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  I'm assuming you mean the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks.

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  "Mother, any distance greater than a single span" is a beautiful poem about a son growing up and away from his mother.

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  Doon is one of the main characters of The City of Ember. He sees there are problems in Ember and wants to help solve the...

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  In Act 1, Scene 4 of Macbeth there are several happenings that would be worthy of newspaper headlines.

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  "An Ancient Gesture" by Edna St. Vincent Millay can be thought of as a metaphor.

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