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Comparing Forgetfulness And Once More To The Lake

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“The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again.” (John Gray). Billy Collins, author of the poem “Forgetfulness”, speaks of forgetting, and how easy it is to get rid of memories and to replace them with others. On the contrary, E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” talks about the themes of remembering, nostalgia, and how easy it is to reminisce about old memories after they have been reactivated. Both authors use literary devices to express theme. Therefore both authors use diction and syntax to convey the differing themes of remembering and forgetting to the reader. Primarily, these two texts’ themes of remembering and forgetting are explored through varying syntax in “Once
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