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Oral Interpretation Pieces?

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by richard matheson and my poetry piece is the cremation of sam mcgee by robert service. i don’t like the poem that much since its not one that you can win with. does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with. It should [...]

What does COLOURS (stanza 1 line 3) means?

i’m doing this poetry analysis of poem by Robert W. Service entitled Young Fellow My Lad.. this is the poem:

"Where are you going, Young Fellow My Lad,
On this glittering morn of May?"
"I’m going to join the Colours, Dad;
They’re looking for men, they say."
"But you’re only a boy, Young Fellow My Lad;
You aren’t obliged to go."
"I’m [...]

Forensics Tournament:Oral Interpretation:poetry piece?

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by richard matheson and my poetry piece is the cremation of sam mcgee by robert service. i don’t like the poem. does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with. It should be lively, have lots of expression, different characters then giving me [...]

What is the meaning of the poem Nature's way by Robert Service?

To tribulations of mankind
Dame Nature is indifferent;
To human sorrow she is blind,
And deaf to human discontent.
Mid fear and fratricidal fray,
Mid woe and tyranny of toil,
She goes her unregarding way+
Of sky and sun and soil.

In leaf and blade, in bud and bloom
Exultantly her gladness glows,
And careless of Man’s dreary doom
Around the palm she wreathes the [...]

Oral Interpretation Poetry Piece for Speech?

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by Richard Matheson and my poetry piece is the cremation of Sam Mcgee by Robert Service. i don’t like the poem that much since its not one that you can win with. does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with. It should [...]

The Shooting Of Dan McGrew by Robert Service. Was the Lady known as Lou Lenin's girlfriend?

I have read that this poem is grounded in a plot that was exporting communism to the USA through Alaska; that Dan McGrew was a USA intelligence officer; that the people that shot him were communist agents and that the "lady that was known as Lou was really Lenin’s girlfriend. I woujld like verification of [...]

Are there any Robert Service fans out there?

What’s your favorite R.S. poem and why? Mine are "Grin" and "The Men That Don’t Fit In" cause They relate to my life.

Poem analysis for Robert W. Service's poem A Grain of Sand?

A web page link, or if you are good at analyzing poetry in detail.

Here is the poem:

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-grain-of-sand/

I need this soon.

Thanks!

What are poetic devices in this poem by robert service " lottery Ticket'?

‘A ticket for the lottery
I’ve purchased every week,’ said she
‘For years a score
Though desperately poor am I,
Oh how I’ve scrimped and scraped to buy
One chance more.

Each week I think I’ll gain the prize,
And end my sorrows and my sighs,
For I’ll be rich;
Then nevermore I’ll eat bread dry,
With icy hands to cry and cry
And stitch and [...]

what kind of poem is Little Brother by Robert Service?

like its fixed form.
Are you sure its in quatrain form? Whats your source? Thanks alot

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