Hopkins’s “Spring” and Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Spring” offer contrasting depictions of spring. Hopkins’s “Spring” is a celebration of nature and the spirituality that comes with seasonal rebirth‚ while Millay’s “Spring” is spiteful and defiant towards poetic conventions about spring. These two poems initially seem to oppose one another‚ but Hopkins’s turn in tone and Millay’s repeating form expose deeper similarities between their concepts. Hopkins’s portrayal of the season in “Spring” emphasizes
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that why people eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. She told me about Chinese traditional food and its beginning in our five thousands years old Chinese culture. My grandma said that our ancestors created lots of festivals such as The Spring Festival‚ The Lantern Festival‚ The Dragon Boat Festival‚ Moon Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival was created to commemorate the poet ’quyuan’ who jumped into the ’Han river’ and committed suicide when he heard that Qin troops finally conquered Chu’s
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Poets around the world are known as unique individuals. They are people who are able to put their feelings‚ emotions‚ experiences‚ and opinions into words. One of these unique individuals is poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He is a man whose poems are simple and speak easily. In Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poetry: confusion‚ love‚ culture‚ background‚ politics‚ and war in the world from the 1940’s to the 1960’s are all themes communicated in Ferlinghetti’s poems. He is a poet who is able to use what he knows
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David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist‚ poet and playwright. In 1908 Lawrence qualified as a teacher and found employment at Davidson Road School in Croydon. According to the author of D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider (2005): "He found the demands of teaching in a large school in a poor area very different from those at Eastwood under a protective headmaster. Nevertheless he established himself as an energetic teacher‚ ready to use new teaching methods like performing the Shakespearean
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the Saint Lawrence River and the city. It was on this site that our founders won many battles‚ but unfortunately‚ lost the most important one. Nevertheless‚ the spot is now a wonderful park where is still present‚ with its many cannon‚ a past which is not so far away. Regardless of the season‚ those three points are colorful: red in autumn‚ white in winter‚ light green in spring‚ and dark green is summer. From the Plaines d’Abraham‚ it is easy to discover the majestic Saint Lawrence River. This
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The Rainy Season. The rainy season comes after the summer. It brings rains after the heat of the sun. The season gives respite from the scorching heat of the summer. It brings life to the plants and trees. Ponds‚ rivers and streams are filled to the full. Greenery returns to the garden. The season holds particular importance for the agriculturists. It is a blessing for them‚ as they depend on rain for farming. They are happy to see the cloud-laden sky. They take their plough and oxen and go out
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The Reason for Seasons. Seasons are an extraordinary thing on this planet. Other planet have seasons but none as extraordinary as ours. The length of time for our planets season vary based on our distance from the Sun. This essay will include some common misconceptions of why seasons occur and will identify other planets in our solar system that have seasons‚ as well as a discussion of apogee‚ the furthest point from the Earth‚ and Perigee‚ the closest point of the Earth that will identify when
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l`My favorite fruit is Mango. During summer mangoes are available in plenty. But we have to choose them correctly. Nowadays calcium carbide is resorted in mango ripening. Green mangoes are kept along with calcium carbide in godowns so that they ripen faster within two days. Then they are sold to shopkeepers. A fruit seller in Besant Nagar pointing a heap of mangoes stacked separately told that all these mangoes have been ripened using Kallu. He used to charge the right price and explain the reason
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In On the Scarlet Letter‚ D.H. Lawrence comments on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s controversial character‚ Hester Prynne. What makes Lawrence unique from other critics is that he criticizes Hester and Dimmesdale’s’ sinful act‚ and he asserts negative opinions about the way Hester Prynne is conventionally perceived because of it. D.H. Lawrence presents a well written analysis that effectively castigates Hester Prynne’s characterization in the novel through biblical and literary allusions‚ harsh syntax‚ and
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Doe Season In the short story Doe season‚ David Kaplan creates a character named Andrea‚ who would rather be called Andy. Doe Season is not simply a story about a young girl’s hunting trip with her father and friends. During the few days that Andy is on the hunting trip‚ she takes an incredible journey trying to find out who she really is. Usually‚ hunting deer is an event reserved for young men and their fathers. Yet‚ it is through this outing that Andy experiences a rite of passage into womanhood
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