In the Iroquois myth there was a married couple of gods and there is "a sacred tree that stood at the center of the universe" (Iroquois 25). The woman decides she wants some bark from one of the roots of the tree and her husband even knowing it is forbidden he gives in. So he decided to take some of the roots, "so he dug a hole among the roots of this great sky tree, and he bared some of its roots. ... The forbidden action of taking the fruit from the sacred tree differentiates in that for the Iroquois myth, the man touches the roots from the forbidden tree first, while in Genesis the wom...

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So, I decided to move into this house and my first chore was to put up security floodlights all around the house, and afterwards I made arrangements to have the garbage and debris removed so that the guys can come in with the necessary machinery and top off, trim, and cut down the dead trees. Then, I enter the home and I make plans to toss out all the furniture or give it to the salvation army as I want to separate my little home from the 70's look and update the scenery to the present day, so five days before bulk pickup I begin to start tossing out everything that I don't want and...

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It has a direct title which gives some idea of what the poem is going to talk about. ... The poet gives a very detailed description of the storm and throws a negative light on it. ... In a true sense, the stones, trees and mountains have been personified as if the whole landscape is suffering because of the storm....

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