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    There are only a few similarities between ’Afternoons’‚ by Philip Larkin‚ and ’Churning Day’‚ by Seamus Heaney. These feature mainly in the structure of the two poems. They both use enjambment for the whole length of the poem‚ with just one end-stopped line present in each. Enjambment gives both poems a sense of continuous movement. This is appropriate in ’Churning Day’ as it represents the motion of the person churning the butter. It also makes the voice of ’Churning Day’ sound out of breath‚ as

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    their place of rule in europe. Philip II of spain‚ son of Charles XI‚an absolute monarch of Spain brought to power by the divine right ( when someone states god gave them the right to do something.) Philip II a superstitious king who ruled Spain ultimately affects the country negatively . In the year 1527 Philip II of Spain is born‚ son of Charles the fifth (the current king of Spain at that time) and mothered by Isabella of Britannica and Portugal. As a child Philip traveled around the world a lot

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    freedom‚ a timely topic in 2002 that could allude to the events of 9/11 (Urie). Not to mention the whole plot of the movie centers around the notion that this Precog system is infallible. Only then can it be seen as reasonable grounds for arrest. Philip K. Dick did not go through this much depth and detail in his short story. The film adds a reality to that which is even seemingly impossible because it is filmable‚ and the genre of science fiction indulges in this possibility because of what is left

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    John Phillip Sousa was the father of marching music and the father of the marching arts. Most of the patriotic marches that we know today were written by John Phillip Sousa‚ like the famous “Stars and Stripes Forever." According to The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music‚ “John Phillip Sousa wrote 137 marches‚ five teen operettas‚ five overtures‚ eleven suites‚ twenty-four dances‚ twenty- eight fantasies‚ and 322 arrangements of nineteenth-century western European symphonic works.” Not

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    The Minority Report‚ written by Philip K. Dick in 1956‚ is one of his better known short stories and was adapted into a film in 2002. This story‚ not unlike many of Dick’s other works‚ has a central theme of potential realistic controversies or issues that could arise from the existence of certain technologies. Dick has become somewhat famous for this particular genre of science fiction‚ having identified many major aspects of modern society years before they were present. This story describes a

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    to some‚ as was being a peasant‚ working on the farm and having nothing in your name to others. Both Philip II of Macedon and Alexander III of Macedon were above average and above normal in the sense that they achieved far more greatness than most in their time. This father/son duo ruled the Macedonian Empire and conquered a vast amount of surrounding land between 360-323 B.C. (1). Before Philip came to rule‚ the Macedonian empire was disintegrating and divided. The two men used different tactics

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    King Philip II of Spain was murdered on September 1‚ 1598‚ although there were many suspects from all over the world‚ a few stood out and were connected to each other. During the time of King Philip II’s reign‚ Spain was in an ongoing power struggle with another powerful country‚ England. Due to the power struggle‚ Philip and Queen Elizabeth of England weren’t on good terms‚ constantly trying to invade the other’s country‚ in order to rise as the most powerful country of Europe. Just a few years

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    When Philip Neri was a young boy he lived in Rome‚ He had a terrible temper‚ He was afraid that some day he would flare up and hurt someone badly. So‚ he set himself to cure his temper. He determined always to be cheerful. He learned to smile all the time. He loved to laugh. He was always pleasant. People loved just to see him and have him speak to them. Especially he loved the Holy Spirit. Indeed‚ once the Holy Spirit was seen to come down upon the young Philip. He shone with the light of the Third

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    The marginal or neglected can be seen to refer to individuals‚ a class or nation‚ to ideas that have been marginalised‚ to neglected forms such as poetry‚ and to the marginalised self. Philip Larkin is renowned for his use of the colloquial in his poetry‚ and he renews the importance of everyday language and words‚ that have been neglected and marginalised in forms of expression. His poems have the tone of the ordinary day. Through this use of language‚ he reflects on the loss of identity and to

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    Philip Larkin’s poem “Here” is able to use clear syntax‚ vivid imagery‚ and clever choice of words to distinctly convey his attitudes towards the four different places he describes in the poem: a bustling city‚ a large town‚ a suburban community‚ and an isolated paradise. Syntax structure is a key area in which the poem uses the format of words to convey the specific meanings between the four different stanzas. Three ways he is able to do this are listing‚ enjambment‚ and transitions between the

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