The poem ‘Nettles’ by Scannel explores the ways in which a parent is protective towards their child and doesn’t want to see them get hurt so they will do anything in their power to protect them, however they cannot always be protected and soon they will be hurt. The poem ‘Born yesterday’ by Amis explores the ways in which the speaker is wishing an unborn baby girl the best in life and how he doesn’t expect her to be perfect, and she ‘may be ordinary’. These two poems go well together because they are both based on a realistic view on life, they both show the way people will shield their loved ones from the unseen pain and unhappiness of the unknown future. The line “My son would often feel sharp wounds again” from ‘Nettles’ shows that no matter how much a parent tries to protect their child they will get hurt. This is also portrayed in ‘Born yesterday’ when it says “tightly-folded bud” this indicates that although the child may be young and unable to defend for herself her loved ones will try and protect her, however soon they won’t be there to protect her and she will be left to defend for herself.
Eulogy to Alice!! Your Strengths, your Eminences, your Excellencies, distinguished guests. To Friends and Families and Colleagues and the rest of Alice’s beautiful family and to May and to Evelyn, we are here to grieve with you and more importantly we are here because we love you. Life sometime can be really hard to understand and the hard times that we have faced together as a family. Life cannot be defined but it will always be a memory to us and always will be kept in our hearts.
She describes that this new relationship was different than before; she feels that now they are closer than ever before. Aleshire points this out in the last stanza “I answer that I love him, too, but hardly knowing him, what I love is the way reserve has slipped from his feeling” (pg. 90) to describe that her father was a doctor and barely had enough time to spend with his daughter. Throughout the poem, Joan shows a message to the audience the love for her father. In Joan Aleshire’s poem, the theme she is portraying is her love for her father and that death is a toll that we all have to take.
Also, it reflects the active role that her mother had in the poet’s life, as her presence is constant in her everyday life: this once more reflects how significant the mother was on the poet’s growing up. An example of this is shown on the line: ‘deep and bold and fathoming’. In this case, fathoming acts as the mantling, the protecting action that her mother gave to the author and clearly, she still feels it in her day after day life. Another point to consider is the constant comparison between what her mother meant to her and the importance of nature. In this way, we get to know how essential this relationship was to Grace Nichols
Rodney Mack 1 Eng 100 B05 English 4 Rough Draft July 8,2009 Mrs. Frederick “The Impact Of Poverty On Children” Poverty is all around us and it affects our children all over the country. Poverty affects our children at an early stage which begins in the household of children who lack family income from day to day. I remember growing up in a family of five children and my mother was single almost always throughout my childhood, and I experienced first hand what being poor was about. We never had much, and my mother did all she could to satisfy each and every one of us, like whenever I got something new to wear to school, or church, my brothers would also get new clothes. Or, if she gave me money, she would give my brothers and sisters money too.
It can nurture support, love, and togetherness. However, when things go wrong within this unit, it can become the opposite: a source of great stress and tribulation. In my own experience and learning, students want to restore the kindness of their parents because they are not what they are without them. I am studying hard now because I want also to help my family. They motivate me that life without education is very hard since you will live on
He hides the situation and covers for his wife when he shouldn’t be required to. He supports her when she is downtrodden for the loss of her infant. He loves her and takes care of the situation, providing her with more children of his own and loving her even when she has obviously made mistakes. (Gordimer, as cited in Clugston, 2010, section 3.1) Literary elements Gordimer uses several of the literary techniques we have studied throughout her story. Tone, persona, plot, flashbacks, and culture are some of these.
Her mother was very ill with asthma. Throughout their journey, her mother’s asthma worsened. I realized that Farah had patience and was very protective of her mother when she says “…I tried to shield her with my body, tried to keep the other passengers from pressing in on her so that she would have her own space to breathe out of…” (page 181). Abraham dreamed to become a minister someday. According to the documentary created by 60 Minutes, Abraham fulfilled his dream.
The poem has an optimistic opening in which Hardy hears Emma's voice, and there is hope. The rhythm in the first stanza is also steady and ongoing which adds to the hope. In the second stanza, Hughes is desperate to be with his wife again. He is eager to be with her as he used to in their firts few years of love. His desperation is obivous, as he clearly remembers the exact shade of her gown.
I recall calling her in tears, not knowing what to do, feeling as if I was failing as a Mother. But she would always soothe me by saying, “You are a wonderful mom. Your son is just like you; he wants to do everything at his own pace. Have patience my child.” Her faith is like a rock; it will not be broken. With her help and the Lord’s, I have been able to learn how to forgive and let go of pain that had tied my heart down for many years.