$18 trillion dollars and it is rising fast. The national debt today is the highest compared to the past U.S. national debt. In George Washington’s Farewell Address‚ it declared to avoid going into debt and if the nation end up in a debt that it should pay off the debt so it doesn’t burden the future generation. Like all the other things in his Farewell Address‚ the nation didn’t listen to him. The ideal goal right now is to stop the debt from increasing anymore because it is impossible to stop the
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Poems used: John Keats’ ’On the Sonnet’ 1848 If by dull rhymes our English must be chained‚ And‚ like Andromeda‚ the Sonnet sweet Fettered‚ in spite of painéd loveliness; Let us find out‚ if we must be constrained‚ Sandals more interwoven and complete To fit the naked foot of poesy; Let us inspect the lyre‚ and weigh the stress Of every chord‚ and see what may be gained By ear industrious‚ and attention meet; Misers of sound and syllable‚ no less Than Midas of his coinage‚
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Time’s scythe can make defence Save breed‚ to brave him when he takes thee hence. -- William Shakespeare The Dissection of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 portrays the impending limitations of time. The speaker asserts that beauty fades as everyone must fall to the wastes of time. The speaker’s only solution to this inevitable end is reproduction. Only through
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Nature in Shakespeare’s Sonnets In Shakespeare’s fair youth Sonnets‚ the speaker uses imagery and metaphors from nature to describe man’s life cycle. While reading the Sonnets‚ it may seem at first that the main point of the Sonnets is that life’s purpose is to reproduce. However‚ after reading the fair youth Sonnets‚ it becomes clear that imagery from nature is used to prove that death is inevitable and should be accepted. The fair youth Sonnets are ordered in a specific way to resemble the
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MY LAST FAREWELL He is glad to give his life for his fellow brothers and sisters of his native land. This was the life of Rizal in pursuing to get the freedom of our country. He adores the beautiful country that he and others are fighting for. He is glad to give his life to Filipinas even though his life was brighter. The dedication and patriotism to the country is without second thoughts. It doesn’t matter how one struggles‚ that all struggles‚ all deaths‚ are worth it if it is for the
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“I have hated words and I have loved them‚ and I hope I have made them right.” ― Markus Zusak‚ The Book Thief “Like most misery‚ it started with apparent happiness.” ― Markus Zusak‚ The Book Thief “I wanted to tell the book thief many things‚ about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask
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How to Write a Sonnet Learn to write a sonnet in iambic pentameter‚ just like Shakespeare did. Discover the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the quatrains and couplets that make up a Shakespearean sonnet. Here are the rules: * It must consist of 14 lines. * It must be written in iambic pentameter (duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH-duh-DUH). * It must be written in one of various standard rhyme schemes. If you’re writing the most familiar kind of sonnet‚ the Shakespearean‚ the rhyme scheme
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View of the evitable In “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare and “Death” by John Donne‚ both poems describe how death is escaped. Both writers suggest that we shouldn’t fear death‚ because with death comes life. The use of imagery‚ metaphors‚ and personification are used to develop these themes of the sonnets. However‚ each sonnet addresses how they view immortality in different ways. While “Sonnet 18” focuses on immortality by capturing beauty‚ immortality in “Death” is viewed through a religious
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By WinnieYin The Analysis of Antithesis in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130 【Summary】This paper is a study of the approach of antithesis‚ which is embodied in Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 and sonnet 130. By the comparison between his fair friend and a summer’s day‚ we can see the contrast is one of the major approaches employed in these two sonnets. This is an effective way to make the objective prominent. While his greatness does not lie in the adoption of this common way of writing‚ it lies in
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Pride in turn arises from one’s sense of confidence and capability.” (Cytowic). This statement reveals pride is a long lasting sense that comes from someone’s confidence and capability‚ which in sense adds fulfilment to life. In the short story Sonnet‚ With Bird Inclusion is what the main character eventually finds in the end. The short story is about the main character
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