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Item
1: Poem
Nights
Kevin
Hart
There’s nothing that I really want:
The stars tonight are rich and cold
Above my house that vaguely broods
Upon a path soon lost in dark.
The stars tonight are rich and cold
Above my house that vaguely broods
Upon a path soon lost in dark.
My dinner plate is chipped all round
(It tells me that I’ve changed a lot);
My glass is cracked all down one side
(It shows there is a path for me).
(It tells me that I’ve changed a lot);
My glass is cracked all down one side
(It shows there is a path for me).
My hands—I rest my head on them.
My eyes—I rest my mind on them.
There’s nothing that I really need
Before I set out on that path.
My eyes—I rest my mind on them.
There’s nothing that I really need
Before I set out on that path.
from Gettysburg Review
Volume 19, Number 3, Autumn 2006, page 470
Volume 19, Number 3, Autumn 2006, page 470
Rhetorical
devices:
Parallelism:
+ My hands—I rest my head on them.
My eyes—I rest my mind on them.
My eyes—I rest my mind on them.
+ There’s nothing that I
really want:
There’s nothing
that I really need
Rhyme: all round-all down
Metaphor: The chipped dinner plate-his self
The glass cracked all down
one side-the path
Message: The path you
choose today may make you are deep in the darkness. But there is always another
path waiting for you. You have to wake up and keep move on.
Item
2: Fable
The fox and the wood-grouse
A wood-grouse was sitting in a tree. A fox came up to him and said:
_"Good-day to you, dear friend. I heard your sweet voice and came to say hello."
_"Thank you kindly," said the wood-grouse.
The fox pretended not to hear and said:
_" What's that?. I didn't catch it. Why don't you come down here on the grass for a walk and a chat, dear friend. I can't hear what you're saying up there"
_"I'm afraid of coming down on the grass," replied the wood grouse. "It's dangerous for us birds on the ground!"
_"Perhaps you're afraid of me?", said the fox.
_"If not you, then other beasts," said the wood-grouse. "There are all sorts around, you know."
" Oh, no, dear friend. A new decree has just been proclaimed, that everyone everywhere must live in peace. So now the animals don't harm one another,"
_"That's good, " said the wood-grouse, " cuz there are some dogs coming . If it weren't for the decree, you'd have to run away like you used to. But now you need fear nothing."
At the mention of dogs, the fox prinked up her ears and turned tail.
_" Where are you going? Asked the wood-grouse. "There's been a decree. The dogs won't touch you."
_"Who know?" said the fox. "Perhaps they haven't heard of the decree."
And away she ran.
A wood-grouse was sitting in a tree. A fox came up to him and said:
_"Good-day to you, dear friend. I heard your sweet voice and came to say hello."
_"Thank you kindly," said the wood-grouse.
The fox pretended not to hear and said:
_" What's that?. I didn't catch it. Why don't you come down here on the grass for a walk and a chat, dear friend. I can't hear what you're saying up there"
_"I'm afraid of coming down on the grass," replied the wood grouse. "It's dangerous for us birds on the ground!"
_"Perhaps you're afraid of me?", said the fox.
_"If not you, then other beasts," said the wood-grouse. "There are all sorts around, you know."
" Oh, no, dear friend. A new decree has just been proclaimed, that everyone everywhere must live in peace. So now the animals don't harm one another,"
_"That's good, " said the wood-grouse, " cuz there are some dogs coming . If it weren't for the decree, you'd have to run away like you used to. But now you need fear nothing."
At the mention of dogs, the fox prinked up her ears and turned tail.
_" Where are you going? Asked the wood-grouse. "There's been a decree. The dogs won't touch you."
_"Who know?" said the fox. "Perhaps they haven't heard of the decree."
And away she ran.
Rhetorical
devices:
The fox-the bad person
Message: Sometimes in our life, some bad
people try to do other people harm. We always have to be awake to realize that
in order to protect ourself.
Item
3: Cartoon
In the city, the person who holds the
gun is regarded as a criminal. But in the outback, the person in ragged clothes
trying to describe himself as Australian will be arrested.
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