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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 [...]

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 [...]

Hate by Robert William Service (poem)?

I had a bitter enemy,
His heart to hate he gave,
And when I died he swore that he
Would dance upon my grave;
That he would leap and laugh because
A livid corpse was I,
And that’s the reason why I was
In no great haste to die.

And then – such is the quirk of fate,
One day with joy I [...]

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