By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, beginning ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?’ is one of the best-known and most widely studied poems in all of Renaissance literature. The poem is often viewed as a love lyric, but can alternatively be interpreted as a poem about the power of poetry
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Ryan Mitchell is a Los Angeles-based multi-talented artist and songwriter who has caught the attention of music fans worldwide with his single “Russian Roulette.” Drawing from diverse musical influences such as My Chemical Romance, Blackbear, Queen, and Post Malone, he’s aiming to inject passion into pop music. His release “Covergirl” received an impressive 30k+ streams
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Photography by Getty ImagesThe director’s daughter Romy Croquet Mars has made her TikTok debut, and it’s nothing less than high art. By Natalie Michie Date March 22, 2023 Facebook Twitter Just when the world was tiring of the nepo baby conversation, an unlikely hero emerged. Romy Croquet Mars is the daughter of Oscar-winning director Sofia
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The following is from Yuri Herrera’s Ten Planets. Born in Actopan, Mexico, Herrera is the author of three novels, including Signs Preceding the End of the World, which was one of the Guardian’s “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” and won the Best Translated Book Award. He teaches at Tulane University in New Orleans.
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Ant Anstead is looking for a small change of scenery … TMZ has learned he’s sold his O.C. home, but he’s hoping to stay in the neighborhood. Real estate sources tell TMZ … the “Celebrity IOU: Joyride” host sold his 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,968-square-foot Laguna Beach pad on Monday with the closing price of $3.1 million.
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Healdsburg’s newest luxury hotel option is, in and of itself, a wonderful place to enjoy a bit of rest and relaxation within the beauty of Northern California wine country. Located on a stretch of three acres with westward facing mountain views, the 11 room boutique property features amenities typically found at a larger resort, such
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Play video content SplashNews.com / Coleman-Rayner Dick Van Dyke showed off his battle wounds Friday after his recent car accident, claiming the airbags didn’t deploy during the crash. The beloved “Mary Poppins” icon, 97, was spotted out and about with his wife, 51-year-old Arlene Silver, and a younger pal. Van Dyke pointed out two stitches
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Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. is back as part of the Disney+ schedule for March 27-April 2. On Friday, March 31, the streaming service will release the sophomore season of Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. The series stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Jason Scott Lee, Matthew Sato, Wes Tian, Emma Meisel, Mapuana Makia, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Ronny Chieng, Alex Aiono.
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) A simile is a literary device whereby you liken one thing to another, using the word like or as. Sometimes we use similes in everyday language: describing someone as being as sick as a parrot, for instance. This can be contrasted with metaphor, which is more direct and does
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