I Sing the Body Electric Flashcards
1
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About
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- speaker sings praises of the human body
- body, nothing less than a miracle.
- gives people own distict identity.
- to have a body, to be part of a beautifu, ordered universe
2
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The body as the Soul
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- body isnt amazing due to its beauty but because it gives everyone their own identity.
3
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connection between humanity and the universe
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- having a body, remind people they are like everybody else.
- every single person pecomes part of the ‘processions’ that is the universe
4
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beauty of sex
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- sex, power to unite people, connect them to past and future generations
- sex not shameful, holy, miraculous
- sex, unified shared experience
- mortal human body, veseel of immortality.
5
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slavery
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- corrupt their own bodies, failiing to see human bodies are what links us
- abusing one person means abusing all people
5
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assonance
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- harmony, rich passionate experience. Vivid life
5
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Aporia
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- rhetorical device, speaker expresses uncertainity or doubt.
- not just questions but statements, if anyone has doubted these answers.
- prophet, declearing mysterioys truths.
6
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irony
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- teach sleave owner, teach everything thats wrong.
- misunderstanding of salvery, how the world works.
- slavery, not describing them as commodities but as wonders of creation.
7
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imagery
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- sensuos feeling about the human body.
8
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metaphors.
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9
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anaphora
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- prophetic tone
10
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form
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- free versie, free roaming.
- one long unbroken chant.
11
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contect
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- American Quakerism
