Twila Stephen
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I have worked for Portland Public Schools as a liaison supporting student transitions from high school to college. I currently work as a writing coach and continue to publish my poetry in literary journals. My passions are literature, classical music, and history.
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Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Given the fact that Romeo is from an opposing and feuding house, Montague, and Juliet is a Capulet, her initial draw to him flies in the face of her self-identity and self-interest and has no rhyme... -
Answered a Question in On the Sublime
In On the Sublime, after some initial remarks and before the presentation of the sources of genuine sublimity, Longinus describes the several pitfalls to which a writer is susceptible in striving... -
Answered a Question in If—
In the didactic poem "If—," the speaker gives counsel to his son about the traits of a good leader. But, rather than simply listing the traits of a good leader, the speaker provides concrete... -
Answered a Question in Literature
The imagery of "the rugged trunk" as well as personification of having "scars" indicate that the Casuarina Trees of the poem symbolizes the long passage of time. This is because the tree must be... -
Answered a Question in As You Like It
Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things. An example of personification occurs in character Jaques’s soliloquy in Act II, Scene 7 of As You Like It lines 18...
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