------------------------------------------------- London Calling The article from the “Newsweek” magazine is written by William Underhill who was in London with Marie Valla. The article is informative‚ describing London’s best attributes and development on financial‚ cultural and intellectual areas. The growing prosperity and popularity is presented as a result of one thing in particular: immigration. This means the main focus in the article is how immigration has contributed to London’s culture
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London is one of the most glamorous cities in the world leading in architecture and finance. It has become a vibrant cosmopolitan metropolis. A city that is a financial hub for business and a global tourist attraction holds urban spectacles that are “multi-dimensional” (Gotham 226). Cities of this sort also evoke characteristics that connect with the concept of ‘movement and vision’. With the entire activity taking place within London‚ it has to be a city of rhythm‚ harmony‚ and melody. All three
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in four stanzas‚ London by William Blake uses an A‚ B‚ A‚ B’ rhythmic pattern. More in a lyrical form‚ the poem is basically about someone where he wanders in London and describes his thoughts and observations. He sees poverty‚ misery‚ and despair on people’s face and notices how London is a hideous and corrupted place with injustice in every corner. The poem starts with a sinister and gloomy atmosphere which quickly gives an idea to the reader what the author thinks of London. I noticed the author
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Comparative Analysis Paper-Poetry Poetry often addresses the struggles of life and workplace themes. The language and content used by the author may often convey his or her experiences and how well this is done is dependent upon the poetic techniques used to produce an emotional response or mood of the reader. Three poems have been selected‚ Ruth Collins poem “The Song of the Factory Worker‚” Jim Daniels poem “The Factory Jungle‚” and Patricia Doblers’ poem “The Rope” to compare the poetic techniques
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Comparative Commentary on “Salome” and “Medusa” Both “Salome” and “Medusa” are poems written by a poet called Carol Ann Duffy‚ which have similarities and differences based on various aspects of poem analysis. To begin with the poem “Salome” has a slightly different audience than the poem “Medusa”. The audience in “Salome” is unconfident and oppressed women who do not believe in their power and what they can do‚ men who underestimate women and people who discriminate others based on their sex
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A Narrative of Exile: Milos Crnjanski’s Roman o Londonu (A Novel about London) Abstract Milos Crnjanski‚ one of the most prominent Serbian authors of the 20th century‚ was forced to leave Yugoslavia after the Second World War‚ owing to his connections with the pre-Communist regime. In Roman o Londonu‚ Crnjanski reflects on the two decades he spent exiled in post-war London. In his pivotal work‚ Crnjanski centres Russian rather than Serbian immigrants: the protagonists‚ Nikolaj and Nadja Rjepnin‚
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William Blake’s “London” was published in 1794 as part of his series‚ Songs of Experience. In fact‚ it is one of the few members of Songs of Experience that does not have a corresponding in his Songs of Innocence. A literal interpretation of the poem depicts the speaker’s perspective of London as a highly corrupted city. Through his use of juxtaposition‚ diction‚ and repetition‚ Blake establishes a social commentary on London in the 1790’s. Thus‚ the conflict of the poem revolves around the political
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The Moderns&The Ancients An Exploration of the distinction of the modern thinkers and ancients Machiavelli‚ Hobbes‚ and Locke‚ distinguished themselves from the ideas and philosophies of the ancients by their own exploration of the individualist‚ the responsibilities of the state and government and the nature of the two. But what really distinguished these modern thinkers from those of the ancients‚ is their ability to take the teachings of the ancients and evolve it with the society that
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Where to shop in London Napoleon broadly alluded to England as a country of retailers. Two hundred years after the fact‚ London stays one of the best places on the planet to make a go at shopping. Huge name emporiums‚ for example‚ Selfridges‚ Harvey Nichols‚ Hamleys‚ Fortnum & Mason and Liberty are both touring attractions in their own privilege and sanctuaries for shopping fans‚ while side-road boutiques and energetic markets proliferate. We’ve recorded probably the most prominent spots to shop
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