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The story is about a large elephant referred to as Moti Guj, WHO is employed by a (white) coffee-planter to uproot stumps in some forest land that is being cleared for cultivation. This “very best of elephants” belongs to “the terribly worst of mahouts” – a drunkard known as Deesa. after a tough day’s work,…

A farmer turning up a mouse’s nest with his plow is certainly an incident from common life. Burns’s language is the country dialect of the Scottish people. from William Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads: “The principal object, then, which I myself proposed in these poems was to choose incidents and situations from common life.” &…

Hay cementerios solos, tumbas llenas de huesos sin sonido, el corazón pasando un túnel oscuro, oscuro, oscuro, como un naufragio hacia adentro nos morimos, como ahogarnos en el corazón, como irnos cayendo desde la piel del alma. Hay cadáveres, hay pies de pegajosa losa fría, hay la muerte en los huesos, como un sonido puro,…

Plot centers around a hero of unbelievable stature. The epic hero completes what everyone else only attempts. In ancient epics, the hero ofter is either partially divine or at least protected by a god or God. Involves deeds of superhuman strength and valor. Accomplish feats no real human could Vast setting The action spans not…

手足 (shǒu zú) hands and feet; metaphorical expression for brothers 比做 (bǐ zuò) compare metaphorically; make an analogy 争斗 (zhēng dòu) fight; struggle 残杀 (cán shā) murder; massacre 争夺 (zhēng duó) fight for; contend for 皇位 (huáng wèi) throne 魏国 (wèi guó) an ancient feudal state 曹操 (Cáo Cāo) Cao Cao, a powerful warlord in…

Paraphrase stanza two of “We grow accustomed to the Dark”. What is the central idea of this stanza? We don’t rush out into the dark. We walk slowly at first, until we get used to the night. Then, as our eyes adjust to the dark, we walk more confidently. The central idea is that we…

who was first to use symphonic poem Liszt symphonic poem definition: one movement and alters sonata form bc of program symphonic poem inspired by: something outside of music: allegory, historical figure, etc distortion of sonata form for? expression’s sake symphonic poem originates from: Beethoven Leonore Overture no. 2 because of no recap why no recap…

The emotional state at the beginning of the poem Mysterious; suspensful Where is the narrator in stanza 1, what does he see? His home in a chair, he hears tapping and nothing more Why is the character sorrowful in stanza 1? What terrifies him? ( lines 13-14 ) Becuase of his lost Lenore., The tapping…

What is the poem itself? -an extended metaphor: -an elegy -narrative poem -unknown author: copied by monks What is an elegy? A poem that laments the fleeting quality of life What is an extended metaphor? a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a…

Diamante Poem Basics Diamante poem defined are diamond-shaped poems that use nouns, adjectives, and gerunds to describe either one central topic or two opposing topics (for example, night/day or winter/spring). Diamante poem format follow a specific format that uses nouns on the first and last lines, adjectives on the second and six lines, and gerunds…