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1.  figures of speech : any word or phrase that creates a "figure" in the

     mind of the reader by effecting an obvious change in the usual meaning

     or order of words, by comparing or identifying one thing with another;

     also called tropes. Metaphor, simile, metonymy, overstatement, oxymoron,

     and understatement are common figures of speech.

2.  King Lear : King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character

     descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three

     daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all.

     The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman

     Celtic king. It has been widely adapted for the stage and motion pictures,

     and the role of Lear has been coveted and played by many of the world's

     most accomplished actors.

3.  Parting is such sweet sorrow

Juliet:

'Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone—

And yet no farther than a wan-ton's bird,

That lets it hop a little from his hand,

Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,

And with a silken thread plucks it back again,

So loving-jealous of his liberty.

Romeo:

I would I were thy bird.

Juliet:

Sweet, so would I,

Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,

That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

4.  love and lost, dream and adventure, life and death

5.  Percy Bysshe Shelley: Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major

     English Romantic poets and is regarded by critics as amongst the finest

     lyric poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as his

     political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime,

     but recognition for his poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley

     was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that

     included Lord Byron; Leigh Hunt; Thomas Love Peacock; and his own second

     wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.

6.  Archibald MacLeish :

     Archibald MacLeish was an American poet, writer, and the Librarian of

     Congress. He is associated with the Modernist school of poetry.

     He received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

7.   'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. - John Keats

8.  “I think therefore I am”

9.  “To be or not to be, that’s a question”

To be or not to be, that is the question;

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And by opposing, end them.

 10. motionless (adj.)being without motion

 didactic ( adj.) designed or intended to teach; intended to convey instruction

                       and information as well as pleasure and entertainment

 alma mater ( n.) a school, college, or university which one has attended or from

                          which one has graduated

 vacuum ( n.) an empty space in which there is no air or other gas : a space from

which all or most of the air has been removed