Vedic Chant & Buddhist Chant The Vedic Chant of the Vedas (Srauta) has a echo sound to the music. The Vedas chant is repetitive in the recitation. Quick and precise in lyrics and certain tones of the music as well are quick and precise with certain crispness‚ sounding like the string of a guitar or the harps the Indian culture use as an instrument. The tone of the Indian Vedic Chant is light‚ yoga type‚ spiritual‚ with various instruments in the music. The Vedic Chant melody is light‚ upbeat
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was through music‚ in simple chant. The title Antiphon at First Vespers‚ the Finding of the Holy Cross is very revealing of its liturgical use in the Office‚ 8 services performed daily at designated times. The differing prayer services were every 3 hours and were particularly important to the Monasteries and Convents in which they were performed for several hours daily along with mass. An Antiphon is a chant sung before and after a psalm quite simply. The First Vespers refer to the time of day
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Sophonie Ilera Research & Literature 10/21/13 “The Secretary’s Chant‚” by Margie Piercy explains the feeling of dehumanization for women in the workforce. I liked how the poem sounds like a machine is talking because it further expresses a secretary’s feelings of being an object rather than a person. The poem was written in 1936 when many women had secretary or desk jobs‚ so I am sure many women could relate to it. Piercy used humor well to describe a somewhat depressing time for women. While
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The Secretary Chant In life there are things that can take over how to live life and how to be as a person. Take for instance the poem “The secretary chant” by Marge Piercy tells about the dehumanization of a woman in a business role. The secretary no longer sees herself as a woman but rather a collection of office supplies. In the beginning she compares her hips to a desk‚ this indicates that not only does her life revolve around her job but also physically she is being taken over as well
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Poetry Analysis #4 – 2/15/13 Title: The Secretary Chant Author: Marge Piercy‚ 1973 “The Secretary Chant‚” by Marge Piercy is about a female creating a vision of how she has lost her personal identity to her job. She uses metaphors to allow the reader to envision a woman who is living her life through her career. Piercy also uses paradox‚ personification‚ and the pun to bring the character alive. With the use of metaphors‚ both implied and explicit‚ the reader can deeply empathize the central
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In the poem “The Secretary Chant” by Margie Piercy‚ a woman working as a secretary is depicted as undervalued and unappreciated by her employer. With this poem being written in 1936‚ the idea of women in the workplace was fairly new. Women were not given equal treatment as employees and were in the beginning stages of their fight for equality. The year the poem was written most certainly plays an integral role in the poem’s tone‚ structure‚ diction‚ and theme. Throughout the poem‚ it is obvious that
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has felt the same and has written “The Secretary Chant” to help women relate and to help empower them and to be their own person. In this one stanza free verse poem Ms. Piercy uses a variety of poetic devices to convey her theme of the being overworked. The majority of the poem uses metaphors to explain how a secretary carries all her paperwork and files with “My hips are a desk” (1.1). The poem continues with even more metaphors with the line “From my ears hang/chains of paper clips” (1.2-3) which
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Banning Prayer from Schools is a Big Mistake By Becki Dunbar Becki Dunbar EN3220 Project Part 1 Banning Prayer from Schools is a Big Mistake In the beginning this nation was started by religious believers and schools were in the same buildings as churches with teachers that were Sunday school teachers in the classrooms and each class was started with the Lord’s Prayer. Later on schools had their own buildings and still they started their day with the Lord’s Prayers and the Pledge of Allegiance
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to learn‚ but as a social wonder and characteristic of Hawaii. Although the dance possesses religious undertones the documentary mentioned that sincere hula dancers appeal to the Hawaiian gods to assist them it certainly isn ’t driven by an overbearing religious impulse. Furthermore‚ although hula and its sagas are transmitted from generation to generation as oral traditions (211)‚ the traditions are not sustained out of fear‚ intimidation‚ or social status. On the contrary‚ the video portrayed
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SanityBig Brother is the sole guardian of truth and sanity in a world of lies. Big Brother is watching you and brings victory for us all. When men are different from one another and do not live alone. To a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone. From the age of uniformity‚ from the age of solitude‚ from the age of Big Brother‚ from the age of double think greetings! War is peace We shall conquer our enemies Eastasia and Eurasia Ground them to ash Great Oceana‚ Great Oceana Big Brother
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