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My Favorite Poem- Mother to Son- Langston Hughes (1922)

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My Favorite Poem- Mother to Son- Langston Hughes (1922)

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'Mother to Son' is about a mother telling her son the trials and tribulations she has had to endure in her lifetime and that he, too, will have to go through. To me, it represents the cycle of passing down knowledge from parent to child that can occur between mother, father, or any role model to a child.

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My Favorite Poem- Mother to Son- Langston Hughes (1922)

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My Favorite Poem- Mother to Son- Langston Hughes (1922)

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Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps.
Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now—
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

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So Are You To Me What Food Is To Life(Modern)

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Shakespeare Sonnet #75(Modern English): So Are You To My Thoughts As Food To Life

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Shakespeare Sonnet #75(Modern English): So Are You To My Thoughts As Food To Life

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You are to me what food is to life, or what spring showers are to the earth, and to achieve peace of mind about you I struggle with myself as a miser struggles with his wealth. One moment he proudly enjoys it and the next he’s worried that the thieving age we live in will steal his treasure – now counting it best to keep you to myself, then reckoning it better if the world could see my pleasure. At times I feel full from feasting on your looks but eventually absolutely starving for a glimpse of you, having or looking for no pleasure except what you give me and what I can take from you. That’s why I either waste away with hunger day after day, or either stuff myself with you or go without.

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So Are You To My Thoughts As Food To Life

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Shakespeare Sonnet #75(Old English): So Are You To My Thoughts As Food To Life

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Shakespeare Sonnet #75(Old English): So Are You To My Thoughts As Food To Life

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So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season’d showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As ‘twixt a miser and his wealth is found.
Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure;
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Then better’d that the world may see my pleasure:
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight,
And by and by clean starved for a look;
Possessing or pursuing no delight
Save what is had, or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.

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So Are You To My Thoughts As Food To Life

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When given just a single story, a single perspective, the audience creates a tunnel vision view on the subject, only seeing it from one point of view. In order to get the full story, it is important to reject the single story and find multiple opinions and stories. The speaker does a good job giving the audience examples of single stories, even some that she has fallen victim to, and then providing the other side of the story. When they hear the other parts of the story they have a better understanding.

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For Spring Break, I did not go on any exciting trip. But, I did play baseball, workout, and took my dogs on walks. But, the most exciting things I did were getting my driver's permit and going to quince practice. Although we did not have any JV games in the past week, I did go to the varsity game against Anaheim High School, where Highland won. When I went to the DMV to take my permit test, I was very nervous, but soon found out it was very easy. The only downside of my trip to the DMV was taking my permit photo, because I was not ready for the camera to take the picture. On both Sundays over the break, I went to quince practice. We've made a lot of progress and even finished the first dance. I had lots of fun this Spring Break.