karina.

Friday, September 29, 2006

i've decided to post.

i wanted to find a poem about stress. i think it'd be really cool. oh, i liked today's lit poem, clothesline! (:

stress (strs) KEY

NOUN:

1.Importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something. See Synonyms at emphasis.
2.Linguistics
a)The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken.
b)The emphasis placed on the sound or syllable spoken most forcefully in a word or phrase.

3. a)The relative force of sound or emphasis given a syllable or word in accordance with a metrical pattern.
b)A syllable having strong relative emphasis in a metrical pattern.

4.Accent or a mark representing such emphasis or force.

5.Physics
a)An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body.
b)The internal resistance of a body to such an applied force or system of forces.

6. a)A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression.
b)A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition.

7. A state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain: "He presided over the economy during the period of its greatest stress and danger" (Robert J. Samuelson).

TRANSITIVE VERB:
stressed , stress·ing , stress·es

To place emphasis on: stressed basic fire safety.
To give prominence to (a syllable or word) in pronouncing or in accordance with a metrical pattern.
To subject to physical or mental pressure, tension, or strain.
To subject to mechanical pressure or force.
To construct so as to withstand a specified stress.

PHRASAL VERB:
stress out Informal
To subject to or undergo extreme stress, as from working too much.

ok, i found ONE poem. sigh.

Stress
By William Goldsmith, MD

A definition, friends, of stress:
Your own reaction to a mess
Stresses may be large or small
Sometimes they're not perceived at all
Examples: Say a lack of cash;
A just-avoided freeway crash;
An allergen that's in the air;
The barber says you're losing hair;
Fifty on a spavined horse;
Attorney's letter re divorce;
Wetness, dryness, heat or cold;
Callow youth or getting old
Stress from pains to pleasures range
The common element is change
Adapt or die, and that's a fact
And so our bodies must react:
The heart speeds up, the gut slows down
Facial muscles snarl or frown
Bronchial tubes expand and then
The blood absorbs more oxygen
Widened pupils search the void
Adrenal glands secrete steroid
Serum glucose starts to climb
More insulin works overtime
Stressed physically or mentally
Muscles tense to fight or flee
The midbrain boils with rage and fear
While cortex plans to save your rear
The point is, stress is not unique
It doesn't mean you're dumb or weak
A part of mankind's constitution
Bequeathed to us by evolution
Common both to man and beast
It proves you're still alive, at least.

4 MORE EXAM DAYS! GO US!

curryNA-nified at 7:08 PM