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A Thermodynamic Reading Of The Crying Lot 49
1,979 wordsA Thermodynamic Reading of The Crying of Lot 49 Exploring thermodynamic entropy and information theory clarifies the ambiguous relationship between Oedipa Maas, Maxwell's Demon and the Tristero System in The Crying of Lot 49. Through a convoluted, chaotic adventure leading to disorder, Oedipa searches for the truth about Tristero, hoping it will save her from her tower of imprisonment (Pynchon, 11). Pynchon dangles this elusive message over Oedipa's head until she discovers Tristero's meaning. H...
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I Felt A Funeral In My Brain
1,043 wordsLife, death, and reincarnation are portrayed in Emily Dickinson's poem "I Felt A Funeral In My Brain. " The use of words associated with death gives the poem an ominous and dark karma. To add to this karma, important words that are strong in meaning are capitalized. At the beginning of this poem the feelings of grief and pain are evident. Throughout the rest of the poem, there is a strong sense that the speaker needs to make a choice between a world full of trouble and pain or a heaven that brin...
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Lines Of The Poem Entire Poem
1,187 wordsLife is An ongoing Journey that all people must undergo. Mary Oliver causes the reader to fully experience the lifelong struggle of finding her / himself . Ultimately the common goal in this poem, and in our lives, is to show ones need to find his / herself through the countless obstacles in our way. The idea that this poem is ongoing and lacking stanza breaks can implicitly illustrate the notion that life itself is ongoing without breaks. The view that through good and bad (obstacles), we all m...
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E E Cummings Poetic Devices
756 wordsPoetic and rhetorical devices are used to create the tone of a poem. With a defined and structured tone, the meaning of a poem can be more clearly and effectively conveyed. The poem Jehovah buried, Satan dead by E. E. Cummings has a distinct meaning that has been heightened by its tone. The tone is also accented through the use of rhetorical and poetic devices. A few of these devices include onomatopoeia, conceit, slant rhyme, the form, sound, and repetition. Starting with an evaluation of the m...
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Line Of The Poem Second Stanza
818 wordsIn "A Divine Image", Blake uses several techniques and literary devices, to transmit his thoughts about social injustice, cruelty and human nature, Rhyme and rhythm are two of the main features in this poem this poem is the rhythm affect the whole mood, tone and meaning of the poem. The poet has chosen different methods to give the poem specific sounds that affect the pace and structure of the rhythm. The structure of the first stanza helps us understand the relationships between the four aspect...
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Act 3 Scene 2 Scene 2 Line
892 wordsPersuasion The evil that men do lives after them, / the good is oft interred with their bones (Act 3, Scene 2, Line 76). Simply put, after a mans death, only the evil that he did is remembered; the good is often forgotten. However, Antony's persuasive speech at Caesars funeral is one to be remembered. After Brutus oration, the plebeians thought Caesar was a tyrant and that Brutus did right to kill him. Antony convinces the plebeians that Caesars death was unmerited, and that the conspirators sho...
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Figurative Language De La
1,259 wordsA poem can unlock the door to the many priceless memories that can only be relived in the mind. The mood of a poem can create a link between a person and a memory. The mood can take a person back to the people they miss and the great times they had. The poet Jose De La Cruz uses many poetic devices such as figurative language, imagery, and sound devices to help bring back the faces and sounds that remind us of those great moments weve had. First of all the poem The Man I See uses imagery to enha...
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Theme Of This Story Important To Remember
1,105 words... he meanings of words throughout the story. Many allusions and references are made in chapter two of the story that has to do with names of people, for example, Dr. Rosetta Stone, one of the most destructive psychiatrists of the day (Nabokov 44). Other examples include the Clements, Robert Treble, and Charles Macbeth. The name of the couple, Clements, is an allusion to the word clemency because, in the story, they are very generous people by nature. Robert Treble, whose last name alludes to t...
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Literary Devices Figurative Language
698 wordsThroughout the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Douglass constantly used system, figurative language, and selection of detail to strengthen his viewpoint of slavery, particularly in the 3 rd paragraph. In addition to the use of these literary techniques throughout the autobiography, Douglass also incorporated the use of parallel structure and repetition heavily in the body of the 3 rd paragraph. By doing this Douglass was able to portray his true feelings towards sl...
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Dry Land Physical Fitness
1,554 wordsThere is not much of a life for swimmers. Imagine practicing seven days a week, two times a day for four hours each time in the pool. This is an ongoing process if one desires to become a nationally ranked swimmer. Because swimmers swim all year, their work-outs build up as their competition approaches making it harder to have time of their own. When they get closer to the big meet, swimmers put in more time at the pool and weight room. Since physical fitness along with preparation becomes essen...
