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    The orange leather hits the hardwood and returns right back into the palm of the player. The player knows his handle will not be lost. He knows that once he takes his dribble‚ the familiar‚ leathery texture will return to his fingertips within seconds. The constant‚ hard‚ leather instills confidence and creativity into the player. He proceeds to unleash a plethora of dazzling moves; A crossover into a behind-the-back to a spin move. Similarly‚ I am the constant in the lives of many people. For my

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    Analyzing the technique of ‘conceit’ in ‘Hope’ by Emily Dickinson Poem: “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm - I’ve heard it in the chillest land - And on the strangest Sea - Yet - never - in Extremity‚ It asked a crumb - of

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    Zionism's Greatest Conceit

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    ZIONISM’S GREATEST CONCEIT For a people whose traditions and rituals originate from the age of Egyptian pharaohs‚ modernity can be a relative term. The Jewish people have one of the oldest traditions of any culture on earth and have been a part of nearly every major civilization‚ from the ancient Egyptians‚ to the Persians‚ Romans‚ Byzantines‚ Ottomans and British empires. Over the centuries‚ they have traditions both of successful self-governance but also of persecution‚ hostility and exile

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    Illicit love‚ conceits‚ puns and broad satire of relevant topical politics. This essay will answer how donne’s work is metaphysical‚ focusing on his use of conceits in the flea and A Valediction: forbidding Mourning. The Norton Anthology of English Literature defines the "conceits" of poetics as metaphors that are intricately woven into the verse‚ often used to express satire‚ puns‚ or deeper meanings within the poem‚ and to display the poet’s own cunning with words. The conceits of John Donne are

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    Compare and contrast the use of conceit in the two poems “A Valediction forbidding mourning” and “Atlas” both effectively include the use of conceit in their exploration of love. They discuss love from different angles‚ portraying different views of the role that love plays in life. 
 Although the poems have very different structures‚ similarly both poets choose to use unexpected objects as the subjects of their metaphors. John Donne explains the love between him and his partner through the

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    Eco 410 Take Home Test 2 Response #1 Treating one another like family is often thought of as being a fair‚ just‚ or humane way to deal with one another. In The Fatal Conceit by Friedrich Hayek‚ he expands on the evolution of the small group to the extended order. Hayek first elaborates on the small group interactions‚ attitudes‚ and governance. Hayek believes that “man’s instincts” were adapted to suit the lives of those in small groups‚ such as a band or tribe. Within these small groups

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    the idea that ‚ by reckoning day-by-day his moral assets and liabilities‚ he could improve himself. A famous quote that he has is "Oh! that I could wear out of my mind every mean and base affectation‚ conquer my natural pride and conceit‚". His natural pride and conceit would be among the things his critics would throw at him for the rest of his life. One of Adam’s breakthroughs was a scholarship to college‚ which was Harvard College. This was a privilege like no other seeing that his family was

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    The use of metaphysical conceit in John Donne’s poem A Valediction Forbidding Mourning John Donne was renowned for his use of metaphysical conceit in his poems to convey thoughts through imagery and alternate objects. This article focuses on the numerous aspects of conceits in the poem “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”‚ and how they help to communicate meanings using the poignant metaphors. When it comes to metaphysical conceit‚ there is a need to realize the relations between the illustrated

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    The Uncanny Power of the Metaphysical Conceit . / / ABSTRACT The conceit originally means a concept or an image. It is in general a figure of speech that presents striking parallel between two different things or situations. The history of English poetry witnessed the adaptation of two types of conceit: the petrarchan conceit and the metaphysical conceit. This paper sheds lights on the second type of conceit which was mainly employed by John Donne (1572-1631) and the other metaphysical

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    (from a variety of sources) Metaphysical Poetry Metaphysical poetry arose as a reaction to the extremes of Petrarchism; one problem with Petrarchan poems is a kind of predictability-the conceit is found‚ presented‚ & elaborated‚ but there are few subsequent surprises. Donne and his followers like to catch us off-guard‚ change direction‚ etc.‚ to foil expectations. Metaphysical poetry is‚ in general‚ characterized by its ingenuity‚ intellectuality‚ and frequent obscurity. In terms of subject matter

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