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    is meaningful because it shows that Emily had lain in that bed‚ next to that man‚ after he had died. Faulkner had given great detail to the change in color of her hair throughout her life on page 36. By the time she had died‚ her hair was an “iron-gray” color. Just like the strand of hair found on the pillow. 2. The unnamed narrator seems to be a representation of the townspeople as a whole. He is most likely a member of the town. He talks about the curiosity of the townspeople upon her death

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    God‚ and through God‚ nature‚ because they have recently come from the arms of God. The speaker understands the importance of staying connected to one’s own childhood‚ stating: "I could wish my days to be / Bound each to each by natural piety." Wordsworth chooses the word "piety" to express the bond he wishes to attain (and maintain) with his childhood self‚ because it best emphasizes the importance of the

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    Janiquea Gray Miss Zahodnick AP Language and Composition 14 October 2014 “The Complexity of Teaching” Peddiwell’s story illuminates the absurdity of the rigid systems by not only making the “wise old men” look doltish but also proving their beliefs on a traditional educational system bogus. In the “Saber- tooth Curriculum‚” New Fist was and educated man that was skilled at fish-grabbing‚ horse clubbing and tiger-scaring and if he had survived to see the ice-age‚ those skills would have been useless

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    Romanticism officially began in 1798‚ when William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge anonymously published Lyrical Ballads. This work marked the official beginning of a literary period which had already begun many years before 1798. A work is defined to be of a certain period by its characteristics‚ therefore to be considered a Romantic work‚ the work must contain aspects which are termed "Romantic." A few typical "Romantic" aspects are: love of the past; sympathy to the child’s mind; faith

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    began to look at a different approach to thought. The Romantic period‚ roughly between the years of 1785 to 1830‚ was a period when poets turned to nature‚ their individual emotions‚ and imagination to create their poetry. Romantic poets such as Wordsworth‚ Coleridge‚ Shelley‚ and Keats rejected conventional literary forms‚ regular meters‚ and complex characters and experimented with emotion and nature subjects in their poems which marked a literary renaissance. Besides a response to the Enlightenment

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    The names Keats and Wordsworth are to a certain extent tantamount to Romanticism‚ especially from the perspective of modern academics. To many‚ Wordsworth and Coleridge are seen as the fathers of English Romanticism as they were the first to publish literary works that were seen as romantic with Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Yet although John Keats was only born in 1795‚ he still contributed much to the Romantic Movement and is in essence regarded just as highly as William Wordsworth. One can argue that

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    Concepts of Wordsworth Applied to Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth were two very dominant Romantic Era poets. They published some of their writings together‚ and were very influenced by each other in their writing style. We see this in Coleridge’s contribution to Wordsworth‚ Biographia Literaria. In Biographia Literaria‚ Coleridge gives praise to Wordsworth’s brilliance in his writings and makes it known how much he looked up to Wordsworth. Coleridge goes into detail describing

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    AP Essay Rewrite Charles Lamb sends a letter in response to the English romantic poet William Wordsworth to decline Wordsworth’s invitation to Cumberland. Throughout the letter Charles Lam uses the technique of irony and self-mockery in order to politely decline the invitation. The first technique that Lamb demonstrates is irony. In the first paragraph‚ in a romanticized tone Lamb talks about the dirtiness‚ noisiness‚ and overall wickedness of the city of London‚ and how it brings

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    A Comparison of Blake‚ Wordsworth and Keats William Blake‚ John Keats and William Wordsworth all believe in the "depth" of the world and the possibilities of the human heart. However‚ each poet looks towards different periods in time to capture meaning in life. Blake looks towards the future for his inspiration‚ Keats towards the present and Wordsworth towards the past. Regardless of where each poet looks for their inspiration they are all looking for the same thing; timeless innocence. Each poet

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    promise to Lucy. When‚ Elinor tells Marianne of Edward’s engagement to another woman‚ and this sparks the conversion in their relationship. Elinor says‚ “surely you may suppose that I have suffered now. The composure of mind with which I have brought myself at the present to consider the matter‚ the consolation that have been willing to admit‚ have been the effect of constant and painful exertion” (198-199). In this quote Elinor finally trusts her sister with her deepest form of pain. Elinor is

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