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J Alfred Prufrock T S Eliot
1,943 wordsPoetry One of the most influential and celebrated writers of the twentieth century was T. S. Eliot. In his writings he was able to successfully capture the feelings of his time. His contributions to the genre of poetry have had a profound effect on modern literature. While Eliot is most well known for his poetry, he was also an accomplished playwright and author of several books of social criticism (Unger, p. 118). In Eliot's poems and plays, he was able to capture the feelings of the intellectu...
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Words And Phrases Toni Morrison
2,080 wordsJazz by Toni Morrison Toni Morrison, a brilliant author of Jazz, has been immersed into a wonderful world of music since her very early childhood, which she spent in Lorain, Ohio. Morrisons mother, Ramah Willis, was a true musician, who was a jazz and opera singer and also played piano for a silent movie theatre. Toni was growing up listening to her mothers singing from Ella Fitzgerald and the blues to sentimental Victorian songs and arias from Carmen (Fuel 284). Who knows, may be the years that...
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Rhetorical Devices First Line
1,046 wordsGreat poetry is great not because of what it says but because of how it is phrased. Few poems say anything that is very profound; instead, the best of them use language in novel, memorable, and effective ways. Certainly this is true of Percy Bysshe Shelleys famous sonnet England in 1819. In this poem Shelley describes the depressing, dark, and dirty state of affairs caused in Britain by political, social, and spiritual corruption. However, this poem would not be nearly as effective if it were no...
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Quot Quot Carol Ann
1,839 wordsCarol Ann Duffy Explores Different Types Of Carol Ann Duffy Explores Different Types Of Relationships In? Valentine? And? Before You Were Mine? The title of the poem? Valentine? written by Carol Ann Duffy is very misleading. One would expect to read romantic love, instead she writes about cynical love. She has obviously been hurt in previous relationships. The poem starts off with a positive statement-? Not a red rose, or a satin heart? . She states that she will not give her lover a conventiona...
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Heart Of Darkness Point Of View
874 wordsIt is often said that when considering a work of great literature, the title of such work can be just as important as the context of the story. Authors time and again wait until they have completed the context of their work to give it a title as to make sure this chosen title is the best possible representation of their work. Stated equally as often is that the significance of some of these titles is easy to recognize while in other titles, the significance is only developed gradually. The latte...
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Herzog 038 De Meuron Herzog 038 De Repetition
342 wordsJacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are among the very few architects whose work can be interpreted as an effort to regain architecture? s original grounds. They believe that although a certain concept and preliminary design must always be used, architecture? builds itself? , and by having an open mind during the creation of a building, you can capture the true meaning behind the structure. They believe that architecture is a journey, a discovery, into the fundamental nature of the building. Her...
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Catcher In The Rye Holden
1,728 wordsThe Catcher in the Rye, just like all other great works, was met by scornful criticism and unyielding admiration. However, many literary critics also marveled at Salinger? s genius use of language, which was used to make Holden Caulfield, the main character, unbelievably realistic. Such language includes both repetition of phrases and blatant cursing, in order to capture the informal speech of the average, northeastern American adolescent. Through Holden? s thoughts and dialogues, Salinger succe...
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Miracles Insists On Being Miraculous Hang Gliders In January Poem
2,290 wordsMany Of Fanthorpe's Poems Look At The Many Of Fanthorpe's Poems Look At The Familiar Or Known From A Different Or Unusual Point Of View. Discuss What You Have Found Enjoyable In A Selection Of Poems. In the poems selected, Hang-gliders in January, Horticultural show and Soothing and awful, Fanthorpe does not perhaps always approach the familiar from an unusual angle but spots the pathos of the commonplace where we had not previously looked for it. She has an extraordinary quality of taking somet...
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First Two Stanzas Acquainted With The Night
1,542 wordsThe Darkness of being Acquainted with the Night When reading poetry such as Robert Frosts Acquainted with the night, one must give special attention to the aspects associated within it, in order to gain a better understanding of the poems content. More specifically the aspects of tone, voice, language, setting and form, which shape the readers perception and feelings toward the poem. In these aspects Frost adds an unusual dimension to his lyric poem Acquainted with the night, aspects that convey...
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Makes Me Suffer Tonight I Can Write Love
639 wordsTonight I can write Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer. Pablo Neruda meant that he was not going to be hurt by these feelings any more. Neruda's pain was like a stab in the heart, a wound that will never heal. He wrote this poem to help the pain to go away. Pablo Neruda was a Chile born, Spanish poet. He published two books before the age of twenty. He was mostly known for writing about social problems. Pablo Neruda was the early 1900 s news reporter. Neruda used allot of repe...
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