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English Poetry Tasks

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For our English Poetry Project, we had to first choose five poems with the same message and, if you could, from the same author. On was supposed to write a commentary on one, memorize one and recite it in front of the class, and perform a task ( from a list ) for each of the remaining poems. For my last three poems, I decided to make an imitation of one, make a comic of one and do a screencast of the last one. TASK 1 POEM IMITATION POEM: ANTHEM FOR DOOMED YOUTH POET: WILFRED OWEN What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?      — Only the monstrous anger of the guns.      Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;      Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;      And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all?      Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine t
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Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen In the poem Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, the idea of dying for one’s country is criticized.  The speaker is in a war wasteland. He is watching everything that is going on, being a soldier himself.  He is then forced to watch one of his friends die right in front of him.  The speaker questions the phrase “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”  which in Latin means “It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country” by the gloomy and horrific pictures he brings  to mind in this poem.  The speaker makes a lot of references to the chaos and destruction caused by war, the amount of death that one is exposed to.  An angry and sad tone is used to convey the message in this dark poem.  The author's approach puts you in a war scene and helps you understand what soldiers  have to go through in order to make sure that we are happy back in our homeland. MY IMITATION OF THE POEM  “I listened to the last song, The remaining sign of
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A Midnight Summer's Dream: Picture Captioning

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ACT 3: THE FINAL SCENE Brief Explanation This is the final scene in the play, The Midnight Summer's Dream. It brings to a close all the confusion, chaos and comedy that happens all through the play. The scene starts off with Theseus, the Duke of Athens, who had just found Hermia, Helena, Demetrius and Lysander, asking his servant, Philostrate, about which kind of entertainment available. With the many options that Philostrate gave to the Duke, Theseus seemed to choose the most unlikely of the three that he read through: " A tragical tale of young Pyramus and his love Thisbe, a very tragical mirth.." Despite Philostrate saying everything he could to convince the king to decide otherwise, he is not successful. This sets the scene of, well, the scene. Bottom the Weaver and all of the "mechanicals" perform this play. The play in itself is quite awkward, with their director, Peter Quince, having to even give directions from backstage; yeah, it was that bad, but v
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THE ILLUSTRATION OF A VERSE

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HELENA'S SPEECH: THE ILLUSTRATION Lo, she is one of this confederacy! Now I perceive they have conjoin'd all three To fashion this false sport, in spite of me. Injurious Hermia! most ungrateful maid! Have you conspired, have you with these contrived To bait me with this foul derision? Is all the counsel that we two have shared, The sisters' vows, the hours that we have spent, When we have chid the hasty-footed time For parting us,-- O, is it all forgot? All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key, As if our hands, our sides, voices and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grow together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition; Two lovely berries moulded on one stem; So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart; Two of the f
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: CHARACTER ASSIGNMENT 2

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LYSANDER FACEBOOK PROFILE PAGE: Lysander is most probably one of the most interesting characters in Shakespeare's play " A Midnight Summer's Dream." Lysander, from the beginning of the play, is the rebel. The reject. The play starts as Egeus, the father to the girl that Lysander loves, Hermia, is complaining to the king about lysander. Egeus wants his daughter to marry Demetrius, but she instead loves Lysander, and Demetrius himself has a girlfriend, Helena, according to Lysander. Lysander and Hermia soon escape into the woods, and are followed by Helena and Demetrius. It is in the woods that a lot happens, and it is where most of the play unfolds. From Lysander being somewhat rejected by Hermia, Helena being rejected by Dmetrius in the harshest way possible, Lysander falling mad in love with Helena thanks to Puck just messing up, the big fight that ensued among the four lovers and finally them waking up in the presence of the king. Lysanderis a very interesting
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act 2 Scene 2

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, a play written by William Shakespear at around 1595 or 1596, is an interesting work of art. It talks about quite a number of characters in rather different situations throughout the play. Be it the group of actors preparing for what seems to be the biggest play of their lives, or the two couples and their endless troubles. The play has many twists and turns, a lot of dark humor, drama; it is basically a fun adventure, for any age and time. ACT 2 SCENE 2 Act 2 scene 2 is a rather interesting part of the whole play, as it shows the relationships between Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius. It also shows the relationship between Titania and Oberon. Our task was to identify five unique things or scenes going on in that section of the play. We were then supposed to recreate those scenes by taking pictures that would represent those scenes. The task was simple but at the same time quite a handful. THE TASK FIRST SCENE: OBERON CHARMS TITANIA   In t
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Midsummer Night's Dream -- The Character Assignment

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The Midsummer Night's Dream is a play written by William Shakespeare. It basically portrays love, and all the twists and turns of the relationships in the play. I was assigned a character called Lysander, a rebel, one who is not so much liked by everyone, especially the father of the girl he loves. I made a playlist of ten songs ( on soundcloud ) that Lysander would probably listen to due to his life, as portrayed in this incredible play by William Shakespeare. I have also taken the liberty to explain why exactly I chose the song, what the song actually means and how it applies to Lysander's life. The Covers of the 10 Songs " For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth "- Lysander     THE WAY LIFE GOES BY LIL UZI VERT Lil Uzi Vert is one of the most contraversial rappers of the 21st century. His songs are both full of meaning and fun, and he sometimes makes references to demoni
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