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I dream of defending underprivileged people and communities against corporations and other individuals via the courtroom.

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Respiration was a more self reflective piece while To be of use is more of a reflection on the values of labor workers and the structures of work as a whole.

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The repetitive nature of the author's own writing is supposed to be indicative of the theme that work can be redundant and repetitive and still hold value

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The allusions are meant to show that even though the work itself may not be important or may seem mundane, the process of doing the work is the far more valuable part.

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The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.

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The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.

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Don't take serenity for granted as many others cannot experience it.

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The repetition of the rhetorical questions adds the anxious tone that the author is trying to portray.

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"So many of us are breathless,
you know, like me"

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"What if I sigh,
and the black earth beneath me scatters
like insects running from my breath?"

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"Am I insane because I worry about the dissembling of earth regularly?"

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“What if I sigh and the black earth beneath me scatters like insects running from my breath.“

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my real work that I hope to accomplish is to help my community and make a huge impact on those around me and everyone watching

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The tone differs such as the tone in this poem is more appreciative and the tone of respiration is more solemn

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The steric tire of the prom is set up spot show how people like hard working people then shifts to show why hard workers work so hard

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The allusions are used to show that ancient tools that used to be used for hard labor are now only seen in museums

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The work of the world is as common as mud

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The people I love best jump into work head first

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An act of any can can have an impact on others

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The writer asks rhetorical questions to show the power they have wheneing the bearer of news to someone

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So many of us are breathless,

you know, like me

kneeling to collect the pottery shards

of a house plant my elbow has nudged

into oblivion.

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"Am I a god then?"

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“To be of use” tone is full of appreciation for hard working people, while “respiration” is rather solemn.

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I’ve always felt opposed to the path of going to college, getting a job, and then only getting released when I’m too old to even do what I wanted when I was employed. So many people are stuck in this “box” and I am not sure what to do. All I know is that I want to do something meaningful with my life. My “real” work would be to enjoy life and think deeply, and to always be there for those I love.

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I hope that someday I am able to make a positive impact on someone’s life.

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I know I want to make people’s lives a bit better, whether by doing something creative, teaching or something else

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I want to help protect the natural world

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I want to become a psychologist and mostly do research on the human mind, behavior, etc.

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I want to be able to go into nursing and help the community

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The type of real work I hope to do is becoming a nurse to help and serve people.

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my work I hope can help the community and be impressive enough to set an example

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There isn’t really and real blue collar job or “real work” I wanna do. I’m fine sleeping all day when I’m not sat behind a screen at an office job

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I want to make things myself and use the nature around me.

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Although I am not sure yet of the career I wish to go into, I would like to be able to help others.

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I want to make things that people enjoy, like movies, but have a more hands-on approach

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I want to go into STEM, specifically engineering, but I want to make stuff with my hands as well, not just programming.

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I wish to be have a thoughtful impact through my work are an artist

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I hope to be able to do work that serves a purpose in the real world

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Build something for the less fortunate

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I hope to truly make a difference in other people’s lives

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I hope to be able to do some sort of work where I can help others . I want to do work that will enable me to work and support other people. Especially those who might not have access to that help.

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Something I can take pride in, not an office job in a competitive environment. Work where I can be creative and feel fulfilled doing.

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I hope to do whatever work can benefit the most people and influence the world in a significant way. Part of this will probably consist of the work described in respiration.

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I want to help others by being a lawyer or something in the field of law.

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I hope to work towards solving real world problems instead of pure self-benefit

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The kind of “real” work I hope to do is hand-on, and impacting towards others lives.

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In the world, I hope to make a depressing situation more bearable to future patients and families.

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I’m not too sure what I want to do, but I have considered becoming some sort of emotional therapist. I want to find a career to give back and I think being able to help people with their mental health would be very rewarding to me.

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I want to be able to fully source and make my own meals from my house

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Respiration’s tone is anxious whereas To be of use has admiring tone..

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I want to possibly build my own house with a small garden and raise chickens.

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Respiration is more personal, speaking to the reader, asking rhetorical questions and making the reader think, while To be of Use is more directly talking about another group

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Helping others at a desk and not outside 😭 I think that’s pretty real

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I want to do work that helps people. I want to make a impact on those around me. I don’t know what that is yet.

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I hope to be able to serve and give back to the community

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The “real” that I hope to do is to help the community in the medical field

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I wish to create a garden as I get older, nurturing all kinds of vegetables and growing mint and basil

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“To be of use” has a tone of melancholy, thinking of the tools that used to be useful are now in museums doing nothing, as as the world progresses, hard workers are becoming more scarce . In “Respiration” the tone brings a feelings of anxiety and dread to the news of the dead.

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The tone in to be of use is much more congratulatory in the way that it draws admiration from those how have a laborious impact on the world which contrast to respiration which conveys are darker though of don’t become desensitized to the work and knowledge that has a power to negative impact on others

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“Respiration” has a contemplative, pleading, and solemn tone, while “To Be of Use” has a tone of reminiscence and longing.

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The tone used in “Respiration” is more serious and anxiety-filled while the tone used in “To be of use” is more positive.

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The tone from to be of use is different form respiration because, in to be of use it talks about being more appreciative and the value of hard work. In respiration, it’s more of a reflective/solemn tone.

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The tone differs by in respiration the tone is much more reflective and in to be of use it’s more critical

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In this poem, a longing and admiring tone is established throughout, while “Respiration” utilizes a reflective and contemplative tone.

