Archivo mensual: abril 2013

This is our summary that our Litrature teacher told us to do, we have to read this poem Article of Ted James Hughes This is my summary: Pike is an experience thta the author had when he was fishing. He … Sigue leyendo →

This are some Stanzas from the poem we read in Literature Stanza 1 and Structure Stanza 3,4 and 5

These are the words that we didnt know for the poem «Pike» Inches: to move by inches or small degrees: We inched our way along the road. Malevolent: wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made himmalevolent toward those who were successful. Surface: the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area. Grandeur: the quality or state of being lofty or elevated in conception or treatment: the grandeur of a prose style. Emerald: having a clear, deep-green color. Amber: a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, andcapable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator. Subdued: quiet; inhibited; repressed; controlled: After the argument he was much more subdued. Sag: to hang down unevenly; droop: Her skirt was sagging. Jammed: to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is madedifficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks. shrank: to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact. Pike: any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox,  having a long, flatsnout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct. stir: to move one’s hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance)in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one’s coffee witha spoon. Owls: any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head withlarge, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: manypopulations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat. Frail: having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.