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Solitude and Intensity: the Romantic Style of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson's poetry frequently incorporates the color white, not as a symbol of purity or innocence, but as an emblem of intense emotion and passion, exemplified by her use of "white heat" as a metaphor for the soul's fervor....
Oxford Comma
Transiance: Ode on a Grecian Urn
The Romantic poet John Keats wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn" less than two years before his death from tuberculous. Though an ekphrasis (a piece of art about a piece of art), the poem's final message goes beyond the titular urn to explore...
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Romanticism Explained Through Paintings
This is just one example of how you can use visual art to examine literary Romanticism. Main elements of Romanticism: Love of Nature Focus on Emotion Fascination with the Sublime Individualistic Byronic Heroes Interest in the...
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What Is Pink by Christina Rossetti (Children's Poem about Colours)
What is Pink is a lovey poem by Christina Rossetti about colour. Introducing children to the beautiful colours of the natural world and the beauty of nature. What is pink? a rose is pink By the fountain's brink. What is red? a poppy's...
The March of Time
1937: TERRITORY OF ALASKA: US COAST GUARD: MAIL: Male in uniform standing w/ mail bags on cutter deck. Package being thrown down to skiff. MEDICAL: Patient being bandaged in sick bay, eye chart, indigenous native Alaskan woman patient sitting on chair
MOT 1937: TERRITORY OF ALASKA: US COAST GUARD: MAIL: Male in uniform standing w/ mail bags on cutter deck. Package being thrown down to skiff. MEDICAL: Patient being bandaged in sick bay, eye chart, indigenous native Alaskan woman...
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Humphry Davy's Potassium Volcano
Join this free online course on FutureLearn to learn more about Davy, his scientific achievements and his role as a romantic poet.: http://bit.ly/2whg9G0 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Humphry Davy is one...