The wind impairs the beauty of summer, and summer is too brief. The splendor of summer is affected by the intensity of the sunlight, and as the season changes, summer becomes less beautiful. ... She, unlike summer, will never deteriorate. Summer has by now become the summer of life and beauty. In the next three lines the poets assurance becomes even firmer with promises that his beloved will neither become less beautiful nor even die, because she is immortalized through his poetry. ...

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Mallard dies herself of shock after she convinces herself that it was good for him to be dead. ... She felt abandoned by her husband who had so recently died, and was full of grief. ... Anxious for spring days, summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own; that she did not any longer have to share with anyone overwhelmed her. ... She does not even like the sight of him- she is so overcome with disbelief and revulsion that she dies of heart disease. ...

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Soon, his greed for god-like power overcomes him and he becomes consumed with the idea of creating life, "Summer months passed while I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit" (32). ... Another human characteristic that the creature holds is his conscience, as can be seen at the end of the book after Frankenstein dies. ... While Frankenstein is consumed in his work he feels none of the emotions that the creature feels in his first years of life; Victor says of himself, "Winter, spring, and summer, passed away during my labors; but I did not watch the blossom or the expanding leaves- s...

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"Summer months passed while I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit" (32). ... Another human characteristic that the creature holds is his conscience, as can be seen at the end of the book after Frankenstein dies. ... While Frankenstein is consumed in his work he feels none of the emotions that the creature feels in his first years of life; Victor says of himself, "Winter, spring, and summer, passed away during my labors; but I did not watch the blossom or the expanding leaves sights which before always yielded me supreme delight, so deeply was I engrossed in my occupation" (33)....

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Even though she was willing to die for her actions she still could have made some sort of attempt to escape the punishment. ... Another reason why I feel Antigone was foolish came through her validation for dying. ... A reason for her dying for her brother is that since both her parents are dead there is no way to replace Polynices (lines 995-1005). ... Sure you can always find another husband or have another kid if they die but there will always be that person missing in their lives. ... Every summer it's us three together all the time. ...

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Both his mother and his oldest sister suffered from tuburculosis and died before he reached the age of fourteen. ... His father died in November. ... Although he would return to Norway during the summer, his style was that of a French Impressionist. ... His brother died. ... The dark red of the dying sunlight almost make you think it was painted with blood. ...

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The family is "blithely breakfasting" which has connotations of ignorant bliss, while "under the summer tree" which shows off their happiness similar to the season. ... The word "brightest" gives the impression that everything that is worthwhile or valuable to the family is sold and almost forgotten when they die. ...

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There is a unique sense of emotion which separates poetry from all other writing styles. While news is for briefing, fiction is for fantasy, and so on poetry leaves the reader with a feeling of familiarity. Poetry, as T.S Eliot once wrote is "leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle with words...

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• Grade Level: High School