Archive for November, 2006
Gioacchino Rossini: I know of no better occupation than eating, eating well that is. Appetite is to the stomach what love is to the heart. Our stomach is the conductor to the grand orchestra of our passions
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Many people suffer from severe Christmas addiction — and don’t even know it! Check out these 6 signs to find out if you need to attend “Christmas Anonymous” meetings this holiday season. 
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In Edmund Spenser’s ‘The Faerie Queene’, Books 11 and 111 The Bower of Bliss and the Garden of Adonis might look similar from a distance; their geographical form is certainly similar, and the tour on which Spenser takes us seems to follow the same kind of route. But their ostensible similarity, and their juxtaposition in two adjacent books of ‘The Faerie Queene’ only serve to highlight their differences.
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In The Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope (1688-1744) employs a mock-epic style to satirise the beau-monde (fashionable world, society of the elite) of eighteenth century England. The richness of the poem, however, reveals more than a straightforward satirical attack. Alongside the criticism we can detect Popes fascination with, and perhaps admiration for, Belinda and the society in which she moves.
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Religious Metaphysical Poetry. John Donne, George Herbert, and Henry Vaughan Posted By : Ian Mackean
John Donne (1572-1631) established what has become known as the Metaphysical style of poetry which was taken up by later poets such as George Herbert (1593-1633) and Henry Vaughan (1622-95).
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John Donne’s Songs and Sonnets do not describe a single unchanging view of love; they express a wide variety of emotions and attitudes, 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 sexual one, and it can give rise to emotions ranging from ecstasy to despair.
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There are a host of easy entertaining solutions that can make throwing a party easier and more fun.
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