The one loyal sailor laments the death of his captain in words of his own. The rhyme scheme of the poem is AABBCDED, the last words of the first stanza are "done"(a) "won"(a) "exulting"(b) "daring"(b) "heart"(c) "red"(d) "lies"(e) "dead"(d). This rhyme scheme continues through the last two verses. In the second stanza, the last word of the second line, "trills" (Line 10) slant rhymes with "bells" (Line 9). The rhyme helps in creating a smooth flow throughout the poem. ...

• Word Count: 282
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Armstrong would have appreciated modern Hip-Hop because the creators of the music are enabled to state their actual feelings in their own words without fear of ruining their careers. ... Rapper Busta Rhymes displays this when he said, "Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape" (Rhymes and Reason). ...

• Word Count: 619
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abraham Lincoln uses figurative words of speech to encourage reflection on the Civil War to the people of Northern and Southern United States. ... He also uses the words "pray and "away" as a rhyme to fully express the meaning of trying to work towards the reconstruction post Civil War effects. ...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The lost of this man is tragic because he helped begin the hip-hop art form, when it was merely a few guys rhyming captivating words in the early nineteen eighties in Queens, New York. ... Hip-Hop Lyrics In the opinion of Xavier University freshman and hip-hop fan Leshay Wesson, "Society encourages artists to rhyme about specific topics. ... Therefore some artists think rapping or rhyming about them on a record will not have a negative effect on any of their listeners." ... In accordance to freedom of expression principles, which hip-hop was founded upon, some artists have decided to rhyme a...

• Word Count: 2526
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

In the poem Let America Be America, Langston Hughes reflects on the failure of the United States to fulfill the American dream. The poem speaks the truths of the lack of freedom and equality for all, and the hopelessness and restlessness of those who came to this country seeking that freedom and eq...

• Word Count: 721
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Technique, has been writing rhymes and free styling since he was nine years old. ... In the first track "The Point of No Return", he severely castigates the society we live in, using very descriptive words. ...

• Word Count: 649
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The frequent use of the words "me" and "you" and several words that rhyme with it emphasizes the message of the stanza: That "you" and "me" (being the speaker and the instructor, and perhaps black American and white Americans as well) are closely connected and cannot be fairly examined without taking the other into account. ...

• Word Count: 971
• Approx Pages: 4

The idea is to teach children the written version of what they hear through the use of, 1) rhymes and alliteration, 2) comparing and contrasting the sounds of words, 3) blending and splitting syllables, 4) performing phonemic segmentation (counting the number of phonemes in a word), and 5) performing phoneme manipulation tasks (adding or deleting a particular phoneme and creating a new word from the remainder) (Adams, 1990, cited in Sensenbaugh). ... Problems Associated with Phonics Teaching phonics involves continuous repetition of words and those sounding similar to them. ... Confusi...

• Word Count: 3094
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I like to party and have a good time There's nothin' but pleasure written in our rhyme I know you don't think we'll ever quit We've got some people on our side who won't take your lip We're gonna do all the things we wanna do You can't stand to see a brother get as rich as you This is the 90s and we're comin' on strong Sayin' things and doin' things that you're sayin's wrong Wisen up, 'cause on Election Day, We'll see who's banned in the U.S.A.! ... In the words of John Lennon, "LET IT BE." ...

• Word Count: 1537
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

First of all, Whitman's poetry almost never contained a rhyme scheme and secondly, he used language of the "common man." ... One would never find Walt Whitman writing about Greek gods, or using the words "ye", "ev"n", or any other antiquated word. ...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The words family violence conjure up images of wives being brutally beaten or children suffering physical injury at the hands of an adult. ... Examination of fairy tales, folklore and nursery rhymes will graphically illustrate that a variety of media has for many years supported intimate violence, abuse and neglect. ...

• Word Count: 2032
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He would use a type of experimental verse cast in lines without rhyme and long lines with no identifiable meter. ... Whitman tried hard to make this second edition look different from first one, so he eliminated the space of the first one, also without Emerson's permission, he printed in gold the opening words of the letter he sent: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career, which must yet have a long foreground somewhere, for such a start. ...

• Word Count: 3041
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! ...

• Word Count: 5515
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate