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A death poem (辞世の句: jisei no ku) is a poem written near the time of one's own death. It is a tradition for literate persons to write one in a number of different cultures, especially in Japan. Poetry has long been a core part of Japanese tradition, in strong relation to religious practice. The poem should be graceful, natural, and about neutral emotions adhering to the teachings of Buddhism and Shinto (and possibly Christianity). Except the earliest works of this tradition, it has been considered to be rude to me ...

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Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. The increased emphasis on the aesthetics of language and the deliberate use of features such as repetition, meter and rhyme, are what are commonly used to distinguish poetry from prose, but debates over s ...

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Amorphis is a Finnish metal band started by Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but in later albums they have evolved into making songs that are more classifiable as mainstream, but nevertheless with increasingly complex arrangements. Amorphis is well known for their use of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, as a source for their lyrics. Amorphis - Line-up. Tomi Joutsen - Vocals Esa Holopainen - Guitar Tomi Koivusaari - G ...

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The Twilight Zone original series season one Fall 1959 – Summer 1960 List of The Twilight Zone episodes Episodes: Where Is Everybody? One for the Angels Mr. Denton on Doomsday The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine Walking Distance Escape Clause The Lonely Time Enough at Last Perchance to Dream Judgment Night And When the Sky Was Opened What You Need The F ...

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Bolie Jackson is a washed-up boxer who accidentally breaks the knuckles of his hand right before his big comeback fight. He is knocked down and just about to be counted out when he suddenly, magically switches places with the other boxer. Bolie is now standing over his vanquished opponent who is now the one laying on the canvas being counted out. Bolie celebrates his victory without even a trace of his broken hand. He doesn’t understand what happened. He remembers being knocked down, being unable to get up, knowing he was about to b ...

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The Big Tall Wish, The Big Tall Wish - Details, The Big Tall Wish - Cast, The Big Tall Wish - Synopsis, The Big Tall Wish - Trivia, The Big Tall Wish - Themes, The Big Tall Wish - External link, The Big Tall Wish - Twilight Zone links

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A sidewalk "pitchman," Lew Bookman, is told by Death that he is to die at midnight. Mr. Bookman argues that as a salesman, his life's work is not quite complete. He convinces Death to give him a stay of execution until he can give one last, great sales pitch -- "a pitch for the angels" as Mr. Bookman puts it. Once Death agrees, Mr. Bookman then announces his intention to quit selling and find another line of work. Since Death had made a binding agreement to not claim Mr. Bookman until his last pitch is made, Mr. Bookman is proud of having outsmarted Deat ...

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One for the Angels, One for the Angels - Details, One for the Angels - Cast, One for the Angels - Synopsis, One for the Angels - Trivia, One for the Angels - Themes, One for the Angels - External link, One for the Angels - Parody, One for the Angels - Reference

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The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Opening Narration. Mr. Roger Shackleforth. Age: youthful twenties. Occupation: being in love. Not just in love, but madly, passionately, illogically, miserably, all-consumingly in love, with a young woman named Leila who has a vague recollection of his face and even less than a passing interest. In a moment you’ll see a switch, because Mr. Roger Shackleforth, the young gentleman so much in love, will take a short but very meaningful journey into the Twilight Zone. See also:

The Chaser The Twilight Zone, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Details, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Cast, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Synopsis, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Opening Narration, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Story, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Closing Narration, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Trivia, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Themes, The Chaser The Twilight Zone - Twilight Zone links

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Main article: The After Hours (1986) (The Twilight Zone) The episode was remade in 1986 for The New Twilight Zone. The plot is similar but the emphasis is more on suspense. ...

