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Poetry Writing and Sentimentality

In literature, artistic merit is distinguished between "sentiment" and "sentimentality." The word "sentiment" refers to the emotional import of a…

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Cruel to Be Kind: An Exploration of Paradox in John Donne’s Holy Sonnet 14

Holy Sonnet 14 Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;…

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Tennyson’s Mariana:Emotional and Environmental Similarities

Tennyson's poem Mariana is the story of a woman who lives an isolated existence surrounded by a moat, and who…

4 years ago

Mother’s Day 2009: Happy Mother’s Day

All around the world, there are people who cannot celebrate Mother's Day, with their mothers. Mother's Day can be difficult…

4 years ago

Top Ten Romantic Movies to Watch This Fall

What better way to bring romance into the evening than to watch a romantic movie. Notice I never said it…

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Famous Funny Quotes from Yogi Berra

Nobody can turn a phrase like Baseball great Yogi Berra. He became so famous for them that they even invented…

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