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English Poetry
What are the similarities and differences of the poems Hiroshima by Angela Clifton and Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen? What point of view are the poems? What are the themes of the poems? What are the contrasts and comparisons of the two poems? Mention about the Diction, ...
Monday, June 11, 2012 at 4:49am by Jaizzer

algebra probability34
Your English teacher has decided to randomly assign poems for the class to read. The syllabus includes 4 poems by Shakespeare, 5 poems by Coleridge, 2 poems by Tennyson, and 2 poems by Lord Byron. What is the probability that you will be assigned a poem by Coleridge and then a...
Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 8:07pm by Jennifer W.

statistical probability411
Please help. I didn't get the right answer with this question before: Your English teacher has decided to randomly assign poems for the class to read. The syllabus includes 4 poems by Shakespeare, 5 poems by Coleridge, 2 poems by Tennyson, and 2 poems by Lord Byron. What ...
Monday, May 27, 2013 at 11:50am by Jennifer W.

Lit/poems
Daybreak in Alabama The Planet on the Table What tone is used by each poet in these poemes--detached, cynical, philosophical, playful, solemn, ironic, or passionate? What language in the poems helps you determine the author's tone? Write 2 paragraphs in which you answer ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 2:35pm by Bella

Poetry
I’m not really good at reading poems and I need help on these two poems “Linage” by Margaret Walker and “The Courage My Mother Had” by Edna St. Vincent Millay I constantly read the poems but still don’t understand what their saying I know they ...
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 9:55am by Alex

Poems
I won the competition for poems to go on tho grade or school!!!!!! I won with the poem: Magic chant, But I need a longer poem maybe?? Can anyone post a site with medium and long length poems please?? Thanks, Erin
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 6:08pm by Erin

English
2. Consider the poems of the Harlem Renaissance that you read this semester. Why does the theme of freedom play such an important role in these works? How do different poems address this theme? Cite examples and images from three Harlem Renaissance poems in your response.
Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 6:21pm by Alysha

Literature
I am studying Petrarchan poems in my lit class. Right now I am reading three Petrarchan poems: "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, "Francisco Pertrarch- Sonnet VI", and "Francisco Petrarch- Sonnet CCXX".I need to identify the rhyme scheme of these...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 10:16pm by Kayden

3rd Grade Poems
Do all poems need to rhyme? If so, give me the examples> Thanks.
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 5:33pm by Yan

writing poems
i love going shopping...but i don't get how to do thses types of poems for some reason
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 9:02pm by stephy

poems
would anyone like to read my other poems. Thanks
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 10:41pm by Kiki

English
what is the difference between SEQUENTIAL POEMS and NARRATIVE POEMS ..please could you give explanation and not a website link thanks :)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 9:34pm by Sabrina

poems
I NEED EXAMPLES OF HAIKU POEMS
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 4:50pm by Allen

english
This was written by William Heyen (1940-) It is from a book of poems called Poems of the Holocaust. So you have a double inference.
Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 3:44pm by GuruBlue

English-Your thoughts count
I don't agree with you about the clean path, not the thorny one. I believe the author is saying that despite set-backs, she will grow strong, like a rose blossom. I also believe that the thorns help her ward off others and grow strong on her own. http://100-poems.com/poems...
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 10:56pm by Ms. Sue

English
"Narrative poems are another kind of poetry," said Brittany." "Narrative poems are my favorite kind of poetry." Dave asked," What is narrative poetry?" "I forgot. Narrative poems tell a story." said Steve. "Sometimes poems have...
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 6:14pm by Jerald

Literature
11. Correct 13. Which of Walker's poems? 14. I vote for A. http://gawow.com/roethke/poems/43.html
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 10:50am by Ms. Sue

English! Pleease help
Read these, by Langston Hughes: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/langston_hughes/poems/16945 and http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/langston_hughes/poems/16947 Then read the rest of his that are linked here: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/langston_hughes/poems You ...
Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 4:53am by Writeacher

English
(indent) "Narrative poems are another kind of poetry," said Brittany. Narrative poems are my favorite kind of poetry. (indent) Dave asked," What is narrative poetry?" I forgot. Narrative poems tell a story," said Steve. (indent) "Sometimes poems ...
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 6:14pm by Jerald

