The Gleaner

subtle way. In contrast, consider, “The Gleaners” that is an oil painting by Jean-François Millet completed in 1857. It depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray grains of wheat after the harvest. The painting is famous for featuring the lowest ranks of rural society in a strikingly soft demeanor. Because of this soft and sombre portrayal of the poorest of the poor, the painting received a poor reception by the French upper classes (The Gleaners,…

Rhetorical strategies in John Keats’s: “To Autumn” Enchanting. Colorful. Changing. Words to describe the vivid imagery the season of autumn. A Famous poet by the name of John Keats wrote “To Autumn “, published in1819. He gives a clear descriptive image of the season of autumn for which he writes the actions that are visualized around him. He shares the movement of autumn, the visualization, and the character embedded into autumn with the audience. John Keats builds the imagery with similes,…

Introduction Reggae as a style of modern popular music expresses feelings and opinions about life, love and religion. It was originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and rapidly arose as the country’s dominant music (Cooper, 2015). It is widely perceived as a forceful voice for the people under confrontation and struggle. As Reggae often bores the weight of politicized lyrics that addresses social and economic injustice, it helps to raise awareness about social and political issues. Among…

EFFECTS OF DANCEHALL MUSIC ON THE YOUTH Dancehall music is a new style music that can be traced to Jamaica popular music that has its roots in the political disruptions in the Republic of Jamaica in late 1970’s . The music became more famous between 1981 and 1991. ( C.J.Cooper, 37). The music is attributed as a xhenomenon of ‘rude boys’ who settled in Jamaican ghettos due to high unemployment rates. The rate of unemxloyment in Jamaica stood at 35 percent in 1962. The delinquency behavior…

Humanity is most affected by matter and ideas, which are intricately entwined in each experience, relationship, and piece of art. Around the time of the 1800s, there was an existential conflict between artists on whether artwork should be more materialistic or more idealistic. The more idealistic Romantics focused on the sublimity of nature, nationalistic and individualistic heroes, and the corrupting of good humans by society. Because they are idealists, they believe that what humans perceive…

Keats compares Autumn to a gleaner who “dost keep/ Steady(ing) thy laden head across a brook”. This direct mention means that the cutting down of autumn has occurred, and that the cleanup process is underway. This gleaner carries the scraps of the fields in a large sack upon her head. Imagining a woman walking steadily across vast, and empty fields, carrying this heavy burden…

As a student athlete in both high school and college I was committed to physical fitness but, like many others, I struggled with my weight. After unsuccessful attempts at fad dieting and unsustainable calorie restriction, I learned basic nutrition concepts that guided my food choices and enabled me to maintain a healthy weight. This experience inspired me to increase the depth of my knowledge and earn a degree in nutrition and food science from Wayne State. I aspire become a registered…

The letter to the editor entitled, “Endless Bawling Can Damage”, published in the Gleaner of Monday, August 8, 2016 was written by Shawna Kay Williams-Pinnock. A teacher of English, Mrs Williams- Pinnock outlines the correlation between babies crying continually and aggressive behaviour. To support her claims, the author draws evidence from an article: Crying Babies- Answering the Call of Infant Cries (Faris and McCarroll, 2010), which summarises research illustrating that “children whose brain…

the colors, and it’s up to the reader to fill in each section with the corresponding color. Moreover, Keats uses this technique again near the end of the poem, “And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep,” and again, “Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies,” (19,29). Here, he uses the word “light” and “gleaner” which closely resemble the structure of the words green[er] and white. Breaking his own rule three times he says, “hazel,” “rosy,” and “The red-breast whistles.” Other than these…

Judith Sargent Murry is not a well-known name in everyday life, but to women activists and historians she was a key part of the women’s rights in the eighteenth century. She was an advocate for women’s right to an education. Judith’s upbringing had a lot to do with her work toward equality. She was raised in a wealthy household where her brothers had an excellent education and she was not given the same opportunities. Judith wrote many manuscripts, essays, and poems throughout her life. One of…