...Poetry, beyond its routine traditions, is an art form. In his poem "Ars Poetica" Archibald MacLeish stresses the importance of a poems essence, rather than its technicalities, by dividing his poem into three stanzas. The first stanza explains how effortless a poem should be, using a series of similes, visual imagery, and word choice. The second stanza describes what you should feel while reading a poem using lunar comparisons and visual imagery. The third stanza helps us better understand how one should respond to a poem using abstract verities. In lines 1-8, MacLeish informs the reader that a poem should be "mute"(line 1), "Dumb"(Line 3), "Silent"(Line 5), and "wordless"(Line 7). These similes explain that the words in a poem should not explain the meaning to the reader, or try and force a meaning, yet let them discover it themselves through the "silence". "A poem should be wordless/As the flight of birds." When looking at a bird fly, it's movements seem very slight and effortless. Comparing a poem to the flight of birds is giving us the idea that the poem should be uncomplicated, like the effortless movements of birds....
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...The poem is about the art of poetry or what a poem should be. It is interesting to note that as MacLeish states what a poem should be, he illustrates it as well in the poem by successfully using paradoxes/contradictions and images to convey the idea that good poetry uses powerful images. I can’t really say much about the speaker as a person because his voice sounds impersonal. For me the point of view that is used here is third person omniscient. He takes us from series of images that is not usual in our physical world. His voice brings us to those "entangled trees" and gets us closer to that moon climbing in the sky, just like the good poetry he speaks of. So we get why he's not supposed to sound all emotional and human. This poem speaks to the readers and all who loves the art. It tells the readers to appreciate the poem as it is and do not give different meaning to it that will only speak for their own ideas. Poem should be felt. Readers should not look at it in its concrete meaning because poetry is an "art" and according to the dictionary, art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. That is why we should not solved the poems like an equations, instead appreciate it on what it gives to us and let it be free. The situation of this poem can be anywhere since the texts uses moon that can be seen in all...
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...With last years school shooting in Newtown Connecticut a movement started to ban assault style rifles, not only would this ban be ineffective but it would be a solution to an issue that does not exist. Assault rifles are used in a very small percentage of gun crimes in the United States and they are only cosmetically different from other rifles. There has been a ban on them in the past and it proved to be an ineffective measure that was allowed to expire without being renewed by congress. These types of superficial classifications of weapons is useless when deciding whether or not a gun should be allowed to be owned and attacking assault weapons is similar to attacking one brand of cars for being involved in traffic accidents. An assault rifle is a semiautomatic rifle that has a pistol grip, detachable magazine, and is styled after a military rifle. These rifles require a pull of the trigger for every round that needs to be fired unlike their automatic military counterparts that are able to fire multiple rounds for each pull of the trigger. Assault rifles come in a variety of calibers and styles which is likely one of the reason that gun enthusiasts have such a passion for them. The most recent proposed legislation attempted to limit magazine size to ten rounds, prohibit the sale of rifles with a pistol grip, and had a list of other criteria that if a rifle had two of the characteristics present would classify it as an assault rifle and illegal. These characteristics...
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...02/07/2013 GOV 100 Paper Assignment #2 Gun Control: - S.150 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 Connecticut December 2012, a Bushmaster AR-15 assault weapon was involved in the deaths of twenty children. Colorado, an AR-15 assault rifle was involved in the killing of twelve innocent civilians at a movie theater. A TEC-DC 9, Hi-Point 995 Carbin, and a Savage 67H shotgun involved in killing eleven high school students along with one high school teacher in Colorado. The fundamental question here, is that why are such powerful assault weapons in the hands of civilians? Most Americans are against the possession of assault weapons in the hands of the civilians. Established in 1791, The 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights gives citizens the right to bear arms. The founding fathers had intended for American citizens to have the right to bear arms to protect themselves from a tyrannical government regime. Which was a legitimate concern during that time period that does not uphold presently. However, throughout history the American government makes changes to the constitution as the country goes through economic expansion and technological progress. A fine example is the 1965 voting act, which outlawed discriminatory voting. It was indeed a necessary and important act implemented to uphold the ideal of equality among all American citizens. As time and circumstances change, so must the terms and conditions that govern them. Essentially, the interpretation of the constitution must...
