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This is the poem that describes W. B. Yeats's experience going through the Municipal Gallery in
The municipal gallery revisited 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.
Miriam Bird Greenberg
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.
"Brazilian Telephone"
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.
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by Robert G. Ingersoll
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
At the Tomb of Napoleon
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."
by Norman Dubie
The poem takes the point of view of Nicholas II, who addresses his mother, Maria Fyodorovna
Romanova. He is the heir of the Romanov family and the last Czar of 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
The Czar's Last Christmas Letter: A Barn in the
he is not Czar. He finds happiness in reconnecting with his estranged wife and teaching fractions
Urals
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.
by Koh Buck Song
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
A Brief History of Toa Payoh
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
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Terms in this set (197)
This is the poem that describes W. B. Yeats's experience going through the Municipal Gallery in
The municipal gallery revisited 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.
Miriam Bird Greenberg
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.
"Brazilian Telephone"
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.
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, 9/21/24, 11:31 AM
by Robert G. Ingersoll
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
At the Tomb of Napoleon
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."
by Norman Dubie
The poem takes the point of view of Nicholas II, who addresses his mother, Maria Fyodorovna
Romanova. He is the heir of the Romanov family and the last Czar of 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
The Czar's Last Christmas Letter: A Barn in the
he is not Czar. He finds happiness in reconnecting with his estranged wife and teaching fractions
Urals
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.
by Koh Buck Song
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
A Brief History of Toa Payoh
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
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