Billy Collins is trying to tell the reader that having a birthday is one of the most exciting times of a child’s life. The boy in the poem is turning ten and is now getting away from his childhood beliefs. As he turns ten he looks back on his life and reflects on how he used to play as a pirate and pretend he was a prince. As a child gets older they tend to part ways with what they used to believe and start to think like an older kid and do things older kids would do. Collins captures childhood by saying how kids have vivid imaginations. He writes how kids pretend they are a pirate sailing the seven seas, or a prince from the land of dragons. He makes this poem effective by stating examples from a child’s childhood.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
word definitions
the way the author is use the word beauty is by say the makeup an other skin care products make you beautiful.
the author uses the word denial by saying poeple who are emotionally unstable are in denial.
the author uses the word evil by saying it is what the devil looks like and what god thinks evil is .
the author uses the word denial by saying poeple who are emotionally unstable are in denial.
the author uses the word evil by saying it is what the devil looks like and what god thinks evil is .
Monday, April 9, 2012
1. There are no other fresh ideas that pop out to me in the essay. i would have defined the idea as a baseball player from New York. there are not other ideas i can think of that are similar to Yankee.
2. The allusions add examples to the word Yankee in the essay. It gave a better understanding because it uses the word in real life things.
3. The writer tells what other people think the word Yankee means and then gives the actually definition. I donthink the writer dwelt to long on what a Yankee is not.
4. the theseis to this essay i think is:In time, though, the idea that the word Yankee suggests has shrunk geographically until it is on the verge of extinction.
my spring break was really boreing.the only thing i did was play lacrosse everyday. We had four games and won three of them. We went to north carolina for two of the lacrosse gamesand beat twoprivite school teams who have won a state championchip in the last three years. for easter i went to my dad cousins house and had easter dinner there.
2. The allusions add examples to the word Yankee in the essay. It gave a better understanding because it uses the word in real life things.
3. The writer tells what other people think the word Yankee means and then gives the actually definition. I donthink the writer dwelt to long on what a Yankee is not.
4. the theseis to this essay i think is:In time, though, the idea that the word Yankee suggests has shrunk geographically until it is on the verge of extinction.
my spring break was really boreing.the only thing i did was play lacrosse everyday. We had four games and won three of them. We went to north carolina for two of the lacrosse gamesand beat twoprivite school teams who have won a state championchip in the last three years. for easter i went to my dad cousins house and had easter dinner there.
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