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The After Hours, The After Hours - Details, The After Hours - Cast, The After Hours - Synopsis, The After Hours - Remake, The After Hours - External link

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The Last Flight - Opening narration. Witness Flight Lieutenant William Terrance Decker, Royal Flying Corps, returning from a patrol somewhere over France. The year is 1917. The problem is that the Lieutenant is hopelessly lost. Lieutenant Decker will soon discover that a man can be lost not only in terms of maps and miles, but also in time - and time in this case can be measured in eternities. See also:

The Last Flight, The Last Flight - Details, The Last Flight - Cast, The Last Flight - Synopsis, The Last Flight - Opening narration, The Last Flight - Main story, The Last Flight - Closing narration, The Last Flight - Trivia

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Mike Ferris: Earl Holliman Air Force General: James Gregory Where Is Everybody? - Opening narration. "The place is here, the time is now, and the journey into the shadows that we're about to watch could be our journey." Where Is Everybody? - Main story. Mike Ferris, a man in an Air Force jumpsuit, is all alone in a strange town. He searches all over town trying to find someone, to no avail. He finally collapses, pushing the "walk button" at a ...

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Where Is Everybody?, Where Is Everybody? - Details, Where Is Everybody? - Cast, Where Is Everybody? - Opening narration, Where Is Everybody? - Main story, Where Is Everybody? - Closing narration, Where Is Everybody? - Trivia, Where Is Everybody? - Themes, Where Is Everybody? - Critical response, Where Is Everybody? - External link, Where Is Everybody? - Reference

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Keith Emerson: Keyboards Keith "Lee" Jackson: Bass, guitar, vocals David O'List: Guitar, vocals (1967-1968) Brian "Blinky" Davison: Drums, percussion ...

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The Nice, The Nice - Personnel, The Nice - Discography, The Nice - Albums, The Nice - Singles, The Nice - Compiliations

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The location is Maple Street, USA, in late summer. It is mid-evening and the street is full of playing children and adults talking. A shadow passes overhead and a loud roar is heard. Later, after it has gone dark, the residents of Maple Street find that the telephones no longer work, and there is no power or radio. They gather together in the street to discuss the matter. Steve Brand decides to go into town and see what is happening, but his car will not start and he plans to walk instead. Tommy, a young boy from the neighborhood, ple ...

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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Details, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Cast, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Synopsis, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Closing narration, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Themes, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Twilight Zone links

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The following is an excerpt from Rod Serling's pitch to potential sponsors of his new show, The Twilight Zone. It was included as an extra on "Twilight Zone's" DVD release, and was transcribed by Matthew Cregg. "A parenthetic note here: on The Twilight Zone there'll be a variety of stories, and this is a variety that covers not only story type but time, locale, the nature of the people. For example, this is a western called Death, Destre and Mr. Dingle. And this is the principal c ...

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Mr. Denton on Doomsday, Mr. Denton on Doomsday - Details, Mr. Denton on Doomsday - Cast, Mr. Denton on Doomsday - Synopsis, Mr. Denton on Doomsday - Trivia, Mr. Denton on Doomsday - Themes, Mr. Denton on Doomsday - External link

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Seasons 1-3 and 5 were half-hour shows; season 4 ran a full hour per episode. The series was hosted by Rod Serling. see The Twilight Zone (original series). List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 1 October 2 1959 – July 1 1960. "Where Is Everybody?" "One for the Angels" "Mr. Denton on Doomsday" "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" "Walking Distance" "Escape Clause" "The Lonely" "Time Enough at Last" "Perchance to Dream"< ...

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List of The Twilight Zone episodes, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Original series 1959 – 1964, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 1 October 2 1959 – July 1 1960, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 2 September 30 1960 – June 2 1961, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 3 September 15 1961 – June 1 1962, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 4 January 3 1963 – May 23 1963, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 5 September 27 1963 – June 19 1964, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - First revival 1985 – 1989, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 1 Fall 1985 – Spring 1986, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 2 Fall 1986 – Summer 1987, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Season 3 Fall 1988 – Spring 1989, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Second revival 2002 – 2003, List of The Twilight Zone episodes - Fall 2002 – Spring 2003

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The “Bradbury account” is a reference to seminal science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who wrote the Twilight Zone episode “I Sing the Body Electric”. In the story, the main character, Gart Williams works in New York but resides in the Connecticut town of Westport, which is a real town. Writer Rod Serling himself actually lived in Westport and commuted back and forth to New York City briefly in the latter part of the 1950's before he relocated out to the west coast. Also: in the scenes the train conductor walks down the ...

