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1. The municipal This is the poem that describes W. B. Yeats's experience going through the
gallery revisited Municipal Gallery in Dublin and seeing all the historical figures and recalling how
they lived. It is full of nostalgia and thankfulness for the friends he had over the
years.
2. "Brazilian Tele- Miriam Bird Greenberg
phone" This is a cautionary poem about the dangers of unintentional accidents and kids
just playing. It describes a mother busy baking and children playing trying to
reenact a science experiment. Although the poem ends before the "electrocution"
we assume the child is injured or dies. The happy and idyllic tone makes the
tragedy all the more surprising. Yet, it seems like an excuse, instead of remorse.
3. At the Tomb of by Robert G. Ingersoll
Napoleon Robert G. Ingersoll was a politician and prominent orator. He made an astonishing
$3,500 a night for his brilliant and witty speeches exposing orthodox (religious)
superstitions. His very cool 3 stanza poem talks about going to the grave of
Napolean and imagining the former glory of this military genius. In paragraph
one he describes a "gold and gilt tomb - fit almost for a dead deity." Then in stanza
2, with a series of 13 "I saw him -" he captures Napolean's achievements and
failures. "I saw him walking upon the banks of the Seine, contemplating suicide.
I saw him at Toulon—I saw him putting down the mob in the streets of Paris—I
saw him at the head of the army of Italy—I saw him crossing the bridge of Lodi
with the tri-color in his hand—"
In the final stanza, he reflects about Napolean's personal losses of love and how his
acts resulted in widows and orphans. He compares Napolean to country peasants
who enjoy nature and dies loved by his family and children. In the final lines he
exclaims how all that glory is worthless - "I would rather have been that man and
gone down to the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust, than to have been
that imperial impersonation of force and murder, known as 'Napoleon the Great."
4.
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The Czar's Last by Norman Dubie
Christmas Letter: The poem takes the point of view of Nicholas II, who addresses his mother, Maria
A Barn in the Fyodorovna Romanova. He is the heir of the Romanov family and the last Czar of
Urals Russia.
The setting is after the royal family is being held by the Bolshevik revolutionaries.
The narrator describes Ilya an imaginary character who assembles a "choir of
mutes". This is an oxymoron and symbolizes the Czar's powerlessness during
the revolution and subsequent World War I. In the poem the Czar regrets Russia
going to war with Japan because Ilya dies and was lost to the family. His account
humanizes Nicholas II, as later he proclaims his newfound happiness now that
he is not Czar. He finds happiness in reconnecting with his estranged wife and
teaching fractions to school children. The end of the poem foreshadows the
execution of the Czar's family, hinting that this may be their last letter.
The theme of the poem shows how the idea of class is as much a psychological
as a social structure and how people's perception of class is ingrained in their
behavior. There are many conflicts in this poem that strike at your heart, from the
revolutionary soldier calling the Czar "Great Father" to the Czar's daughter flirting
with the soldiers and he sees nothing wrong with it. The paradoxes fill us with
confusion and reflection.
5. A Brief History of by Koh Buck Song
Toa Payoh Toa Payoh is a town in Singapore and one of the places to go through a dramatic
transformation from village to urban center in the last 100 years. Koh Buck Song
is a prominent Singaporean poet, popular columnist, and political writer with
many achievements. Many of his poems talk about Singapore unique culture and
modernization. In this poem he seems to eulogize the loss of the "good old days"
and how it is hard to keep up with the pace of development
6. Buffalo Dusk a poem by Carl Sandburg
heck it's so short that I'll put it here :
The buffaloes are gone.
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And those who saw the buffaloes are gone.
Those who saw the buffaloes by thousands and how they pawed the prairie sod
into dust with their hoofs, their great heads down pawing on in a great pageant
of dusk,
Those who saw the buffaloes are gone.
And the buffaloes are gone.
7. My Castle in poem by John Hay (1871)
Spain
8. Photograph from a poem by Wislawa Szymborska that describes a photograph of people falling
September 11 from the World trade center during 911
9. Petroglyphs They are rock carvings/engravings made by removing part of a rock's surface.
Most either held deep religious significance or were used as maps (they depicted
surrounding terrain along with various symbols), The first ones were created
around 40,000 years ago with the oldest cluster of them thought to be in Iran.
From creation, they remained popular until around 7,000 to 9,000 years ago when
the first precursors to writing systems were introduced. They can be found in every
region in the world excluding Antarctica but are most highly concentrated in parts
of Siberia, Scandinavia and Africa.
10. Nsibidi A system of pictograms indigenous to the Ejagham peoples of Southeastern
Nigeria. The system consists of several hundred symbols, many of which deal with
love affairs, and is primarily used today by the Ekpe Secret Society. Before the
Nigerian colonial era, there was a sacred and public version (more decorative -
mainly used by women) of the system. Aspects of colonial rule greatly decreased
the number of nsibidi-literate people and the two versions of the language
gradually merged. During the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the system spread to Cuba
and Haiti where it developed into the Veve and Anaforuana symbols. This system
is different to the others listed in the sense that it's still used today.
