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  • I-Like-Rhymes
    Jun 2 9:28 AM
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    WE LIKE TO HELP... BUT.....
    From time to time we get requests (sometimes demands) for information about a poet or poem and it is obvious that someone is trying to find any easy way around their homework task (or perhaps examination, coursework and similar research tasks).
    However please try to remember that we are all unpaid volunteers working on this site, spending hour upon hour researching and adding poets and their works because we enjoy spending our LEISURE time this way.
    We are not always willing or able to do homework for you! After all that's your job. You are welcome to use our resources here but the analysis should be your own work.
    You will achieve so much for yourself by doing the work yourself.

    Read the words the poet has written.
    Think about them.
    Read them out loud.
    Think about how they sound.
    Think about when they were written and what the manners, morals and language of the age was like.
    Read any notes or comments that are on the site (but beware they are sometimes no more than opinions).
    Try to answer you own question.

    If you still need to ask a question OK but think about HOW you ask it. It is much better for us to see something like “I think the author is . . . . . would you agree?” and it is much better to ask politely than to demand help.

    There is also a special forum page for this sort of thing http://oldpoetry.com/board/show/4 .

    If you are not a member remember to look back, in a day or so, to the same point where you raised a question or comment because that’s usually where you’ll find an answer. It’s not normally our policy to send emails to unknown people!

    If you are a member you will often get a message next time you log. Membership doesn't have to cost anything so non-members - - why not consider joining?

    Good Luck in your studies.

  • rufina caraid
    June 3 ↑
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    I can only agree with the above. Oldpoetry has been on line for quite some years now and although sadly some poems remain without comment others have literally dozens. These can be used to such an extent with a little of your own effort to make it YOUR homework and not plagiarised words from another comment.
    You will be the beneficiary in the end. Think about it.

    Von - Oldpoetry

  • rufina caraid
    June 7 ↑
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    This is an example of how not to ask for help!

    on Bird in the Classroom by Colin Thiele, 2 hours ago
    essay
    From guest dgdsjk gff
    add an essay explaining each stanza

    this is not a comment it's a demand for something to be added to allow this person's job of research for homework etc much easier for them -a perfect example of how not to ask.

    Von - Oldpoetry Team

    • I-Like-Rhymes
      June 11 ↑
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      It's interesting that the majority of these "requests" are from people who are not members, even though it costs nothing and involves no unwanted spam.
      At least if they were members they would automatically recieve any replies that we did manage to post to their comments without them having to search for it every time. One would think that they would be in favour of one more labour saving device
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