In the first part of the poem the poet creates two very distinct voices, his and that of his recently widowed father. ... The use of the word "choke" shows us how hard it is for the father just to do the normal things in life like eating without his wife. ... The poet uses mundane and routine incidents such as "Warming her slippers by the gas" and "putting hot water bottles her side of the bed" to convey a normal husband/wife loving relationship. ... The use here and throughout the poem of colloquial language and a conversational tone makes the poem easy and clear to assimilate. It also instil...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

All around her, fiery red lanterns hung from windows and large sheets of red paper boasting Chinese poems were plastered on doors. ... Everybody would celebrate late into the night all the while singing traditional songs and eating delicious cuisine. ... Up to then, the main source of family income came from Ming's father, but now her mother had to support the family by selling hot steamed buns outside the family house. ... The family began to eat in silence, but it was broken by Ming's father. ...

• Word Count: 767
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• Grade Level: High School

This is some of a poem that one of my friends from my support group had shared on the first day. ... But I was hot, so I took off my shirt, first mistake. ... To make up for all the fat that I thought I still had, I cut out meals, to start I just didn't eat breakfast, no problem. It worked my result's were better then ever, because I didn't eat. ...

• Word Count: 819
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• Grade Level: High School

Should humans eat meat? ... Animals deserve to be revered and, as this poem shows, humans can experience guilt when they treat them poorly. Most children, when they learn that the hamburger that they are eating is a dead cow, are horrified, disgusted, or, at least, a bit grossed out. ... Eating animals is bad for our health, leading directly to many diseases and illnesses, including heart attack, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and obesity." ... "Chickens have their beaks seared off with a hot blade, and male cows and pigs are castrated without painkillers." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The poem Beowulf suggests that Beowulf is the hero and Grendel is a villain, or the "bad guy."" ... The poet tells us Grendel's immoral feelings before his next attack: And his heart laughed, he relished the sight, intended to tear the life from those bodies by morning; the monster's mind was hot with the thought of food and the feasting his belly would soon know. (lines 730-734) Grendel cares only for himself, serving his instinctual needs to eat. ... He needs to appreciate the good things in life: eating, waking up, nature, etc. ...

• Word Count: 1278
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• Grade Level: High School

Obi misses home and writes romantic, lyrical poems about Nigeria during the winters in England. ... When he returns to Lagos he sees the slums he has not been to and the nostalgic poem he wrote about nature and how "sweet" it is to lie under trees under the "tender glow of the fading sun," is juxtaposed against the dead carcass of a dog "the dogs that taxi drivers hit for good luck. ... Times, however, are changing as is evidenced by the following comment: "The second generation of educated Nigerians had gone back to eating pounded yams or garri with their fingers for the good reason that...

• Word Count: 7844
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School

The American Pageant pages 25-65 I. The Planting of English America 1. Beginning of 17th century, European crop and livestock started making significant impacts on the landscape. Disease and armed conquest had ravaged the native people of the New World. Several hundred thousand enslaved A...

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• Grade Level: High School

A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's early "festive comedies,"" written around 1595-6. Despite the many thematic references to "dreams- and the fantastic setting of the Athenian forest, the play also contains a fair amount of commentary on Shakespeare's contemporary English world. The play's title, for instance, refers to an English holiday custom: on "Midsummer Eve,"" or the night of the summer solstice on June 23, English men and women would spend the night outdoors around bonfires, telling supernatural tales of fairies and witchcraft. The play not only ...

• Word Count: 10864
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: High School