Aspects of Literature

Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Baa Baa, Black Sheep: a traditional nursery rhyme

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Baa baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full. One for the master, One for the dame, And one for the ...
Thursday, 22 June 2017

Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens: a summary of the plot

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The Chuzzlewit family is introduced at a gathering at the home of Seth Pecksniff, an architect, in a village near Salisbury in Wi...
Monday, 12 June 2017

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens: a summary of the plot

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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” is one of the most famous opening lines in English Literature. The particular ...
Thursday, 23 March 2017

Goosie Goosie Gander: a familiar nursery rhyme

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Goosie goosie gander, Whither shall I wander? Upstairs and downstairs And in my lady’s chamber. There I met an old man Who ...
Sunday, 8 January 2017

Ring-a-ring of roses: a misunderstood nursery rhyme

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Ring-a-ring of roses, A pocketful of posies; A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down. Everyone knows that this nursery rhyme h...
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Thursday, 22 December 2016

Little Jack Horner: a nursery rhyme explained

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Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie. He put in a thumb And pulled out a plum And said “What a good bo...
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Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Darkness and light in A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities” is a story about contrasts, as is evident from the very title. We are shown the two cities, ...
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