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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    “Long Live the Rose That Grew From Concrete” are the final words of the poem The Rose That Grew from Concrete. The poet in the beginning of the poem, talks about a rose plant which grew from a crack in the concrete wall or floor. By making impossible possible, the rose plant succeeded in growing upRead more

    “Long Live the Rose That Grew From Concrete” are the final words of the poem The Rose That Grew from Concrete. The poet in the beginning of the poem, talks about a rose plant which grew from a crack in the concrete wall or floor.

    By making impossible possible, the rose plant succeeded in growing up and enjoying the fresh air. He praises its struggle and its success which is against the law of nature.

    Read the detailed summary of the poem here.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The phrase has been taken from the poem The Rose That Grew From Concrete written by Tupac Shakur who was a famous rapper as well as an actor of US popularly known as “2pac“. It is an inspirational verse in which the poet gives example of a rose plant which grew from a crack in a concrete floor/wall.Read more

    The phrase has been taken from the poem The Rose That Grew From Concrete written by Tupac Shakur who was a famous rapper as well as an actor of US popularly known as “2pac“. It is an inspirational verse in which the poet gives example of a rose plant which grew from a crack in a concrete floor/wall.

    According to the poet, it is quite difficult to achieve one’s dream like the rose flower. It seems to be impossible according to the nature of law (which symbolically probably means the common belief), but focus, consistency and struggle ultimately leads to success.

    Read the detailed summary of the poem here.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The story beautifully juxtaposes the appearance versus truth and pride versus selfishness. In the end, with the sale of the statue, a story and its fabled history are sold just to corral some monetary benefits. The traditions and honour that was enshrined into the story behind the statue were ultimaRead more

    The story beautifully juxtaposes the appearance versus truth and pride versus selfishness. In the end, with the sale of the statue, a story and its fabled history are sold just to corral some monetary benefits.

    The traditions and honour that was enshrined into the story behind the statue were ultimately dishonoured to salvage the survivor of a man of greed, vice and self-indulgence (Alex).
    On the flipside, the tale also celebrates the history, customs and traditions. It elicits regard towards culture and art and honour. This story is part of Archer’s collection called ‘A Quiver Full of Arrows’.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    These are the sentences which maintain continuity and development of thought and expression throughout the lines. Following are some examples to help you understand the concept of Linking Sentences in English. As told earlier, I will not do this again. As per the lines mentioned above, it has been pRead more

    These are the sentences which maintain continuity and development of thought and expression throughout the lines. Following are some examples to help you understand the concept of Linking Sentences in English.

    1. As told earlier, I will not do this again.
    2. As per the lines mentioned above, it has been proved that the poem was written before Shakespeare.
    3. Based on this study, we conclude that he was wrong.
    4. In accordance with the law mentioned before, he is proved guilty.
    5. According to the author about whom we talked about, this theory is no longer valid.

    Thus as per the lines above, a linking sentence has two parts- introductory part, in which information from the previous sentence or line is used as the introduction to talk about something new and the other is concluding part, in which something is proved, concluded or told.

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