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Gregory (Anchors Up) Christian (Poem)

For this post, I decided to write a poem about nature. I chose to write a poem because I wanted to see how many poetry techniques I can effectively implement into my writing after we completed the unit. Water drip dropping the birds are chirping the wind whistles as it dances its heavenly waltz. The trees bend in the breeze, The thump pup of the falls o how the trees hear alls. There I am, sitting in a stream this can't be a dream. I feel the breeze against my back and quickly turn at the sound of a crack. My adrenaline is pumping, my heart is thumping. What's that? I think not a rat perhaps a snake or a bear I do not dare move. I'm frozen. The water stops and so do the birds I look but can't see the rocks then my heart resumes its pump and I wake-up. I wrote about nature because I had the privilege of going on a church retreat over the weekend. While on the retreat, I found myself lost in the woods. Thus I decided to write a poem ...

Reading response to Purple Hibiscus through page 88.      At first glance, Purple Hibiscus is a book that walks the reader through the life of a wealthy religious Nigerian family. Upon further reading, one can discover that it has a complex storyline with many characters such as Papa living a double life. Papa is the character that I was initially drawn to because he is feared by his family and loved by society. At home, Papa is both religious and abusive. He continually keeps his family aline with God, but he is quickly angered like when he smashed the figures, beat his wife, and screamed at his children for staying at Papa-Nnukwu's house for 22 minutes instead of 15. These actions cause his family members: Kambili, Jaja, and Mama to compete for his love. On the other hand, Papa is viewed as a mini-god in Nigeria, due to the factories he owns, his newspaper, and the generous donations he makes to the church. He is also extremely friendly to the people in his town...

Nick's Poem Saad's See You Again Analysis

"You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon http://www.paulsimon.com/song/you-can-call-me-al/      The song that I chose is  "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon. This song used techniques that include Cacophony, End Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, and Euphony. The earlier lines of the song are Cacophony due to them having little to no rhyme and harsh sounds such as "bone digger." AS a whole these lines appear to be a conversation because the repetition/echoing of questions; “Why am I soft in the middle now?" Next, "You Can Call Me Al" begins to pick up by utilizing the technique, End Rhyme. Paul Simon uses this tool towards the end of longer stanzas. Third, Simon uses an Onomatopoeia Beerbelly to portray the carefreeness of his vision of what they could be. Lastly, the Chorus uses Euphony to make it memorable and soothing to one's ear.      The techniques used by Paul Simon convey messages to the reader. The Cacophony signals that the author is almost ha...

 The Race I step behind the block the noise; the ticking of a clock cheering screaming  Nothing that has meaning . The weight of my hands Like weights dangling off of tiny strings . I feel hazy tired, worried with expectancy for the crackle of the start. Suddenly quiet as I watch my goggles fog time s tops ,and the race is off . Poetry techniques that I used: Slant Rhyme , End Rhyme , Simile , Hyperbole , Onomatopoeia , Consonance .

Zoe's Yearbook Thomas' Free Post

     I did several things over the weekend that would make the weekend qualify as unique. Friday night, after LAUNCH, our plumbing system broke, leaving our house without hot water for the entire weekend. The next morning I awoke and had to take care of the yard. This is usually not a big deal, just a quick cutting of the grass. Unfortunately the I put this off for so long that our yard became a jungle. My lawnmower's weals were too small to drive over the thickets of grass in my path. After my first impossible task was completed, I had to clean up the yard. To my dismay, we had our roof redone last weekend, and the roof-men dumped all of the old shingles into our pool. Thus I needed to get them out. So I dove down into the pool, which was green by now due to the algae build up and not heated, to pull out the roof shingles. Finally, I was able to relax, study, and stress eat for the remainder of the weekend.      Between my constant chors and gor...

     LAUNCH was this past Friday. I did not quite know what to expect because it was my first LAUNCH. LAUNCH consisted of the senior members of the Honors Thesis Program presenting their topics and challenging the audience to do something such as #findyourbluemind. The first presentation that I found to be particularly interesting was Elliot's project on water. This synchronized well with me because my family goes to the beach every year and I am a swimmer. Elliot described how people need to get out of their ordinary routines and sit near a body of water to relieve stress, which connected with me because I am always calmer when I am either at the beach or fishing. Also, he mentioned that every time that he dove into a pool that he would merely enter an entirely new universe, and leave his thoughts, feelings, etc. behind. This was interesting because it explained how water could stimulate the brain to be relaxed. Elliot's presentation was excellent because not only d...