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- 681: Revealing the Mistakes of Puritanism
- ... throughout the story. Faith's pink ribbons stand for the attractive guarantee of salvation. The red for sin, and the white for purity. When these ribbons fall to the ground, his faith has essentially hit rock bottom. Also, the traveler that Brown meets reflects the devil. In earlier years he walks with both Brown's parents and grandparents. His serpentine staff suggests evil. As the two walk down the path into ...
- 682: The Case For The Existence of God
- ... in scales, and the hills in a balance" (40:12). Dr. E.A. Maness once remarked, "If the word God were written upon every blowing leaf, embossed on every passing cloud, engraved on every granite rock, the inductive evidence of God in the world would be no stronger than it is." John C. Monsma, in the text which he edited entitled, `The Evidence of God in an Expanding Universe' (which is ...
- 683: The Effect of Poetry
- ... the hospital with my daughter. After listening to the words of this song, I made the heart-wrenching decision to take her off life support. When I brought my daughter home, I would sit and rock her while playing this song. I wanted her to know that when she got tired of fighting, it would be allright to fly above the clouds. Being afraid and sad were feelings I knew I ...
- 684: Tony Harrison's Poetry and His Relationship With His Parents
- ... poets family life, behind these two lines there is great love, for both the mother and the poet, yet the father is unable to show this love, he feels the obligation to be the emotional rock of the family, his role as the father. Harrison’s father had great love for him, however Harrison resented the way that he put him down, however the father was proud of the son but ...
- 685: “Fanthorpe’s Poetry Stimulates The Reader To See People And Things In A New Light”
- ... and present. Sisyphus is a poem based on Greek mythology. The story is of a King Corinthian who was a famous trickster. He catches and binds death (Thanatos) in the underworld he was condemned to roll a large stone up a hill from which it always rolled down again. This poem explains how Sisyphus is constantly unsuccessful in his task but continues to repeat it over again. He realises that it ...
- 686: Harwood's "Impromptu for Ann Jennings" and "Home of Mercy"
- ... the reader to believe that the women are independent and strong. The opening two stanzas are very reflective of their times together. "Sing, memory, sing those seasons in the freezing suburb of Fern Tree, a rock-shaded place with tree ferns, gullies, snowfalls and eye-pleasing prospects from paths along the mountain-face" The first stanza in particular describes the setting in wonderful imagery. From this we are able to create ...
- 687: Shelley's "Ode To the West Wind": Analysis
- ... used also to mean the final night. Shelley shows how he cannot have a transcendence even in an open sky for even the sky is a "dome." The "sepulchre" is a tomb made out of rock and his imagination and the natural world will be locked and "Vaulted" tight. But in following lines Shelley writes how this "sepulchre" will "burst" (28). In that sense, "Vaulted" takes on the meaning of a ...
- 688: Poet's Use of Mockery As Diction in Poem
- ... majors as gluttons gathered at the table. When the reader completes his mental picture of the majors in the best hotel, the imagery of glory hogs is complete. The poet's diction choice, "Reading the Roll of Honor. `Poor young chap, ' I'd say - ` I used to know his father well; Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap.' " of casual language attempts to make the war seem carefree and ...
- 689: Shelley's "Ode To the West Wind": Analysis
- ... used also to mean the final night. Shelley shows how he cannot have a transcendence even in an open sky for even the sky is a "dome." The "sepulchre" is a tomb made out of rock and his imagination and the natural world will be locked and "Vaulted" tight. But in following lines Shelley writes how this "sepulchre" will "burst" (28). In that sense, "Vaulted" takes on the meaning of a ...
- 690: An Analysis of Updike's "Player Piano"
- ... also reminding readers of the constant clicking sound found in mechanical devices. The harsh "k" sounds of the second line in "chuckling", "knuckle", and "key" suggest the abrupt sound of air passing through the paper roll of a player piano. In the next line, the word flicker is a phonetic intensive, closely associated with word ‘flame'. Since the ‘flame' is a symbol of life and light, it gives the reader a ...
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