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    Petrarch Sonnet 104

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    Bibliography: A+E Television Networks‚ LLC.  “Franz Liszt.” A+E Networks‚ 2012. http://www.biography.com/people/franz-liszt-9383467. Fuller‚ John. The Sonnet: Italian Sonnet‚ 1. London: Methuen & Co‚ 1972. Grout‚ Donald Jay. A History of Western Music: The Nineteenth Century: Romanticism; Vocal music‚ 660. New York: Norton‚ 1988. Hamilton‚ Kenneth. The Cambridge Companion to Liszt‚ 135 – 137. Edited by Kenneth

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    st. jerome

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    and truth‚ and St. Jerome went after him or her with his mighty and sometimes sarcastic pen. He was above all a Scripture scholar‚ translating most of the Old Testament from the Hebrew. He also wrote commentaries which are a great source of scriptural inspiration for us today. He was an avid student‚ a thorough scholar‚ a prodigious letter-writer and a consultant to monk‚ bishop and pope. St. Augustine (August 28) said of him‚ "What Jerome is ignorant of‚ no mortal has ever known." St. Jerome is particularly

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    Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

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    In "Sonnet 18‚" Shakespeare shows his audience that his love will be preserved through his "eternal lines" of poetry by comparing his love and poetry with a summer’s day. Shakespeare then uses personification to emphasize these comparisons and make his theme clearer to his audience. Shakespeare also uses repetition of single words and ideas throughout the sonnet in order to stress the theme that his love and poetry are eternal‚ unlike other aspects of the natural world. Using the devices of metaphor

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    Paul Fussell sonnet

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    Paul Fussell begins the chapter by stating any poems two kinds of basic organization. The poem may either be stichic or strophic; in a stichic arrangement‚ line follows line without any formal or mathematical grouping of the lines into stanzas. In strophic organization‚ the lines are arranged in stanzas of varying degrees of logical complexity. A compromise between these two can be found in heroic couplets‚ which are best thought of as stichic‚ with a line of twenty‚ rather than ten syllables. Stichic

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    The Analysis of 66. Sonnet

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    1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE William shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwichshire‚ England. There is no definite record of his birth but his baptism was recorded by the church‚ thus his birthday is assumed to be 23 of April. Shakespeare ‚ the son of John shakespeare‚ a successful trademan‚ and of Mary Arden. Shakespeare attended King Edward VI Grammar School‚ which may have provided education in Latin grammar and literature. In 1582‚ he married Anne Hathaway

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    St Patrick

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    1. St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography. By Philip Freeman. New York: Simon and Schuster‚ 2004. pp 240.‚ $11.23 Kindle. In his book‚ St. Patrick of Ireland‚ Philip Freeman is presenting his case for the missionary life of St. Patrick. He undertakes to draw from Patrick’s words‚ his two letters‚ as well as those of medieval‚ Celtic‚ British and other such publications. Freeman is trying to give his readers a vivid image of what life would have been like during the latter part of the fourth

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    Vincent Van Gogh Essay

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    of all time‚ Vincent van Gogh perceived himself as a failure throughout his life‚ which he himself would later cut short. He is known as a tortured artist as he went through many setbacks in his love life and career. Although these difficult experiences brought a heavy burden‚ they proved to be influential for his works of art. Van Gogh had not originally envisioned himself to be an artist; however‚ he was destined to leave a legacy far from what he could have ever imagined. Vincent van Gogh was

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    Sonnet 50 & 51

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    Sonnets 50 and 51 paired together depict a theme of travel. Specifically‚ the speakers travels on horseback. These travels cause him great despair because he is leaving behind his beloved young man. Shakespeare begins the poem with “How heavy do I journey on the way”. Heavy is describing the emotional burden he feels as he reluctanly leaves his friend. As the sonnet continues‚ the speakers feelings of misery become greater. Consequently‚ he draws an analogy between himself and the horse

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    Sonnet 116 Metaphors

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    is “a statement that one thing is something else‚ in which‚ in a literal sense‚ it is not.” When we are dealing with Sonnets‚ it is a poem that consists of fourteen lines that rhyme. There are thousands of poems that is centralized around love and William Shakespeare has a lot to share with the world. Sonnet 116‚ and 18 will be examples. Metaphors are revealed in many sonnets. Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare is about William praising love and how much he idolizes the idea of it and at the end of the poem

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    Sonnet 130 Analysis

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    Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 is a parody of the traditional love poem. He takes hyperbolic similes and metaphors and proves how ridiculous they are. He gets us away from the kind of fake beauty that is found in most love poems and crushes romantic clichés. Although this sonnet may seem like the speaker is criticizing his mistress and pointing out every single one of her flaws‚ he is simply being realistic. Since this is a Shakespearean sonnet‚ it is composed of 14 lines and uses the iambic pentameter

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