[误] The poem is short to learn by heart. [正] The poem is short enough to learn by heart. 我们的假期太短了,不能用作旅行。 [误] Our vacation is short to take for a journey. [正] Our vacation is too short to take for a journey. [析] 在short后接主动形式的不定式表示被动意义时...
Lesson Summary. Imagist poetry isa subset of Modernism in which the poet focuses on using simple language to describe objects. Many Imagist poems use free verse, and they all avoid excess words. One important American Imagist writer was H.D., whose poem 'Oread' blends images of land and sea...
After her education (in Wellington and London), Katherine Mansfield leftNew Zealandat the age of 19 to establish herself in England as a writer. Her initial disillusion appears in the ill-humoured stories collected inIn a German Pension(1911). Until 1914 she published stories inRhythmandThe Bl...
Samuel Selvon was a Caribbean novelist and short-story writer of East Indian descent, known for his vivid evocation of the life of East Indians living in the West Indies and elsewhere. He came to public attention during the 1950s with a number of other C
Explore the summary of the short story ''William Wilson'' by Edgar Allan Poe. Discover what the central themes of the short story are and the importance of the main characters. ''William Wilson'' Summary ''William Wilson'' is a pseudonym chosen by our narrator in this short story. He ...
and Steven was always aware of his older brother’s natural instincts. “It is going to get dark any minute,” saidDavie, “We should go back.” As the two boys stood, they heard the distant soundsof a train coming. “A train!” exclaimed Steven, and as they looked down the tracks...
Summary Of The Poem Other People How would you feel to have a father, mother, sister or brother taken away because of the treachery war .Good morning Mrs Naidoo and fellow classmates, today I will be analysing Christopher Wallace-Crabbe’s Australian War poem Other people and how it highlight...
It should have characters and a plot. The characters should do something and there should be a conflict that needs resolution. Three classic short stories which are not part of this website are Jack London’sTo Build a Fire, James Hurst’sThe Scarlet Ibis, and Richard Connell’sThe Most Da...
‘A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste’: summary Pound begins ‘A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste’ by defining what he, and the Imagists, mean by the term ‘Image’: ‘that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.’ Imagism deals with the fleeing and t...
In the South by Salman Rushdie: Summary & Analysis from Chapter 12 / Lesson 5 16K Salman Rushdie's ''In the South'' is a short story about two elderly men recounting the stories of their lives. Explore the plot of the story, analyze the author's use of dichotomies...