By Shane Blades Your world had that verdancy found in the countryside While I felt all the tedium of a grey oppressed city When you heard the calling of the corncrake – a rarity now I listened to the constant conversation of diesels Finding myself too close to their heavy fumed breathing Your view saw … Continue reading Opposites
Contrasts, Opposites, and the Need to be Different
By Alex Andy Phuong A prevalent theme in literature and poetry is the idea of opposites. Famous examples include Marianne and Elinor Dashwood in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, and various character foils in novels like Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations. Because it is such an effective technique, contrasting ideas have the ability to reveal universal … Continue reading Contrasts, Opposites, and the Need to be Different
Academy of the Heart And Mind 