In slip-shod measure loosely prattling on‚ Of farm or orchard‚ pleasant curds and cream‚ Or droning flies‚ or shoes lost in the mire By little whimpering boy‚ with rueful face- Come‚ Muse‚ and sing the dreaded washing day (Pg. 70 Lines 1-8) Anna Letitia Barbauld’s poem “Washing Day” is categorized as mock epic. A mock epic is defined as: epic tone and form but for ‘ordinary’ subjects. Another example of a mock epic is Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock (1712). This literary work stands
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Friction discloses the particularities of different collaborations that disrupt or develop processes of economic transformations that reflect on landscapes‚ and at the same time accentuates the role that imagination plays in recreating the wild as fields of profiteering. The title is so well chosen‚ that I can’t even begin to write about how significant the idea of ’friction’ should be in understanding the creation of new enclosures. Friction does justice to a real account (not just a romanticized
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Saeed Kureshi – Admiral‚ Artist and Musician `Obsessed with the discovery of unexplored areas of the hugely visual terrain‚ Saeed Kureshi perpetrates deliberate deconstruction of line and form‚ It all begins with random‚ but pre-reckoned linear strokes to form a dynamic skeleton of the intended subject or composition…’(quote) Entering the residence of M Saeed Kureshi and his artist wife‚ one closes the door on the pin-pricks of daily routine. There one discovers paintings‚
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privileged they are. This can sometimes end with them demolishing things for other individuals without contemplat-ing it. They will often ruin it for them more under privileged than themselves. This is what hap-pens in the short story "Number Three" by Anna Metcalfe where an‚ poorly payed‚ Chinese teacher is appointed “International Hostess” for an English teacher named Mr. James from Eng-land. He is hired to educate at a public middle school named "Number Three". Here he requests a higher pay‚ free cleaning
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apart‚ and sadly‚ the latter is a much more frequent outcome. However‚ it is also a beautiful trait of humanity that allows people to come together in solidarity to fight for what they believe to be right. In the article‚ “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen‚ she uses past and present anecdotes to build credibility appeal to the audience’s emotions‚ and allusions of discrimination and hatred to unify the citizens of the United States in their individualities; however‚ it also serves as a reminder
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Tone and Diction in Quilt of a Country and The Immigration Contribution Quilt of a Country by Anna Quindlen is an essay written after the 9/11 terror attacks in New York. In this piece Quindlen explains how America is like a quilt‚ and made up of all different cultures sewn together by a common enemy. In her essay Quindlen uses a diction that easy to understand‚ but at the same time it gives you good information. In the first paragraph of the essay the author states “America is an improbable idea
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What is Loneliness and Companionship Today Introduction Anna Quindlein’s article titled Doing nothing is something published on May 12‚ 2002 and William Deresiewicz’s The End Of Solitude published February 30‚ 2009 seek to explain how modernity has changed the way man socializes and spends time. Quindlein views this change from the perspective of a busy scheduled life more so for children who now lack time for themselves while Deresiewicz looks at it from the angle of a lonely but an overly
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Katie Chambers Bardenhagen British Literature 2232 FINAL Final Exam Prompts Prompt #1: Throughout the semester‚ the texts that we have worked with have often shown‚ through the writing‚ aspects of the author’s life that could have had a certain reflection on what they chose to write about. For this prompt‚ I have decided to work with Alexander Pope’s‚ “The Rape of the Lock”. When Pope began to write “The Rape of the Lock”‚ it was a time of Restoration and the rise of the eighteenth century. A
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Requiem is about Anna Akhmatova going through stages of grieving over her son being imprisoned and later killed by the NKVD‚ the soviet secret police. She experiences the different stages of grieving. In this particular section she is confronting death and accepting the fact that it is inevitable for her son as well as herself. It is as if she is welcoming it upon herself as she gives up hope for a different outcome. In this piece Akhmatova‚ a Russian poet‚ is attempting to create a memorial
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the female characters such as Anna Frith shows resilience when she overcomes the death of her husband and her children to help others in need‚ Elinor Mompellion shows will power when she overcomes her past to try to life a happy life with Michael Mompellion and Anys Gowdie shows courage when she jumps in the well to rescue her aunt Mem Gowdie. Anna Frith shows that she is able to bounce back from negative experiences such as when her husband Sam Frith passed away Anna showed courage in her ability
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