William Wordworth’s Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood 1. (beginning) Nature Explanation: It talks about the mountains‚ fields‚ land‚ and sea. It is getting you to look at nature more thoroughly. Quote: “The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep‚ No more shall grief of mine the season wrong; I hear the echoes through the mountains throng. The winds come to me from the fields of sleep‚ And all the earth is gay; Land and sea. Give themselves up to
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Eolian Harp” and “Kubla Khan” proved intricate pieces of artwork‚ each meticulously written to submerge their reader into striking new worlds. These are home to mystical beings‚ such as a “demon-lover” (Kubla Khan‚ 16) and“Elfins” from “Fairy-Land” (The Eolian Harp‚ 22-23)‚ as well as complex visions of nature. Although uniquely presented in each‚ they deal with similar themes of creation and creativity. However‚ neither reaches a consistent conclusion to the other
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COLERIDGE: Kubla Khan Coleridge worked out an own theory of imagination‚ which can be divided into a Primary one‚ in other words the faculty by which we perceive the external world‚ and a Secondary one‚ which regards the faculty that a poet has to idealize. Fancy is instead inferior to it‚ because it’s just a logical faculty which enables the poet to associate metaphors or other poetical devices. In fact it’s the imagination that allows the poet to transcend the data of experience
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years. Samuel Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a Romantic ballad in seven parts‚ with fairly regular quatrains. Its short sentence structure develops steady movement‚ allowing to the reader’s engagement to grow as the tale progresses and the speaker’s message is unveiled. The tetrameter structure reveals an explanation of the title; the Ancient Mariner orally recites his tale‚ teaching a universal lesson on nature’s value and the earth’s deserving of respect. Coleridge uses both
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Smith entered the University of Glasgow when he was fourteen and studied moral philosophy under Francis Hutcheson.[7] Here‚ Smith developed his passion for liberty‚ reason‚ and free speech. In 1740‚ Smith was awarded the Snell exhibition and left to attend Balliol College‚ Oxford.[8] Smith considered the teaching at Glasgow far superior to that at Oxford‚ which he found intellectually stifling.[9] In Book V‚ Chapter II of The Wealth of Nations‚ Smith wrote: "In the University of Oxford‚ the greater
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The poem ‘Ode to a Grecian Urn’ by John Keats is about eternity and eternal things. To understand this poem as well as many other of John Keats’ work it is important to know a bit about the author. John Keats was sick most of his life and died at the age 25 of tuberculosis. At a young age he witnessed the death of his Mother‚ Father and brother. All of these factors contributed to the In the first stanza‚ he is contemplating the vase in its entirety. He marvels at the piece’s perfection (still
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The Ode of Heroine: Mulan Many ladies have ever imaged a different life they would have if they were men. Some of them would like to do some real men’s things‚ challenging the task which they impossibly accomplished as a lady. But there is a young maiden called Mulan whose surname is unknown in the history of Ancient China‚ who disguised herself as a man to attend fight in an army replacing for her father. Frankly‚ Mulan was a brave maiden and her romantic life was written in a ballad named as
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Synonymy in English Learning objectives: after you have studied the material you should be able to: 1. Define the notion of "synonymy"‚ give the definition of the term "synonyms" by Russian and foreign linguists. 2. Speak on the criteria of synonymy‚ the sources of synonymy and the main synonymic patterns. 3. Give the classification of synonyms (ideographic‚ stylistic‚ absolute). 4. Analyze the entry (article) from a dictionary of synonyms. Literature to be studied: • "English Word"
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Chapter 14 Occasion of the Lyrical Ballads‚ and the objects originally proposed--Preface to the second edition--The ensuing controversy‚ its causes and acrimony--Philosophic definitions of a Poem and Poetry with scholia. During the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were neighbours‚ our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry‚ the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature‚ and the power of giving the interest of
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Samual Gander Mr. Dunham English 102 April 25‚ 2012 Farming on a Whole New Level Although people have worked in agriculture for more than 10‚000 years‚ advance in technology assist with maintaining and protecting land‚ crops‚ and animals. The demand to keep food prices affordable encourages those working in the agriculture industry to operate as efficiently as possible (Newman and Ruiz 33-47). Almost all people and companies in this industry have many acres of land they must maintain‚ and
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