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At the very beginning of this yearโs Lenten season, weโre going to read a short poem by Christina Rossetti (1830โ1894), the celebrated English poet and writer of devotional literature. Her two-part poem โAsh Wednesdayโ brings into focus the meaning of this important day in the church calendar. The poem is simple, but it's not exactly …
Amos Russel Wells (1862โ1933) was an American scholar and Christian activist. He authored numerous works, including poetry, essays, young adult fiction and devotional writings. In this post weโll read his poem โSome Questions for Saint Valentineโs Day.โ You can tell that Wells was a classicist: addressing Cupid rather than the venerable Christian saint and martyr, …
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The Grammaticus blog is no stranger to the works of Sarah Orne Jewett. Her novella The Country of the Pointed Firs is one of my favourite books, and I wrote about it in the review accessible here. In this post weโll read one of her winter-themed childrenโs poems: A Country Boy in Winter, first published …
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A while ago I posted a lengthy grammar article about the conditional sentences in English, and in this post weโll read a poem by Rudyard Kipling that can be used to illustrate conditional clauses. It has some great vocabulary, too. (Not to mention lofty ideas!) Rudyard and John Kipling Titled โIfโโ, Kipling wrote this poem …
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