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Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell , 1621-78, one of the English metaphysical poets . Educated at Cambridge, he worked as a clerk, traveled abroad, and returned to serve as tutor to Lord Fairfax's daughter in Yorkshire. In 1657 he was appointed John Milton's assistant in the Latin secretaryship, and in 1659 he was... Read more
hyperbole hyperbole
hyperbole , a figure of speech in which exceptional exaggeration is deliberately used for emphasis rather than deception. Andrew Marvell employed hyperbole throughout To His Coy Mistress : An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each... Read more
metaphysical poets metaphysical poets
metaphysical poets name given to a group of English lyric poets of the 17th cent. The term was first used by Samuel Johnson (1744). The hallmark of their poetry is the metaphysical conceit (a figure of speech that employs unusual and paradoxical images), a reliance on intellectual wit, learned... Read more
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ode ode
ode elaborate and stately lyric poem of some length. The ode dates back to the Greek choral songs that were sung and danced at public events and celebrations. The Greek odes of Pindar, which were modeled on the choral odes of Greek drama, were poems of praise or glorification. They were arranged in... Read more
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Fermats last theorem Fermats last theorem
Fermat's Last Theorem The proof of Fermat's Last Theorem involves two people separated by over 350 years. The first is the French lawyer and mathematician Pierre de Fermat, who, in about 1637, left a note written in the margin of a book. His note said that the equation ... Read more
William Ernest Henley William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley 1849-1903, English poet, critic, and editor. Although crippled by tuberculosis of the bone, he led an active, vigorous life. As editor of several reviews successively, he introduced to the public a galaxy of young writers, including Kipling, Wells, and Yeats. Although his... Read more
A Little Night Music A Little Night Music
Little Night Music, A (1973), a musical comedy of manners by Hugh Wheeler (book), Stephen Sondheim (music, lyrics). [Shubert Theatre, 600 perf.; Tony, NYDCC Award.] The lawyer Fredrik Egerman ( Len Cariou) and his child bride Anne ( Victoria Mallory) have an odd marriage—she is still a... Read more
Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess (1935), a “folk opera” by Dubose Heyward, Ira Gershwin (book, lyrics), George Gershwin (music). [Alvin Theatre, 124 perf.] The crippled Porgy ( Todd Duncan), who rides around the Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, loves Bess ( Anne Brown), the... Read more

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