Octave

Analysis of Holy Sonnets 7 The Holy Sonnets,7 by John Donne is a Petrarchan Sonnet, which is also an iambic pentameter. It’s end-rhyme scheme is abba abba cdcd ee, with variations in several lines. The poem consists of an octave and a sextet with a turn after line eight. After the basic information of this poem, I will illustrate several terms with examples found in it. As for the rhyme, full rhymes appear frequently at the end of lines, such as ‘space’ and ‘grace’. These full rhymes give the…

poems are short in length. In his simplest poems, you can see the plainness of Wright’s style, while also seeing the struggle that is going on inside him. Some of the strengths in the book are the imagery that Wright uses. For example, in the poem Octaves, Wright says, “We were, about useful as a hammer and nail made of gold (Wright,1, p.6).” Wright is using the example of…

In all aspects of society, various themes that affect everyone in life exist. These themes include love, heartbreak, beauty, death, joy, and others. Literature often embodies these examples in ways that the audience can relate to, no matter the time period it is published in. Poems can express the themes of love and death better than many other forms of literature, as they tend to be shorter. Two poems, “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun” and “Death, Be Not Proud,” are sonnets, with…

It’s time to start looking into visiting the Pyrenees. Today is the day to start booking and getting reservations for your next family vacation. Imagine going on family hikes through the most beautiful mountains and learning about the geology in Europe. Think about your kids getting a better knowledge about Europe. Dream about walking through the perfect tiny little villages and seeing all the different types of people. The Pyrenees was the mountain range that the Tour De France features. The…

A unique feature of playing a piano piece is that it, in a sense, transports an orchestra into a single performer’s own two hands; Mozart was able to do just that as a major classical composer. While Mozart’s music across the board demonstrated a mastery of all sorts of musical types, his piano sonatas capture distinct character paired with enunciated form in such a way that is very specific to his style. Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major is one of 18 piano sonatas in total, all of which…

landmark in the history of prelude and fugue, Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier combined two books: preludes and fugues and Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues [3]. Here I need to mention the well- temperament means twelve equal tones in an octave range, which is a tuning system described in the 20th century. Organist Arnolt Schlick had mentioned it in his article in the 16th century, but the well-temperament tuning system was not widely used in Baroque Period. Therefore, the Well-Tempered…

Ptolemy was an ancient philosopher in Alexandria who lived from approximately 100 BCE to 170 CE. While Ptolemy is considered Greek in terms of ethnicity, he is also considered a “Hellenized Egyptian”(http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ptolemy) as he was born in Alexandria, Egypt. There is evidence suggesting that Ptolemy was granted Roman citizenship since his first name is Claudius, which is a Roman name. Many historians conclude that Ptolemy spent the entirety of his life in Alexandria.…

As dualists, many philosophers, such as Descartes believe that the mind and body of one being are fundamentally different from one another and hence, the mind is not part of the physical realm. However, if this is the case, how can an interaction between these two radically distinctive entities occur? Mental causation, as an argument against dualism, is defined as "the bringing about of effects, physical or mental, by minds or goings-on in minds" (1). It is modelled around the question how…

Beyonce capitalizes on relatable female issues which is a reason her music has prospered her into the world star she is today. Along with the music she has award winning music videos that also project a strong argument that vibes more with feminist attitude.With a total of 20 awards and 53 nominations from the Grammys for her music (as a solo artist and with Destiny's Child), she is the most nominated woman in Grammy history! For the purpose of picking more of an artistic video to analyze I…

A single thread winds itself through time and space. It crosses eras and social classes, jobs and nationalities. It binds the Renaissance and the Baroque, the aristocrats and the commonwealth. It’s a thread of rhythm and intonation; it’s a thread of music. Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi blazed a trail of new techniques and styles that would come to define the Baroque period. Composers wanted more freedom, but the aristocrats wanted compositions written to their specifications. Influenced by society,…