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    Frosts the author of the poem “No Gold Can Stay” is giving us as readers a big statement on life, and some of the things that reflect on life. Also the poem is giving us something to think about you have to read between the lines to get a better understanding of it. The poem is giving us three strong statements which Frosts reflects upon life one of the statements are when frost’s talks about nature's first green is gold, another statement is so dawn goes down to day, and lastly is nothing gold

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    Robert Browning was a poet known for his incorporation of dramatic monologue in his poetry. Today, he ranks among Alfred Lord Tennyson as one of the greatest Victorian era poets. Of Browning’s greatest poems, his two most moved are by the names of “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess”. These poems have both similarities and differences. Three similarities of the poems “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess” are: They both deal with murder, One addresses only one lover and the other addresses

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    The police have been baffled by the mystery of the Zodiac Killer for decades. Police and cryptologists spent countless hours trying to decode the Zodiac’s letters. They even opened it up to the public because they were desperate for answers. Most of the ciphers were decoded but some remain a mystery to this day. The police have linked some murders to him while others are unknown. The attacks happened decades ago, but the police are not any closer to finding the identity of the Zodiac Killer.

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    Snowy Evening Diction

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    as a journey, starting at birth and ending at death. Human beings experience the beauty and evils that exist in this world. Literature and literary elements help capture those experiences and show the varieties of what life holds for each person. Robert Frost uses purpose, mood, and meaning to connect to the reader’s journey through life using four poems that describe various moments in life. Frost’s “Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening” illustrates a traveler’s short break in the woods. Throughout

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    In this poem, Frost explains that nothing, especially that which is perfect and beautiful, can last forever. He gives several examples of this: The first green of spring is her hardest hue to hold. So Eden sank to grief.The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Ponyboy and his two brothers, Darrel (Darry), who is 20, and Sodapop, who is 16 ... have recently lost their parents in an automobile accident

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    Snowbound John Whittier

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    Many people can relate to the exuberant joy of waking up to find out school or work has been cancelled due to snow. One could see it as nature’s day of white, brisk freedom or a snowbound day indoors. A somber, nostalgic outlook of a snowed in couple of days is depicted vividly in the following poem. “Snowbound” by John Whittier expresses the power of nature through its discussion of the storm’s cycles and its use of imagery. The phases of the storm is explained throughout the poem illustrates nature’s

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    feel as if they were there in the poem. In the following three poems, the main topic is the different feelings of winter, and how different species provide altering emotions within the poem itself. In the poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee” written by Robert Service, expressing the harshness of the winter by using poetic devices in the poem makes the reader feel the pain that is expressed the poem. In this poem the speaker Cap shares his freind Sam McGee’s story of the harsh winter weather he had to

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    When Frost Is on the Punkin The tone of When Frost Is on the Punkin by James Whitcomb Riley, celebrates the charm and romance of fall. The author describes how he likes the summer, with its heat of the sun and the blossoms on the trees. But there has always been a feel of fall that is comfy and warm, with enjoying apple pie and other seasonal foods that make us miss the season when it is over. The four seasons, spring, summer, winter, and fall, all have a unique trait about them. From the flower

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    From the two stories Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening written by Robert Frost and Still I Rise by Maya Angelou they both have something in common, and that is their struggles. The main idea in Still I Rise by Maya Angelou the speaker is talking about how people might dislike her. Also in Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening the speaker in the poem is in the beautiful but snowy, cold woods starving to death. These two main ideas both have definetly something they are struggling with.

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    The Road Not Taken

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    “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about a choice, and when we are faced with making a decision we have to choose one, but that also means that we have to give up on the other opportunity to do something else. That one decision can determine our entire lives. When the speaker chose “the one less traveled by,” the speaker says, “ has made all the difference.” The poem begins with a dilemma, the need to come up with a decision and solve the problem. When out walking, the speaker comes to a fork

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