Mathew Arnold – The Study of Poetry Matthew Arnold‚ Victorian poet and critic‚ often regarded as the father of modern literary criticism‚ was one of the foremost poets and critics of the 19th century. As a critic Arnold is essentially a moralist‚ and has very definite ideas about what poetry should and should not be. Arnold is frequently acknowledged as being one of the first poets to display a truly Modern perspective in his work. In “The Study of Poetry”‚ which is one of his best known essays
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City Friends Advice and Advice to a Teenage I believe everyone of us has got some experience‚ about living in foreign country or using different language. Some of them are way too complicated‚ to be understood by other people. Some of them are even described by poetry. There are many of poems‚ telling about living within foreign community. But two of them‚ in my opinion‚ have got something special about them. These two poems are: "Search for my tongue" by Sujata Bhatt and "Unrelated Incidents"
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the fect that he is the only character in the tale who doesn’t cheat or trick someone. Despite this‚ he’s the one who suffers the most throughout the tale. His wife‚ Alisoun‚ cheats on him. He is tricked into spending the night in a bathtub hanging from the rafters of his house. He ends up falling‚ embarrassing himself in front of the town. Alisoun‚ John’s wife‚ is also Nicholas’s lover. She is well-known as being beautiful‚ married at only 18. She is the only character who goes unpunished in the
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William Wordsworth‚ a very notable Romantic poet during this time period. In stark contrast‚ the Victorian Period was a time during which poets wrote about the environment that surrounded them‚ and tended to have a pessimistic view of life. Matthew Arnold‚ a Victorian poet‚ encompassed many of these qualities in his writing. The two poets‚ distinguished in two completely different time periods with different characteristics‚ had some literary commonalities‚ such as similar references to nature‚ their
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maintaining two different personas: one for at home with her family and one for going out with her friends. One night out with her girl friends‚ Connie spots a young man watching her. He promises to come get her. The next day‚ the man comes to Connie’s house‚ keeping his word‚ and spends the remainder of the story convincing Connie to come along with him in his golden jalopy. The antagonist‚ Arnold Friend‚ is a literary representation of the devil‚ which can be surmised from his fake-looking appearance
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Benedict Arnold was born in Norwich Connecticut‚ January 14‚ 1741. He was 1 out of 5 children and his sister that survived to adulthood. When he was growing up his family was wealthy. Benedict’s childhood was rough. Benedict’s father was a successful businessman. His father did not manage to keep the family’s money that well‚ and they were financially ruined. When he was growing up he was a apothecary and a bookseller. At the age of 15 he ran away and enlisted in the Continental Army where he help
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I see the walls of my lovely house and I wonder whether there is any sense in cracks‚ rents‚ scratches that have changed its look through years. Dozens of nice pictures‚ photos‚ yellowed papers‚ attached to the aged wooden planks‚ so significant for my world awareness‚ so dear to my precious memory‚ – do they really have any meaning now‚ after many years from the time they actually got some particular importance? Why do they tell me so much‚ why do they rouse such a great attachment‚ such a true
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when she’s away from home. She even gets the attention she wants from an older person‚ hang out at restaurant’s and listens to romance and love songs. Connie has two sides to her‚ one at home which she acts immature and when she goes out with her friends which she acts mature. She never seems to have a stable side to herself. Through the story‚ Connie doesn’t know what or who she wants to be. Connie tries to be mature. When she is away from home she tries to be sexy‚ seductive‚ and mature. But the
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Word choice‚ denotation and connotation Word choice refers to the poet’s poetic diction. In Dover Beach’‚ Matthew Arnold uses formal diction. He chose his words carefully. When he says that the world does not give us love’‚ he means that the world lacks imagination and can know very little about time past‚ which is crystallized in ancient literature like a leaf in amber‚ knowledge of which is an essential precondition for love. He does not mean that love does not exist‚ but that it comes only
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1. What is the three-word definition of evolution? 2. What is macroevolution? 3. Who was the scientist that came up with inheritance of acquired characteristics? 4. What organisms did Darwin study that led him to the theory of natural selection? 5. What is Tiktaalik? 6. What are two tetrapod characteristics of Tiktaalik? 7. What is systematics? 8. What is this called? 9. What are synapomorphies? 10. Zygote _______ ________ _________ Growth 11
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