Articles related to "Metaphor"



The Future of Personal Search
Today, computer users have to be involved in the filing of their information and have to search in many places to find it. Cloud search solves both of these issues.
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Imagery in Frost's Dust of Snow
Robert Frost's Dust of Snow is only eight lines long and contains no adjectives, similes or metaphors, yet succeeds in creating a picture in the reader's mind: how?
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Robert Frost’s Mending Wall
Do you like to keep yourself separate from others, needing your own space? Or do you feel we put too much distance between one another? Frost explores both views.
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Shakespeare Sonnet 4
Each "marriage sonnet" employs a particular metaphor, but the speaker continues with his one theme; he is trying to persuade the young man to marry and produce offspring.
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Shakespeare Sonnet 73
The speaker in sonnet 73 employs three different metaphors to describe his aging process: a tree, a day, and a fire; his purpose is to emphasize the strength of love.
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Shakespeare Sonnet 8
In Shakespeare's "Marriage Sonnet 8," the speaker for the first time evokes the joyful state of marriage itself, as he continues urging the young man to produce an heir.
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Shakespeare's Sonnet No.4
Shakespeare combines themes of inheritance, usury and sexual innuendo whilst urging the beloved to marry.
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A Review of Run With The Bulls
Dr. Tim Irwin inspires us to become more successful as leaders with his new book "Run With The Bulls: Without Getting Trampled"
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Dickinson’s Riddles
Emily Dickinson wrote several poems just for pure fun; they are like riddles that do not mention the subject, which must be determined by interpreting the poetic devices.
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Poetry for Kids!
The best way to get kids to read and love poetry is to show them how fun it is to write their own poems.
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Poems about Poetry
They say write about what you know - so if you're a poet, try writing about your craft.
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Why We Love SFF
What's unique about the SFF genre? Creativity, the power of metaphor and meaning, and tools to meet both logic and the inner dreamer. SFF writing just does more.
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The Lady and the Unicorn - Review
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier traces the arc of creation from the commissioning of the tapestry through the interweaving of life and tapestry to completion.
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Brain Storm
Review of Brain Storm by Richard Dooling.
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William Shakespeare's <i>Romeo + Juliet</i> (1996)

Biological Invasion
Western society is destroying itself through environmental mismanagement. Land rights, enabling Indigenous stewardship, represent the only chance for economic survival.
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Distributed Computing and Markets
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Davidson College Basketball
Widely unheralded Davidson College upsets Georgetown and Gonzaga, in large part on the play of Stephen Curry, a legitimate superstar.
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Dickinson’s Spiritual Intoxication
The poem "I taste a liquor never brewed" portrays the speaker's spiritual intoxication through an extended metaphor likening her soul drunkenness to alcohol inebriation.
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Farmers' Market or Walmart?
Our new Farmers’ Market opened last week. Amidst bricklayers, commuters, mesclun greens, I spoke with the Federation Exec. Dir. about the value of public markets.
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Gumbo Tales
Beyond gumbo, crawfish or Sazeracs; learn about New Orleans, the US, ourselves. Foodies, cooks, travelers - all will laugh and cry through these well-crafted stories.
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Paramahansa Yogananda's Gita
There have been many translations of the spiritual poem, the Bhagavad Gita, but Yogananda offers a thorough explication, revealing the details of its exact meaning.
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Sex and Desire I
In the first of a four-part series on sex and desire, we will explore how in Indian mythology, sexuality is carnal, erotic and spiritual at once.
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The Second League: <I>Innocence Abroad </I>
The second in a series of seven reviews of on-line tales of hitch-hiking, that are lengthy enough to call books.
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Are you a Penguin?
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Film Review: <i>Proof</i> (1992)

Serialized Fiction and Styron Site Update

The Chicago Philosophy Project

Director Profile: Jane Campion
Profile of Australia's most acclaimed female film director, Jane Campion.
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In Focus: Director Peter Weir
Profile of Peter Weir, one of Australia's finest film directors.
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Part Two: The Mysteries of Teotihuacan
Mysteries, myths and legends abound over the genesis and sudden collapse of Teotihuacan; ancient Mesoamerica's golden city. Was it a utopia created to appease angry gods, or the place where bloody human sacrifices began? Profound efforts are underway to unlock the secrets of this mysterious civilization, as archaeologists and anthropologists rebuild its past, without the benefit of any written record. Teotihuacan: Called by its survivors as "The Place where Time Began."
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Poetry for Children
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The Monster: DVD Review
The dramatic horror film starring Shu Qi and Karena Lam has a lot of faults, but makes up for it with the Making Of featurette.
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Austin Powers 2| King of Masks | Limbo | The Winslow Boy
Shag me, mask me, and throw me in limbo -- or a David Mamet film.
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Loving and Respecting Yourself
There is a song that says "Learning to Love Yourself, Is the Greatest Love of All." We sing it but do we understand it? Loving yourself is the first step to being capable of having a healthy loving relationship.
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Writing Short Stories
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Devices of Style in Children's Writing
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Is Senge Dreaming? Is Suite101 getting smarter?
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ANGEL: Seasons 1-5 on DVD
The Buffy spinoff holds its own in 5 DVD boxsets.
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Durkheim: Religion and Society
If you've ever been to Ozzfest, you'll have no trouble understanding the religious theories of French sociologist Emile Durkheim.
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Durkheim: On Religion &amp; Socie
If you've ever been to Ozzfest, you'll have no trouble understanding the religious theories of French sociologist Emile Durkheim.
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Movie Review: Be Kind Rewind
Be Kind Rewind brings the heart of Eternal Sunshine and the flashy, creative visuals of Science of Sleep.
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Whitman’s ‘I Hear America Singing’
Walt Whitman's tribute to America's ordinary laborers dramatizes the good cheer of the day laborers of 19th century America but also tips its hat to night time partiers.
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A Trip to Lenny's: Leonard Bernstein dot com
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Analyze Books to Write Well
Analyzing a book to find techniques that work requires more than just enjoying the story. Here are tips to find real-life applications of all the advice for write
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Eat Drink See Movie
A salivating soup of food, family and feelings, the Ang Lee-directed "Eat Drink Man Woman" is a film to savour.
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Five Reasons to Watch NCAA Madness
There are more than five reasons to watch the NCAA tournament, but here are the five most important. The reasons range anywhere from Michael Beasley to All My Children.
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Flavoring the American Stew
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From Book to Film - Peter Carey's <i>Bliss</i> (1985)

If They Only Had a Brain
Kansas demonstrates uncharactistic foolishness as the State Board of Education elects not to require a knowledge of evolution from its high school students.
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