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Thinking about Bill, Dead of Aids

Posted by Tanisha Hogans on Thursday, July 8, 2010, In : Poetry 
I thought the poem was kinda of sad. How they tried to express their love to a dying man not knowing if what they were doing was helpful at all. You can almost sense the saddness in this poem.
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"If we Must Die"

Posted by Tanisha Hogans on Friday, July 2, 2010, In : Poetry 
To me the theme of the play was to go out fighting. That's how I want to go kicking and screaming.
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"Ulysses"

Posted by Tanisha Hogans on Friday, July 2, 2010, In : Poetry 
This poem was about a old King and his wish for the last of his life. In the poem he explained his life experiences and that it was time to step down and let his son take over. I really liked this poem.
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"My Last Duchess"

Posted by Tanisha Hogans on Friday, July 2, 2010, In : Poetry 
The poem was about his last wife. I think that this man was jealous of his wife and other men. In his eyes he thought that she had a wondering eye. So I think that he had her killed or he killed her himself.
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“Frankie and Johnny”

Posted by Tanisha Hogans on Friday, June 25, 2010, In : Poetry 

This poem was horrific, it makes you wanna cry. These two young people had a horrible life. The way Johnny’s was ended was so bad. It reminds you of all the stories you hear of the Jim Crow era.



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“The Mother”

Posted by Tanisha Hogans on Friday, June 25, 2010, In : Poetry 

 I thought that this was such a sad poem. It is a conversation a mother is having with a child she chose not to have. You can almost hear the guilt in every line she felt for what she had done. A regret that will follow her for the rest of her life.



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“We Real Cool”

Posted by Tanisha Hogans on Friday, June 25, 2010, In : Poetry 

I thought this was a really cute poem I love how she used rhyme to tell this story and to express her point. Although the poem is short it still tells a story a beginning, a middle, and a end.



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Tanisha Hogans Welcome. Hello my name is Tanisha. The purpose of this site will be for my assignments for my Introdution to Literature- ENG 232-80 Summer 2010 course. I hope you all enjoy my reactions to the Literature I have read.

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