Five Bells Time that is moved by little fidget wheels Is not my time‚ the flood that does not flow. Between the double and the single bell Of a ship’s hour‚ between a round of bells From the dark warship riding there below‚ I have lived many lives‚ and this one life Of Joe‚ long dead‚ who lives between five bells. Deep and dissolving verticals of light Ferry the falls of moonshine down. Five bells Coldly rung out in a machine’s voice. Night and water Pour to one rip of darkness‚ the Harbour floats
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vs. Street smarts SCOTT BERKUN Posted on February 9th‚ 2010 in Philosophy‚ reader’s choice In a series of posts‚ called readers choice‚ I write on whatever topics readers submit. [Note: Polarizing questions are silly since rarely in life do you have to make such exclusive choices. Often you can find a way to obtain both‚ not either/or. For fun assume you’ve stolen my lunch money and refuse to give it back until I play along and pick a side. Also see: The false dichotomy of false dichotomies]
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LIFE IN INDIA Literature project work • Compare and contrast the film “Slumdog millionaire” with Anita Desai’s “Games at Twilight” 1) List as many things in common the film and short stories have. 2) How far do the film and short stories describe life in India? What things do they have in common? How does the film help us understand the short stories? 1) • There is a lot of poverty. • Temperatures are really high and they are very difficult to bear especially on
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personal private life along with political points or debates. This shows all aspects of his life and is very thought provoking; you see how a real person living in this time saw the war and how it impacted him. * I found the poem The Lake Isle of Inisfree very down to earth personal poem‚ in which he talks about getting away from his busy life in London and wanting peace and tranquillity in Inisfree. “I shall have some peace there”. Most people can relate to this which makes it very down to earth
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Influence Thomas Huxley‚ a famous biologist and H.G. Wells’ teacher‚ once said that "We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance‚ and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it" (Zaadz). In other words‚ we all have the duty to leave the world a better place by leaving our influence on others. At some point of our lives‚ we’ve all had someone
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Elizabeth Sweet‚ author of the December 9th‚ 2014 article Toys Are More Divided by Gender Now Than They Were 50 Years Ago‚ explains why most of society are complacent with obvious gender divisions; consequently many girls are subjected to unrealistic body expectations as well as lowered job goals. Sweet vocalizes "Girls can be anything-as long as it’s passive and beauty focused" and dolls such as Bratz and Barbie‚ with newcomers Monster and Ever After High on the rise‚ are two of the most popular
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literature‚ Franklin decided to teach himself how to read and write through rewriting some of his favorite works. “From a child I was fond of reading‚ and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. . . . My father’s little library consisted chiefly of books in po- lemic divinity‚ most of which I read‚ and have since often regretted that‚
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Life and Works of Ancient Greek Writers ENGLISH – YEAR 11 HOMER Homer was the most important and earliest of the Greek and Roman writers. Greeks and Romans didn’t count themselves educated unless they knew his poems. His influence was felt not only on literature‚ but on ethics and morality via lessons from his masterpieces. He is the first source to look for information on Greek myth and religion. Yet‚ despite his prominence‚ we have no firm evidence that he ever lived. In the Western classical
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university staff in 1897. She became interested in psychology and human behavior‚ and in 1900‚ at the elapse of just a short span of four years after her degree in medicine‚ she accepted a professorship in anthropology at the University of Rome. Work of Dr. Maria Montessori: After
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Sweet Dreams Studying my sleep habits this week has been a an eye opener. I learned so much about my body in the last seven days. I learned that I responded better to waking up to an alarm‚ then someone coming in my room to wake me up. On an average‚ I got about seven hours of sleep a day. I was able to sleep more on days I did not have to workout for football. A trend I noticed is that I felt better in the morning‚ if I went to bed before 11:00 pm. Another trend I learned is I fall asleep faster
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