If you ever say that Russia’s launching a war at Ukraine was unprovoked, you put yourself in a precarious spot. You could think that you can always escape accountability for a mistake here by dismissing the whole matter as that of personal opinions, a ground where any statement can be refuted as subjective. However, in this case, there is science that will objectively prove you wrong (more…)
A Movie Script in Key Points
This isn’t about {this} or {that}. This is about {something else}. Why I love AI content
Why ChatGPT Loves—& Some Humans Hate—em Dashes
I hope to clarify a curious trend that caught my attention several times over the last few weeks on LinkedIn: different people—mostly mediocre copywriters begging for employment—complained about ChatGPT’s obsessive preference for em dashes. Their prevalent sentiment was predictably negative (they still think they lost their jobs to AI instead of their own incompetence); however, as I saw more people contribute in similar ways, my own surprise grew. See, I don’t just appreciate ChatGPT’s use of em dashes—I love it. Now, here are some reasons why using the em dash is a good idea, and why some may have a problem with it.
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“A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed” Poem Analysis
It may seem to the modern reader that the eighteenth-century English poets were very disapproving of women. It is hard to explain otherwise their clear tendency to talk about them in a derogatory way. Alexander Pope’s “Rape of the Lock” (1714) and “Epistle to a Lady” (1743), as well as “The Lady’s Dressing Room” (1732) by Jonathan Swift provide good examples of this attitude1. (more…)
Love Poems – Rhyming Love Poetry For Her by D. Rudoy
Love poems is the most popular genre of poetry because people cannot find happiness without love, no matter how rich, famous, or powerful they are. A search for passionate love, as well as the ultimate encounter with it, attracts the strongest, sweetest, and often saddest emotions that shake our life, making us consider ourselves from formerly unimaginable angles.
“A Tragicomic Read” by Alexander Bashlachev in English
Marriage Market. A Ballad on Love and Money
How to Write English Poetry. A Classic Advice
I had thought that poetry was something that simply existed. Turned out, poetry is what you define it to be today
Contemporary poet D. Rudoy teaches his readers life—and how to write English poetry
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