William Wordsworth poem‚ Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey July 13‚ 1798‚ is about a man returning‚ after fives years‚ to the beautiful scenery near the ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales. He recalls how he once had such innocent views of nature when he was younger and how now that he had grown he ’d lost such sight. Near the end of the poem the speaker mentions his sister‚ Dorothy‚ only to make himself appear to be this wise man who takes his sister under his wings. He ensures her that
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William Wordsworth’s poetry embodies the spiritual focus of romantics and their refusal to conform to the literary traditions of the age of reason. The modern “rational” world which Wordsworth came from was becoming increasingly polluted and destructive. It prohibited the imaginative escape of authors and so people like Wordsworth found solace and escape in what was left of nature and their own imaginative poems. Poems like “Strange Fits of Passion have I Known” and “the Solitary reaper” illustrate
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3. William Blake‚ "London" The population of London grew from 575‚000 in 1700 to around 1‚500‚000 in 1830 despite the fact that the death rate in the city surpassed its birth rate. This is because hordes of people relocated to the city from the countryside in the hope of finding wealth and better living conditions. In his poem "London" Blake addresses this notion of the city with the reality that working class people do not thrive in such an eighteenth century metropolis and are in fact trampled
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1. The decision in Williams v Roffey moved away from the actual technicalities of finding traditional consideration‚ to actually looking at the factual benefit which a promisor may gain. In this sense it was stated that the duty to perform an existing contract could be good consideration so long as some kind of benefit went to the promisor‚ whereas previous to this performance of an existing contract was in fact no consideration‚ (as stated in Stilk v Myrick). This decision developed the doctrine
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William Byrd was an English composer and organist of the Shakespearean era who is best known for his collection of masses‚ motets‚ anthems‚ services‚ fantasias‚ and secular works and is considered a master of all genres during his time. He was the son of Thomas and Margery Byrd. Records do not indicate the real date of his birth‚ but researchers believe he was born between the years of 1539 and 1540 in London‚ England. He was mostly known for sacred music written in Latin and secular music specifically
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William Blake’s philosophy on growth and change was that when you are born‚ you are born into a state of innocence. As you grow up you realize that the world around you is not prefect and there are dark elements to it. Blake believed that everyone needed to remember the innocence of childhood and the truth and beauty that can be seen in the world. William Wordsworth believed that before we were born‚ we existed in a pure world‚ something like heaven perhaps and as we grow up we forget about this
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William Byrd’s diary intimately divulges the matters of his life such as when he woke up to his opinion on the disciplinary acts that underwent on his plantation. Throughout his diary‚ Byrd opens each submission with the state in which he woke up every morning and the time. Though his submissions are seemingly chronologically spaced far apart‚ Byrd’s use of context enables the reader to interpret his intended meaning for a specific submission. For example‚ William Byrd communicated numerous intimate
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William Shakespeare is known very well across the world. He’s known for the greatest dramatist and he is the world’s famous author and finest poet in English language. With his wonderful talent he has produced thirty-seven plays. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in England on April 23 1564. He was the third and eldest child of John and Mary Arden Shakespeare. Later on while his father John was mayor of Stratford‚ young William attended an excellent grammar school in his town which had
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Biography of William Shakespeare: It is known that he was born in April 1564 and that he died on 23rd April 1616 at the age 52. He was baptized on 26th April 1564. How fitting that the great English writer is so closely identified with the patron saint of England. Shakespeare had seven siblings. They were: Joan (1558); Margaret (1562); Gilbert (1566); Joan II (1569); Anne (1571); Richard (1574) and Edmund (1580). Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. She was 26 and she was pregnant
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Serena Williams is a name that almost everyone recognises. No wonder! She is the fiery‚ talented and competitive girl that transformed herself into one of the best‚ if not the best‚ women’s tennis player ever. Her level of competitiveness is extraordinary and the determination we all see on her face as she ace’s her next opponent is scary. We don’t only love Serena because of her tennis skill; she is down to earth as well. She is someone who makes people watching tennis stay on the edge of their
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