any1 good in analyzing poetry?, i need help! haha |
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 Mar 7 2005, 04:02 PM
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we've been studying couplets in my english class.. & we need to analyze specific ones.. hmm.. i dont even know if im posting this in the right place (sorry if im wrong
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Mar 7 2005, 04:03 PM
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moved to homework
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Mar 7 2005, 04:04 PM
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oh thank you! i didnt know there was a homework section..sorry
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Mar 7 2005, 05:55 PM
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nope sorry not good at analyzing poems.
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Mar 7 2005, 07:10 PM
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^Then don't reply...
 Anyways. Maybe you should put up the whole poem instead of just the couplet, so I can get a better understanding of it. Or is this couplet just by itself and she didn't give you the whole poem to analyze? |
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Mar 7 2005, 07:18 PM
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 insanitys contagious. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,210 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,707 |
Im guesisng it means when humans do bad things soon enough karma will come through.
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Mar 7 2005, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE(Emmaliev @ Mar 7 2005, 8:18 PM) Im guesisng it means when humans do bad things soon enough karma will come through.  ^ Yeah...karma - what comes around, goes around |
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Mar 7 2005, 07:25 PM
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yeah, my teacher just gave me a whole bunch of couplets..
 oOoo karma, i never thought of that one!! haha thank you so much 
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Mar 7 2005, 09:55 PM
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 Sing to Me Group: Member Posts: 1,825 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,808 |
I think it's saying how humans try to control their surroundings, nature, animals, etc... and their control ends up destroying/hurting themselves inside.
it could also mean someone who wants to have a laugh at someone else's expense, such as a prank, joke, insult, hurts other people a lot more than they think. I love poetry. |
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Mar 7 2005, 11:18 PM
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thank you so much
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Mar 7 2005, 11:42 PM
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did you want techniques?
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Mar 8 2005, 12:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 55 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,537 |
oh hehe no techniques.. i just need help analyzing it
thanks though! hehe
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Mar 8 2005, 12:05 AM
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 aNNa BaNaNa >.< Group: Member Posts: 102 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 104,244 |
Hey we did this in english too!! its about the hair being cut off right? Well what i think it means that whenever one makes up their mind to do something (in this case something bad) they always seem to find the perfect items to carry on their plans. >.<
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Mar 8 2005, 12:09 AM
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hehe i dunno if its about hair being cut off? i just got the couplet.. haha
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Mar 8 2005, 12:15 AM
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aNNa BaNaNa >.< Group: Member Posts: 102 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 104,244 |
QUOTE(annxmakoolet @ Mar 8 2005, 12:09 AM) hehe i dunno if its about hair being cut off? i just got the couplet.. haha yah im pretty sure that came from the rape of the lock... you can look it up and maybe that will help in your analysis... but basically in the old days if a girl gave a guy a lock of her hair then that was some pretty serious relational stuff... this man really likes this one woman and decides he'll cut off a lock without her knowledge... and basically his ill will is doing the cutting and the instrument talked about are the scissors... i hope that helps abit |
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Mar 8 2005, 03:49 AM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
QUOTE(annxmakoolet @ Mar 7 2005, 4:02 PM) "but when to mischief mortals bend their will, how soon they find fit instruments of ill" i dunno if my brain is just fried from the other couplets i had to analyze.. but im stuck on this one! It means when humans choose willingly to do bad, that we find the means to do it easily. |
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Mar 8 2005, 10:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 55 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,537 |
i just wanna say thanks everyone!!
my homework was due today, so this can be closed now  again, thanks!! |
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