On Saturday‚ August the 14th‚ 1926‚ another extravagant evening was held at the estate of Jay Gatsby‚ a resident of the West Egg‚ Long Island. Mr. Gatsby has come to be known for his lavish parties‚ known to be thrown every weekend in the summer months. Each evening is said to be very well attended‚ despite these evenings occurring so frequently. The question then becomes‚ how are these parties‚ with such a massive group of consistent attendees‚ sustained? The photo above is from a soiree held
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In Ode to a Nightingale Keats introduces the reader to his discontent with the void of feeling he is experiencing. In the first line Keats says how his‚ “heart aches” which the reader would interpret as pain; however the second half of the first line he describes‚ “A drowsy numbness”. This tells me that Keats is uncomfortable with the “numbness” he experiences. In the second line Keats says‚ “as though of hemlock I had drunk”. Norton foot notes tell us that hemlock is a poison that acts
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Smoking‚ it seems has become an integral part of society. Since the 1500s or earlier‚ puffing on pipes and rolled fragrant dried leaves has bee a customary part of history which was either reserved for the royalties‚ dignitaries or for traditional rites. As dynamicity tends to manifest itself through time‚ even the mentality of smoking done as part of a rite or for social functions only‚ has progressed into smoking as a daily habit‚ a need‚ an addiction. Thus‚ terms as menthol and lights‚ second
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SUMMARY According to Keats‚ Autumn is a season of mists; a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth’s surface‚ reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog; and mellow; soft‚ sweet‚ and full-flavored from ripeness‚ as fruit: well-matured‚ as wines: soft and rich‚ as sound‚ tones‚ color‚ or light: made gentle and compassionate by age or maturity; softened: friable or loamy‚ as soil: mildly and pleasantly intoxicated or high: pleasantly
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The "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats depicts the images and stories on a Grecian urn. Keats has the reader think about the difference between changeable real life and the immortal and permanent life on the urn. Also‚ the reader becomes mixed between observation of the art and participation in the art. The first stanza depicts the urn as an "unravish’d bride" and a "foster child" (1-2). These words describe the urn as unaffected by time and immortal. Keats also seems unable to distinguish
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Ode to a Nightingale This ode was inspired after Keats heard the song of a nightingale while staying with a friend in the country. This poem was also written after the death of his brother and the many references to death in this poem are a reflection of this. Among the thematic concerns in this poem is the wish to escape life through different routes. Although the poem begins by describing the song of an actual nightingale‚ the nightingale goes on to become a symbol of the immortality of nature
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“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” written by Robert Frost‚ was on of his most famous works. Robert Frost was an American poet but most of his poems were written while he was in England‚ and they were published there. “Stopping by Woods” is a great poem because it is easy to understand‚ but when you read it again there is something more to it. One begins ask is the author trying to say something else. Thus the reader has two ways to analyze this poem‚ the surface analysis and the deeper analysis
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bought another farm in New Hampshire. He continued to publish books and taught and lectured at Amherst‚ University of Michigan‚ Harvard‚ and Dartmouth‚ and read his poetry at the inauguration of President Kennedy. He also endured personal tragedy wy Evening." The poem‚ beginning with the famous line "Whose woods these are‚ I think I know. His house is in the village though‚" has introduced millions of American students to poetry. Like most of Frost’s poetry‚ "Stopping by Woods" adopts the tone of
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MICHAEL ARLEN: ODE TO THANKSGIVING It is time‚ at last‚ to speak the truth about Thanksgiving‚ and the truth is this. Thanksgiving is really not such a terrific holiday. Consider the traditional symbols of the event: Dried corn husks hanging on the door! Terrible wine! Cranberry jelly in little bowls of extremely doubtful provenance which everyone is required to handle with the greatest of care! Consider the participants‚ the merrymakers: men and women (also children) who have survived
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods
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