von Merve Yilmaz | Montag, Mai 11, 2020 | Get informed
By Audre Lorde Moon marked and touched by sun my magic is unwrittenbut when the sea turns backit will leave my shape behind. I seek no favoruntouched by bloodunrelenting as the curse of love permanent as my errorsor...
von Merve Yilmaz | Montag, April 27, 2020 | Practice, Practice Vocabulary
In our post on Finding and Identifying Rhetorical devices we have already talked about identifying rhetorical devices that can enhance meaning in a text. Poetry is full of imagery and metaphors and there are many layers to analyse within a poem. In the following, we...
von Merve Yilmaz | Montag, April 27, 2020 | Get informed
New content for isolated times: a weekly poem to keep our spirits up. Read, listen, and enjoy. Dulce Et Decorum Est- Wilfried Owen (Oct. 1917- Mar. 1918) Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the...
von Merve Yilmaz | Freitag, April 17, 2020 | Get informed
First of all, we hope that you are healthy of course. However, if you are a student at the University of Hamburg (or any another institution) you might have heard that all libraries are closed for the upcoming weeks. Therefore, you can find a list below with some...
von Merve Yilmaz | Donnerstag, März 26, 2020 | Get informed
Eyes. Fear. Oppression. In Gilead, where Margaret Atwood’s most celebrated dystopian novel takes place, the lives of its inhabitants- specifically that of women- are controlled by a clerical-totalitarian state apparatus. After a natural disaster, most people in...