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I Do Not Progress

I Do Not Progress. I Do Not Progress George Thaniel Analysis by M aggie Webb. I Do Not Progress.

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I Do Not Progress

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  1. I Do Not Progress I Do Not Progress George Thaniel Analysis by Maggie Webb

  2. I Do Not Progress I do not walk the lineto some visible end.I snake my way insideinescapable circles.This revelation did not come to mewith maturity.it had always been there,in the muted sobsof my childhood,the inflammationsof adolescence,the oyster-shells of my later years.Yes, I was bornas I still am today.You would call this fate. This poem means that during your life you may move forward and achieve goals, but you are always going to be you, and no matter what changes you make you will be the same person you were born as. You can never change who you are.

  3. Paraphrases Lines 1 - 6 Line one & two: I do not walk the line to some visible end. Meaning: I do not strive for visible goals for they aren’t worth it Line three & four: I snake my way inside inescapable circles. Meaning: I move within the same boundaries Line five & six: This revelation did not come to me with maturity. Meaning: I did not realize this as a cause of maturing

  4. Paraphrases 7 - 12 Line seven & eight & nine: it had always been there,in the muted sobsof my childhood, Meaning: I have always known this throughout my childhood, Line ten & eleven: the inflammationsof adolescence, Meaning: And throughout my teenage years, Line twelve: The oyster-shells of my later years. Meaning: And throughout my later years of life

  5. Paraphrases 13 - 15 Line thirteen & fourteen: Yes, I was born as I still am today Meaning: I am still the same person I was born as Line fifteen: You would call this fate. Meaning: This is what you would call fate

  6. Poetic Devices Metaphor: The oyster-shells of my later life Meaning: This is a metaphor for shedding away the past and moving forward, as well as it is a metaphor for empty years of their life. Personification: The muted sobs of my childhood Meaning: This is a personification, a childhood can not sob.

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