English
I read the Morrison and Horne poems. They had nothing to do with team work. Read these poems and the answer will be clear to you.
Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 4:43pm by Ms. Sue

English
Write a short essay on the aspects of Michael Longley’s poems (their content and/or style) that you found most interesting. Support your discussion by reference to or quotation from the poems you have studied.
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 9:26am by Dylan

algebra probability34
No replacement (otherwise two identical poems) Total=4+5+2+2=13 poems 5 Colerdge, 2 Byron So P(CB)=(5/13)*(2/12)
Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 8:07pm by MathMate

statistical probability411
No replacement (otherwise two identical poems) Total=4+5+2+2=13 poems 5 Colerdge, 2 Byron So P(CB)=(5/13)*(2/12) =5/78
Monday, May 27, 2013 at 11:50am by Cool

statistical probability411
No replacement (otherwise two identical poems) Total=4+5+2+2=13 poems 5 Colerdge, 2 Byron So P(CB)=(5/13)*(2/12) =5/78
Monday, May 27, 2013 at 11:50am by Cool

HELP
Have you already written your poems? If not, what kind of theme do you want to write about? Only YOU know what appeals to YOU. We'll be glad to comment on your theme and poems once you've made your decisions.
Friday, February 22, 2008 at 4:57pm by Ms. Sue

poetry
In this unit, you read William Wordsworth’s poems “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” “The World is Too Much with Us,” and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” How are these poems representative of the Romantic Period?
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 12:12pm by Whitney

english
3. What role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? Write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom, the lack of it, or the desire for it.
Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 6:26pm by Alysha

English
I need to find a set of poems for childhood, the subtopic being amusement. I can't really find any poems about children playing or something; Can I please get links to some? Thanks -MC
Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 12:05pm by mysterychicken

literary
are the characters in the poems or someone outside the poems answers are: 1-The highwayman. inside ' 2-The cremation of Sam McGee. inside 3-HOW I learned English .inside thank you
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 12:17pm by john

hum/205
2) The Book of Songs does NOT A. represent one of the five ancient Confucian classics. B. focus on the upper strata of Chinese society. C. contain poems that were meant to be accompanied by music. D. contain 305 poems.
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 4:55pm by sam

english
lolss well well its good to get good ideas to and fro :) but that way i shall become even more smarter at understanding poems since im not an expert with it! neways thanx for the gr8 convo and insight on the poems!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:16am by bindiya farswani

English
William Wordsworth’s poems “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” “The World is Too Much with Us,” and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” How are these poems representative of the Romantic Period? I don't understand this question...
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 2:01pm by Danniel

English
Does anyone know any specific poems or a website with poems that may relate to any of these themes...? - loss of innocence/youth - taking a chance - being yourself - imagination vs. reality any poems relating to these will do! even a poem that is opposite of the theme will be ...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 11:44pm by Alice

POEMS tanka poem
examples of tanka poems thanks
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 5:04pm by Allen

language arts
This is one of the best-known poems dealing with obsession. http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/elizabethbarrettbrowning/poems/sonnetsfromtheportuguese/howdoilovetheeletmecounttheways.html
Monday, September 3, 2007 at 10:13pm by Ms. Sue

English
"Narrative poems are another kind of poetry," said Brittany." "Narrative poems are my favorite kind of poetry." Why are there quotation marks after Brittany's name?? Dave asked," What is narrative poetry?" "I forgot. Narrative poems ...
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 6:14pm by Writeacher

poetry
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pantoum-on-nature-s-patience/ (AABB...) You can also use Google to search for these terms: nature poems nature and realism poems nature and romanticism poems and others.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 5:07pm by Writeacher

Making a fist Poem by: Naomi Shihab Nye
I love writing poems but i cant understand poems that other people write. This has helped me alot in trying to understand and appreciate this beautiful poem. Thanks everyone! :) Good luck with whatever you are doing!
Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 2:20pm by Sarah

english
Hi for poetry i need to research futurism and the founder f.t.marinetti. the thing is i cant find any poems written by him, all i can find are his manifestos which are super long. so if u can help me find any poems written by him that would be awesome thanks :)
Monday, December 10, 2007 at 10:56pm by Jj

