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    Sonnet 83” by William Shakespeare conveys the indescribable beauty of a person using punctuation‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. The word “painting” as used in the first line of the poem is a type of poetic imagery that means praise or poetic flattery. This accompanied with “painting set” creates a much more elegant image than simply writing the word praising. Imagery and figurative language is more heavy and emphasized in the last two lines of the quatrains. The last line of stanza one for example

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    Elizabeth Barret-Browning’s ’Sonnets from the Portuguese’ and F. Scott. Fitzgerald’s ’The Great Gatsby’ both reflect‚ in abstract style and varying contexts and elements‚ the experience of idealised love‚ hope and mortality. The elements employed by Barret-Browning and Fitzgerald‚ differ in their depictions of these themes through various literary devices‚ two of which are ’points of view’ and ’motifs/symbols’. Barret-Browning’s sonnet sequence illustrates a complex evolution of emotions as the poet

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    American Football American football is a dangerous sport that has many risks to it. Football players know these risks but still play the sport. There is many risks to playing football especially in the NFL which means National Football League. Many of the injuries football players have are to the head. Some of the people that played football in the past have had to retire because of brain injuries or broken bones. The players that used to play football have had memory loss and have killed themselves

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    manner the writer sees fit. The form into which a poet puts his or her words is always something of which the reader ought to take conscious note. Many love poems are written in the form of a sonnet. A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter with a complex rhyme scheme. In the English sonnet‚ the rhyme scheme is abba abba cddc ee‚ leaving to the poet’s discretion the choice of whether to form the lines into an octave‚ turn‚ and then sestet‚ three quatrains and an ending couplet‚

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    Violence in Football

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    Violence in football We all know that violence comes into sports. Aggression and sport have gone together as long as sports have been around. Violence is a part of sports‚ no matter how much the professional associations deny the fact. Professional football is commonly known as favorite pastime of many people. Each week millions of TV viewers watch their teams score touchdowns‚ kick field goals‚ and win games. The fans of professional sports are expecting more from the players‚ and when they

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    Concussions in Football

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    Concussions in football A traumatic brain injury (TBI) also known as a concussion is a serious health problem to athletes‚ especially to football players. The brain controls the body and gives a person personality and defines every aspect of his or her life. A brain injury can disrupt a person’s life in an instance and like broken bones or bruises; TBI can limit or prevent normal body functions. A brain injury‚ unlike common injuries can damage mental abilities to include memory and speech

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    Science and Football

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    on the article: Science and football: a review of applied research in the football codes Written by Thomas Reilly and David Gilbourne of Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences‚ Liverpool John Moores University‚ UK This article reviews various scientific researches being carried out all over the world to better understand the football codes and improve them. Over the last two decades there has been a growth in research directly related to football. Although most of this research

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    My current‚ and so far only thesis for Shakespeare’s Sonnet 53‚ and entirety of the sonnets in general is that he wrote the sonnets in such a fashion that he created a unique work that embodies both a subjective-objective goal‚ as the objective of the story seems to be shrouded in ambiguity so much so that even it is lost in the subjective hurricane of theories and emotions‚ that generate a turbulence among those who read and study the pieces‚ so much so‚ that one page containing no more than fourteen

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    ESSAY; Sir Philip Sidney: Sonnet XXXI from Astrophel and Stella „With how sad steps‚ O Moon ‚ thou climb’st the skies!“ With how sad steps‚ O Moon‚ thou climb’st the skies! How silently‚ and with how wan a face! What! may it be that even in heavenly place That busy archer his sharp arrows tries? Sure‚ if that long-with-love-acquainted eyes Can judge of love‚ thou feel’st a lover’s case: I read it in thy looks; thy languish’d grace To me‚ that feel the like‚ thy state

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    One day I watched a football game and observed the spectators present that day. There were fans from both the teams‚ school newspaper staff‚ yearbook staff‚ former high school football players‚ the players’ relatives‚ and other spectators. At the end of the game‚ I asked my high school team’s wide receiver and friend‚ " Why do want to a score a touchdown?" to which he replied‚ "For the audience." From then I realized that football players are aware of the audience when they play. They are aware of

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