The ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop is a very interesting poem. It is fairly short and devoid of strong emotions. To give a brief synopsis of the poem‚ a third person omniscient narrator is describing a father and his ‘several quick and saucy sons’ running a filling station. She moves from describing them to describing the station itself‚ complete with furniture‚ a ‘dirty dog’ and plants. The poem then changes tone to reflection of why the station is the way it is‚ and is concluded by a
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In the poem‚ “One Art‚ written by Elizabeth Bishop‚ the poet writes about how losing is very easy and does not take much to accomplish. In reality‚ we lose things all the time without much realization. Even when we do notice we have lost something‚ it continues to have little effect on us. Bishop uses form‚ tone‚ diction‚ and imagery in her poem to convey that losing is an art all its own. “One Art” is a villanelle poem‚ that contains end rhymes. The use of rhythm gives the poem an upbeat feel
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(for several reasons) are the frontrunners of their religion (i.e. priests‚ bishops‚ and various religious leaders) in history and in current society. Therefore‚ they don’t practice what they preach. Going back to the context of the poem‚ a bishop basically criticizes the female character because of her “vulgar” choice of clothing but in return Jane responded the foul words in a defensive way‚ more like sending the bishop a message that just because she wears that kind of clothing it doesn’t automatically
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Digital Divide – by Claire Bishop Response by Lucas Olscamp Claire Bishop sets out to examine the idea the largely the genre of “digital art” has been ignored and somewhat consciously forgotten by the world of contemporary art. Bishop also suggests that much of the ideology and history behind the “digital revolution” is also reduced‚ removed‚ and ignored; that digital art poses the necessary questions to our society today on the “troubling oscillation between intimacy and distance” (1) and that
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There are numerous charges against Socrates in the reading of The Apology. The basic charges against him include impiety‚ corrupting the youth‚ and theorizing about unknown topics. He does not believe in the gods that the state does‚ and therefore seeks for natural explanations to processes that occur in the world around him. He did not recognize the gods and introduced other new divinities. Socrates was charged with corrupting the youth. Due to the constant asking of questions and inquiry‚ it lead
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effect on the degree of colour change that occurs when they come into contact with atmospheric oxygen. As the pH of solution increases‚ so does the degree of browning of the apple slice. Low pH solutions will cause the enzyme to be inactivated and therefore cause the degree of browning to decrease. As the pH increases so does the degree of browning‚ because the pH becomes closer to the enzymes optimum pH level. Independent Variable: The pH solutions that the apple pieces are placed into. Range of
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Examining the Life of Elizabeth Bishop The life of Elizabeth Bishop was examined‚ along with her writing and poetic voice‚ in the video produced from the Voices and Visions series. The video provided extensive and unique insight into Elizabeth’s early life and how it affected her poetry. It discussed her personal relationships as well as her family‚ travel and literary accolades. In this paper‚ I will respond to the most interesting and unique aspects of Elizabeth Bishop’s personality‚ early life
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The Apology is Plato’s recollection and interpretation of the Trial of Socrates (399 BC). In this dialogue Socrates explains who he is and what kind of life he led. The Greek word "apologia" means "explanation" -- it is not to be confused with "apologizing" or "being sorry" for one’s actions. The following is an outline of the ’argument’ or logos that Socrates used in his defense. A hypertext treatment of this dialogue is also available. I. Prologue (17a-19a) The first sentence sets the
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A Year’s Spinning written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is telling a story from the point of view of a woman who tells of the struggles she had endured over the course of a year. The poem closely ties in with the view of women during the time-period. During this time period women were primarily homemakers and any unmarried women outside of the ideal age of marriage with no children were considered to be spinsters. In this poem‚ a woman is doing her spinning on the porch and eventually a man stops
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Lessons by Robert S. McNamara was in so much as a great representation of the life of Robert S. McNamara. It showed his life to be dramatic and traumatic in many different ways. The lessons he learned and shared during the documentary movie were truly astounding to me. I personally thought the movie was a tad bit on the boring side‚ but it was a documentary after all. The Fog of War was a very informative piece of work. During Errol Morris ’s documentary‚ The Fog of War‚ Eleven Lessons by Robert S. McNamara
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