Great Lines: Sylvia Plath
Plath imagines female choice as a fig tree.
Read MoreGreat Lines: Antony and Cleopatra
As Shakespeare reimagined, in refusing to be mastered, Cleopatra mastered herself.
Read MoreGreat Lines: Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë captures the wondrous transience of the bluebell.
Read MoreGreat Lines: Hamlet
The phrase ‘To be, or not to be’ combines devices to pose the quintessential, existential question.
Read MoreGreat Lines: William Carlos Williams
‘The Red Wheelbarrow’ comprises a mere four lines which carry a weight of meaning.
Read MoreGreat Lines: TS Eliot
TS Eliot’s The Waste Land is 100 years old—and oddly relevant still, in our perplexing post-industrial age.
Read MoreSteinbeck on the Writer's Purpose
Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize speech challenges writers to reflect both the worst and the best man can be, in a quest to better humanity.
Read MoreMore Great Lines: William Wordsworth
Wordsworth personifies daffodils as a ‘golden’, ‘dancing’ multitude.
Read MoreGreat Lines: F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned (1922) prefigures the grand, flowing movements of the Gatsby narrative.
Read MoreGreat Lines: Ted Hughes
A small, white, mighty sign that life begins again.
Read MoreHow to Master Essay Structure
Structure can be controlled and automated—fixed—in advance, when students have a clear method to follow.
Read MoreHow to Write a Summary
Here are 5 steps to write a summary efficiently.
Read MoreThe Joy of Repetition
The joy comes from observing the pattern as it becomes increasingly meaningful to us.
Read MoreWhat Makes Christmas Songs So Pleasing
Christmas songs are an excellent example of euphony at work.
Read More3 Ways to Convince Followers to Volunteer for Your Campaign
Here are three ways to combat ‘slacktivism’ and convince your followers to volunteer their time, effort and presence your campaign.
Read More5 Ways to Write a Memorable Speech Line
Delivering a memorable line can have a significant and lasting impact on your audience.
Read MoreWhat is Rhetorical Language?
Rhetorical language is outstanding language used to impress an audience.
Read MoreGreat Lines: Norman Maclean
In a verbal tribute to the primacy of nature, as the foundation of all existence, Maclean describes the world at the beginning and end of time
Read MoreGreat Lines: Casablanca
Casablanca’s sentimental script boasts some of the most memorable and repeated lines in popular culture.
Read MoreGreat Lines: John Steinbeck
Steinbeck’s style is uncomplicated and unadorned, but in these ways uncommonly clear and incisive.
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