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Richard Feynman was a famous American physicist. In his memoir "The Making of a Scientist", Feynman describes how his father introduced him to patterns and mathematics from a young age using bathroom tiles. His father would set up the tiles in repeating patterns for Feynman to knock down. When Feynman's mother said to let him place the tiles randomly, his father insisted on teaching him about patterns to show him how interesting the world is. This early introduction to patterns by his father helped shape Feynman's curiosity and traits that later made him a successful scientist.
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Richard Feynman recounts how his early interest in science began through playing with bathroom tiles with his father. His father would set up the tiles vertically like dominoes for Feynman to knock down as a baby in his highchair. Over time, Feynman would help his father set up more complicated tile patterns. When his mother saw this, she told his father to let Feynman place the tiles however he wanted rather than following a set pattern. The author of the piece being summarized is Richard Feynman recounting his early childhood experiences that sparked his interest in science.
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The document contains questions and answers about a story, as well as a follow up activity. The questions ask about what added interest to Greenwich Village and an instance of personification in the story. The answers explain that the Bohemian lifestyle and old, dirty buildings appealed to artists and added interest. It also identifies personification of pneumonia as a cold, unseen stranger stalking the city and touching victims with its icy finger. This personification makes pneumonia seem like a living character and villain in the story, arousing sympathy. A follow up activity asks about good qualities of a person.
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Twice a week the winter thorough third stanza
This document discusses a poem by Alfred Edward Housman about using sports to fight sorrow. It contains the full poem, an analysis of the last stanza, and questions and answers about the poem. The analysis explains that in the last stanza, the poet reflects on trying to fight sadness through sports in his youth, and how little enjoyment is needed to make one want to keep living rather than becoming "dead bones lying on the earth."
Twice a week the winter thorough second stanza
The document discusses a poem by Alfred Edward Housman titled "Twice a Week the Winter Thorough". It contains the following key points:
1) The poem describes an unhappy young man who uses football in the winter and cricket in the spring/summer to temporarily alleviate his sorrow.
2) In May, the young man marches out to the cricket wicket with his bat and pads, trying to be glad through playing the sport.
3) The document discusses the game of cricket and identifies rhyming words in the second stanza of the poem as being "wicket-cricket" and "pad-glad".
Song of a dream second stanza
The poem describes the poet's dream of an ideal land filled with peace, truth, and love. In her dream, the poet feels the spirits of love surrounding her youth while the spirits of truth sing. She quenches her longing by the streams of the spirits of peace in a magical wood, which represents her vision of her ideal motherland where these values coexist in harmony. The poem expresses the poet's hope that her homeland can embody peace, truth, and love.
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The document discusses the Indian poet Sarojini Naidu. It provides details about her life and work, including her poem "Song of a Dream." The poem describes the poet's dream where she interacts with spirits of truth, love, and peace in a magical wood. The document then analyzes the poem, discussing literary devices like similes and metaphors. It provides questions and answers about the poem's themes and imagery.
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