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The miniature atomic clock (MAC) was developed out of the same size and power-reducing technology, known as coherent population trapping (CPT), as the venerable chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC). By implementing [...]

The article discusses the theory of perception of philosopher John Locke and its adoption by English poet William Wordsworth in Lines 357-400 of Book I of the poem "The Prelude."

The article analyzes the poems of John Keats. The author states that in "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," Keats tries to describe the condition of a man's recurring desire to achieve sexual satisfaction. He asserts that the ballad only becomes more precise and realistic to a reader once he has grasped Keats' descriptions of sexual experience embedded into the ballad. He adds that Keats' poem "Bright Star" reveals a tension between love and the graphic physical experiences associated with it.

The author analyzes John Steinbeck's book "Of Mice and Men." He cites the context that Steinbeck wrote the book in 1936, with the title derived from Robert Burn's poem "To a Mouse." He claims that in his book, Steinbeck makes a prolific use of prolepsis which means an accurate foreshadowing of events. He describes some of the prolepses/proleptic ironies in Steinbeck's book. He notes that Steinbeck's aims to criticized the American Dream in his book.

The article presents an analysis of the themes of Robert Frost's three poems. It says that the "Birches," is about Frost's boyhood pastime of swinging on a birch tree in which Frost sees the activity of swinging as a process of resurrection. It also states that Frost talks about his determination to continue living in an imperfect world in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." It adds that Frost points that human beings are similar to leaves that must be buried and rot in "A Leaf-Treader."

The article analyzes several short stories included in Raymond Carver's book, "Short Cuts." According to the author, Carver's short story, "They're Not Your Husband," demonstrates Carver's literary style. The author states that Carver is a minimalist or a writer who makes a virtue out of the economy of his language. The author also explains the virtues of the main characters in Carver's stories.

The article offers the author's insight on the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. The author states that the italicized statement in the poem "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" is a victorious assertion of Hopkins' self-worth. He cites a sonnet composed by Hopkins in which he lays his conviction that God is fair but with rhetorical questions that suggest God is not. He criticizes Hopkins' devotion to the works of God for he believes Hopkins was admonishing his Lord for being unfair.

The poem "Adlestrop," by Peter Cash, is presented. First Line: From the cloudless sky, this landscape; Last Line: but of cars between two shires...

The poem "Claude Monet (1840-1926): The Thames Below Westminster (1871)," by Peter Cash is presented. First Line: Not sun nor breeze sweeping over; Last Line: of the democracy of weather.