... heroes, Stagger Lee and Jack Johnson among others (see dub) Dirty Dozens, stylized exchange of insults. "Signifying Monkey", long series of rhymed tales in which the weaker monkey triumphs through tricks over the more powerful beasts of the jungle, a ruder version of the Brer Rabbit stories. talking blues, popularized by Woodie Guthrie, featuring rhyming talking with ironic asides to the audience. Late 1960s and ... in the well, well, well, well ... Fish, it's my favorite dish" Champion Jack Dupree's "Big Leg Emma's" (1956), rhyming tale of a barrelhouse raid over slow blues piano: "I we...

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... the horizon. Repetition of colors and lines is used in the grass to make look thick and abundant. The analogous colors orange and yellow give the grass more depth and makes the wild grass seem much longer than the grass surrounding the house. The same colors also make the painting seem very humid and stifling, but the cool blues and greys along with ... the wind gives the feeling of a cool breeze, counter reacting the heat. Wyeth created dimension in space with the colors. The colors red, orange ... Christina's World seemed dreary and made me feel empty, but awhile after I considered i...

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