Answer:
The speaker believes that the tourists only felt obligated to visit these historic places. They were not ready to truly appreciate and reflect on the true meaning of these sites.
Evidence:
Lines 7-11 of the poem
<em>tourists who would rather be </em>
<em>somewhere else </em>
<em>but who wait here on stairs</em>
<em>so steep they must rise </em>
<em>to some occasion</em>
Explanation:
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who hid in a house with her family during the Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazi's were millions of Jews were killed. Van Gogh was a famous artist known for his painting but who would later take his life at the young age of 37.
The tourists visited these two historic sites without having any deep emotional attachment to the plight of these people. As soon as they were done with Anne Frank's house, they were hurrying off to the Van Gogh museum where they would still not have deep attachments to.
He wished people would attend to details. :)
In her poem "This is my letter to the world," Emily Dickinson speaks to the world. She says that although she has addressed the world (maybe the Earth, or humanity), the world has never replied. However, she does not feel disheartened. She continues to communicate and only asks the world to be kind to her. The theme of the poem is one of loneliness, and at the same time, of belonging to home. It highlights Dickinson's sense of belonging to the world of her "sweet countrymen," but also how inconsequential this world finds her presence.
One of the poetic elements in the poem is the personification of Nature. Dickinson writes:
<em>"The simple news that Nature told, </em>
<em>With tender majesty."</em>
Nature cannot "tell" anything, but she is giving it human qualities in her poem. She says that nature told her news majestically. By saying that, she contrasts the world, never talking to her, and nature, communicating beautifully. Nature has treated her with kindness and generosity by addressing her, as opposed to the world, which has mostly ignored her. In this way, she establishes her relationship with nature as an ally and a driving force for her actions. Nature has also been her link to the world. By giving nature these human qualities, she establishes the role that nature has played in her belonging to the world, but also in her sense of isolation. In this way, it relates to the theme of belonging to a "home."
Answer:
A square is a polygon with 4 sides of equal length and 4 right angle corners (90 degree corners).
Because it has 4 sides of equal length, a square is a regular quadrilateral.
A square is also a rectangle with equal sides and a rhombus with right angles.
The area of a square is equal to the length of one side to the power of two (length squared).
