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Murphy's law [a] is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.".. Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was coined by, and named after, American aerospace engineer Edward A. Murphy Jr.; its exact origins are debated, but it is generally agreed it originated from Murphy and his team ...
What need you, being come to sense, But fumble in a greasy till And add the halfpence to the pence And prayer to shivering prayer, until You have dried the marrow from the bone; For men were born to pray and save; Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the grave. Yet they were of a different kind, The names that stilled your ...
The poem employs alliteration, anaphora, simile, satire, and internal rhyme but no regular end rhyme scheme. However, lines 1 and 2 and lines 6 and 8 end with masculine rhymes. Dickinson incorporates the pronouns you, we, us, your into the poem, and in doing so, draws the reader into the piece. The poem suggests anonymity is preferable to fame.
“Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Although the precise attribution of this quote remains elusive, the sentiment makes so much sense it can go unchallenged. No one ...
These Black History Month quotes from notable figures, activists and politicians including Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. will inspire you all year long. 55 inspiring quotes to read during ...
The Poem of my Friend has indeed great defects; first, that the principal person has no distinct character, either in his profession of Mariner, or as a human being who having been long under the control of supernatural impressions might be supposed himself to partake of something supernatural; secondly, that he does not act, but is continually ...
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by American composer William Thayer Ames, [6] a choral setting of the poem. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by American composer Cecil William Bentz, [7] a choral setting of the poem in his opus, "Two Short Poems by Robert Frost." "Nothing Gold Can Stay" [8] by American composer Steven Bryant, [9] an instrumental chorale ...
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