English
Hi, I really need help and I want to do very good on the test! I have to translate poems which are written by Native American writers and which describes their way of life. However, I am having a hard time understanding their meanings and they are a lot. Please help me & ...
Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 1:15pm by Ely

English
Compare and contrast the role of nature and the natural world in two poems from this unit: Walt Whitman’s “Come Up from the Fields Father” and Sara Teasdale’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Be sure to use specific examples from both poems to ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 12:58pm by Anoymous

English
Read the dialogue. Then rewrite the dialogue on the lines. Add quotation marks and other punctuation and begin new paragraphs where needed Narrative poems are another kind of poetry said Brittany. Narrative poems are my favorite kind of poetry.Dave asked What is narrative ...
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 6:14pm by Jerald

English
So for English we're doing poetry. With a partner we both wrote our own poems and compared them. We had to find one word that fits into both poems and we got the word "Change". Now we have to be able to read our poems while not boring the class by doing something...
Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 1:34am by Brian

Franny
I need to write a poem in french. I was looking for examples of french poems that rhyme but I can't find any. Can you please help me find some rhyming french poems? Thanks in advance
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 11:22pm by French

POEMS tanka poem
what are tanka poems
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 5:04pm by travon

English
(indent) "Narrative poems are another kind of poetry," said Brittany. Narrative poems are my favorite kind of poetry. almost ... reread my directions above (indent) Dave asked," What is narrative poetry?" I forgot. Narrative poems tell a story," said ...
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 6:14pm by Writeacher

english
After completing the required readings for this week, discuss how you see the theme of creating art developing in the different stories and poems. What did you learn about the human impulse to create? Give examples from one of the stories and at least two of the poems that you...
Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 4:08pm by kim

English
1. Individual poems' titles need to be in quotation marks. A collection of poems published as a book -- the title needs to be either italicized or underlined. Books: http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/books.shtml Poems: http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/article.shtml (Even though...
Monday, May 9, 2011 at 9:43am by Writeacher

free verse poems please
i need really good examples of free verse poems please
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 6:05pm by Allen

poetry
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=poems+in+iambic+meter&aq=3&aqi=g5g-m4&aql=&oq=poems+in+iambic&gs_rfai=&fp=d059ab474882bfe2 http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=poems+in+trochaic+meter&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=poems+in+trochaic+...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 2:53pm by Writeacher

Literature
'Choose two poems from your book that you will later write an essay about and make some notes on their similarities and differences.' This is what I got: I chose the poems 'I Never Saw A Moor' by Emily Dickinson and 'Kidnap Poem' by Nikki Giovanni ...
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 10:38am by mysterychicken

English
Do you know of any website that has important quotes from poems? because I have tried searching on google for like important quotes from "The World is Too Much With Us" but I can't find any and sparknotes doesn't have important quotes for poems just summarys...
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 2:34pm by rebekah

English, Writing in the Vernacular: Burns
These sites should help you. http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/552.htm http://www.worldburnsclub.com/poems/translations/554.htm
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 8:57pm by Ms. Sue

poem
It's better than 95% of the poems I read in The New Yorker. I am not sure of the answer to your "Who Am I" question, but have some ideas. I am a bit troubled by the idea of a poem as a riddle, however. On the other hand, most modern poems are riddles, since it is...
Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 7:27pm by drwls

poetry
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=643&q=poems+many+literary+devices&aq=0j&aqi=g-j1&aql=&oq=poems+many+literary There are many links here that should help. Check out the first two thoroughly and others as they seem related.
Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:13pm by Writeacher

poetry
Black can sometimes be a metaphor for death or sadness. You might want to try and google the poem. Some sites have explanations or information on the poems. You could also do a biography search on Sylvia Plath, she is a well known author and I think you could benefit from ...
Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 12:09am by Maddison

WRITING(POEMS)
It is butteriness, not butteryness. Also please don't use capital letters while posting a question. It seems like you are shuting. It would be more respectful of you to use lowercase letters and not big ones. You could also post your poems onto here for other to check and ...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 10:38pm by Anonymous

