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ESSAY #2. The Red Hat by Rachel Hadas

Posted on May 11, 2012 by shawn

The red hat by Rachel Hadas   Vocabulary   Briskly – (adj) in a brisk manner; “she walked briskly in the cold air”; “`after lunch,’ she said briskly” Dawdle-(Noun) to be slow or lag behind Vastly – (adj) to an … Continue reading →

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Pragmatist by Edmund Conti

Posted on May 6, 2012 by shawn

Apocalypse soon Coming our way Ground zero at noon Halve a nice day. This poem is a very short and interesting poem. This poem would be a good poem to write about on the final exam because if you go … Continue reading →

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How to love by lil wayne

Posted on May 6, 2012 by shawn

The song is how to love by lil Wayne. This song is more like a poem in many different ways.  The way that the rapper (lil Wayne) sang the lyrics of the song makes it more like a poem.  The … Continue reading →

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Elegy

Posted on April 1, 2012 by shawn

The definition of elegy is a mournful, contemplative lyric poem written to commemorate someone who is dead, often ending in a consolation. Elegy may also refer to serious meditative poem produced to express the speaker’s melancholy thoughts. The poem “Elegy … Continue reading →

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The Red Hat by Rachel Hadas

Posted on March 26, 2012 by shawn

The Red Hat is about a family watching their son walks to school alone. The speaker speaks about the son walking to school without the parents at his side. It was his first time walking alone and his parents track … Continue reading →

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