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Great Lines: Edward Thomas

November 15, 2023 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

An ode to the beautiful and heartening November sun.

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November 15, 2023 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, Edward Thomas, There's Nothing Like the Sun, Poem, Poetry, Ode, November, Sun
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: Emily Pauline Johnson

October 04, 2023 by Katie Musgrave in Writing, Craft, Language

Emily Pauline Johnson imagines the mapped nation of Canada as a great ship.

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October 04, 2023 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, Emily Pauline Johnson, Acrostic, Poem, Poetry, Canada
Writing, Craft, Language

Great Lines: And Just Like That...

August 30, 2023 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

And Just Like That… strikes a poignant tone in admitting Carrie Bradshaw’s growth through grief.

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August 30, 2023 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, And Just Like That..., Sex and the City, Revival, Sequel, Grief, Growth, Self
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: The Bear

August 16, 2023 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing, Media

The show speaks to the obsession in driving ambition.

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August 16, 2023 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, The Bear, Obsessiveness, Focus, Devotion, Perfectionism, Ambition, Fixation, Obsession
Craft, Language, Writing, Media

Great Lines: Forrest Gump

June 28, 2023 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing, Media

Wisdom in simplicity.

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June 28, 2023 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, Forrest Gump, Simile, Life, Chocolates, Metaphor, Simplicity, Clarity
Craft, Language, Writing, Media

Great Lines: Delia Owens

April 12, 2023 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

Owens’ prose has an elastic capacity to be both plainly stated and teeming with its own abundance.

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April 12, 2023 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: Julius Caesar

March 15, 2023 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

The portentous warning of the Soothsayer to Julius Caesar is a line of potent cultural resonance.

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March 15, 2023 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, March 15, Ides of March
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: WS Merwin

December 28, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

Merwin personifies the New Year as a calm presence that meets us where we are.

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December 28, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, WS Merwin, To the New Year, Christmas, New Year, Quiet, Calm, Self-Assessement, Self-Inventory, Hope, Hopes
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: Carol of the Bells

December 21, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Impression

The popular ‘Carol of the Bells’ features the word ‘Christmas’ at its best, in euphonic lines.

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December 21, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Great Lines, Carol of the Bells, Christmas, SIbilant, Sibilance, Sound, Effect, Connotations, Season
Craft, Language, Impression


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