Life, Death, and Social Commitment in MH’s Poetry
Life and Death in the Poetry of MH: Song and Ballad of Absences
The poetic world of MH revolves around three major themes: life, death, and love, encompassing all stages of individual growth. Life and death are poetically exemplified in two ways: existentially, echoing the philosopher’s notion that humans are born for solidarity with death, and through the concept of ‘seed death,’ where humans ensure species continuity. In Song and Ballad of Absences, life and death intertwine. MH’s vision of death
Read MoreAlbatross and Poet: A Symbolic Parallel in Baudelaire’s Verse
Analysis of “Albatross” by Charles Baudelaire
Structure and Meaning
This 14-syllable (Alexandrine) poem, with consonant rhyme, consists of four quatrains (four lines each). The title is both eponymous, naming the central figure of the albatross, and symbolic, as the albatross represents the Romantic poet.
The first three stanzas explore the relationship between the albatross and sailors. The final stanza draws a parallel between the poet and the albatross.
Stanza 1: The Albatross and the Sailors
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Read MoreEnglish Verb Operators: Negation, Contraction, and Usage
Verb Operators
Operators are verbs used for clause negation or forming questions (interrogative clauses). To form a negative clause, the negative particle ‘not’ is inserted after the operator. In interrogative clauses, the operator is placed before the subject noun phrase (NP).
Major Categories of Operators
- The first auxiliary verb in the verb phrase (VP):
- Clause negation: He is not listening.
- Question formation: Is he listening?
- The copular ‘be’:
- Clause negation: You’re not serious.
- Question formation:
Spanish Grammar and Language Concepts
Structure of the Verb Phrase (SV)
The verb phrase requires a verb that can stand alone or with complements. The order of these complements can vary.
SV Function
The predicate always functions as SVES, which can be a predicate nominative or predicate verbal.
The Verb as the Nucleus
Verbs are characterized by:
- Meaning: They refer to actions, states, or processes.
- Form: They are variable words, consisting of a lexeme and morphemes indicating tense, aspect, mood, and number.
Text
The text is the maximum unit
Read MoreSpanish Language Varieties and Textual Analysis
Item 3: Linguistic Varieties in Spain
Languages have three main types of varieties: diaphasic, diatopic, and diastratic. We should add a fourth: diachronic varieties.
Diachronic Varieties: Causes of Linguistic Evolution
- Pre-Roman Hispania: Before the Romans arrived, Celtic, Iberian, or Basque were spoken. Basque is the only survivor.
- Roman Empire: The conquest of the Peninsula introduced Latin, which gradually replaced the native languages.
- Germanic Invasions: The 5th-century fall of the Roman Empire
Understanding Frequency, Averages, and Communication Elements
The sum of the absolute frequency is the total number of data.
The sum of the relative frequency is always unity.
In a bar chart:
The data are represented at the base of each bar.
The height of each bar is equal to the absolute frequency of each item.
If we join the upper ends of the bars, we obtain the frequency polygon.
For the arithmetic mean of a set of data, you add them all and divide the result of the sum by the total number of data.
To calculate the average of grouped data:
1. Each data point