In Ancient Egypt frogs and cats were looked upon as fertility symbols. ... Frogs were associated with water and fertility because every year when the Nile flooded the frog population would cultivate to great numbers (http://arar.essortment.com/fertilitysymbol_ricd.htm). ... Individuals in today's society now depend on more concrete scientific items like sonograms, prescribed medicine, yoga classes, and eating well. ... The Easter Bunny and chocolate eggs are holdovers from primitive rites of spring. ... I believe fertility symbols will continue to become symbols of luck of basically j...

• Word Count: 955
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The poem describes why it is a powerful gift of love, rather than roses or chocolates. ... In this poem, Duffy rejects normal symbols of love, such as red roses or chocolates in favour of an onion. ... In the quotation, "It will blind you with tears like a lover", the onion is comparable to a lover and the way that love sometimes leaves us in tears. ... The moon affects the tide and all water on earth. Since most of humans and the earth is water, it means it also has an effect on our emotions too. ...

• Word Count: 900
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School