to improve understanding and interpretation of the meaning of words without having to look them up in a dictionary. There are very many different effects of written and spoken language. Most people know what an acronym is, or a palindrome . But what is a glottal stop ? What is a tautolog...
Rhyme scheme refers to the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. It is often represented by a series of letters, where each letter corresponds to a particular rhyme. For example, the rhyme scheme of a poem might be ABAB, meaning th
dating back to 1975, I came upon another quote that was an important touchstone for me back when I was 19 and finding my way by fear or feel towards some kind of life with purpose and meaning. These words
James’ visual take on Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem “Jabberwocky” captures the absurdity of the source material; his sailing into the world of Herman Melville’s cetacean-sized tome, “Moby Dick,” is a Nantucket sleigh ride into the mind of the obsessed Captain Ahab; and, sticking wit...