"The dancers "and the observer share opposing points of view towards life. ... The environment of the dancers' are filled with imagery of superficial luxury. ... The poet describes the dancers being observed as achieving happiness through communion and large socializations. ... This can be seen as the descriptions of the observer appear more intellectual and positive in comparison to those of the dancers. ... The ambulances are "closed like confessionals", illustrating how similar to confessionals, an ambulance is the modern day place for vulnerable souls to place th...

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• Approx Pages: 6

In this particular poem he angrily discusses how people of the modern age have lost their connection to nature and to the smallest meaningful things in life. ... He goes on to say that her shape is one of a graceful dancer and her attractive image is in the mind of the romantic poet William Wordsworth which sometimes makes him surprised and frightened because this woman who he has laid eyes upon is something that can be closely compared to an angel from heaven. ... " Near the end of the first stanza the speaker came across a crowd of daffodils stretching out over almost everything he cou...

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The song "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols is one modern day view of the monarchy's role in society. ... Luck in the Sky With Diamonds, a well known pop song by the Beatles shows an emotive and imaginiative style of modern day music. ... After examination of the poems from the Romantic Era compared with those of the modern day song writers, Differences and similarities are apparent. ...

• Word Count: 2284
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The ancient Greeks had a huge impact on western civilization. They have made major contributions to the world. They have done this through politics/democracy, the arts, literature, philosophy, science/math and war/military. To this day we see many of their practices still in us. Many countries ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He taught modern languages at Bowdoin from 1829 to 1835. ... During Lowell's lifespan of 72 years, one of his many accomplishments was becoming the professor of modern languages at Harvard after Longfellow retired. ...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Before 1914, English literature and ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918, Modern begins to define the twentieth century. ... Modernism is essentially post-Darwinian: it is a search to explain mankind's place in the modern world, where religion, social stability and ethics are all called into question. ... In 1899, Arthur Symons, one of the poetic 'aesthetes' of the 1890s, published his study The Symbolist Movement in Poetry, which would have great influence on modern poets like W.B. ... Modern poetry contains language that is closer ...

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• Approx Pages: 42