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    eyes. A place where laughter is the only rule and lessons are learned in paradox school. Author notes Sonnet Sonnets are formal poems and consist of 14 lines (3 quatrains and a couplet) ‚ traditionally written in iambic pentameter - that is‚ in lines ten syllables long‚ with accents falling on every second syllable Desperation Guppie Stokes What will I write about in this sonnet?  Of who’s existence I really don’t care... Why‚ just the thought of doing it Makes me feel the need for fresh

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    The Spenserian Sonnet was named for Edmund Spenser 1552-1599‚ a 16th century English Poet. The Spenserian Sonnet inherited the tradition of the declamatory couplet of Wyatt / Surrey although Spenser used Sicilian quatrains to develop a metaphor‚ conflict‚ idea or question logically‚ with the declamatory couplet resolving it. Beyond the prerequisite for all sonnets‚ the defining features of the Spenserian Sonnet are: a quatorzain made up of 3 Sicilian quatrains (4 lines alternating rhyme) and

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    William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116” and Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Love Is Not All” both attempt to define love‚ by telling what love is and what it is not. Shakespeare’s sonnet praises love and speaks of love in its most ideal form‚ while Millay’s poem begins by giving the impression that the speaker feels that love is not all‚ but during the unfolding of the poem we find the ironic truth that love is all. Shakespeare‚ on the other hand‚ depicts love as perfect and necessary from the beginning to

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    and contrast the following poems. A distinctive difference in the poems would be that Sonnet 81 is a blazon poem whereas Sonnet 130 is an anti-blazon poem. Both poems revolve around the theme of love‚ describing the woman and their feeling towards them‚ however the former picks out the woman’s admirable physical traits whereas the latter criticizes. Both the Spenserian sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet presents the theme of love and woman‚ where both authors are absolutely in love with their

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    Vincent’s Cappuccino Express Case Study 1 1. Organization Chart for The Cappuccino Express. Vincent Chow Managing Director/ Owner Outlet B Manager Outlet A Manager Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Employee Assistant Book Keeping/ Admin 2. What major factor can be expected to have major impact on the success of The Cappuccino Express? a) Competitive strategy In conjunction with a changing in

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    In The Awakening‚ the heroine Edna Pontellier tries to wake from the accustomed domesticity of a housewife to become an actual being in the late 19th century American society. For her realizations have led her to various pioneering decisions as a wife and as a mother‚ it seems in reality the “awakening” does not need to an actual liberation of her life. Afterall‚ is the “awakening” a tragedy or comedy for her? The spark of Edna’s awakening starts in the summer in Grand Isle. It comes gradually

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    Character Analysis of Edna Pontellier Edna Pontellier was a very respectable woman from the 1800’s that was unsatisfied with her situation in life. Mrs. Pontellier was a mother of two sons and had a husband whom she adored at the beginning of their marriage‚ but overtime they have became distant and her sexual desires were no longer being fulfilled. She soon broke the role society had casted upon her and became rebellious by leaving her womanly duties behind. Kate Chopin reveals Edna Pontellier’s character

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    English Literature What is a sonnet? A sonnet is a form of poetry‚ which originated in Italy and was created by the Sicilian poet Giacomo da Lentini during the Renaissance. The term sonnet comes from the Italian word sonnetto‚ meaning “little song” and is a poem of fourteen lines‚ which can be broken down into four sections called quatrains. It follows a strict rhyme scheme‚ which is ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG. This means that the first and third lines and the second and fourth lines of each quatrain

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    Sonnets Shakespeare`s sonnets have dramatic elements and each poem is about personal theme. No one knows if in these poems’s he talks about his own experience or not‚ because no one knows enough about his life. The sonnet 116 attempts to define love. Speaker tries to explain what love is and what it is not. In the first line he says that love is perfect – “the marriage of true minds”- and it can be true and it cannot. This is ideal‚ because people want to have perfect love‚ but it`s never work

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    True/False (8 questions‚ 1 pt. each‚ 8 pts.) Enter whether the sentence or statement is true (enter “A” on your clicker) or false ( “B”). 1. Suppose that Congress were to demand that defined-benefit pension funds use a lower interest rate to calculate the PV of their expected future liabilities. This lower discount factor would make pension funds look more insolvent. T 2. Life insurance companies typically have greater liquidity risk than property-casualty insurance companies. 3.

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