Gilgamesh, a modern day hero?
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. Donne sees human love as a power that can resist change or decay in the world. How does Donne affirm this power in his love poetry? Base your essay on one of Donne's love poems Song [Go and catch a falling star] is an aged piece of literature written by John Donne. The poet shows his skepticism towards the foundation of true love and the finding of a "pure" woman. He exercises sarcasm through metaphorical terms to convey that attaining love and its power to refute change. The poem is divided into three stanzas and each stanza portrays different stories and perspectives of the poet towards true love and the pure nature of women, and the attainment of love. Donne's Songs does not describe a single unchanging view of love; they express a wide variety of emotions and attitudes (over varying stanzas), as if Donne himself were trying to define his experience of love through his poetry. Love can be an experience of the body, the soul, or both; it can be a religious experience, or merely a sensual one, and it can give rise to emotions ranging from ecstasy to despair. The poet shows his determined perspective regarding discovering true love over time. The first stanza submits a sense of absolute impracticality; as it states states; "Go and catch a falling star," and as it is known by all it is not achievable to "catch a falling star". Falling stars are a cause of great destruction
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А.-М. Сень Науковий керівник – ОСОБЛИВОСТІ КОМУНІКАЦІЇ «АВТОР/ЧИТАЧ» У КНИЗІ «ШИДЕВРИ ВКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ЛІТЕРАТУРИ. ХРЕСТОМАТІЯ ДОКТОРА ПАДЛЮЧЧА» МИХАЙЛА БРИНИХА Постановка проблеми комунікації автор/читач відіграє важливу роль у заохоченні та популяризації української та зарубіжної літератури серед покоління Z, яке стрімко зростає і розвивається в цифровому суспільстві, щоразу потребує більш модернізованого підходу представлення інформації. Саме тому підняття питання популяризації давньої літератури в умовах сьогодення є надзвичайно актуальним, адже сучасна молодь потребує новітні шляхи ознайомлення з творчістю всесвітньовідомих письменників минулих віків, який полягає у адаптації тексту під молодіжний лад. Доведенням факту, що давня
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The Story of an Hour
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