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    LITERATURE REVIEW. There are so many definitions about piracy but international and customary treaty defines it as said by ademun odeke. (2011)‚ Customary and international treaty laws define and classify piracy under four main categories. However‚ Somali piracy has risen numerous and hitherto unfamiliar issues. First‚ is the unique nature of the piracy; unlike anything known before and which has taken the international community by surprise. Second‚ are the unique underlying causes

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    friendship and on Royalist themes as well as a much admired translation of Corneille’s Mort de Pompée‚ performed with great success in both Dublin and London in 1663. Philips “gasping numbers” and diction of her elegy and her subconscious allusions to the book of Wisdom in both the epitaph and the elegy demonstrate that Philips was unable to process her grief within the Cromwellian context; neither

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    Lycidas

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    What Happens in “Lycidas” 1–5 The poet complains that he is unready (= “denial vain‚ and coy excuse”) 6–36 No matter‚ Lycidas was a poet and his death must not pass without song. I too shall die one day and want someone to sing for me. Moreover‚ Lycidas and I grew up and made poetry together‚ to the delight of many. 37–49 “But O the heavy change now‚ thou art gon”: nature languishes in Lycidas’s absence. 50–63 The nymphs were powerless to save him‚ as Calliope was powerless to save her son

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    Wilfred Owen War Poet

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    ‘How do any two or three poems deal with the themes of mourning‚ loss‚ or memory?’ Wilfred Owen: Anthem for Doomed Youth and Futility. The first Word War which took place mostly in Europe from 1914 to 1918 left millions dead and shaped the modern world. After World War I poets started to write about their experiences. Most of these poets had been soldiers who wrote the poetry to reflect the horror of their experiences in an immediate and realistic way. Trench warfare in particular and the

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    Summary/Analysis of “O Captain‚ My Captain” by Poet Walt Whitman “O Captain! My Captain” is a poem written by American poet Walt Whitman which expresses admiration for the 16th president of the United States of America who was assassinated. Written as an elegy in memory of Abraham Lincoln‚ who led the nation through turbulent times during the Civil War‚ the poem invokes the emotions both of pride and solemnest that Whitman felt for Lincoln. I chose this poem for the sentiments of respect‚ the imagery‚ and

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    “To the Memory of Mr. Oldham” is a touching elegy written by John Dryden. John Oldham died at the age of thirty and John Dryden‚ being fifty-two at the time of Oldham’s death‚ writes an elegy in tribute to the young poet’s achievements. However‚ what made John Dryden care enough to write twenty-five lines of heroic couplets‚ which is an unusual form for an elegy‚ in order to lament John Oldham’s untimely death? In researching this‚ one learns that Oldham achieved fame as a verse satirist‚ his satire

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    The Exeter Texts (A discussion of different kinds of viking texts.) The Exeter consists of The Seafarer‚ The Wanderer‚ and The Wife’s Lament. These stories are different collections of viking texts‚ they begin to show different sides of these people. During this time period‚ people craved adventure‚ glory‚ and women craved love. These stories are about anglo saxons and their adventures that they crave everyday‚ they live their lives everyday as if it were their last‚ they spend everyday in their

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    METHODOLOGY In order to identify and evaluate the extent to which British Bulkers applies CSR in its business‚ both secondary and primary research was held. More specifically‚ secondary information about the company was collected through its corporate website. Moreover‚ online sources were used to analyze the external environment of British Bulkers‚ while articles and textbooks were also used‚ in order to analyze the importance of CSR in business in general and the shipping business in specific

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    finds comfort not from the thought that Simon is with God‚ but that he is now with his sisters. Here she is outright refusing to accept comfort from a God who she deems unjust and unfair. Anne Bradstreet reveals through these three moving elegies dedicated to her beloved grandchildren the emotional and spiritual journey she traveled in seeking answers to her questions of faith. These poems symbolize Bradstreet’s mourning the loss of her grandchildren and the conflict she experiences in attempting

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    These personal aspects are what make an individual. Similarities and differences amongst individuals proceeded with the thoughts of reexamining each individual life as inspiration to become freer with each other. “Rambler 60‚” by Samuel Johnson and “Elegy in a Country Churchyard‚” by Thomas Gray comprise the ideas of sentimentalism. “Rambler 60” contains the ideas of a properly mannered biography to become a success by the standards of Johnson. To reexamine the way of life in the age of sentiment

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