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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Zero, Terry Trowbridge
Zero, Terry Trowbridge
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
This poem attempts to describe the sensations we might have reading the numeral "0" if we compare it to how we experience our own bodies.
A Mathematician's Villanelle, Gizem Karaali
A Mathematician's Villanelle, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
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Dark Journeys: Robert Frost's Dantean Inspiration, Elena Segarra
Dark Journeys: Robert Frost's Dantean Inspiration, Elena Segarra
CMC Senior Theses
This paper examines the way in which Robert Frost incorporates Dantean ideas and imagery into his poetry, particularly in relation to the pursuit of reason and truth. Similarly to Dante, Frost portrays human reason as limited. Both authors nevertheless present truth as a desire that often drives people’s journey through life. Frost differs from Dante by dwelling in apparent contradictions rather than appealing to a clarifying divine light. The paper considers themes of loss, human labor, suffering, and justice, and it also analyzes Scriptural and Platonic inspirations. It focuses on the image of the journey used by both Frost and …