REVISION

So it's been sunnnnnnnay! And I sent my cousin a birthday card with a hogwarts seal on the back, addressed [his address] England, U.K, Europe, Earth!
To say I was happy with this effort would be an understatement.
To say he was ROFLin would be true!
So yes. I am very happy with that.
I'm also happy with the progress of my revision. Just revised all of the Bismarckian era of Germany. Unification, the consistution, the new system and the problems with it. The economy, industry and agriculture, changing attitudes e.g. anti-semitism, racism, socialism, social darwinism etc. And also what effect the Kaiser himself had. He was lazy and inept, but believed in the 'Divine Right of Kings' so he didn't care. A hedonist through and through, he was totally unsuitable for the role of monarch. But he didn't care. So no-one else did. He was surrounded by bum-lickers [sycophants] like Bulow who licked his arse for a living. Rohl argues he ran Germany. The Prussian elites also had a hand. Wehler argues that they were, in fact, in charge of the country. Junkers, the judiciary, senior civil servants, senior diplomats and officers in the German army were in fact holding the reigns according to him. Whereas others, whose names I've forgotten argued that pressure groups and parties like the Agrarian League and the SPD held real sway. The rule from below they say. So yes that's my history.

My English included analysing 'The Eve of St. Agnes' by John Keats. Was quite a nice poem actually. For Love Through the Ages A2 Level. Based on Romeo and Juliet, it is a series of 42 sonnets, in iambic pentameter telling the story of Porphyro and Madeleine. Employing an ABABACC rhyme scheme, it is a tightly structured long narrative and uses various language techniques like sibilance, alliteration, personification, metaphors, and imagery of both natural and pastoral scenes. It has links with Wuthering Heights due to its use of windows and doors to enforce the feeling of entrapment. It's use of fruit also gives it a parallel with Christina Rossetti's most famous poem, Goblin Market. Other links include between Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Desdemona, Ernest Dowson's 'Brief Life' with it's famous line - ''days of roses and wine'', Tess of the D'Ubervilles, because of the fruit-related imagery and temptation - Alec and the strawberry incident and various other texts that I can't be bothered to outline, but I will name - Anne Hathaway by Carol Ann Duffy and The Nymph's Reply by Walter Raleigh.

I did find this [I love onomatology [study of names]]: ''Is there irony in the selection of the names? Madeline derives from Magdalen, the prostitute accepted by Christ as a follower. The name Porphyro means purple, a color used for the clothing of nobles; purple was further associated with the aristocracy and royalty in the phrase "purple blood" (we say "blue blood" today). There are numerous references to the color purple in the poem. His namesake, the historical Porphyro, was an active enemy of Christianity in the third century.''

Hm...

Anything else? Nah think that's pretty much it ;)

Enjoy the pic of the best Kaiser EVER! (joke)