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From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase--such as "O Captain! My Captain!" or "To be or not to be"--memorable.
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Spare, warm, cool and resolved.
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Mark Forsyth
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Icon Books, Limited, Icon, Gildan Media and Blackstone Audio
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781848316218
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