11. Quipus
1. The municipal This is the poem that describes W. B. Yeats's experience going through the
gallery revisited Municipal Gallery in Dublin and seeing all the historical figures and recalling how
they lived. It is full of nostalgia and thankfulness for the friends he had over the
years.
2. "Brazilian Tele- Miriam Bird Greenberg
phone" This is a cautionary poem about the dangers of unintentional accidents and kids
just playing. It describes a mother busy baking and children playing trying to
reenact a science experiment. Although the poem ends before the "electrocution"
we assume the child is injured or dies. The happy and idyllic tone makes the
tragedy all the more surprising. Yet, it seems like an excuse, instead of remorse.
3. At the Tomb of by Robert G. Ingersoll
Napoleon Robert G. Ingersoll was a politician and prominent orator. He made an astonishing
$3,500 a night for his brilliant and witty speeches exposing orthodox (religious)
superstitions. His very cool 3 stanza poem talks about going to the grave of
Napolean and imagining the former glory of this military genius. In paragraph
one he describes a "gold and gilt tomb - fit almost for a dead deity." Then in stanza
2, with a series of 13 "I saw him -" he captures Napolean's achievements and
failures. "I saw him walking upon the banks of the Seine, contemplating suicide.
I saw him at Toulon—I saw him putting down the mob in the streets of Paris—I
saw him at the head of the army of Italy—I saw him crossing the bridge of Lodi
with the tri-color in his hand—"
In the final stanza, he reflects about Napolean's personal losses of love and how his
acts resulted in widows and orphans. He compares Napolean to country peasants
who enjoy nature and dies loved by his family and children. In the final lines he
exclaims how all that glory is worthless - "I would rather have been that man and
gone down to the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust, than to have been
that imperial impersonation of force and murder, known as 'Napoleon the Great."
4.
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The Czar's Last by Norman Dubie
Christmas Letter: The poem takes the point of view of Nicholas II, who addresses his mother, Maria
A Barn in the Fyodorovna Romanova. He is the heir of the Romanov family and the last Czar of
Urals Russia.
The setting is after the royal family is being held by the Bolshevik revolutionaries.
The narrator describes Ilya an imaginary character who assembles a "choir of
mutes". This is an oxymoron and symbolizes the Czar's powerlessness during
the revolution and subsequent World War I. In the poem the Czar regrets Russia
going to war with Japan because Ilya dies and was lost to the family. His account
humanizes Nicholas II, as later he proclaims his newfound happiness now that
he is not Czar. He finds happiness in reconnecting with his estranged wife and
teaching fractions to school children. The end of the poem foreshadows the
execution of the Czar's family, hinting that this may be their last letter.
The theme of the poem shows how the idea of class is as much a psychological
as a social structure and how people's perception of class is ingrained in their
behavior. There are many conflicts in this poem that strike at your heart, from the
revolutionary soldier calling the Czar "Great Father" to the Czar's daughter flirting
with the soldiers and he sees nothing wrong with it. The paradoxes fill us with
confusion and reflection.
5. A Brief History of by Koh Buck Song
Toa Payoh Toa Payoh is a town in Singapore and one of the places to go through a dramatic
transformation from village to urban center in the last 100 years. Koh Buck Song
is a prominent Singaporean poet, popular columnist, and political writer with
many achievements. Many of his poems talk about Singapore unique culture and
modernization. In this poem he seems to eulogize the loss of the "good old days"
and how it is hard to keep up with the pace of development
6. Buffalo Dusk a poem by Carl Sandburg
heck it's so short that I'll put it here :
The buffaloes are gone.
, WSC ACTUAL UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
And those who saw the buffaloes are gone.
Those who saw the buffaloes by thousands and how they pawed the prairie sod
into dust with their hoofs, their great heads down pawing on in a great pageant
of dusk,
Those who saw the buffaloes are gone.
And the buffaloes are gone.
7. My Castle in poem by John Hay (1871)
Spain
8. Photograph from a poem by Wislawa Szymborska that describes a photograph of people falling
September 11 from the World trade center during 911
9. Petroglyphs They are rock carvings/engravings made by removing part of a rock's surface.
Most either held deep religious significance or were used as maps (they depicted
surrounding terrain along with various symbols), The first ones were created
around 40,000 years ago with the oldest cluster of them thought to be in Iran.
From creation, they remained popular until around 7,000 to 9,000 years ago when
the first precursors to writing systems were introduced. They can be found in every
region in the world excluding Antarctica but are most highly concentrated in parts
of Siberia, Scandinavia and Africa.
10. Nsibidi A system of pictograms indigenous to the Ejagham peoples of Southeastern
Nigeria. The system consists of several hundred symbols, many of which deal with
love affairs, and is primarily used today by the Ekpe Secret Society. Before the
Nigerian colonial era, there was a sacred and public version (more decorative -
mainly used by women) of the system. Aspects of colonial rule greatly decreased
the number of nsibidi-literate people and the two versions of the language
gradually merged. During the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the system spread to Cuba
and Haiti where it developed into the Veve and Anaforuana symbols. This system
is different to the others listed in the sense that it's still used today.
11. Quipus
