Sentences such as "And this, alas, is more than wee would doe" epitomise the misleading colloquial language. ... Although it was common for the "poem to partake in the extensive tradition of erotic poems centred on flea's", and was not entirely innovative, it still seems odd that a base insect could be used as ordinary imagery of love. ...
Pierre Abelard rose to prominence due to his teaching talents and innovative thinking and his lover, Heloise, was the well educated niece of Canon Fulbert, canon of the Notre Dame Cathedral. ... This love she felt for Abelard will ultimately sentence her to a life full of regret. ...
E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing while they smoked cigars inside a restaurant. The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. People in the town were black and white, and they hadn't aspired for their lives to...