English
Here's a place to start: http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/fog/
Monday, June 20, 2011 at 4:03am by Writeacher

English
I've had problems in the past with MLA format as far as writing and I was wondering what was wrong with this work cited entry... Kenyone, Jane. "Let Evening Come." Collected Poems. St. Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf Press. 1990. The Collected Poems is underlined but I...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 8:02pm by Vesone

latin
This site may help you. http://www.quotesandpoem.com/poems/PoetryByTopic
Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 11:58am by Ms. Sue

literature
1. The line "A tree whose hungry mouth is prest" is an example of iambic 2.Which one of the following words is an iamb? A. Rachel B. Alice C. JoAnne D. Sally 3.What is the most probable reason that rhyme and repetition first found their ways into poems? A. People ...
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 3:55pm by mary

literature
Rilke compared loneliness to rain. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/rainer_maria_rilke/poems/16348
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1:45pm by Ms. Sue

English
Here's one -- http://www.love-poems.me.uk/marlowe_the_passionate_shepherd_to_his_love_l.htm
Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:40am by Ms. Sue

POEMS tanka poem
http://www.google.com/search?q=tanka+poems&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGLL_en___US379
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 5:04pm by Writeacher

Poems
I have read your poems, and what I'd like you to do is to put them away for a day or two and then read them aloud to someone else (not your mom!). Good poems and stories are usually revised and revised and revised over a long period of time. Very rarely is anything really ...
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 9:20pm by Writeacher

history
Check these sites. web.princeton.edu/sites/english/new_web/candidates/documents/elliott_abstract.pdf - http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1699.html
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 1:45pm by Ms. Sue

Creative Writing
With that assignment, I'd think the first poem would be better: http://www.hanksville.org/voyage/poems/NavajoSchool.html
Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 9:40pm by Writeacher

English
I still have a few doubts on the use of the present after "as if" and on other statements. Thank you for your cooperation. 1) They are hobbling along on their bloody feet, as if they are (why not were?) hurt or blind. They are so tired, they walk ask if they are (why...
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 6:22pm by Mike

riddle
http://www.jpatricklewis.com/poems.shtml#riddleanswers
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 6:32pm by Ms. Sue

E.L.A
http://www.poemhunter.com/poems/weather/
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 9:43pm by Writeacher

Creative Writing
Is this the poem you mean? http://www.netpoets.com/poems/death/0982002.htm
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:27am by Ms. Sue

poems
This site lists many poems and their poets. http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/poetry/html/
Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 1:54pm by Ms. Sue

english
http://www.writeawriting.com/poetry/ballad-poems/
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 11:59am by drwls

inspirational poems
Can you give me a website for inspirational poems please? http://www.businessballs.com/ifpoemrudyardkipling.htm Besides "If", see the list at the bottom of the page..."Do not stand at my grave and weep" is pretty strong. Thank you so much!!!!! I didn't ...
Monday, May 7, 2007 at 8:11pm by Lily

Poetry question
Poems that use onomatopoeia arouse the sense of: sound, touch, smell or sight? Doesn't poems that use onomatopoeia ariuse the sense of sound? I think that it is sound. It is a word that is used to create a sound effect. for example sizzle, snap sorry- I mispelled the word ...
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 3:39pm by Bailey

English-poetry
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/635.html That was the poem in which I learned meter. It is hard to avoid the stress-unstress syllables.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 7:29pm by bobpursley

English
The grammar is correct and, although you don't give the title of this poem, you may find additional in formation in one of the following sites: http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&p=Wadsworth+poems Sra
Monday, October 18, 2010 at 2:09pm by SraJMcGin

English
I find no refrain in "The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens." http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/poetry/poems/the_ballad_of_sir_patrick_spens.html
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 3:24pm by Writeacher

English 3
I agree with your choices. This is particularly interesting: http://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/longfellow.html
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 10:50am by Writeacher

English
Yes, Those poems are part of "The Tempest" This site will help you with your questions. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/tempest/ This site is on "Where the Bee Sucks" http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/312.html
Friday, December 28, 2007 at 11:51am by GuruBlue

literature
This is from a sonnet by Shakespeare. http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/363.html
Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 7:28pm by Ms. Sue

