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Both poems are themed about their unbreakable bond of love and are free verse. Because both poems use “I” they are 1st person point of view. Most poems have repetition as these

The tone of this poem is a mixture of emotions. She seems to enjoy being in his company, although the stories he shares break her heart. She expresses her conflicting feeling when she states the following:

The atmospheric conditions may represent the hardships that the couple had to go through in their relationship, and may also be used contrast the unpredictability of the outside world compared to the steady relationship that the couple have. ‘A Youth Mowing’ is also a poem about relationships, this time it is between a younger couple. The river ‘Isar’ is a symbol of freedom, it represents the way that the men’s lives are. However, this sense of liberty is broken by the ‘swish of the scythe-strokes’ as the girl takes ‘four sharp breaths.’ Sibilance is used to show that there is a sinister undertone to the freedom that the boy has which will be broken by the news that his girlfriend is bringing. She feels guilty for ‘what’s in store,’ as now the boy will have to be committed to spending the rest of his life with her, and paying the price for the fun that they had.

1) What was Martin Luther King's position on the Vietnam War? Please identify at least five of King's arguments. Based upon your readings, and the films do you agree with King's analysis? Why or why not?

The Civil War of 1861 – 1865 remains one of the most tragic pages in the American history. It claimed about 700,000 lives and nearly destroyed the unity of the nation (American Civil War). Naturally, such a massive clash could not have burst out inadvertently. Decades of differences between the North and South had led to a full-scale military clash. Two events cannot be overlooked when analyzing the roots of the conflict: the Dred Scott case and Southern secession.

The Civil War in the United States was one of the most significant events in the history of the country. This is due not only to the outcome it provided, but more importantly to the actual events that took place during the war, the aspects it dealt with, and the questions it raised concerning humanity, courage, democracy, human rights, slavery, unity and union. Throughout the war, the causes, the tactics, and the context changed. Further, the motivation of the soldiers fighting in both armies changed in a decisive manner. Despite all, this remains one of the bloodiest events in the history of the American states.

The Civil War has taken on the title of “the bloodiest war in American history.” The country broke apart after years of growing regional differences, state versus federal

Throughout the course of the Civil War “Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. Taken as a percentage of today 's population, the toll would have risen as high as 6 million souls” (“Civil War Casualties, n.d.). The numerous battles fought that were responsible for this horrific death toll included everything from small, armed, nameless skirmishes to full-blown engagements which involved

The Civil War of America has been discussed as the first modern war of the new industrial age. Army’s of such a large size had yet to meet head on, face to face in the battle field with weapons of such mass destruction and deadly force. America had not yet seen casualties of this magnitude to

Paul wanted to comfort Kemmerich while he was dying because of his amputated leg, “I lean down over his face which lies in the shadow. He still breathes lightly. His face is wet, he is crying... The tears run down his cheeks. I would like to wipe them away, but my handkerchief is too dirty” (14). Paul and Kemmerich have grown closer together since they met and even though there was all the war noises outside the hospital, Paul still wanted to comfort Kemmerich and give him hope that he will return home. The second example of the theme, war brings people closer together, is when Kat and Paul decided to go catch a goose and cook it, “we sit opposite one another, Kat and I, two soldiers in shabby coats, cooking a goose in the middle of the night. We don’t talk much but I believe we have a more complete communion with one another than een lovers have” (42). Ever since the have met, Paul and Kat’s friendship has grown more and more and towards the end of the book, the author showed that they have grown closer to each other than even real couples. The war caused the soldiers to become family because they are all they have. When Kat got injured in the Front, Paul had to take care of him, “Kat is not very heavy;so I take him up on my back and start off to the dressing station with him” (128). Paul did not want to leave Kat alone to get a

You can hear the shots echo off the oak trees. You feel the cold air against your back, the cold trigger on your finger. You can see the gray uniforms across the forest, the puffs of smoke after every shot. You smell the gun smoke, and it smells of charcoal. You taste blood from your lips. You’ve been biting down on them the entire time. You are standing in a battlefield of the bloodiest and most painful war in American History. This war may have been the bloodiest, but it also may be the most important in the development of the United States. The Civil War was the turning point in a developing America, from 600,000 Americans dead, to the 13th Amendment and the abolishment of slavery, and then the Homestead Act.

In conclusion, I would like to restate the facts of the amazing, strong people that had to deal with the effects of the Civil War. The women wrote letters, became nurses, raised money, and took over a man's job. The children, some just under the age of ten, did one of the most dangerous jobs a person could do in the Civil War. The doctors, constantly being called butchers because of what they had to do to save lives. Everybody during the Civil War had a difficult job. However it war these sacrifices that people had to make in order to help the people fighting for what they believed in win the

This internal war starts the second that you set foot in this unknown word as a baby, all the way up to the last step you take to say your last goodbyes to this world. The poem begins with a life of a child in whom people around him tended to call the child “...crybaby or poor or fatty or crazy and made [the child] an alien…”(Sexton), and the child “...drank their acid and concealed it.”(Sexton) illustrating how painful it is, not react and take actions,but counseling is the best method the child seemed fit. Furthermore, courage in a person can also cause a war, in which the author shows the imagery, how the child’s “...courage was a small coal that [the child] kept swallowing.”(Sexton) and encouraging to society to make his own future. As an adult, the person endured many difficulties, such as the of enduring “...a great despair…”(Sexton), but you didn’t do it with a companion but rather “...did it alone.”(Sexton) and endured that suffering within yourself. Being an adult is not only passing a time with your loved ones and remembering the ones that sacrificed their time to make you who you are now, from your teachers to your peers to your parents, but to actually live your life the fullest and make each day worth living.Until the last moment that has been waiting since the beginning in which the death “...opens the back door...” and “...[the adult will] put on [his] carpet slippers and stride out.”(Sexton), exemplifying how all you have done, from engulfing the pain given by the society to living your whole life just to see a tear of happiness from seeing your grandchild, will not be taken with you at the moment when you really need it the

Was the civil war really as bad as people say it was? Some soldiers would debate and say that they were honored to be able to fight in the war. other would say that the war changed there life for the worst because of all the bad things that took place when it happened. how some african american were forced to fight in, and fight on the wrong side.Also how families had to fight against each other in the war just because they have too much pried not fight in the war. so you have brothers fighting against each other and father and son fighting as well. the yellow rose of texas is also a big part of the civil war.

When faced with the countless problems of war including death, disease, sorrow, and loss, soldiers develop and intense bond between one another as they seek support in one another. A brotherhood is formed among these soldiers who rely on one another for protection and companionship amid a time in their lives where they are faced with the constant threat of death and violence everyday of their lives. But what happens to them after the war? In After the War, poet brings awareness to how the war-torn soldier attempts to reestablish their self in a society they have been isolated from for so many years through use of free verse and repetitive phrases, which further reinforces the theme throughout the poem.