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  2. Ozymandias - Wikipedia

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    The poem was created as part of a friendly competition in which Shelley and fellow poet Horace Smith each created a poem on the subject of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II under the title of Ozymandias, the Greek name for the pharaoh. Shelley's poem explores the ravages of time and the oblivion to which the legacies of even the greatest are subject.

  3. Imtiaz Dharker - Wikipedia

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    Her poem Tissue appears in the 2017 AQA poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. [10] Her poems Living Space and In Wales, wanting to be Italian also appear in the Eduqas WJEC poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature. [11] Dharker was a member of the judging panel for the 2008 Manchester Poetry Prize, with Gillian Clarke and Dame Carol ...

  4. Sappho 31 - Wikipedia

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    The context of the poem has been the subject of much scholarly debate: Thomas McEvilley calls it the "central controversy" about the poem. [9] Wilamowitz suggested that the poem was a wedding song, and that the man mentioned in the initial stanza of the poem was the bridegroom. [10]

  5. Understanding Poetry - Wikipedia

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    Context is also important. The form of a poem is a person's attempt to deal with a certain problem, "poetic and personal." Poems are written within a historical and cultural context, and the reader also has a context and needs to understand the "dramatic implications of the form."

  6. The Road Not Taken - Wikipedia

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    "The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, [1] and later published as the first poem in the 1916 poetry collection, Mountain Interval. Its central theme is the divergence of paths, both literally and figuratively, although its interpretation is noted for being ...

  7. Brain tissue may contain higher amounts of microplastics than ...

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    The brain may contain higher -- and more significant -- amounts of microplastics than other organs in the body, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New Mexico Health ...

  8. How Trump's federal worker layoffs will hit beyond Washington

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    Fortunately, the Ogden economy has diversified over the past decade, he said. Other large employers include a large hospital, the university, and major manufacturing facilities.

  9. 'The White Lotus' Brings Back a Surprising Character in Season 3

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    Spoilers below. The White Lotus Thailand has a bald white man problem. No, really. As a scene in the season 3 premiere comically reveals, there are actually a bunch of them at the resort. Chloe ...