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    Colonization in TheWine of Astonishment The Wine of Astonishment by Earl Lovelace is a short Caribbean literary piece that captures the ordeal of a small community of the Spiritual Baptists in Bonasse under the colonial government. The short novel synchronizes with the historical struggle of the Spiritual Baptist Church in Trinidad and Tobago during the early 1900’s when the government passed the “Shouters Prohibition Ordinance”. Lovelace narrates the story from Eva’s perspective.Eva’s language in the novel

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    “She Walks in Beauty” is a great little poem written by Lord Byron (George Gordon) which is written in iambic tetrameter, this specific meter usually found in hymns are associated with sincerity, and simplicity. iambic tetrameter is a great choice in my opinion, it fits perfectly with the text. Bryson writes this poem about Robert Wilmot’s wife, Mrs Wilmot, Byron really tries to convey the love the speaker feels towards a stunning women walking with her own aura of beauty. The author speaks about

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    In Pixar’s popular movie Happy Feet, the character “Lovelace” is a penguin who has a six-pack ring caught around his neck, constantly choking him. He is put into the movie to allow young viewers to be aware of what their actions can do at an early age. Pollution in the oceans is a problem that needs to be solved immediately because of its harmful effects on the wildlife, our earth, and the future. One of the biggest killers in our water is plastic waste. Around 14 billion pounds of pollution, much

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    1941 to recruit women to join the labor force for the defense industry. Judy Lovelace, in “Rosie the Riveter Revisited,” describes her personal experiences and conflicting thoughts while working for the war effort. Lovelace’s interview allows us to better understand changes in women’s personal and professional lives during the war. It also shows the profound importance of women’s work toward the war effort. Lovelace was one of the six million women employed during the war. Women were recruited

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    “If I have freedom in my love, and in my soul am free, Angels alone that soar above, enjoy such liberty” – Richard Lovelace. To Althea from Prison is a poem written by Lovelace in 1642. Most poems from the 1600s used the rhyme scheme: ABABCDCD. Which means that each stanza, the first and third lines, the second and fourth, the fifth and seventh, and the sixth and eighth share a similar end rhyme. This poem is one of Lovelace’s famously known works and is often quoted by many. Interestingly enough

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    The Dragon Can't Dance by Earl Lovelace The Dragon Can't Dance. The author,Earl Lovelace, allows even the non-indigenous reader to understand, to feel the physical and psychological realities of poverty-stricken Calvary Hill - every "sweet, twisting, hurting ache"(p. 133) - more intensely , more completely, through his use of paradox. Indeed, oxymorons pepper the pages of his novel, challenging our habits of thought and provoking us into seeking another sense or context in which these self-contradictions

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    The two poems, “To Lucasta, going to the Wars” by Richard Lovelace and “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen are both devoted to the subject of war. Lovelace’s poem was written in the 17th century and as well as almost all the poetry of the period has romantic diction. The war is shown as something truly worthwhile, glossed and honorable for a man. The protagonist is leaving his beloved for the battlefield and his tone is pathetic and solemn. He calls the war his new mistress and asks his beloved

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    foul contagion spread” connotates decay as he refers to the sheep who rot from the emptiness of their stomachs (127). The rotting sheep also represent the metaphorical “flock” of members in the Roman Catholic church, where “rot inwardly” refers to the rotting of their empty spiritual souls. Milton extends this pastoral metaphor with the wolf, as a common devourer of sheep, in “Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw” (128). The wolf operates as a symbol for the clergy that preyed on its members

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    Colonization in The Wine of Astonishment The Wine of Astonishment by Earl Lovelace is a short Caribbean literary piece that captures the ordeal of a small community of Spiritual Baptists in Bonasse under the colonial government. The short novel synchronizes with the historical struggle of the Spiritual Baptist Church in Trinidad and Tobago during the early 1900’s when the government passed the “Shouters Prohibition Ordinance”. Lovelace narrates the story from Eva’s perspective. Eva’s language in the novel

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    result, Mr. Belford still calls Clarissa a “suffering angles” (579), as she has not yet become one of the sinners. Mr. Lovelace once expresses his admiration towards Clarissa by saying, “such a native elegance in this Lady, that she surpasses all that I could image... her person adorns what she wears, more than dress can adorn her, and that’s her excellence” (246). Clarissa seems to have innate gracefulness and her virtues surpass all the physical objects including the clothes, to become a valuable

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