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    1. The first occurs in stanza 2: “with wornout tools” (line 16) 2. stanza 4: “sixty seconds” (line 30) "If" is written in iambic pentameter‚ The poem is also written in four stanzas of eight rhyming lines‚ according to the pattern abab cdcd. "If" takes its name from the repetition of the word "if" at the start of the "a" and "c" lines‚ each of which comprise eleven syllables. The "b" and "d" lines each contain ten syllables. MESSAGE The poem is fairly straightforward. It’s listing

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    Old English. Circa 500A.D. Beowulf: First version=Codex Cotton Vitelliusfire‚ so passed down orally Lacunae=holes from moths First word of poem is Hwaet=O.E. for a greeting: hey‚ listen up! Whale’s way=the sea Comitatus=latin=duty of follower to hand everything won to the king who then distributes the wealth based on merit Grendel=large‚ condemned by God; descendant of Cain‚ “one against all‚” wont pay Wergild=price paid to family of the enemy you killed in battle; a matter of honor. Witan=council

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    A Short History of English Literature Chapter I. The Anglo-Saxon Period (the earliest time---1066) 1. Social background: the making of England; the invasion of Roman Empire in 4th AD ; the attacks of Danish Vikings‚ etc 2. Literature: Beowulf ‚ the earliest literature‚ the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon‚ one of the striking features - the use of alliteration *epic------a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in a series of adventures which form an organic

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    On Structure: Michael Drayton’s Sonnet “Since There’s No Help” (Idea 61) There are many different ways to approach the structure of a poem‚ a piece of fiction‚ a play. In what follows I’m going to make some suggestions about the structure of Michael Drayton’s poem beginning “Since there’s no help‚ come let us kiss and part‚” a sonnet from his collection titled Idea‚ first published in 1593. It’s important for you to understand that there are many valuable and illuminating ways to talk about

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    ABSTRACT NOUNrefers to ideas‚ processes‚ occasions‚ times‚ qualities that cannot be touched or seen. | | ADJECTIVEgives more information about or describes a noun or pronoun | ADVERBgives more information about (modifies) a verb‚ an adjective‚ another adverb‚ or a sentence. | ALLEGORYa narrative in which people‚ objects and events represent moral or spiritual ideas. | ALLITERATIONthe repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginnings of words in a line / phrase: “What would

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    “Anthem for Doomed Youth” takes the form of a Petrarchan sonnet due to its stanzaic structure of an octet succeeded by a sestet; however it follows a rhyme scheme more closely associated with a Shakespearean sonnet‚ abab cdcd‚ effe gg. However‚ instead of using a heroic rhyme scheme of abab for the lines: What candles may be held to speed them all?  Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes  Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.  The pallor of girls ’ brows shall be their pall; he uses

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    Jessie Pope - Extract from Who’s for the game? Who’s for the game‚ the biggest that’s played‚ The red crashing game of a fight? Who’ll grip and tackle the job unafraid? And who thinks he’d rather sit tight? Wilfred Owen - Extract from Dulce et Decorum Est "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: mors et fugacem persequitur virum nec parcit inbellis iuventae poplitibus timidove tergo." ENGLISH "How sweet and fitting it is to die for one’s country: Death pursues the man who flees

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    Appendix Sonnet 18 Shakespeare 1 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? 2 Thou art more lovely and more temperate: 3 Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ 4 And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: 5 Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines‚ 6 And often is his gold complexion dimmed‚ 7 And every fair from fair sometime declines‚ 8 By chance‚ or nature’s changing course untrimmed: 9 But thy eternal summer shall not fade‚ 10 Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest‚

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    Romeo and Juliet is a dramatic and emotional play. Comment on how Shakespeare creates atmosphere in: • Act 1 scene 5 • Act 2 scene 2 • Act 3 scene 5 Romeo and Juliet is a dramatic play which leaves the audience feeling many emotions; happiness‚ sadness‚ anger‚ romance and suspense. It is fast moving and the atmosphere changes between the different emotions suddenly but easily. It keeps you watching to see what will happen between the “ill-fated” Romeo and Juliet. Act 1 scene 5 is

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    The definition of love The poem’s speaker is an anonymous lover who contemplates the nature and definition of love. He begins by saying that his love is both “rare” and “strange” because it was “begotten by Despair / Upon Impossibility.” He goes on to claim that only despair could reveal to him “so divine a thing” as this love‚ because “Hope” could never come near it. He imagines that he “quickly might arrive” to where this love leads him‚ but finds that his soul’s inclinations are thwarted by Fate

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