grammar

The other thing grammar is good for

by Daniel Silliman Language

The other thing grammar is good for

By Daniel Silliman

Grammar can be a brutal, brutal thing.

Jan
24
2011
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Grammar can be a brutal, brutal thing.

Surrealism Re-Imagined

by Brooks Lampe Language

Surrealism Re-Imagined

By Brooks Lampe

At its heart, surrealism wages a political and ideological battle through language. By creating impossible images through placing disparate objects side-by-side, poetry dismantles and re-formulates our perceptions and conceptions of reality.

Oct
11
2010
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At its heart, surrealism wages a political and ideological battle through language. By creating impossible images through placing disparate objects side-by-side, poetry dismantles and re-formulates our perceptions and conceptions of reality.

Keats Revisited: “It’s Not a Well-Wrought Urn, it’s a Well of Ashes and Wine”

by Adam Fitzgerald Academia

Keats Revisited: “It’s Not a Well-Wrought Urn, it’s a Well of Ashes and Wine”

By Adam Fitzgerald

That urn is cold. I find it strange that several poets and scholars speak of the beauty-truth equation as the last lines of the poem. That equation has called forth so much fuss – its bald assertiveness is immensely persuasive at first hearing, then almost instantly the mind rebels against the symmetry of identity.

Feb
21
2010
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That urn is cold. I find it strange that several poets and scholars speak of the beauty-truth equation as the last lines of the poem. That equation has called forth so much fuss – its bald assertiveness is immensely persuasive at first hearing, then almost instantly the mind rebels against the symmetry of identity.