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What was the name of Aristotle’s Academy?

The Lyceum of AristotleThe Lyceum of Aristotle. While Alexander was conquering Asia, Aristotle, now 50 years old, was in Athens. Just outside the city boundary, he established his own school in a gymnasium known as the Lyceum. What was the name of Plato’s Academy? Academy, Greek Academeia, Latin Academia, in ancient Greece, the academy, or […]

What is poetry Lawrence Ferlinghetti?

What does Lawrence Ferlinghetti write about? In Western American Literature, John Trimbur noted that Ferlinghetti writes a “public poetry to challenge the guardians of the political and social status quo for the souls of his fellow citizens.” Joel Oppenheimer praised him in the New York Times Book Review, contending that he “learned to write poems, […]

What was ee cummings most famous poem?

#1 i carry your heart with me E.E. Cummings is considered one of the best love poets of all time and this poem is his most famous work in the genre. What was E.E. Cummings most known for? E.E. Cummings was an innovative poet known for his lack of stylistic and structural conformity, as seen […]

What are some aphorisms in self reliance?

Here are a few aphorisms (or epigrams) from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” that we are learning in class this week: Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. To be great is to be misunderstood. Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string. What […]

Where is Beowulf housed today?

Beowulf survives in a single medieval manuscript, housed at the British Library in London. The manuscript bears no date, and so its age has to be calculated by analysing the scribes’ handwriting. Where is Beowulf preserved? London British Library Beowulf is the first great heroic poem written in the vernacular, Old English, rather than Latin. […]

What is Kenning in poetry?

A kenning poem is a special type of poem that describes an object or a creature without ever using its name. The poem is made up of a list of four descriptions and each description has only two words. What is a kenning poem example? Kennings are often used in poetry for effect. A kenning […]

What is the importance of oral literature?

Oral literature serves to communicate ideas, emotions, beliefs and appreciation of life. Through various stories, the younger generation is familiarized with the customs, traditions and rituals of the past generation. Many mythological stories have a way for teaching morals, ethics and manners to the younger ones. What is the important of oral literature? Oral literature […]

Who is Juno in Aeneid?

Juno. The queen of the gods, the wife and sister of Jupiter, and the daughter of Saturn. Juno (Hera in Greek mythology) hates the Trojans because of the Trojan Paris’s judgment against her in a beauty contest. She is also a patron of Carthage and knows that Aeneas’s Roman descendants are destined to destroy Carthage. […]

What do you call a poem without stanzas?

Free verse is an open form of poetry, which in its modern form arose through the French vers libre form. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech. Can a poem have no stanzas? In contrast, the modern or contemporary free […]

What is the tone of the poem Dover Beach?

D. The tone of “Dover Beach” is calm and melancholy at the beginning of the poem. The speaker is with his beloved, looking out of the window at the calm sea and asking her to be true to him. This, however, is far from a conventionally romantic moment. What’s the tone of the poem Dover […]