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This document provides a comparative analysis of poetry, focusing on two poems: 'My Parents Kept Me from Children Who Were Rough' by Stephen Spender and 'Funeral Blues' by W.H. Auden. It discusses their differing rhythms, tenses, and imagery, highlighting the emotional impact and themes within each work. Additionally, it touches on various cultural comparisons and theorists in early childhood education, emphasizing the influence of social contexts on learning and development.
Comparing Essays
- 1. A Comparison of Poetry Essay A Comparison of Poetry In this essay two poems will be juxtaposed. One of the poems is called "My parents kept me from children who were rough". This poem was written by Stephen Spender. Stephen Spender was greatly admired for his work and was knighted in 1983. He lived in the 20th century and died 22 years after W H Auden in 1995 .The second poem chosen is called "Funeral Blues and was written by W H Auden. W H Auden was a greatly respected homosexual poet who lived in the 20th century. He was born in 1907 and died in 1973. W H Auden's full name was Wystan Hugh Auden. He wrote Funeral Blues in 1936. In the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" a young boy is being bullied...show more content... The rhythm in "Funeral Blues" is a very slow one which emphasises the sadness of the poet whereas in the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" there is a medium pace rhythm which accelerates gradually during the poem and then slows down at the end to a slow pace. Both "My parents kept me from children who were rough" and "Funeral Blues" have four lines in every verse but the amount of verses in each poem differ since the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" has only three verses whereas "Funeral Blues has four. In the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" all three of the verses are set in the past tense whereas in "Funeral Blues" three of the verses are talking about the present and only one is talking about the past. The verse, which is referring to something in the past, is the one that talks about the man who died. In the poem "My parents kept me from children who were rough" lines similar to "I feared more than tigers their muscles like iron" conjures up an image in one's head of large and very muscular boys. An example of the boys abuse and images, which is stated in the poem, is " And who threw world like stones and who wore torn clothes". This line shows us that the boys would use bad language and would dress very badly. The imagery in "Funeral Blues" is one of a heart broken man who is very sad and depressed Get more content on HelpWriting.net
- 2. Comparisons of Creation Myths Essay Myths – as they are known to most of the world – give insight into the pasts of various countries and religions as the people saw them. They have been used to explain phenomenons in nature or describe the tales of courageous and important men and women throughout history. Creation myths in particular define how the Earth itself was created, along with the universe, heavens, hell, people, and creatures that exist today. Genesis of Christian mythology, for instance, tells the story of how the single deity God spoke and formed everything from day and night to man and woman. Various African creation myths, such as with the Yoruba, explain the creation of the Earth through at least a couple gods working together and all life...show more content... Professors correlate Buddhism and Christianity, Hinduism and Islam, Confucianism and Hinduism, and Greek and Roman myth, since all of those pairs seem to follow similar patterns or derive their ideals from one another, even down to the same gods but with different names. They compare the Abrahamic religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism; the "Dharmic" or Indian religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism; and the Taoic religions, encompassing a large group of with Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto. These comparisons give us a stronger understanding of previous civilizations and their beliefs, and shows the patterns people make as a culture as they develop over the centuries. It should be noted that all creation myths tend to possess similar themes, despite differing story lines. As noted before, there exists the basic ideas of chaos before creation, and gods to form life. But then various myths show that, once life has been created, the gods tend to retreat from the humanity they create, instead watching them from afar and using specifically chosen and often religious contacts to spread their words and commands. This deus Get more content on HelpWriting.net
- 3. Cultural Comparison Paper Cultural Comparison Paper There are many cultural differences between the United States and France. Some of these are simply social and others are cultural. Hofstede's Value Dimensions can be used to highlight the differences between the cultures. Individualism vs collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity/femininity, power distance, and long–term vs short–term orientation are all characteristics that differ between France and the United States. In Communications Between Cultures individualism and collectivism are described by researchers as "self–orientation versus collective orientation as one of the basic pattern variables that determine human action." These differences can be found in family life, school, and workplace...show more content... The cultures prefer as few rules as possible. Typically, people in these cultures don't easily express their emotions. Hofstede uses the words masculinity and femininity to refer to the degree to which masculine or feminine traits are valued or revealed (Samovar, Porter and McDaniel). The United States rates as a moderately masculine. Countries that favor masculinity stress equity, competition, and performance(Yates). They