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...During this essay we will discuss the Disassembly of an M4 Carbine Rifle. The only items needed to perform these directions provided is an M4, M4 magazine, gloves which are optional and the readers undivided attention. Before any disassembly to any weapon no matter what experience level the person may be, the individual must "clear the weapon" in order to ensure that the weapon is unloaded and that there is no round in the chamber. The first step is to ensure that the weapon is pointed in a safe direction weather it is aimed down range toward targets or toward the ground. You must never point their weapon at something they don’t intend to shoot. Always point your weapon in a safe direction you must always ensure the weapon is on safe at all times until you are ready to use it. To place the weapon on safe move the selector lever on the left side of the pistol grip to the indicated position of “safe”. After you are sure the weapon is on safe you must remove the magazine from the magazine well and lock the bolt to the rear. To accomplish this you must push the magazine release button located on the right side of the magazine well. The magazine should just fall out. Now that the magazine is no longer in the weapon you must now lock the bolt to the rear of the rifle. You will then need to depress the lever on the left side of the charging handle (the T-shaped piece located on the bottom rear of the carrying handle) and pull sharply to the rear. While holding the charging handle all...
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...People who inflict violence can make people live in a state of fear. Gun control is a very controversial topic and many people live in a state of fear because of the people that cause many violent acts with guns. Assault rifles should be outlawed. Although many people say that AR’s can be used as protection because they are very accurate and have a reasonable price, many people live in fear though because AR’s are deadly weapons. They have caused the biggest and most controversial massacres in the past years. Furthermore, ethnicity also has taken a part in this because more black males are killed with guns than any other ethnic group. Same citizens feel more safe with a lightweight gun like an AR. People want to protect themselves or...
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...of an AR-15 modern sporting rifle. The main housing of an AR-15, as well as any other firearm, is known as the lower receiver; the lower receiver houses the springs, hammer, trigger and magazine. As a third party, we were commissioned by Lively Machine to test the physical properties of these lower receivers that the shop was producing. The purpose of the design of this devise was to test the tensile properties of the components upper receiver attachment pin holes. We also performed a compression test on another critical component of the lower receiver, the magazine well. The newest design in the firearm industry calls for lower receivers to be made from magnesium, as opposed to the old models of aluminum. We will display the data we received from the tensile and compression testing of the magnesium component, and then compare it to a theoretical testing of the currently used 6061-T6 Aluminum Alloy. The Modern Sporting Rifle There are many widespread misconceptions about the modern day sporting rifle also known as the AR-15. The most popular misconception is that the AR-15 sporting rifles are military grade weapons, this is a false accusation. Cosmetically the AR-15 sporting rifle is nearly identical to its’ military counterpart the M16, the functionality of the sporting series is much different. A military grade M16 is a fully automatic rifle that will disperse rounds as long as the shooter is holding the trigger making it the modern term of assault rifle. The AR-15 sporting...
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...LEAD SCOUT- I am the lead scout, eyes and ears of the team, Equip with binocular and night vision goggles. Arm with M16 rifle NAVIGATOR- I am the navigator, driver of the team. Equip with lensatic compass and map. Arm with 60 cal Machine gun. RADIO MAN- I am the radio man, the life of the team and communication specialist. Equip with radio set and handbook. TEAM LEADER-HOWAAAA I am the team leader, command and control of the team, conversant of troop leading procedure. Equip with handheld radio, map and lensatic compass, Arm with Ar-15 rifle. HOWAAAAA. CONTACT MAN- I am the contact man, versatile actor of the team, intel and psy ops specialist, fluent in several dialects and languages. Equip with civilian clothes. Arm with M203 and grenade. ASSISTANT TEAM LEADER- I am the asst. team leader, demolition specialist. Equip with demolition equipment. Arm with M16 rifle. SNIPER- I am the sniper of team, expert in rifle, expert in estimating ranges, sharp shooter. Arm with sniper rifle with complete scope. TAIL SCOUT- I am the tail scout, my primary duty is to erase the track made by the team, medical specialist. Equip with first aid kit and camera. Arm with M16 rifle. LEAD SCOUT- He is the eyes and ears of the team. He is the sense of the visual tracker of the team. He is expert disarming and different type of traps, baits, snares and early warning devices by the enemies. He is specialized in silent hand signal. Expert to analyzed the terrain in the far sight and evaluating...
