except a certain awful look of terrible depression
unexpected ending
17 Matching Annotations
- Nov 2021
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www.poetryfoundation.org www.poetryfoundation.org
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which was the meadow of the world
repeated phrase
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as if each were a little joke
great description
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the enormous meadow which was the meadow of the world
because golden gate park is so famous?
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- Oct 2021
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onbeing.org onbeing.org
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born with a veil
what does this mean? hiding?
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sycophancy
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Just how I would do it I could never decide: by reading law, by healing the sick, by telling the wonderful tales that swam in my head,—some way.
I love how he turned it into motivation to be better
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Do not these Southern outrages make your blood boil? At these I smile, or am interested, or reduce the boiling to a simmer
really great metaphor
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- Sep 2021
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teaching.lfhanley.net teaching.lfhanley.net
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The shadow
Many repeats of metaphors containing shadows
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region of blue sky and great wandering shadows.
contrast in metaphor between blue sky and shadows
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Southern outrages make your blood boil? At these I smile, or am interested, or reduce the boiling to a simmer
metaphor of blood literally boiling and reducing it down to a simmer
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- Aug 2021
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teaching.lfhanley.net teaching.lfhanley.net
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She was goddess because of her force; she was the animated dynamo; she was reproduction–the greatest and most mysterious of all energies
This is one of the first times woman is mentioned in this text. Why does the author feel so passionately about this subject? what is prompting the worshiping nature of the way he speaks?
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Where he saw sequence, other men saw something quite different, and no one saw the same unit of measure.
what was it that other men were seeing? and why did no one se the same unit of measure?
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Radium denied its God–or, what was to Langley the same thing, denied the truths of his Science.
Does this means he thinks of his science as God?
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teaching.lfhanley.net teaching.lfhanley.net
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From my five arms and all my hands,
what is the meaning of the five arms? and are there just as many hands? Maybe more?
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From “Bow Down” come “Rise Up,”
This reminds me of gaining respect as you get older, is this about growing up?
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They Lion grow.
Is Lion referring to humans?
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