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    Medieval English Literature (ca 700-1485) Those Who Pray‚ Work‚ and Fight |It is well known that in this world |and defend our land against an invading army. | |there are three orders‚ set in unity: |Now the farmer works to provide our food‚ | |these are laboratores‚ oratores‚ bellatores. |And the worldly warrior must fight against our foes‚ | |Laboratores are those who labor for our living;

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    through the colonization of other territories and the country becoming more industrialized‚ this also broadens the scope for new discovery in science and technology. New theories and ideologies were developed that‚ challenged that of the Georgian period‚ which promoted the belief in Christianity‚ its norms and values. The Victorian era which was well known for its birth in literary and musical wealth‚ festered a number of well re-known authors‚ poets and playwrights‚ such as William Shakespeare

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    Ode on a Grecian Urn Keats’ poetry depicts an enchanted world of beauty. It is a world of melody‚ imagination‚ sensuous delight. It also resounds with a note of melancholy and tragic sense of human suffering. He is often classed with Shakespeare and his poems attain the perfection of classic art. It has a felicity of expression‚ excellence of vision and wealth of imagery‚ which are purely Keatsian. Unlike Lord Byron or Shelley‚ he does not have an intellectual attitude towards

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    The Road is Not Taken What would be more important‚ the safety of an animal‚ or our own safety? Each day many animals cross our roads but sometimes the unfortunate happens when an animal accidently crossed the road when we are passing by. What do you do? In “Thoughts on Capital Punishment” by Rod Mckuen and “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford‚ there are some similarities that help the reader compare the two poems‚ but there are also a number of differences that set them apart for

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    electric field? 10. A parallel plate capacitor has a capacity of 6μF in air and 60μF when dielectric medium is introduced. What is the dielectric constant of the medium? 11. The middle point of a conductor is earthed and its ends are maintained at a potential difference of 220V.What is the potential at the two ends and at the middle point? 12. Two insulated charged spheres of radii 10cm and 20cm having same charge are connected by a conductor and then they are separated. Which of the two spheres will

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    ASPECTS OF MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE (1066-1500) Middle English‚ Anglo-Norman‚ Anglo-Latin After the Conquest: dramatic changes in language and cultural temperament Old English literature: Middle English literature realistic‚matter-of-fact‚unromantic‚ growing audience‚ a panorama of most serious‚ often melancholic‚ diverse folk of many social classes (castle‚ monochrome gray‚ loyalty to the lord‚ barnyard‚ town); the appearance of leasure desperate courage in defeat‚ class

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    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was able to by using his creativeand adventurous personality and style into the poem‚ “Daybreak”.Longfellow’s deep thinking and adventurous style creates symbolicimagery that the true understanding of poems requires. “Daybreak” hasdialogue of a lifeless‚ outside force‚ wind‚ which creates personification.Longfellow gave the wind the human ability to speak. This shows thatLongfellow thinks outside of the box. When‚ the wind spoke saying‚ “Awake!It is day.” it revealed that

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    Development of English Literature Usually‚ English literature is divided into seven periods from the academic angle: The first period is Early and Medieval English literature. And this period can be divided into two parts. The first part is Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066). The main literary contribution of this period is the Epic‚ and its masterpiece is the national epic The Song of Beowulf. It is the oldest poem in the English language and the oldest surviving epic in Anglo-Saxon literature. Next is

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    | Click heading below to drag About This PoemClose Become a Premium Member and post notes about your poem. Written by: Euginia Liapich     Read Poems by Euginia Liapich | Form: Sonnet | + Fav Poet | + Fav Poem | Comment | Email | Print | ------------------------------------------------- Last night I dreamt Last night I dreamt Of mountain trees that ail The needle rusted red For beetle bark has ate For

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    This poem represents yet another of Browning’s dramatic monologues spoken in the voice of an historical Renaissance painter. Andrea del Sarto‚ like Fra Lippo Lippi‚ lived and worked in Florence‚ albeit a little later than Lippo‚ and was later appointed court painter by Francis‚ the King of France. Under the nagging influence of his wife Lucrezia‚ to whom he speaks in this poem‚ he left the French court for Italy but promised to return; he took with him some money that Francis had given him to purchase

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