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...they have obtained their semi-automatic rifle legally and have done all the required training and have never shot a person. Some assault weapons allow penetration through armor they are far more dangerous and should never be allowed in the hands of citizens and criminals. There are specific types of weapons which are designed to kill in a devastating manner which are used in the military, which is why they should not be seen on the streets even as a self-defense item. For example the most popular assault rifle is the AR-15 which uses M855 green tip bullets. Those specific bullets are made out of steel which allow them to pierce through armor. This evidence demonstrates how devastating they can be if they are used on a person. This type of assault weapons should only be used in the military. Although there has been a ban against bullets made of steel these M855 bullets have somehow managed to avoid the ban because they are found in assault rifles. The AR-15 rifle was used in the Sandy Hook incident for being in the hands of a criminal and such event should be prevented from happening again. By allowing more assault weapons in the reach of citizens will increase the number of gun related...
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...POLARIS CASE STUDY COMPETITION As banks begin implementing plans to enhance their current offerings, their initiatives fall into four key areas of focus: customizing the user interface, creating a single platform for all cash management customers (from small businesses to large corporations), converging single products through a common portal, and enhanced functionality. The concurrent area of innovation will be online delivery platforms as these platforms are enablers of: a) stronger client service b) new service to aid customer retention c) aligned with cost management initiatives such as client self service for cash management reporting or account maintenance. Below are the three major focus areas. • USABILITY: improving the user experience is seen as essential to improving client satisfaction, but also to driving greater up-take and usage rates. • SELF SERVICE CAPABILITY: Banks are looking to improve their clients’ ability to handle account maintenance such as user management, entitlement rights, account hierarchies and authorization protocols directly, in order to reduce their client servicing costs. • ONLINE PLATFORM TRAINING / USER SUPPORT: Client training and support with online platforms remain a significant pain point for banks, particularly for lower tier platforms where banks are potentially dealing with hundreds of thousands rather than hundreds of clients. This has forced banks to simplify functionality and capability in order to reduce support...
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...We are going to teach a book that is unlike any other book. It’s not like a book that you can buy from Barnes and Noble or Amazon and then start studying it impromptu. Rather, this is a book that has a legacy and a tradition. One that has a chain, a link, an organic growing connection that increases as every generation goes on. A book that whoever wants to teach it has to have authorization to teach it. That’s because it is about a sacred science that involves a sacred person, and it involves the life and times of the best human being who walked this earth. In our religion, if you want to get to a level where you are transmitting and narrating what this person said, you need to tell the people where you are getting it from. Who are you to quote from the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم )? Therefore let us understand the luminaries; the chains of narrators, those who preserved the hadīth and have an authenticated chain of knowledge to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم ). This is the reality of the religion. It has been preserved through chains of narrations that are verified through scholars of the highest caliber and were the legends of their times. Shaykh Safi-Rahman Mubarakpuri, a scholar of hadīth and author of “The Sealed Nectar.” had an isnād (chain of narration) to Imam Al-Shawkani (d. 1173H): one of the greatest scholars of hadīth and main nodes of chains of narrations for Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhari. In order to become a node, that scholar has to be way above the rest. Most ijazahs in...
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...“The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica”- Judith Ortiz Cofer Presiding over a formica counter, plastic Mother and Child magnetized to the top of an ancient register, the heady mix of smells from the open bins of dried codfish, the green plantains hanging in stalks like votive offerings, she is the Patroness of Exiles, a woman of no-age who was never pretty, who spends her days selling canned memories while listening to the Puerto Ricans complain that it would be cheaper to fly to San Juan than to buy a pound of Bustelo coffee here, and to Cubans perfecting their speech of a "glorious return" to Havana--where no one has been allowed to die and nothing to change until then; to Mexicans who pass through, talking lyrically of dólares to be made in El Norte-- all wanting the comfort of spoken Spanish, to gaze upon the family portrait of her plain wide face, her ample bosom resting on her plump arms, her look of maternal interest as they speak to her and each other of their dreams and their disillusions-- how she smiles understanding, when they walk down the narrow aisles of her store reading the labels of packages aloud, as if they were the names of lost lovers; Suspiros, Merengues, the stale candy of everyone's childhood. She spends her days slicing jamón y queso and wrapping it in wax paper tied with string: plain ham and cheese that would cost less at the A&P, but it would not satisfy the hunger of the fragile old man lost in the folds of his winter...
