Sonnet 14: In lines I and 2 of "Sonnet 14"‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning says she wants only to be loved for "love’s sake". The next four lines describe all the things she does not want to be loved for – “Do not say ’I love her for her smile—her look—her way of speaking gently”‚. She tells us in lines 7 through 9‚ that she does not want to be loved for these reasons because they are changeable (with age)‚ unreliable and superficial whereas real love should be everlasting. In lines 10 through 12‚ she
Premium Elizabeth Barrett Browning
reflect Bishop’s musing on what makes a home and why humans feel the need to travel. She also examines how often times something that can seem so obvious‚ like returning home‚ can be the hardest thing in the world to do. The poem The Prodigal is my favourite of Bishops’s poetry. The titular character in the poem reflects an image of the poet as one who is not in their own home and not surrounded by family. Although background reasons for this are not examined within the poem‚ it is clear that
Premium Poetry Stanza Fish
During her time as a physician and an activist‚ Blackwell explored gender equality and the modernization of medicine through her writings and teachings. In 1852‚ Blackwell published her medical book titled “The Laws of Life: With Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls.” In this book‚ Blackwell frequently highlights the important roles of Athena‚ the Greek goddess of wisdom‚ and why she is worshipped so devoutly: “She was the protectress of state and of social institutions‚ and of all
Premium Medicine Physician Female
Subject matter: Harvard Business Review Reflection Article: Harvard Business Review| Scorched Earth Author(s): Elizabeth Economy and Kenneth Lieberthal Date of publication: June 2007 Introduction The article entitled “Scorched Earth ” written by Elizabeth Economy (senior fellow for Asia with the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations in New York) and Kenneth Lieberthal (William Davidson Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business‚ the China director of Davidson Institute
Premium Business school Business United States
The Last Years of the Poor Law During the interwar period the Poor Law served as a residual safety net‚ assisting those who fell through the cracks of the existing social insurance policies. The high unemployment of 1921-38 led to a sharp increase in numbers on relief. The official count of relief recipients rose from 748‚000 in 1914 to 1‚449‚000 in 1922; the number relieved averaged 1‚379‚800 from 1922 to 1938. A large share of those on relief were unemployed workers and their dependents
Premium Unemployment Poverty Welfare state
. | Elizabeth Browning Barrett Some of Barrett’s family had lived in Jamaica for several centuries. The main wealth of Barrett’s household derived from Edward Barrett (1734–1798)‚ landowner of 10‚000 acres (40 km2) in Cinnamon Hill‚ Cornwall‚ Cambridge‚ and Oxford estates in northern Jamaica. Barrett Browning’s maternal grandfather owned sugar plantations‚ mills‚ glassworks and ships that traded between Jamaica and Newcastle. Biographer Julia Markus states that the poet ‘believed that she
Premium Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A Small Plea to Delete a Ubiquitous Expletive Response In this essay‚ Elizabeth Austin describes her feelings about the “F” word. She gives a detailed explanation on why it should not be used in the colloquial language. Austin first gives background knowledge about the “F” word and how it came to be as the word it is used now. Austin’s thesis is that the “F” word should not be used in any certain way. Austin first states that the word should be deleted from our use‚ but before that we must remove
Premium Sociology Heteronormativity
Grandmother is a hypocritical character in Mary Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. Throughout this story’s entirety‚ the grandmother professes to have moral standards and beliefs to which her own behavior does not reflect. This claim is made evident throughout her consistent actions‚ which personifies those of a hypocrite. Although the family did not face immediate consequences from the grandmothers actions‚ in the end those same actions caused the family to face the ultimate
Premium Marriage Woman Family
The Elizabethan era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I’s reign (1558–1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry‚ music and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished‚ and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England’s past style of plays and theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad‚ while back
Premium Henry VIII of England Elizabeth I of England England
Mary Elizabeth Braddon Mary Braddon a very creative writer of her time. She was named the "Queen of Sensation" in the year of (1835to 1915) because she had successfuly wrote more than eighty novels. Some of her novels were published in various literary magazines because of her husband decided to published them in his magazines. Some of her accounts in her life she used the year 1835 as the year she was born. She was also born at a place called Soho‚ London. She was the youngest child of a solicitor
Premium Marriage Writing Literature