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A Stop at Willoughby, A Stop at Willoughby - Details, A Stop at Willoughby - Cast, A Stop at Willoughby - Synopsis, A Stop at Willoughby - Trivia, A Stop at Willoughby - Themes, A Stop at Willoughby - External link, A Stop at Willoughby - Twilight Zone links

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Amorphis - Albums. The Karelian Isthmus (1992) Tales from the Thousand Lakes (1994) Elegy (1996) Tuonela (1999) Am Universum (2001) Far from the Sun (2003) Eclipse (2006) Amorphis - Singles and EPs. Amorphis (1991) Privilege of Evil (1993) Black Winter Day (1994) My Kantele (1997) Divinity (1999) Alone (2001) Day of Your Beliefs (2003)See also:

Amorphis, Amorphis - Line-up, Amorphis - Former members, Amorphis - Discography, Amorphis - Albums, Amorphis - Singles and EPs, Amorphis - Compilations, Amorphis - External link

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Poetry can be differentiated from prose, which is language meant to convey meaning in a less condensed way, using more logical or narrative structures. This does not imply poetry is illogical. Poetry is often created from the desire to escape the logical, as well as expressing feelings and other expressions in a tight, condensed manner. English Romantic poet John Keats termed this escape from logic Negative Capability. Prose poetry combines the characteristics of poetry with the superficial appearance of prose. Other forms include narrative poetry and dramatic poetry, used to tel ...

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Poetry, Poetry - Nature of poetry, Poetry - Tools, Poetry - Sound, Poetry - Form, Poetry - Rhetoric, Poetry - History, Poetry - Terms

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This is the only episode in the first season in which Rod Serling appears on-screen. In the final scene, Serling appears and says to viewers: “We hope you enjoyed tonight’s romantic story on The Twilight Zone. At the same time, we want you to realize that it was, of course, purely fictional. In real life, such ridiculous nonsense—” “Rod you shouldn’t!” interrupts Gregory West, who walks over to his safe and pulls out a tape marked “Rod Serling”. “I mean, you shouldn't say things as ‘nonsense’ and ‘ridiculous’!” he continues as he throws the tape into the fire. “Well that’s the way ...

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A World of His Own, A World of His Own - Details, A World of His Own - Cast, A World of His Own - Synopsis, A World of His Own - Trivia, A World of His Own - External link

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This episode explores the subject of fear. ...

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And When the Sky Was Opened, And When the Sky Was Opened - Details, And When the Sky Was Opened - Cast, And When the Sky Was Opened - Synopsis, And When the Sky Was Opened - Themes, And When the Sky Was Opened - External link

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Classical guitar music - 1900s. ?1906 Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936) Variazioni Classical guitar music - 1910s. Classical guitar music - 1920s. 1920 Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946) Homenaje: Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy 1920 Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959) Chôros No. 1 1921 Agustín Barrios (1885 - 1944) La Catedral 1923 Carlos Chávez (1899 - 1978) Three Pieces < ...

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Classical guitar music, Classical guitar music - 16th century, Classical guitar music - 17th century, Classical guitar music - 18th century, Classical guitar music - 19th century, Classical guitar music - 20th century, Classical guitar music - 1900s, Classical guitar music - 1910s, Classical guitar music - 1920s, Classical guitar music - 1930s, Classical guitar music - 1940s, Classical guitar music - 1950s, Classical guitar music - 1960s, Classical guitar music - 1970s, Classical guitar music - 1980s, Classical guitar music - 1990s, Classical guitar music - 21st century

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