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- The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory (PhysOrg)
From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this literary technique is useful not only for poetry but also for memory.
- Kids learn from social Web sites - Detroit News
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook. The same study also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically ...
- In the News: July 21 - Wicked Local Orleans
In the News: July 21Wicked Local Orleans, MA - 1 hour agoEmily Dickinson’s exposure to Congregational church music indelibly influenced her poetry, says Noel Tipton, “Making me think of it, for her, ...
- Perugia Murder: What Defense Lawyers Are Planning - MSN UK News
Seattle student Amanda Knox and two others have finally been charged with the Perugia murder of a British student. How their lawyers plan to defend them. The nine-bloom yellow bouquet for Amanda Knox included a simple note. "Happy Birthday," it said ...
- Fourth of July Patriotism - Brighton Standard-Blade
Fourth of July PatriotismBrighton Standard-Blade, United States - 1 hour agoIn the letters, she revealed that she was also a writer of poetry. Yes, she was a patriot, and a critic driven by her patriotism to work for change and we ...
- Sorting the Olympic professionals from the amateurs - Yorkshire Post
Sorting the Olympic professionals from the amateursYorkshire Post, UK - 22 minutes agoAnd then there is the fragrance after the rain – and that's poetry. Roll on summer. From: Mrs Angela B Moreton, Chandos Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds. ...
- IN MY LIBRARY: LAURIE ANDERSON (New York Post)
Voracious! That's how Laurie Anderson - performance artist, love of Lou Reed's life - describes her reading habits. "I'm just a complete bookworm," the ethereal violinist/poet/composer tells The Post's Barbara Hoffman. "I love touring because I can...
- Bonekickers episode 3 review - Den Of Geek
Bonekickers episode 3 reviewDen Of Geek, UK - 8 hours agoBonekickers' cheesy script is also beginning to form its own unique kind of poetry. You've got to admire a show that can throw out lines such as 'Love is at ...
- Mother spoke of dreams for future - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldMother spoke of dreams for futureSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 31 minutes ago"You can see the situation unfolding on her face - her life has completely been turned upside down," he said. "She's obviously devastated by what's happened ...
- Remember When: I get chills when I hear "God Bless America" - Fort Pierce Tribune
I was watching Lawrence Welk present a medley of patriotic songs on TV. One of the tunes was "God Bless America," and it brought back memories of my 1985 trip to Europe. That was the year of the bombing in Greece, and everyone said we should not ...
- Marcus Garvey birthday celebrated in the Virgin Islands - Caribbean Net News
Caribbean Net NewsMarcus Garvey birthday celebrated in the Virgin IslandsCaribbean Net News, Cayman Islands - 1 hour agoThe USVI Daily News reported that the celebrations included drumming, poetry reading and singing an open-mic event at Bellow Moods on Tortola. ...
- Her disruptive politics is anti-people - Tribune
T HE VHP protesters who torched 12 churches in Orissa on Monday, killing two persons, including a woman, and critically injuring a pastor, also killed the secular image of India. Suddenly, they have made the country open to the criticism that ...
- Reclaiming an ancient wedding ritual - News Today Online
News Today OnlineReclaiming an ancient wedding ritualNews Today Online, Philippines - 3 hours agoNow at 47, she's anxious to once again see the beauty of the ritual and to hear the lavish poetry of the ceremony. It was 37 years ago, long forgotten but ...
- In Space, No One Can Read Your Thesis - Firefox News
In Space, No One Can Read Your ThesisFirefox News, AZ - 31 minutes agoYou're going to meet people who write incredible works of prose and poetry. You're going to meet people who post barely literate drivel. ...
- Scented Worlds - The Daily Star
The Daily StarScented WorldsThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 4 minutes agoBefore they came to this country of cold rocks, they would read poetry to each other: soothing Tagore, fiery Nazrul. Now all those poems had become icy ...
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