poets.org | Academy of American Poets Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how brightTheir frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sightBlind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height,Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.Do not go gentle into that good night.Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Pie Corbett on Igniting Writing Blue light has a dark side Light at night is bad for your health, and exposure to blue light emitted by electronics and energy-efficient lightbulbs may be especially so. Until the advent of artificial lighting, the sun was the major source of lighting, and people spent their evenings in (relative) darkness. Now, in much of the world, evenings are illuminated, and we take our easy access to all those lumens pretty much for granted. But we may be paying a price for basking in all that light. At night, light throws the body's biological clock—the circadian rhythm—out of whack. Sleep suffers. But not all colors of light have the same effect. Daily rhythms influenced by light Everyone has slightly different circadian rhythms, but the average length is 24 and one-quarter hours. The health risks Study after study has linked working the night shift and exposure to light at night to several types of cancer (breast, prostate), diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. The power of the blues Less-blue light What you can do
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:: Michael Rosen - The Website :: Blue Lights Shown to Give a Brain Boost! But is a Better than Coffee? | Doctor Stu's Blog Can anything possibly beat the first coffee of the day? It’s 6 am and the alarm sounds. Mornings aren’t a friendly place until you’ve had a coffee. Loathed by some but loved by many more, caffienated drinks are the world’s most popular drug. Now it seems, there could be a new kid on the block that threatens to topple the office coffee machine. The Stimulating Effects of Blue Light In recent years, a flurry of discoveries have been made about the apparently wondrous effects of natural light: Good for health and well-being, I think we can all appreciate how a walk in the sun is good for lifting the spirits. Doing what science does best, so-called ‘natural light’ has been dissected and analysed. PET Brain Scan of an Awake Brain: Blue Light of wavelength 460nm switches the brain into 'awake' mode Researchers at the University of Greenwich decided to test the theory that working under ‘blue-enriched’ light bulbs would be better than normal office lighting. Feel the power of the blue light... .
Free ebooks - Download 20,000 free ebooks at the eBook Directory. Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance Sound devices that add to the aural appeal in your poetry include alliteration, consonance, and assonance. Alliteration may be easier to identify than the other two, but each is used frequently in poetry and children's literature. Alliteration: Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row. Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. (Of course, alliteration is not always so concentrated) Assonance: Repetition of internal vowel sounds of words close together in poetry. Consonance: Repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds of words close together in poetry. Author's of children's book use these devices, along with rhythm and rhyme, very effectively to attract young ears. "They talked of all their dreams and hopes, Of art and nature, love and fate. They peered through toy kaleidoscopes And murmured thoughts I shan't relate. Then Holley held Miss Spider's hand... I'll say no more, you understand. For private moments between spiders Should not be witnessed by outsiders." -or-