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    A Warm Gun A Hard Day’s Night Hello Goodbye Hello Little Girl Help! Helter Skelter Her Majesty Here Comes The Sun Here‚ There And Everywhere Hey Bulldog Hey Jude The Hippy Hippy Shake Hold Me Tight Honey Don’t Honey Pie The Honeymoon Song How Do You Do It I Am The Walrus I Call Your Name I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party I Feel Fine I Forgot To Remember To Forget I Got A Woman I Got To Find My Baby I Just Don’t Understand I Me Mine I Need You I Saw Her Standing There I Should

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    The Sui‚ Tang‚ and Song dynasties were historical Chinese Empires. The Sui Empire ruled from 581 to 618 A.D after the fall of the Han dynasty (Skaff‚ 2012‚ p5.). The Tang Empire‚ on its part‚ ruled China from 618 to 907 A.D after defeating Emperor Yang‚ the last Sui Empire (Skaff‚ 2012‚ p5). After the fall of the Tang Dynasty‚ the next half century in China experienced the division of the country into several kingdoms. In 960 A.D.‚ the Song dynasty came into power and reunified China. It lasted from

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    period of rebellion and warfare (the end of the dynasties.) The Tang dynasty and the song dynasty were very different but they did have some similarities. They both were very good at surviving but they both died in the end. This is the end of the Song dynasty and the Tang dynasty. When the song dynasty was under attack they had to raise the taxes and they had to pay money for the Khitans so they could fight. Also‚ the Song dynasty could not hold of the northern invaders for long. They had such a hard time

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    WOH2012 6-27-11 Compare and Contrast Song and Tang Dynasties After the collapse of the Han dynasty at the beginning of the third century‚ China fell into an extended period of division and civil war. China was at a loss for leadership. Many dynasties ruled over this perdiod of time including the Song and Tang dynasties. The political system of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) stood in the tradition of a central bureaucracy that was already created during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). Unlike the

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    Poetry is arguably the most ethereal and incomprehensible form of art. Creating not just an image or story‚ but an entire concept through mere words strung together in rhythm is a feat unparalleled by any other. Those who have mastered this are praised among the most ingenious of any time period. Walt Whitman proved his own prowess in this field through his publication of many poetic works collectively titled “Leaves of Grass”. These pieces are filled with romantic‚ idealistic imagery of eternal

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    nature closely ties to the theme of Walt Whitman’s poems. In section 42 of the poem‚ “Song of Myself‚” Walt Whitman uses language to convey the idea that everything is connected to him. Whitman first writes how people are connected to him‚ then how everyone has similar experiences as one another‚ and finally‚ Whitman structures his poems in a particular fashion to connect everything together. Section 42 of “Song of Myself” expresses many ideas that Walt Whitman would like his audience to think deeper

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    The Tang and Song dynasties were an era for many technological developments the most important of these are the invention of gunpowder and movable type. Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document. The distribution of the movable-type systems was very limited due to the fact that they were expensive‚ there was a large amount of labor involved in manipulating the thousands of ceramic tablets‚ based on the Chinese writing

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    To belong is to fit in‚ or to be rightly placed in a specified position or environment. The idea of belonging is a dynamic and an essential aspect of human life which can come through‚ due to the connections made with the concepts of identity‚ place‚ relationships‚ acceptance and understanding to oneself and other people. These aspects of belonging are demonstrated through the free verse novel‚ ‘The Simple Gift’ by Steven Herrick‚ and the fairy tale of ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Anderson

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    Whitman’s Style In the poem “A song of myself #10”‚ he tells the audience that he sees things that most people don’t see every day‚ and isn’t afraid to say what he thinks about some things. Like when he takes in the runaway slave‚ he is not afraid of the slave‚ and is willing to protect him from any potential danger. In Whitman’s poems‚ he talks to us about things that happen daily‚ but no one really notices the beauty or meaning of the actions. In the poem “Song of myself #52”‚ he compares himself

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    Walt Whitman’s bold uptake of revolutionizing American poetry makes him one of the most important poets of the 19th century (Whitman 20). In one of his poems‚ “Song of Myself‚” Walt Whitman molds himself to ideals that he believes can be branded as the “ideal” American. This poem is a very long one and it essentially is a compilation of life experiences of his. In a way‚ it is almost as though he is talking to himself. He questions himself several times through this work‚ and in a way it feels as

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