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DukeZhou

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20 Questions

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17 votes

5 answers

25k views

What rough beast slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

asked Mar 13, 2017 at 0:21

10 votes

3 answers

21k views

Which Upanishad is TS Eliot referencing with "Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata." and why?

asked Mar 12, 2017 at 22:13

5 votes

3 answers

19k views

What did Gray mean by "where ignorance is bliss, / 'tis folly to be wise"?

asked Mar 2, 2019 at 23:57

4 votes

4 answers

12k views

Who is the falcon, and who the falconer?

asked Jan 24, 2019 at 1:16

4 votes

1 answer

4k views

What does Hunca Munca from "The Tale of Two Bad Mice" represent?

asked Nov 17, 2017 at 21:51

12 votes

1 answer

1k views

Meaning of President "Coin" in the Hunger Games books?

asked Jun 15, 2017 at 19:54

4 votes

2 answers

931 views

What kind of name is Vardaman?

asked Aug 9, 2017 at 22:12

7 votes

1 answer

808 views

Do rap lyrics require metrical feet in English with long and short syllables?

asked Aug 21, 2017 at 20:02

6 votes

2 answers

574 views

What is the radical feminist take on Harry Potter?

asked Aug 25, 2020 at 0:16

4 votes

1 answer

549 views

Did Sandburg have anything against Omaha?

asked Jul 25, 2017 at 1:25

8 votes

1 answer

514 views

Was Neil Gaiman influenced by Heinrich Heine?

asked Mar 12, 2017 at 1:23

2 votes

1 answer

438 views

Chekhov story involving a "peeping tom" priest and a newly married couple?

asked Dec 11, 2018 at 19:42

4 votes

1 answer

421 views

What is the meaning of "Won't Tell" by Babes in Toyland?

asked Nov 16, 2017 at 19:46

-2 votes

1 answer

357 views

"Hat full of napalm" or "Heart full of napalm"?

asked Aug 24, 2017 at 1:21

4 votes

1 answer

270 views

Is there a formal term for "mispronunciation as a comedic device"?

asked Aug 22, 2019 at 17:15

7 votes

1 answer

243 views

Was the Marvel "Punisher" title a response to Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns"?

asked Nov 22, 2017 at 22:26

2 votes

0 answers

166 views

Nicanor Parra line: "Nothing important is learned from books. (I read this in a book.)"

asked Mar 22, 2017 at 14:59

5 votes

1 answer

94 views

"wind" or "wind"? re: Little Gidding, II.50

asked Jun 30, 2017 at 19:57

2 votes

0 answers

78 views

Is Anathem a version of Plato's Republic?

asked Sep 30, 2021 at 4:48

3 votes

1 answer

77 views

Why is there so much emphasis on snack foods in the plays of Martin McDonagh?

asked Nov 1, 2017 at 21:32