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ANALYSIS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES IN CLASSICAL POEMS

Name : Muhammad Athaillah Zain Class : 4SA05 NPM : 10621211   Poem 1: Marching Men by Majorie Pickthall (1922) Under the level winter  sky I saw a thousand Christs go  by . They sang an idle song and  free As they went up to  Calvary .   Careless of eye and coarse of  lip , They marched in holiest  fellowship . That heaven might heal the world , they  gave Their earth-born dreams to deck the  grave .   With souls unpurged and steadfast  breath They supped the sacrament of  death. And for each one, far off,  apart, Seven swords  have rent a woman’s  heart.   Analysis: This poem is a poem written to describe parts of experience of the Great War (World War I) in the eyes of a civilian, in which is the writer, Marjorie Pickthall. The theme is heavily religious (Christian) and are about the soldier's sacrifices, how common it is in the war and their effects. ...

One of the Best Axis Fighters in World War 2: Fiat G.55 Centauro

     The Fiat G.55 Centauro is arguably one of the best Axis Fighter aircraft in World War 2. It is an Italian single engine, single seat, propeller driven monoplane that was produced by a part of the Fiat Automobile company, Fiat Aviazione . It was used by Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) and  Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (Italian National Republican Air Force) during World War 2, although it only had very short service time due to complications that the Italy had met as the war progresses. There are several reasons why it was claimed to be one of the best fighters in the Axis at the time.     When it underwent testing, among the other two planes that used the same engine, being the license built Daimler-Benz DB-605, the Fiat G.55 ranked at two in terms of performance. Despite being better than the third one, the Macchi C.205 Veltro and being lower than the first rank that is the Reggiane Re. 2005 Sagittario, it was chosen due to its...

Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Name                : Muhammad Athaillah Zain Class/NPM     : 2SA05/10621211 What is Paraphrasing and Summarizing? What is Paraphrasing?      Paraphrasing is retelling or rewriting a certain information in your own words without changing the core meaning of the rewritten information. It cannot be too different from it as it the information will change its core meaning and it cannot be too similar as that will make it an act of plagiarism. Since the rewrite will include all of its content, Paraphrasing will mostly be at around the same length as the source information. What is Summarizing?     Summarizing is retelling or rewriting a certain information while shortening it to only the core points of the information while leaving most of the supporting details using only a few of your own words as possible. As Summarizing only retells the core points of the information, it is naturally far more short...

The Dassault Mirage 2000

Name      : Muhammad Athaillah Zain Class       : 2SA05 NPM      : 10621211             The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force (Armée de l'air). The Mirage 2000 evolved into a multirole aircraft with several variants developed, with sales to a number of nations. It was later developed into the Mirage 2000N and 2000D strike variants, the improved Mirage 2000-5, and several export variants.            The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a Delta Wing, Multirole Fighter was developed due to previous failures of their aircraft development projects. The first being the Anglo-French Variable Geometry Swing-Wing Aircraft Project with Britain, which the French have to withdrew due to prob...

Iconic British Fighter Planes in World War 2

  Iconic British Fighter Planes in World War 2   World War 2 was a turn point in history for mankind history in many ways. One of them being in the world of Aviation, especially for ones that are directly involved in it earlier and that is the British. World War 2 for British did not go as well as most people think, especially since that they were still recovering from World War 1 about two decades earlier. However, these technicalities did not stop their progress, as this war has proven that Aviation has become an important asset in the war. Despite the many technological advancement that they made with many planes they have, not all of them however see extensive service, or even see any service at all, but they are ones that made their mark in the British Military Aviation History, making them the most iconic Fighter Planes that they have. These planes are as follows: Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, de Havilland Mosquito and Gloster Meteor.     ...

Gold, Silver, Indigo and The Swift One

Narrative Paragraph Assignment M. Athaillah Zain 2SA05 10621211   Once upon a time, there are three young boys named Gold, Silver, and Indigo. These three are very brothers. They were very proud of the name they were bestowed upon as it also mimics their hair colour, except Indigo. Indigo always felt different than the two as his hair has a darker colour unlike his two friends, but also the fact that his name was taken after his eye colour. His brothers do not mind it, but casually poked at him about it jokingly. Indigo may not tell them right at their faces, but he tends to take those jokes seriously to the heart. One day, they were hunting a deer in the forest. Gold and Silver were very adept at hunting, but while Indigo can still use the bow and arrow, he is still an amateur at hunting in general. Indigo is a timid boy, and he just likes reading books more than hunting and he thought that he’s just deadweight, but they insisted to bring him with them as a learning experience...

Writing 3 Assignment: Creating Your Own Paragraph

Name      : Muhammad Athaillah Zain Class       : 2SA05 NPM      : 10621211   The Imperial Japanese Yamato-Class Battleship              The Imperial Japanese Navy ship Yamato-class Battleship were one of the largest warships in World War 2 . It was 263m long in overall length and 38,9 m in wide. It was larger compared to the other warships from other nations that participated in the war, which were the British Admiral-class Battlecruiser being 262,3m in length and 31,8m in wide, The German Bismarck-class Battleship which were 251m in overall length and 36m in wide, The Italian Littorio-class Battleship which were 237,76m in length and 32,82m in wide, and the French Richelieu-class Battleship which were 247,85m in length and 33,08m in wide. It was only second to the United States Navy's Iowa-class which was longer in length being 270,4m long, but less wider compared to the Yamato-class...