The Writer's Thesaurus
By Dr Oliver Tearle
‘They flash upon that inward eye / Which is the bliss of solitude’: this quotation is from one of the most famous poems of the Romantic movement. The lines appear in the final stanza of ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’, an 1807 poem by Wordsworth. Continue reading “The Curious Meaning of Wordsworth’s ‘They Flash Upon That Inward Eye’”
By Dr Oliver Tearle
‘My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings!’ This proud exclamation is among the most famous lines in nineteenth-century English poetry. But who wrote them, and what exactly does this quotation mean? Continue reading “‘My Name is Ozymandias, King of Kings!’: Meaning and Analysis”
By Dr Oliver Tearle
‘Turn the other cheek’ is a well-known phrase associated with Christianity. But what is the meaning of the expression, and where does it originate?
Let’s take a closer look at the origins of ‘turning the other cheek’, by turning to one very famous passage from the Gospel of Matthew, in the New Testament. For the phrase ‘turn the other cheek’ appears (albeit not in those exact words) in the Sermon on the Mount, which is regarded as a cornerstone of Jesus’ teaching. Continue reading “‘Turn the Other Cheek’: Meaning, Analysis and Origin”