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    that time‚ and called for a rebirth of Italy advocated an uncompromising acceptance of modernity in all its manifestations‚ including electricity‚ automobiles‚ and machines; “All subjects previously used must be swept aside in order to express our whirling life of steel‚ of pride‚ of fever and of speed.” January 1909 – a pamphlet of the said manifesto was sent out to thousands of artists and poets; February 20‚ 1909 – it appeared on the front page of the Parisian newspaper Le Figaro Considered to

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    ‘The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower’ Essay: 400-450 words By Maxwell Hardy There are an awful lot of hidden messages in Dylan Thomas’s poem ‘The Force that Through the Green Fuse Dives the Flower‚’ but only if you go looking for them. Probably the two most prominent themes are the relationship between Life and Death‚ as well as Thomas’s perception of what ‘drives’ them; a divine‚ natural power that manipulates it. The poem is mostly written in the first-person‚ describing Thomas’s

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    but he doesn’t know what spectral musician lies beyond those planks. He creaks the door open‚ seeming to push against the droning notes of the organ. As the door swings all the way open‚ the organist stops and spins around‚ his satin coat tails whirling beneath him. As he reveals his pale face‚ a crash of lightning‚ the woman screams and faints. A scene that needs not words to describe when skillfully punched out on the pipes of an organ. The familiar piece‚ written by the baroque composer Johannes

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    ’A Visit to hill a Station’ is an exciting experience. It gives a chance to live in the lap of Nature. In direct touch of Nature we can feel a divine peace and calmness in mind. It makes us feel to be lucky among millions who are over busy in world by affairs. India is a hot country. It is terribly hot during the months of May and June. The northern plains of India are very hot in these months. Hence a trip to some hill station is always tempting. Everybody likes to go somewhere in the lap of Nature

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    similes to say that the Mississippi river is so complex and dynamic that no single image can capture it’s essence in whole. In that one paragraph Barry described the river “Like an uncoiling rope…snapping like a whip…trying to devourer its self” and “whirling and foaming like a whirlpool”. These four similes somewhat overload the readers mind when trying to envision what the

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    “As I Grew Older” Are all men really created equal? The speaker in the poem “As I Grew Older” written by Langston Hughes certainly doesn’t think so. As the title suggests‚ the speaker was still growing and learning‚ so he couldn’t have been a wise man‚ though he still could be from a child to an adult. The poem’s title not only suggested the age of the speaker‚ but also clarified the

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    hand to touch the baby-fine smattering of gold silk upon her head‚ to find that it drifts off through her bony fingers to the earthen ground. She touches her head again and this time her gaze lands upon the aimless settlement of one golden strand. Whirling and twirling‚ it’s angelic decent is cushioned by the tender rain’s droppings that had accumulated into a softly swirling puddle. In an impulsive childish manner‚ she squats down alongside the water mass and peers at the blustery‚ silken strand.

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    center- of the cyclone‚ wind can circulate at 250kilometres per hour; a gust in one especially violent cyclone reached over 300 kilometers per hour. However‚ in the eye itself‚ the air is still and bright. Over four to eight days‚ the very thick‚ whirling cloud system can grow to 1500 kilometers in diameter‚ with an eye of 5 to 15 kilometers. Fortunately‚ storms like these are relatively rare‚ and

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    Perea 1 Victoria Perea The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky‚ a Satire of the Wild Old West Stephen Cranes short story “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” begins with a newly wed couple traveling by train from San Antonio to Yellow Sky‚ a small town in old western Texas. The groom‚ Jack Potter‚ is the sheriff of Yellow sky‚ and his bride “was not pretty nor was she very young” (Crane 5) The couple is not described in a romantic or idealistic way. Instead they are portrayed to be awkward‚ and overly self

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    handlebars on the harness‚ and my eyes strained to see the track ahead. We departed the station and climbed up the track. As we crested the hill we went along fairly level tracks‚ and then we plunged into the tremendous drop that threw us into a whirling circles and helixes that turned us upside down. Once this was over we were deposited into the station‚ leaving me speechless. Once I recovered‚ I then proceeded to explore the rest of the park‚ riding the Iron Rattler and cooling off at the waterpark

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