John Clare (1793-1864) was born on July 13 at Helpstone‚ a village in Northamptonshire‚ close to the Lincolnshire fens. His father‚ Parker Clare‚ worked as a farm laborer. In his spare time his father was also a rustic wrestler and ballad singer. Clare attended a dame school in his native village‚ and then went to Glinton School in the next village. When his father became ill with rheumatism‚ Clare began work first as a horse-boy‚ then ploughboy‚ then as a gardener at Burghley House. In 1812 he enlisted
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Saint Francis of Assisi Throughout the history of the Catholic Church‚ there have been only a few people fortunate and deserving enough of the title of “saint”. Originally named Giovanni Francesco Bernardone‚ St. Francis of Assisi is honored as the patron saint of animals and ecology. He lived a life of complete obedience‚ humility‚ and poverty. He was a guy who was truly in love with the Lord and wanted to follow in his teachings. He was a man willing to give up his belongings to help those less-fortunate
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Cahermurphy‚ Kilmihil‚ Co. Clare‚ Ireland. 4th March 2010. Complaints Section‚ Cadbury’s‚ Bermingham‚ UK. Dear Manager‚ I am writing to inform you of a dreadful incident that occurred due to your company’s negligence. Yesterday was my 14th birthday and I was having a wonderful birthday party. That is‚ until disaster hit! I was munching contentedly on my Cadbury’s cream egg when suddenly I bit down on something hard. I heard a cracking noise and immediately
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harryMcArthur 5A The poem First Love by John Clare is written about the poet’s feelings of unrequited love for a wealthy farmer’s daughter‚ Mary Joyce. The poet uses various unusual effects in the poem to convey this sense of loss‚ providing deep insights into his mind in a seemingly simple and brief piece. Combined with words which reflect the mood in each verse‚ these make it a very powerful poem. An unusual form of contrast is used in First Love to create a powerful effect. The use of limited
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Response To Literature: City of Lost Souls The following essay is a response to literature essay on City of Lost Souls this is the fifth installment of the Mortal Instruments. This book is 535 pages long. It is written by the author Cassandra Clare. It is a young adult fictional novel. This book is set in many places including New York‚ Idris (a fictional city)‚ and Alicante (also a fictional city). This novel takes place in the present. The main characters are Clary Fray‚ Jace Lightwood(Wayland)
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I remember it well… It was a fabulous February day. I took a glance at the clock on my bedside table and I saw it was only 6:30am‚ just as I realized the time I realized with a shock that it was also the day of the Co. Clare horse and pony show‚ my first show ever. I looked to my door to see my beige jodhpurs‚ cream shirt and my brand new tweed jacket hanging there. Just as I was admiring them the phone interrupted my thoughts with its urgent ring‚ and that’s where it all started. I ran downstairs
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City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare is the final book in The Mortal Instruments book series. This book is about a girl‚ Clary Fray‚ and her friends fighting the biggest war in the history of shadowhunters. Not only is this the biggest war‚ it is against none other than Clary’s own brother‚ Sebastian Morgenstern. Sebastian has created a cup that will turn the shadowhuntes into what is called “Endarkened.” Those who become endarkened lose their soul and become a servant or slave to Sebastian.
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Nell is modest‚ but loves Thomas. Maude Clare‚ the spurned mistress is bitter‚ forceful; “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. Like ’A Triad’‚ Maud Clare is a woman ’eaten up’ by a love that has died‚ jealous‚ angry‚ bitter and out of control. Is she a victim of his rejection? Or her own passion? Either way
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Jealousy is the key factor that pushes us to do better or it can overpower our thinking abilities because we want to be the best‚ so we don’t think about how it can affect the people around us. This is exactly what happens in the story‚ “MVP‚” by Clare Mishica. Derek wants to be the most valuable player on his basketball team instead of Cole so much that he forgets to be a team player. When Cole gets hurt‚ Derek realizes how much more important the trophy and being a part of the team is than getting
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unique for the individual beholder‚ and yet common themes run deep and have become metaphors more easily attributed and immediately understood than the word ‘love’ itself. The first point of note is the familiarity of the language used by John Clare in the nineteenth century to the anecdotal stereotypes and euphemisms of medieval literature and contempory rap lyrics. Love can be defined by its confusing ability to remain indefinable by perfect boundaries and text‚ but‚ also‚ it has a changeless
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