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- We have witnessed these moments when hope and history rhyme. They may be fleeting, they may be few and far between, but we press on working for that longed for tidal wave. Justice does not happen on its own. We cannot just think it is a nice idea. We have to figure out how we, in our own small way, can make it part of our daily life.
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Nov 16, 2020 · In the drama of envisioning a future for the United States, Joe Biden and Donald Trump both invoked stories about snakes to suggest different views about self-interest and the common good.
Mar 17, 2021 · If Healer-in-Chief Biden proposes his presidency as the moment that “hope and history rhyme” for a damaged American nation, the question arises: what kind of hope? And hope for whom?
Sep 5, 2013 · But one verse of Heaney’s “Doubletake” from The Cure of Troy has echoed in my memory since I first heard it almost a decade ago: “History says don’t hope. On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime. The longed for tidal wave. Of justice can rise up. And hope and history rhyme.”.
Mar 8, 2020 · Fail better”. So what is the original context of “make hope and history rhyme”? As it happens, this year marks the thirtieth anniversary not just of the original work but also of the events it...
Jun 26, 2018 · History says, Don’t hope on this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime the longed for tidal wave of justice can rise up, and hope and history rhyme. So hope for a great sea-change on the far side of revenge. Believe that a further shore is reachable from here. Believe in miracles and cures and healing wells. Call the miracle self ...
Nov 17, 2020 · Following president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the United States, a campaign video of him reading Irish poet Seamus Heaney’s verse adaptation of an ancient Greek play went viral. Story ...
Using Joe Biden’s speech at the Democratic National Convention as a starting point, in which Biden quoted the famous verse by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney “make hope and history rhyme”, this paper traces how Heaney’s phrase has travelled across geographical, cultural, and conceptual boundaries.