Sci Plzz See This Post
A poet I'm not. I know poets aren't required to follow all of the rules; however, to me it has no rhyme and no meter. Poems aren't poems without those. That's just my opinion. From the science angle, I found what you have written hard to follow although I didn...
Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 1:37pm by DrBob222

English Help Plz
Ovid is a great artist; He used different objects to represent the idea of transformations. He used water, tree, earth and heaven as metamorphosis symbolism .But his stories seems to be fiction in the modern age. For example beautiful daughter of a river god, Daphne ...
Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 8:14am by sajid

literature
An oral language piece is a poem or story that a person recites before an audience. Here's a favorite oral language piece. http://ops.tamu.edu/x075bb/poems/casey.html
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 12:51pm by Ms. Sue

ENGLISH
"lucy" has plagiarized from this website. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/poets/poems/redwheel_ex.htm Make sure you DON'T simply copy what she posted.
Monday, May 21, 2012 at 11:34pm by Writeacher

critical thinking
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/155.html
Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:17pm by Ms. Sue

English
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=types+of+poems Read widely and take good notes. If you have to write up what you learn, you might want to concentrate on ballads, sonnets, and villanelles.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 6:58pm by Writeacher

Community Service Idea
my class ( of 13 students)have all created poems describing ourselves. we have decided to put it all together into a big community service project by making t-shirts and postcards related to our poems (most of the poems are about making good choices and are uplifting); and we ...
Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 2:03pm by NEEDSHELP(:

English
http://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/190/118.html
Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 12:43pm by Ms. Sue

Literature
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/154.html
Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 3:58pm by Ms. Sue

english
I suggest you first brainstorm about something from an alien's (?) point of view. After you have several phrases written down, then study these sites. http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/onomatopoeia-poems.html http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/omomatopoea.html http...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 12:35pm by Ms. Sue

english
are there any famous poems about how soldiers at war deal with death. I'm reading "the things they carried" and the book talks a lot about how the soldiers would shake hands with dead people, (as a sort of dark humor I guess to desensitize them in a way) or how ...
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 8:51pm by jackie

English
There are a couple of forms of poems that you could use that make it pretty easy. Make sure you have LOTS of information about this person, though. Diamante poem: http://www.ehow.com/how_5105696_write-diamante-poems.html Follow the numbered instructions. Acrostic poem: http://...
Friday, March 15, 2013 at 1:17pm by Writeacher

english
Hi:) in short:i have to write a research paper but only can use luminarium page.I can choose one of the following poets and analyze one or more of his poems:Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, Marvell, Crashaw..I have read some poems.The Broken Heart from Donne seem ok ans Eyes and Tears...
Friday, January 5, 2007 at 1:06pm by curly

English-Poetry
http://books.google.com/books?q=Selected+Poems+of+E.J.+Pratt+&btnG=Search+Books Well, there are some here, but you'll need to search through them to see if this particular poem is accessible.
Monday, November 3, 2008 at 8:20pm by Writeacher

poems
http://www.k12.hi.us/~shasincl/poems_ocean.html#seaside http://www.cardcow.com/42432/love-walk-by-seashore-poems/
Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 7:18pm by Ms. Sue

HUMA 215
Sayre posits that the vocabulary associated with romantic love, as it is known today, came into being during the Medieval Period. The troubadour or trobairitz, accompanied by lyre or lute, would recite poems about the feelings associated with this type of love. Discuss the ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 8:18pm by Meeeee

English
4 lines for "prosperous" (although you'll note that the gown is not bought, but made from their own lambs' wool) 20 lines of pastoral, romantic, idealistic. Even? http://www.gradesaver.com/christopher-marlowes-poems/study-guide/section4/ This is one of the ...
Monday, March 7, 2011 at 3:47pm by Writeacher

English
http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/elizabethbarrettbrowning/poems/sonnetsfromtheportuguese/howdoilovetheeletmecounttheways.html =)
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at 10:57pm by Writeacher

English Help Plz
Ovid in his artistic expression used transformations of different objects to express change. We see water, air, heaven and earth represented as metamorphosis. In one instance, a daughter of a river god became a tree. This transformation proves his working theme of ...
Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 8:14am by sajid

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