The Line of Beauty

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    Beauty and the Bloke by Cosmo Landesman and Breaking Free of Oldfashioned Stereotypes "Beauty and the bloke" by Cosmo Landesman is an argumentative article trying to put across the message that men and women are breaking free of old fashioned stereotypes, he is trying to convey the message that it's the nineties, men no longer have to be macho and hairy! They are no longer afraid or ashamed to care for their appearances, even if it means cosmetic surgery! Women to are

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    Born for beauty, Josephine Esther Mentzer transformed the cosmetic industry with her highly proclaimed line, Estee Lauder. The company name derives directly from Josephine Esther’s name. Although Estee’s name was well known, her birth date never was. When asked her age she recited the now famous line, “You ask my age? I tell you it simply doesn’t matter.” Estee Lauder Company believes the natural "glow" of a woman's skin to be the real essence of beauty. Estee Lauder knows that beauty comes in many

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    Love In The Sick Rose

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    emotion, and due to its complexity is hard to describe. A rose can represent the beauty of pure love, the perfection of new love, and the frailty of love and lust.Therefore, a rose is a perfect representation of love because of its versatility. When discussing love and its frustrations a rose can represent the beauty of pure love. The idea of love is difficult to comprehend, pure love is described as perfection and beauty incarnated. In Edmund Waller’s poem

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    Euphony In Just Poem

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    mystery. The advent of spring leads the world to be “puddle-wonderful” (line 10). Euphony in these calm and bright words contributes to the mood of newness and wonder brought by spring. By deploying words that are pleasing to the ear, Cummings encourages the reader to feel the life and joy brought by spring. Additionally, the oxymoron of a “world [that] is mud-luscious” leaves the reader confused and left with a sense of mystery (line 2-3). The juxtaposition of “mud”, which is typically considered dirty

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    The poet speaks of autumn, the season of fog and production. The first line portrays autumn as a period of growth. Autumn is a close friend of the maturing sun. The word “maturing” is used to describe the shorter daylight of winter. Together, autumn and the sun help the vines that wrap around thatched roofs bear fruit. The image of growth persists in the following lines; the poet describes plants and fruits “bending” or changing shape in reaction to their development: trees bend with the weight of

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    The poet speaks of autumn, the season of fog and production. The first line portrays autumn as a period of growth. Autumn is a close friend of the maturing sun. The word “maturing” is used to describe the shorter daylight of winter. Together, autumn and the sun help the vines that wrap around thatched roofs bear fruit. The image of growth persists in the following lines; the poet describes plants and fruits “bending” or changing shape in reaction to their development: trees bend with the weight of

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    The woman taken by the beauty of the unicorn and the mystery of possibilities of a new life, love, and relationship. Lowers her defenses (the brick wall). For instance, when creating the woman and the horse, the lines are smooth and delicate. The woman seems to be in an emotional state of sadness and tiredness, or perhaps could it be that the small brick wall represents

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    The Great Scarf Of Birds

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    The poem The Great Scarf of Birds by John Updike is something of a chronological piece that walks the reader through a day beginning with a normal day of golf that leads to a witness of nature’s beauty and a heart-wrenching, bleak statement of self discovery. The organization of the poem is purely time-based, using cues such as the tinting of the sky to exhibit a passage of time. The diction of the poem is mostly delicate language rife with imagery to try and show the reader the extent of the feelings

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    the children uncover the beauties of living in a cramped room in the city. The author also uses figurative language and other literary devices, to create a mood of pure beauty. The theme of this poem is that what may seem tough on the outside, can be beautiful on the inside. The children in the poem were always having fun in what looked like a tough situation. Time and time again, they found something beautiful in their room and made it fun. For example, in line 12, the children are all dancing

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    its boastful indifference by twisting imagery of life and hope into a grotesque threat to haunt the world of peace long into the future, while the Rope reveals its humble sympathy by longing for a future that redeems violence by affirming life and beauty The Landmine and rope in Melissa's Range’s Poems are both made to participate in horrifying violence against the innocent. The Landmine enjoys to blow up people when they walk on them. The Landmine participates in violent evil acts

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