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    poet lover

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    splendidly evocative and satisfyingly sensuous. His poetry reveals more careful craftsmanship‚ a more conscious intellectuality. In quality and integrity they are conversational directness and ease without losing himself in discursiveness. Let us take our Poet‚ lover‚ Birdwatcher where beauty and bareness of statement go together where it weaves the themes of birdwatching‚ wooing and writing poetry together‚ and shows their resemblance: the need for patient‚ quiet waiting until the rare bird is revealed

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    specifically Jamaica‚ during the year of 1900-1929 there were two poets whose work truly stood out and made a statement. Those poets were Thomas Redcam (1870-1933) and Claude McKay (1878-1972). Thomas Redcam was a Jamaican poet who came from Irish ancestry. Throughout his life he promoted Jamaican literature and was a notable poet. He was seen as helpful and encouragement to younger poets during that time period including Claude McKay. Both poets had such a love for their country and made it clear in their

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    Gray‚ Burns‚ and Blake: The Transitional Poets It was the mid-eighteenth century and poets were tiring of the neoclassical ideals of reason and wit. The Neoclassic poets‚ such as Alexander Pope‚ "prized order‚ clarity‚ economic wording‚ logic‚ refinement‚ and decorum. Theirs was an age of rationalism‚ wit‚ and satire." (Guth 1836) This contrasts greatly with the ideal of Romanticism‚ which was "an artistic revolt against the conventions of the fashionable formal‚ civilised‚ and refined Neoclassicism

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    The idea that appearances can be deceptive but necessary is reflected in 20th century context. George Orwell’s novel‚ ‘1984’ and the film‚ ‘Dead Poet’s Society’‚ directed by Peter Weir (1989)‚ reveal that society was fearful of rising ideologies after the bomb. The two texts highlight that while propaganda and conformity are societal issues‚ it is necessary to be critical of totalitarianism‚ tradition and allow appearances to be deceptive. Appearances can be deceptive when influenced by propaganda;

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    He suggested dozens of ways to shoot a certain scene when the director failed to find one. He acted better than the heroes. He wrote incredible poems. Though he was able to write more complicated ones that could raise him to the status of a great poet‚ Subbu preferred writing them in simple Tamil to enlighten the majority of Tamil people. Besides‚ he supported his far and near relatives. But he had only enemies everywhere because he was very much close to the boss‚ Vaasan. Legal Advisor The

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    standing up for what’s right‚ and an importance of a deeper relationship with nature. These are examples of tenets which are the main ideas of this time period‚ which took place in the 1800’s. Two tenets of Transcendentalism that are present in Dead Poet’s Society are free thinking and the importance of nature. Free thinking was one of the main focal points during this time period. This meaning thinking for yourself how you want and not sticking to the “status quo.” The movie demonstrated this in many

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    Martin Luther King Jr. Day‚ is a day where one man’s dream is celebrated. His dream was selfless as it aided the fight for everyone to be able to have his or her own dream. I’m sure that Mr. King would agree with the idea proposed in the movie Dead Poet’s Society. Carpe Diem‚ seizing the day‚ is an accurate way of pursuing the dreams that he helped you gain the freedom to explore. However‚ it’s not all black and white. There are obstacles that cannot always be accounted for or avoided. I live my life

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    Response to Bang Bang You’re Dead: The concept of the hero and villain depend on ones point of view. In Bang Bang You’re Dead‚ the main character Josh is viewed as a villain by everyone except himself. In his mind‚ the murders he committed were purely for the sake of justice‚ an avenging of the wrongs done to him by others. However‚ it isn’t until later when the voices of the kids he murdered are tormenting him‚ breaking through his ‘mask’ to his inner vulnerabilities‚ that he becomes truly

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    Poe the Poet

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    Quaker City; or The Monks of Monk Hall (1845). Poe may have borrowed Montresor’s family motto Nemo me impune lacessit from James Fenimore Cooper‚ who used the line in The Last of the Mohicans (1826). [pic] Poe wrote his tale‚ however‚ as a response to his personal rival Thomas Dunn English. Poe and English had several confrontations‚ usually revolving around literary caricatures of one another. Poe thought that one of English’s writings went a bit too far‚ and successfully sued the other man’s

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    ------------------------------------------------- State of matter From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia States of matter in physics are the distinct forms that different phases of matter take on. Four states of matter are observable in everyday life: solid‚ liquid‚ gas‚ and plasma. Further states are possible but do not naturally occur in our environment: Bose–Einstein condensates‚ neutron stars. Other states‚ such as quark-gluon plasmas‚ are believed to be possible. For a complete list of all

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