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    The A Cold Winter Night

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    Picture this: It’s a cold winter night and you are diving on a desolate, icy road and you are tired and in a bad mood. You spot a flash of red up ahead. A family of cats is hiding in a torn box on the edge of the road. You have two options, drive by and believe that they will be alright, thinking someone else will help them. Or two, take a few seconds out of your busy schedule, clean out the back of your car and carefully put the cats in, you know that you don’t like cats but are willing to help

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    In “An Old Man’s Winter Night” Robert Frost uses various metaphors to show an old man’s life coming to an end. Frost’s metaphors are used in the themes of nature, isolation, and symbolism. Throughout the poem he uses analogies to enable the reader to view his work from numerous perspectives. His comparisons allows the reader to envision the oncoming death of the speaker. Frost’s analogies appeals to the reader because they are very pragmatic. Nature plays a huge role in every poem written by Frost

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    In the story“Winter Night,” the author Kay Boyle refers to a time before WWII in Germany. A woman was a sitter to a little girl named Felisha, and ironically, this was the third year anniversary of the last time she saw another little girl in the concentration camp. The sitter would be thousands of miles away in another country sitting with Felisha in New York. She made a connection with this little girl as she had years earlier with another little girl that looked similar at the camp. In the

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    On a cold Winter night two people lay to sleep. So far away but that would never stop the dreaming and magic. December 1,2003 Concord,Massachusetts Anna: It’s nighttime in Concord. I began to grow tired as the time progresses to 10:30 pm. I go up the stairs leading to my room not knowing what is to come in this night slumber. I can only imagine what I might dream. As I lay on my soft bedding cuddling up to my warm fuzzy blanket I began to doze off. Just before I finally fall asleep I hear the train

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    Comparing "An Old Man's Winter Night" To Valentine's Day" Tone is a key important feature in all literary works, it help to give it more depth, meaning and conveys the attitude of the author towards a specific subject or theme. The poem “An Old Man’s Winter Night” by Robert Frost and the excerpt “Valentine's Day” by Stuart McLean both portray contrasting tones that aids in producing the same emotions response to the reader as the author is feeling. In Frost’s poem he depicts through his tone

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    On a dark winter night, a ghost walks the ramparts of Elsinore Castle in Denmark. Discovered first by a pair of watchmen, then by the scholar Horatio, the ghost resembles the recently deceased King Hamlet, whose brother Claudius has inherited the throne and married the king’s widow, Queen Gertrude. When Horatio and the watchmen bring Prince Hamlet, the son of Gertrude and the dead king, to see the ghost, it speaks to him, declaring ominously that it is indeed his father’s spirit, and that he was

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    On a dull winter night, a ghost strolls the bulwarks of Elsinore Castle in Denmark. Found first by a couple of guards, then by the researcher Horatio, the phantom takes after the as of late perished King Hamlet, whose sibling Claudius has acquired the throne and wedded the lord 's dowager, Queen Gertrude. Whenever Horatio and the guards bring Prince Hamlet, the child of Gertrude and the dead lord, to see the apparition, it identifies with him, proclaiming forebodingly that it is undoubtedly his dad

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    One cold winter night a pregnant woman Nicole Jackson, a wife, and also a mother of two tried to get in contact with her husband who was in the navy. Her husband John left his wife in the worst pain of her life, to go on duty. Nicole knew when she married her husband that he was dedicated to his job, but she thought being a supportive wife and mother to her family would somehow make him come around more. Two days went by and Nicole hasn’t heard nor seen her husband. The kids started to worry about

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    “Winter nights” by jake paul merch is a succinct dedication to the human condition. Employing exacting and florid metaphors. Paul lulls us to a rather anticlimactic end in just a few lines. The power of the poem is felt in its economy and word choice. In ” winter nights”, jake paul merch portrays the idea that, the measurement of one’s success is not defined by others. Jake Paul merch uses a simile to emphasize his predicament. The first two lines are simple, but work efficiently in their originality

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    In many instances do we grow old and look back on our life and wish things could have been different. We change our perceptions through significant experiences and the gradual road towards maturity. In Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Nights”, there is a consistently vivid depiction of a man who is recalling the sacrifices his father made for him when he was younger. Although, the tone is regretful and gloomy as the speaker is recognizing his father’s love and sacrifice for him was presented differently

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