bottle’ --trash. Nothing draws an emotional response until the seal is noticed. The speaker says, ‘something caught in my throat’ when she sees the beached seal. The previously mentioned items are forgotten about when a living thing is seen to be suffering. Much of the poem is devoted to talking about the seal.
The ‘fire crew working with the warden’ are picking up the ‘harsh palm ribbons,’ but they are so busy with cleaning up the debris from the storm that they aren’t aware of the beached seal, which they could save. The citizens on the beach are making no move to save the seal either, even though they know something should be done. They are standing around, watching it slowly die and saying to each other, “Someone will be here to help soon.” Instead of helping, everyone assumes someone else will do the job. The speaker even joins in on this idea, simply telling someone else, instead of putting the seal back, like she originally wanted to do.
The speaker then moves on, finding a ‘black driftwood heart’ in the same position as the seal, ‘level with the seal.’ The root wad, the heart of a tree, is slowly drying out, resembling a heart outside of the body. However, while the outside is dry, the very innermost part of the root wad is ‘still soaking wet.’ Though there is no hope for saving the ‘driftwood heart,’ it is still ‘alive.’ Because the seal and the root wad are on the same level, the driftwood heart is describing the situation of the seal. The seal is slowly drying out and could die very soon, but he is still alive, and he is suffering.
The speaker is not only referring to the seal’s plight. In general, the ones that are suffering are often looked over. The sufferers are expected to help themselves. Only when they are so far gone that they can no longer pull themselves up, does anyone step in to help out. The seal could still move, so people just watch as ‘he pulled himself further inland.’
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:51 pm
Gah! gonk Big literary terms burning_eyes
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:26 am
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I don't like to use words I can barely pronounce o.o
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or spell >.<
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:47 pm
.....What big literary terms? I went back through what I wrote, and I don't see and big literary terms except for maybe "dramatize" and that's not really that big.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:42 pm
Oh goodness, I'm terrible. I have not only one, but two papers due for English class tomorrow. And I haven't even picked my topic yet! I'm horribly behind on all my school projects. sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:44 am
i honestly think that i cannot do your homework after this xD
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:29 am
The essay I wrote for my history exam. I got full marks on it.
Describe the key ideas of Adam Smith and Rousseau. Which has the greatest impact on society today?
Two writers of the 18th century with views contrary to their society were Adam Smith and Rousseau. Both wrote about their ideas and were widely circulated but their ideas looked at different subject matter.
Adam Smith looked at the common view of wealth in his book, Wealth of the Nations. In this book he states that wealth is not defined by land, as many had believed for centuries. Wealth was defined by the labor source that occupied the land. With this idea being true, nations no longer needed to fight one another if they happened to be short on gold. They simply had to create more revenue.
Rousseau responded to an essay question in which he stated that modern government did not help society. He felt that there was a much better way to run France.
Of these two writers, Adam Smith's book has had a much greater impact on society today. Nations no longer fight over boundry lines. (This is not to say that they do not fight over control of a resource in another land, as has been happening in the Middle East.) Nations also outsource to places with much larger populations. Labor can be founde much cheaper in places with high populations, saving much money for large corporations.
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