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  2. Leisure (poem) - Wikipedia

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    "But he went to school with Wordsworth's sonnet "The world is too much with us", and echoes from that sonnet resound throughout his work as from few other poems. Philosophically, no other single poem can be said to form the basis of so much of his poetry. The celebrated opening of his wise little poem "Leisure" has its origins here." [2]

  3. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    Repetition–Repetition often uses word associations to express ideas and emotions indirectly, emphasizing a point, confirming an idea, or describing a notion. Rhyme–Rhyme uses repeating patterns to bring out rhythm or musicality in poems. It is a repetition of similar sounds occurring in lines in a poem which gives the poem a symmetric quality.

  4. Saturation arithmetic - Wikipedia

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    Saturation arithmetic is a version of arithmetic in which all operations, such as addition and multiplication, are limited to a fixed range between a minimum and maximum value. If the result of an operation is greater than the maximum, it is set ("clamped") to the maximum; if it is below the minimum, it is clamped to the minimum. The name comes ...

  5. Computational complexity of mathematical operations - Wikipedia

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    See big O notation for an explanation of the notation used. Note: Due to the variety of multiplication algorithms, M ( n ) {\displaystyle M(n)} below stands in for the complexity of the chosen multiplication algorithm.

  6. Casting out nines - Wikipedia

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    The number 12565, for instance, has digit sum 1+2+5+6+5 = 19, which, in turn, has digit sum 1+9=10, which, in its turn has digit sum 1+0=1, a single-digit number. The digital root of 12565 is therefore 1, and its computation has the effect of casting out (12565 - 1)/9 = 1396 lots of 9 from 12565.

  7. De Otio - Wikipedia

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    De Otio (On Leisure) is a 1st-century Latin work by Seneca (4 BC–65 AD). It survives in a fragmentary state. It survives in a fragmentary state. The work concerns the rational use of spare time, whereby one can still actively aid humankind by engaging in wider questions about nature and the universe.

  8. Ezra Pound's Three Kinds of Poetry - Wikipedia

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    Melopoeia or melopeia is when words are "charged" beyond their normal meaning with some musical property which further directs its meaning, [1] inducing emotional correlations by sound and rhythm of the speech. Melopoeia can be "appreciated by a foreigner with a sensitive ear" but does not translate well, according to Pound. [1]

  9. Talk:Leisure (poem) - Wikipedia

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