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    given the ominous title of "the Perterloo Massacre." 2) The Industrial Revolution begins in England‚ though the Continent will experience it some decades later. Urbanization intensifies-along with urban poverty and class dissatisfaction. In the 1830’s‚ Thomas Carlyle will write that "the Cash Nexus" has already replaced the feudal‚ hierarchical ties that once kept British society together. Writing at "ground zero" of this titanic change in human affairs‚ Romantic poets like Blake and Wordsworth respond

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    Chantal Froystein Froystein 1 H English 102 Prof. Wyman March 4‚ 2013 Poetry Essay “Why I am not a painter” by Frank O’Hara and “Dedication” by Czeslaw Milosz could not be any more different on the surface‚ but they have several similarities especially when analyzed in the context of Emily Dickinson’s “Untitled”. In her poem‚ E.D. describes what a poet means to her—that they take ordinary situations and make them beautiful and when they do‚ we think how obvious it seems and then “We

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    witness different emotions and struggles of life – True 6. A poem that expresses the emotions‚ feelings and observations of the writer. Unlike narrative poem‚ it presents an experience or a single effect‚ but it does not tell a full story. – Lyric Poetry 7. It is a long‚ formal lyric poem with a serious theme. It often honors people‚ commemorative events‚ respond to natural scenes‚ or consider serous human problems. – Ode 8. All characteristics are involve in literary writing except for: - Power 9

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    To what extent does the poetry of war dispel the myths associated with the war propaganda of World War I? Throughout the early 1900’s the war propaganda that was published to entice young men to enlist and join the war gave them false ideas about the front line. Young men and boys were told that war was one big adventure and encouraged to go to the great war and become a hero. Young men were fooled into believing that dying for your country was sweet and honourable however three men who fought in

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    Consciousness as an adaptation is one of the hardest problems in the consciousness studies. Flanagan explains that insects probably don’t sleep. Also‚ sleep-cycles could help with survival‚ and that we restore and conserve body-building functions‚ which also regulate metabolism and restore depleted hormones. Conscious mental states have many different properties. They can feel many experiences in different ways. Consciousness is a sensory experience. Flanagan states a spandrel is inventible side

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    Marijuana and Consciousness Does marijuana create an altered state of consciousness‚ or does it simply allow users to interpret more information at a quicker speed giving us the illusion of being "stoned"? For many years people of all ages have been using marijuana mainly for recreational purposes‚ not knowing that it increases their senses and perhaps even helps cure or prevent disease. After many carefully constructed experiments‚ it is now accepted by several scientists around the world that

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    In the poetry of 1914 there is both crude propaganda and poems that are subtle and deeply moving if naïve. The poetry in 1914 had purpose for why they were written. Some were written with the intent of trying to enlist more men for the war because the authors believed that all men should fight for their country. While others were to show everyone that war is not so glorious and there is nothing sweet about fighting for their country. Either way‚ they all used naïve idealism or sometimes crude propaganda

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    Poetry Project Introduction These poems are all written based off of my‚ Miciah’s‚ opinions. I have a distinct perspective on religion‚ therefore I chose to write a poem describing hate and love and how I thing religion is a dumb idea. My poem is titled “Hate and Love”‚ based off of the poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost. In it I concur to what religion claims‚ symbolically saying that religion is wrong and not serious. I used the same exact syllables and rhyme scheme as “Fire and Ice” by Robert

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    Some of the biggest questions to date are the ones that pertain to consciousness‚ such as “where is it?”‚ “what is it made of?”‚ and “how did it come to be?” There is still an ongoing debate on whether the mind is nonphysical or purely physical. Also‚ there are debates on who can possess consciousness. This argument arises in “Her (2013)‚” a film about a professional letter writer‚ Theodore Twombly‚ who falls in love with his operating system‚ Samantha. In the film‚ Theodore’s relationship with Samantha

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    The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. For example‚ a fierce person can be referred to as a tiger. Another example of a metaphor would be the description of a person who was uncommunicative as being as "silent as stone". The word stone is an image that is used to explain the intense silence of the person. In this way

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