POLICE & FIRE Brigades (Dulce Gabana [Sweet Coat?]).: Ideas and thoughts.

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This Book of Ideas is made uo of: - Poem: a literary composition in verse, especially one expressing deep feeling or noble thought in an imaginative way. Spiritual: of the human spirit or soul, not physical or worldly. Spiritualism: the belief that spirits of the dead can and do communicate with the living. Carnal: Of the body or flesh, not spiritual, e.g. Carnal desires. Psalm: a sacred song, especially one of those in the book of Psalms in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Anthology: a collection of passages from literature, especially poems. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of several words in succession, e.g. sing a song of six pence or I love to love those who choose to love. Myth: a traditional story that embodies popular beliefs or explains a practice, belief or natural phenomenon. A parable, allegory. A fictitious person or thing. Metaphor: the application of a word or phrase to something that it does not apply to literally, in order to indicate a comparison with the literal usage, e.g. the evening of one’s life, food for thought, Peter the Rock. Simile: a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, e.g. went through it like a hot knife through butter, he is as hard as rock. Oxymoron: putting together words, which seem to contradict one another, e.g. bittersweet? Eulogy: a speech or piece of writing in praise of a person or thing. Dirge: a slow mournful song, a lamentation for the dead. Euphemism: a mild or roundabout expression substituted for one considered improper or too harsh or blunt, ‘pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’. Paradox: a statement etc. That seems to contradict itself or to conflict with common sense but which contains a truth, e.g. ‘more haste, less speed’. Pantheism: the belief that God is everything and everything is God. Parable: a story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth. Split infinitive: an infinite with a word or words placed between to and the verb, e.g. to thoroughly understand. Many people dislike this construction and it can usually be avoided e.g. by putting to understand thoroughly. Exaggeration: to making of (a thing or issue) seem larger or more than it really is; with exaggerated courtesy, with excessive courtesy. Evocation: calling up, produce, or inspire (memories, feelings, a response, etc.) Hyperbole: an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally, e.g. a stack of work a mile high. Verse: a metrical form of composition, as distinct from prose. Prose: written or spoken language not in verse form and more ...