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Why does Mussolini refer to war as female?
In the beginning of Chapter Three of his autobiography, Benito Mussolini writes the following:
War had come — war — that female of dreads and fascinations.
What is supposed to be conveyed by calling ...
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Why these specific "things that fly" in "Kite-Flying"?
Rose Justice, the main character of Rose Under Fire, writes several poems that appear in various places in the book. This is the second verse of Kite-Flying:
Hope waits stubbornly,
watching the sky
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Symbolism of "hot gammon" in T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land
I'm reading T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land (which you can read for free online) and one particular line stuck out at me:
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon,
And they ...
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