as in English sonnet
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His voice is the ghost in the machine, a strangely humane presence amid all the urban-industrial pastoral.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025 -
This is rock and roll as pastoral.—
Mitch Therieau,
The New Yorker,
27 Dec. 2024
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The funeral of Pope Francis began with a short musical chant and psalm spoken in Latin after an open Book of the Gospels had been placed on top of Pope Francis’ closed coffin carried by pallbearers from inside St. Peter’s and placed on a red carpet on the edge of the church steps.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
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The faithful will recite several religious verses, including psalm 22, ‘The Lord is my Shepherd,’ during the service.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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The 2025 French Open Final between world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 2 Coco Gauff was nothing short of an epic.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Expanding the song’s world of stray thoughts and heartbreak totems while expertly navigating the story’s twists and turns, Swift turned a for-the-fans album cut into an authoritative epic.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
3 June 2025
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But the idyll of her dreams bring her closer to the abyss.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
13 May 2025
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The point seems to be the act itself: sitting in nude serenity among family, friends and strangers, safe in the bone-deep sense of trust that such an idyll both requires and reinforces.—
Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Her poems of that era — sonnets, epigrams, eminently quotable snippets of rhymed gossip — pulse with the dynamism and attitude of the modern city.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Throughout, Snook hams for laughs, turning Wilde’s witticisms and epigrams into slapstick.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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This is a lovely fundraiser to assist in the preservation of the cemetery, and the day is filled with master gardeners offering advice, madrigals singing, an archaeology talk, refreshments, kids’ activities and lots of lovely spring plants for sale.—
Janet Kusterer,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Mar. 2025
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The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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One scene where a young Chuck's teacher (played by Siegel) discusses the poem with him is a poignant one.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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On the evening of June 4, a crowd filled the Boulder Jewish Community Center for a community gathering that included testimonials from people who participated in the June 1 march and witnessed or were injured in the attack, songs and poems, and a prayer for the healing of those injured.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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Bulgakov’s novel The White Guard, published in 1925 and set at the same time, is an elegy for Tsarist Kyiv that detests both Ukrainian national aspirations and Bolshevik rule.—
Uilleam Blacker,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2025
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And then on March 29, Swift published an elegy for Partridge.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Anacreontic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anacreontic. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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