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The tone in this poem differs from “Respiration” because “Respiration” is a reflective poem which urges people to be cautious of their actions’ impact, while “To be of use” is a appreciative and critical poem which values physical hard work and contrasts it with today’s modern world.

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I believe that the two tones differ because, the tone in Respiration is a lot more scared and fearful. But the tone of “to be of use” is a lot more critical and attacking.

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The tone in the poem “To be of use” is more driven and passionate into what the difference the narrator wants to see in the world. Whereas, the poem “Respiration” has a tone of nostalgic into the aspect of reflecting upon life’s purpose.

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The tone in “Respiration” is unsure and cautious instead of “To be of use” which is more straightforward and direct

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the tone in “Respiration” is more accusatory and nerve wracking, whereas “To be of use” is more on the hopeful side. Respiration gives the impression that humans are nervous creatures who need to be careful, whereas to be of use gives the impression that humans have potential to make great things but have stopped using it.

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“To be of use” has kind of a demanding tone and admiration while “Respiration” has a tone of anxiety.

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Respiration’s tone is reflective and mournful, while to be of us is more appreciative and bright

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The tone of this poem differs from “Respiration” because in this poem there’s an assertive, accusatory tone. However, in “Respiration” there’s a wistful, calming tone.

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The tone differs as in respiration it’s about self care and anxiety and in To be of use it’s about impacting society. One is about taking care of those around you while the other is about taking care of yourself.

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“Respiration” has a somber tone because it tells the story of destruction, while “To Be Of Use” embodies a reminiscent tone because it retells the story of labor.

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The tone in respiration is more dramatic while the tone in to be of use is more straightforward. Because of this, To be of use feels more genuine to me.

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The tone from “To be of use” gives off a tone that is trying to prove a point. Where “Respiration” gives off an existential tone in the poem. Although they both have important points, “Respiration” seems to be more reflective than “To be of use.”

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Respiration has a tone of anxiety while To be of use just has more of an appreciative tone

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The tone in this poem is not as serious as respiration and more appreciative

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The tone is more appreciative rather than on edge compared to Respiration.

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Hard work is something that is valued and toward the end it talks about how hard work of that object is forgotten.

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There is a lot more confidence in the tone of “To be of use”, whereas it feels like there is a lack thereof in “Respiration”

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Respiration has a more anxious tone which contrasts with To Be of Use’s more admiration filled and warm tone.

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The tone in this poem is hopeful, while respiration uses a more unsure tone

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In ti be of use the tone is more forward as the author states their opinions clearly and quickly, while in respiration the tone is more laid back and mellow as the speaker dances around their ideas without clearly stating it

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The tone in respiration is much more reflective as the poem analyzes the human experience in dealing with their consequences of their actions, while the tone in To Be of Use is much more appreciative of the human nature to wanting to be useful

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The tone in this poem is one of admiration while the tone in Respiration is more fearful and frantic

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The author in "To be of use" is much more sure of themselves.

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Respiration adopts a cautious down, while this poem develops a wistful tone as the author laments the decline of physical labor

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The poem is structured the way that it is in order to emphasize and highlight the positives of a specific group of people, which is then followed by the claim that the group of people no longer exist.

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The poem structures purpose is to replicate the aspect of comparing the life we use to the life presently. As through the narrators different opening within each stanza (“I want,” “I love”) serves as a replications of a different aspect of labor. In addition, within the stanza it includes a different theme of patience, dedication, etc. that depicts these are the characteristics that need to be in the work field today.

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The structure is to prove the narrator’s point that workers are important to society which is why the poem contains feelings of appreciation, but also disappointment in the direction that technology took society into.

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The purpose of the poems structure is to show multiple examples of hardwork. It talks about how work isn’t supposed to be treasured but should rather be put to work.

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The poem is structured in four stanzas. The first three are quite similar, with the narrator describing their appreciation for the hard work of people in ancient times and how everyone had a purpose. The last stanza is where the main point is made; that hard work is worth doing, but instead we place it in museums and carry on with our meaningless office jobs.

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The poem’s structure starts talking about the people who do the work, and shifts to talking about the values of the work itself. This makes the poem a cohesive work

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The purpose of the poem’s structure is to identify what group of people and type of work the author values, tying it into a comparison at the end of the poem. The author first re-iterates which people are valued in the first three stanzas, before shifting to focus on work to complete the poem’s message in the last stanza.

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The poem is structured to be repetitive like the hard labor that the narrator admires, then at the end the repetition ends as something new is created. Each stanza is like a hammer striking an anvil or a similar laborious process until the final product is made.

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The structure helps show the author’s appreciation of laborers, as well as compare them to animals. It also makes the reader see how ancient tools that once had a purpose are now locked up in a museum only to be looked at.

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The purpose of the stanza is to distinguish work from the worker. First, Appreciation is shown and workers are characterized in different ways. But the shift in the poem serves to catalyze the hard work and put it in perspective of modern day people and how they view work.

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The structure of the poem transcends from the labor to the actual work they carry out. In the last stanza it making the connection that hard physical labor is honest and is one of the reason the narrator loves the people who commit themselves to the jobs that carry out impact.

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The author first describes the traits of ideal people so the audience can understand who she’s describing, then connects it to the world and how drastically it has changed from being hard workers to useless.