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What figure of speech is "transient feet" in "A Photograph" by Shirley Toulson?

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Meaning of a stage direction in "Remember Caesar" by Josephine Tey

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What does the phrase "the silent imputation of parsimony" mean in The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry?

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Why the capitalization of "Heavens" in Rudyard Kipling's "The Secret of the Machines"?

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Relationship between title and protagonist's fate in Tolstoy's God Sees the Truth, but Waits

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What does "radium" mean in Confessions of a Born Spectator by Ogden Nash?

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Meaning of "only a bird could have got in" in "The Castle"

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What are the "unknown land" and "eye of faith" in "Our Casuarina Tree"?

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Figures of speech in "Once Upon a Time" by Gabriel Okara

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Interpretation of “ Time as a stuff can be wasted” in Sandburg's A Father to His Son

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Why "a creeper climbs" in Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt?

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In the Hollow Crown speech, what does the line "Cover your heads" imply?

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Sarcasm, satire & irony

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Meaning of “the fears of the fishing-rod of Utopia” in Forgetting by Robert Lynd

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What figure of speech is "transient feet" in "A Photograph" by Shirley Toulson?

Meaning of a stage direction in "Remember Caesar" by Josephine Tey

What does the phrase "the silent imputation of parsimony" mean in The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry?

Why the capitalization of "Heavens" in Rudyard Kipling's "The Secret of the Machines"?

Relationship between title and protagonist's fate in Tolstoy's God Sees the Truth, but Waits

What does "radium" mean in Confessions of a Born Spectator by Ogden Nash?

Meaning of "only a bird could have got in" in "The Castle"

What are the "unknown land" and "eye of faith" in "Our Casuarina Tree"?

Figures of speech in "Once Upon a Time" by Gabriel Okara

Interpretation of “ Time as a stuff can be wasted” in Sandburg's A Father to His Son

Why "a creeper climbs" in Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt?

In the Hollow Crown speech, what does the line "Cover your heads" imply?

Sarcasm, satire & irony

Meaning of “the fears of the fishing-rod of Utopia” in Forgetting by Robert Lynd