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  1. The poem phenomenally portrays a mother’s unconditional love and care for her child.   Home they brought her warrior dead Summary

    The poem phenomenally portrays a mother’s unconditional love and care for her child.

     

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  1. This poem is divided into four stanzas. The first two stanzas are quatrains while the next two are made up of five lines each. The quatrains alone follow the rhyme scheme aabb. The next two stanzas do not adhere to a particular rhyme scheme. What is a player Summary

    This poem is divided into four stanzas. The first two stanzas are quatrains while the next two are made up of five lines each. The quatrains alone follow the rhyme scheme aabb. The next two stanzas do not adhere to a particular rhyme scheme.

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  1. The poem is simple and expresses a child’s concern over the impact of science on the world and the syllabi.   It's change Summary

    The poem is simple and expresses a child’s concern over the impact of science on the world and the syllabi.

     

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  1. While there are benefits for all of our losses and a cure for all of our suffering, this is not true for youth. While we are surrounded by youth, if our own youth is lost, we are powerless to act. As a result, one should take advantage of the best opportunities and circumstances. It Never Comes AgaiRead more

    While there are benefits for all of our losses and a cure for all of our suffering, this is not true for youth. While we are surrounded by youth, if our own youth is lost, we are powerless to act. As a result, one should take advantage of the best opportunities and circumstances.

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  1. The central idea of this poem is tsunami, a catastrophic natural calamity. Each stanza of this poem details on its savagery, on how it preys on humans without remorse and how it is undefeatable. People perishing on account of this and its inevitability is focused upon thus.  Grabbing Everything on tRead more

    The central idea of this poem is tsunami, a catastrophic natural calamity. Each stanza of this poem details on its savagery, on how it preys on humans without remorse and how it is undefeatable. People perishing on account of this and its inevitability is focused upon thus.

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    Despite not being a poem per se, this extract has a myriad of literary devices, some of which are as follows: Syncope: The omission of the letter ‘e’ can be seen in the word ‘answer’d’ to maintain the rhythm. Repetition: Brutus has been called an ‘honourable’ man repeatedly for added emphasis and wiRead more

    Despite not being a poem per se, this extract has a myriad of literary devices, some of which are as follows:

    1. Syncope: The omission of the letter ‘e’ can be seen in the word ‘answer’d’ to maintain the rhythm.
    2. Repetition: Brutus has been called an ‘honourable’ man repeatedly for added emphasis and with no less sarcasm by Antony.
    3. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘sterner stuff’ and ‘brutish beasts’.

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  1. The central idea of this excerpt can be taken to be the deep bond of friendship Antony shared with Caesar. He moves the minds of the people with his monologue, thus avenging the death of his dear friend skillfully.   Antony's Speech Summary

    The central idea of this excerpt can be taken to be the deep bond of friendship Antony shared with Caesar. He moves the minds of the people with his monologue, thus avenging the death of his dear friend skillfully.

     

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  1. This excerpt is not a poem per se, but is a speech. The stanzas here are thus merely for convenience. Nevertheless, the lines of Antony’s monologue follow Shakespeare’s famous blank verse consisting of unrhymed iambic pentameter.   Antony's Speech Summary

    This excerpt is not a poem per se, but is a speech. The stanzas here are thus merely for convenience. Nevertheless, the lines of Antony’s monologue follow Shakespeare’s famous blank verse consisting of unrhymed iambic pentameter.

     

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