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“Still to be neat” By Ben Jonson

Posted on May 11, 2012 by dethray

Vocabluary   Still– (Adjective) – Not moving or making a sound. Word changed over time becoming from “Still” to “Always “ and you can get the sense of it if you change “Still” to “always” ,it will help to understand … Continue reading →

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“Upon Julia’s Clothes” by Robert Herrick

Posted on April 18, 2012 by dethray

  Whenas in silks my Julia goes, Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows That liquefaction of her clothes! Next, when I cast mine eyes and see That brave vibration each way free, Oh how that glittering taketh me!   “Upon … Continue reading →

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Sonnet

Posted on April 3, 2012 by dethray

Sonnet Comes from the word “Sonnetto” which means “little song” in Italian. There are two types of sonnets Italian sonnet and English sonnet.In the Italian sonnets or “Petrarchan” there are Two parts, the octave which is composed of eight lines and … Continue reading →

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“The Tyger” By William Blake

Posted on March 26, 2012 by dethray

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the … Continue reading →

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