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What is the significance of the Psalms epigraph in “Bone Scan”? What is the effect of the juxtaposition of the spiritual and the scientific?
In the Psalm, the speaker acknowledges God as all-knowing. In the poem, it’s the x-ray that is all-knowing. Despite the more mundane source, the narrator still has a sense of imminence from seeing the bones and is overwhelmed by it. This juxtaposition shows that meaning can be made anywhere, not just through religious language.
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What is the theme of “Schrödinger’s Cat Preaches to the Mice”? What is the meaning of the juxtaposition between the real and theoretical? What is the significance of the relationship between predator and...
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