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...Stilurile funcționale ale limbii române 1.Stilul colocvial Stilul colocvial (familiar) se utilizeaza in sfera relatiilor de familie, in viata de zi cu zi. CUPRINDE (sfera de utilizare) - relaţii interpersonale în planul vieţii cotidiene. CARACTERISTICI: • conform specificului discursului: discurs ficţional/ stil artistic, discurs nonficţional/ stil ştiinţific; • recurge la elemente suprasegmentale (ton, gestică, mimică); • are o mare încărcătură afectivă; • regulile gramaticale pot fi încălcate; • pot fi folosite elemente de argou sau jargon; • sunt folosite particularităţi regionale sau socio-profesionale; • se realizeaza dezvoltarea spontana, neintentionata a limbii. • un anume grad de afectivitate; • folosirea unor formule de adresare, pentru implicarea ascultatorului; • utilizarea mijloacelor non-verbale; oscilare intre economie si abundenta in exprimare. Economia se manifesta prin intrebuintarea cliseelor lingvistice, a abrevierilor de tot felul, dar mai ales prin elipsa, ca urmare a vorbirii dialogate, precum si prin mijloace extralingvistice (mimica, gestica) care permit intreruperea comunicarii, restul fiind sugerat. Abundenta in exprimare este materializata prin repetitie, prin utilizarea zicalelor, proverbelor, locutiunilor si expresiilor, prin evitarea cuvintelor abstracte care sunt substituite prin perifraze. • prezenta unor termeni regionali sau chiar argotici; • folosirea diminutivelor, augmentativelor...
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...The Defence of Poesy by Sir Philip Sidney, written c. 1580–82; published 1595 Member of a family that had risen to prominence under the Tudor monarchy, Sir Philip Sidney (1554–86) won admiration at an early age for his courtly skills and intellectual curiosity. His wide travel in continental Europe included diplomatic missions on behalf of Elizabeth I. He advocated support for the Protestant Netherlands in their military resistance to the rule of Catholic Spain. When an English force was sent to the Netherlands in 1585, Sidney was given command of a garrison, and died from wounds sustained in a military engagement. Sidney’s major writings probably belong to the period 1578–84, though none can be dated with certainty. Arcadia, a prose narrative interspersed with verse, combines chivalric romance, pastoral, comedy, and debate on ethics and politics. It survives in a complete earlier version and an unfinished expanded version. Astrophil and Stella, a cycle of 108 sonnets and 11 songs, is one of the first English adaptations of Petrarchan love poetry. By turns witty and tormented, it is a lightly disguised and no doubt fictionally embellished treatment of Sidney’s thwarted love for Penelope Devereux, sister of the Earl of Essex. The most likely date for the composition of the Defence is 1580–82. Like Sidney’s other writings, it circulated only in manuscript during his lifetime, and was published by two separate printers in 1595 under the titles Defence of Poesy and Apology for...
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...Practical Latin Vocabulary Level 1 5 units of vocabulary will be presented each 9 weeks. There will be a vocabulary quiz (10 pts.) each week followed by a 9 weeks’ test worth 50 pts. The weekly quizzes are considered major due dates. No make-ups will be given; instead, the next week’s quiz will be doubled in the case of absence. In the event that a student should miss the last 10 pt. quiz in a 9 week period, a 10 pt. grade will be extracted from the 9 weeks’ test. Format for weekly list: 1. quote / famous saying 2. abbreviation or educational term 3. legal terminology 4. medical terminology, especially prescription terms 5. motto 6. prefix 7. root 8. root 9. author 10. title of the above author’s work week 1 1. beati pacifici “Blessed are the peace makers.” 2. A.D. (Anno Domini) “in the year of our Lord” 3. ad hoc (for this purpose) an ad hoc committee is established to complete a certain task; once the task is complete, it is disbanded 4. insomnia (in) not + somnus (sleep) = sleeplessness 5. “Audemus iura nostra defendere.” “We dare defend our rights.” Motto of Alabama 6. a/ ab/ abs--from/ away 7. ferr--iron 8. hibern--winter 9. Plautus 10. Menaechmi week 2 1. carpe diem “Seize the day” (Horace) Live today, for tomorrow you may die. 2. A.M. (Ante Meridiem) “before noon” 3. argumentum ad hominem (argument against man) an argument aimed at attacking the person rather than the issue or position taken; logical fallacy ...
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