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     that in the distance play‚  The faery people of the future day­­ ­­  Fond THOUGHT ! not one of all that shining swarm  Will breathe on thee with life­enkindling breath‚  Till when‚ like strangers shelt’ring from a storm‚  Hope and Despair meet in the porch of Death !  Yet still thou haunt’st me ; and though well I see‚  She is not thou‚ and only thou art she‚  Still‚ still as though some dear embodied Good‚  Some living Love before my eyes there stood  With answering look a ready ear to lend‚ 

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    to the stories people tell. She has a voice there.|“The crowd of people around her and a dice game on her floor! She was sorry for her friends back there and scornful of the others. The men held big arguments here like they used to do on the store porch. Only here‚ she could listen and laugh and even talk some herself if she wanted to. Pg.

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    interesting to note that in the very first few lines of this poem‚ the author explicitly denotes that this entire collection of poems are written in the hopes that the maiden‚ Stella‚ will read them and take “pity” and deliver “grace” to the star-struck lover Astrophel. Still‚ when it comes to actually forming the words that may inspire the maiden such‚ the poet employs a metaphor in which he likens his brain (which is responsible for his writing) to land and the product of that land to the writing which

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    Beowulf Critical views • One of the oldest and most important remains of the Anglo-Saxon literature is the epic poem of Beowulf. Its age is unknown; but it comes from somewhere between the 7th and the 10th centuries. It is like a piece of ancient armour; rusty and battered‚ and yet strong. The style of the epic poem is likewise simple- perhaps one should say‚ austere. Beowulf is indeed the most successful Old English poem because in it the elements‚ language‚ metre‚ theme‚ structure‚ are all most

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    with a waiter. Every story I have read reinforces social notions of a heterosexual romance- boy meets girl‚ they fall in love‚ overcome whatever obstacle stands in their way‚ and hen fade away into happy oblivion. A blissful prince and his fair maiden riding off into

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    "Wife of Bath’s Tale"‚ a "lusty" knight sees a maiden "alone as she was born"‚ and despite her refusal "by very force he took her maidenhead" (282). This Knight contradicts Chaucer’s initial direct characterization of the Knight in the prologue having "truth‚ honor‚ generousness‚ and courtesy" (4). Chaucer describes the

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    the goddess of hunt and animals. Both wild and tame animals were under her protection. If any animal was in need she would help them. She would stay in the wild with young maidens. “Artemis was the protector of young animals and had the gift to tame wild animals”. In addition‚ Artemis also protected her mother and young maidens . She would be called upon to nourish her needy mother.She would come as quick as possible even though she would get nothing in return. Many gods and goddesses did not always

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    Nightingale gives direct meaning of nature‚ love and mortality‚ which encompass human existence and emotional engagement. Keats often drew upon legends to write his poems and this was no exception. In classical legend the nightingale was a beautiful maiden whom the gods turned into a bird after she had been raped and had her tongue cut out by her attacker. Given this rather tragic tale‚ the nightingale is often associated with melancholy and sadness. However some romantic poets altered this tradition

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    An Analysis of Black Folklore in Their Eyes Were Watching God I. Introduction to Zora Neale Hurston and Their Eyes Were Watching God Born in Notasulga‚ Alabama and raised in Eatonville‚ Florida‚ the first incorporated all-black town in America‚ Hurston knew this black culture firsthand. Not only did she grow up in all black community in the south‚ but she traveled throughout the South and in the West Indies as an anthropologist collecting folk materials independently with funding from private

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    on 27 April 1976. This famous English actress was born in Dulwich borough of London‚ United Kingdom. The full maiden name of this genius actress is Sally Cecilia Hawkins. Although Sally Cecilia Hawkins was born in Dulwich‚ she was raised in the Blackheath borough of The City of London. Sally Cecilia was born to parents Jacqui Hawkins‚ her mother‚ and to father Colin Hawkins. Her mom’s maiden name was Jacqueline Sinfield. Her biography states that Sally Cecilia Hawkins has one sibling. Her only sibling

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