also strive for material success and expected to respect whatever is big, strong, and fast. France values femininity and stress equality, solidarity, and quality of work life (Yates). A feminine worldview maintains that men can assume nurturing roles while promoting sexual equality. One major difference in masculine/feminine cultures is the role of the woman in the workplace and at home. Feminine societies expect women to work and often provide the necessary social support systems. Although the United States is more masculine than France both countries treat females as equals. Power distance describes the distance between power and the members of a particular culture. France has a higher power distance than the United States. Gudykunst describes countries with a high power distance as, "Individuals who accept power as part of society. As such superiors consider their subordinates to be different from themselves and vice Get more content on HelpWriting.net
- 4. Comparing Two Paragraphs Paragraph 1: If I would have to trace the moral growth of one of the character in the video, I would pick the little boy. Because the little boy was mad at the guy who always tell him the story. As he was telling the story about "x", also knows as a humanoid robot. So, the little boy stop getting him wrong and start to like him. The way he was hugging him is like, the little boy was out of all the misunderstood that he had. To me, I would say the story about the robot influenced his moral growth. Paragraph 2: As I understand that since the "x" was a robot and had no choice on living his life. Actually, it was not even his life in the real world. He was just a robot which runs with all the programming inside him. When I was watching the clips, I felt like the little boy knows what he was going to tell him the story about. And the story teller was the same person as the robot. I remember the picture of his wife and son who looks like the little boy and his mother on the picture. I' am guessing that the little boy wanted to know the truth of the story from that man. Paragraph 3: I personally agree with the family...show more content... When I start my school here in U.S.A. I had a friend who used drugs and all that unwanted stuffs. One day, my parents found out that I have that sort of friends. They got so upset with me, they think I do the same stuff as my friends but I was not like that. After a while, I found out that you might learn anything that your friend do. I had a very best friend like couple of years but her friends were so bad. My friend was really very nice, never smoked, use weeds, and alcohol when we were a best friend. Since, she start going out with them; she totally changed her habits just because of her new friends. Overall, what I learned from her was you can learn anything when they're around you. No matter how good that is or Get more content on HelpWriting.net
- 5. A Comparison of Theorists A Comparison of Theorists Maliha–Sameen Saeed ECH–325 December 14, 2014 There are many great theorists for the Early Childhood Education. Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget are two of the many theorists that benefit the teachers and parents to comprehend their children learning development. The paper will compare the two theorists and their difference of their cognitive development. Jean Piaget vs. Lev Vygotsky Jean Piaget cognitive development theory explained the changes of logical thinking of children and adolescent. Piaget suggested that children advance four stages based on maturity and experience. Piaget suggested... 1. Children are active learner who learns from their own environment. 2. Children learn through...show more content... 246, 2009). Applied to the learning environment of an early childhood classroom Vygotsky and Piaget theories can apply to an Early Childhood classroom simply because most of their theories will benefit the teachers to use in their classroom. Vygotsky's scaffolding is when teacher to show guidance towards their students so the students can have the ability to comprehend and think on their own. Solving problems and solution is a boundless to use in the classroom especially if the teachers need and want the children to prepare themselves for the real world. Piaget's theory has the four stages of Cognitive ability. Thus it will benefit the teacher to use when they are observing the child thinking abilities with proper use of the assessment and difference of the child's age. For an example if the teacher is teaching two years old she would want to look for make believe play, when a child likes to pretend they are a character from movie or book this stage is call Preoperational Stage. Teachers should observe the activities when the child is pretending to be Queen Elsa or Princess Anna. "Social–cognitive theories emphasize that teaching and learning are highly social activities and that interactions with teachers, peers, and instructional materials influence the cognitive and affective development of learners" (Kim, Baylor, pg. 574, 2006). Teacher should provide a rich variety to promote exploration and Get more content on HelpWriting.net
- 6. A Life Comparison Essay Boy's life and Emancipation: A Life Fable has the similar theme in each text by expressing their emotions. Both of these stories have patients and having fun. Leaning to control excitement and having less fear both of these stories have. Boy's life tells you that always the best choice and be the best you can be. Emancipation: A Life Fable talks about how an animal had fear about something. The difference about both stories is that Boy's Life talking about a human being in school. Emancipation: A Life Fable is shown how an animal is a cage. The animal had to make a hard decision about to stay in its cage or leave to see what happening in the door. Boy's Life is talking about being the first day of school and they still have school. A Life Get more content on HelpWriting.net