The nature in which Phyllis Wheatley became a renowned poet is beneficial to know when reading her poetry. ... Phyllis also contested to slavery in many instances. ... She contests that as a slave she cannot be happy and sing, and she doubts her voice would be heard. ... Phyllis Wheatley expressed her faith as well as her fire for writing poetry in her works. She also showed resistance to slavery, and a pattern of religion in her poetry. ...

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"Poetry is a form of imaginative literary expression that makes it's effect by the sound and imagery of it's language ("Poetry")." ... Found in a Bottle, with this he won a writing contest. Poetry Poe became an editor shortly after the contest, he worked for Southern Literary Messenger. ... Many essays have been written on the meaning of Poe's poetry. ... His poems are highly recommended to anyone who enjoys poetry. ...

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George Gordon, Lord Byron had a different of writing his poetry. ... Through reading Byron's poetry he despised the conventional ways that the English wrote and wanted something different for his poetry, thus creating a reality based poetic style of his own. ... This encounter was after the school" s Julius Caesar contest. Hundart noticed that Sedgwick was cheating in the contest and told the school's Headmaster of the incident, and the Headmaster told him to ignore the cheating. ... Julius Caesar contest, that he gave him the spot in the finals when it really was to got to a Mr. ...

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(Goetz 780) Cullen's biological mother never tried to contact him until he became famous in the 1920's.while in school he won a citywide poetry contest and then saw his stanzas widely reprinted. He later won several other poetry contests as a young man in high school and throughout college. Among the prizes won by Cullen there were Phi Beta Kappa honors and the Witter Bynner Poetry Prize. ... This was seemingly evident when Cullen requested that Langston Hughes not put ant black jazz rhythms in his and poetry. ... Cullen's differences caused people to respect the fact that he c...

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During the last week in March 2001, over 200 poetry readings will be occurring throughout the world in conjunction with the United Nations project, "Dialogue Among Civilizations Through Poetry." A contest was held to select a special poem that will be read on all four international venues. ... Page's poem "Planet Earth" for Dialogue Poetry. ... The glosa form itself then reflects the theme of a dialogue of poetry across civilizations. ... Among other honours, she has won the Governor General's Award for poetry for The Metal and the Flower (1954). ...

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It seemed as though Hughes used his poetry as a way to combat against the ongoing struggle that African-Americans still face today. ... He began to use the Blues, Ballad form, dance rhythms, folk speech, and Jazz in his poetry. ... In 1925 he won his first prize for poetry in the Opportunity contest and third prize for essay in the Crisis contest. ... Hughes also won the Witter Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry while attending Lincoln University. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Besides personal narratives, I also enjoy writing poetry. This is for the fact that poetry has Such a wide range of topics and subsequent emotions. Some of my greatest influences of poetry are Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Chet Silverstein. ... When it comes to writing Poetry myself, I enjoy putting a hidden meaning inside. ... This Piece of writing made it into the annual Multicultural Contest. ...

• Word Count: 772
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• Grade Level: High School

Rosie's father felt that her mother should be spending her time working in the tomato fields and tending to her family rather than spending time working on what she truly enjoyed, her poetry. ... All this jealousy eventually lead to an upheaval where Rosie's father burnt an award the mother had won for a poetry contest. ... Keeping in touch with her heritage through her passion of poetry meant she was keeping in touch with her life before her husband, which I think made him uncomfortable. ... is poetry. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Pope writes, "What dire offense from amorous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things." ... The poet is brilliant in his use of the components involved in heroic poetry. ... Epic catalogue is a standard characteristic of all heroic poetry. ... The tragedy of death is often reflected upon in heroic poetry. ... The poem pokes fun at the style, events, and characters of heroic poetry. ...

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Although only young men competed in the games, eventually they had contest for boys that were added. ... Aristotle wrote his works on ethics, logic, politics, poetry, astronomy, geology, biology, and physics. ...

• Word Count: 429
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An epic is a long narrative poem or poetry in lofty style the achievements and adventures of a hero. ... GREECE TOPIC: TEXT: The Iliad IMAGE: Contest of two Warriors The Iliad is the quest for individual honor and glory. ...

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But she didn't teach them singing or dancing, instead she brought the art of poetry to her class. ... She continued to teach poetry. ... Poetry, according to her, is a reward of its own. ... J. announced the "Dylan-Dylan" contest. ... The contest winners are Raul, Callie, and Darrell. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Very few people will contest that Walt Whitman may be one of the most important and influential writers in American literary history and conceivably the single most influential poet. ... Whitman's approach to poetry is a reflection of his thought. ... It is almost as he is tossing seeds into his poetry and allowing the leaves of grass to grow together in whichever form or path they choose for themselves. ... This is what makes his poetry so suitable for expressing one's soul. ... Whitman's poems without a doubt have a style and form to them even though it conforms to none of th...

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Two of the most notable of Australia's poets, Judith Wright and A D Hope, lived very different lives and wrote very different poetry. ... Some years ago I chaired a poetry reading at Sydney's Parliament House. ... So it is important to remember that both poets, in their different ways, did a great deal to assist the cause of Australian poetry, and Australian literature more generally. ... Judith Wright wrote the first monograph on the work of Charles Harpur, our most significant early poet, as well as a ground-breaking critical study Preoccupations in Australian Poetry (1965). ... T...

• Word Count: 968
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Very few people will contest that Walt Whitman may be one of the most important and influential writers in American literary history and conceivably the single most influential poet. ... Whitman's approach to poetry is a reflection of his thought. ... It is almost as he is tossing seeds into his poetry and allowing the leaves of grass to grow together in whichever form or path they choose for themselves. ... This is what makes his poetry so suitable for expressing one's soul. ... Whitman's poems without a doubt have a style and form to them even though it conforms to none of...

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Edger Allen Poe, at the start of his writing career, went to New York City where he had some of his poetry published. ... In 1835, Poe finally took a job as an editor of a newspaper because of a contest he won with his story, "The Manuscript Found in a Bottle.... " To sum up, Poe started his writing carrier in newspapers by publishing his poetry with the expectation of publishing for the public but no one was willing to accept his works. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sarah was also a prolific writer, however, and parlayed that into income through submissions to periodicals and literary contests, self-publishing a book of her poetry, and writing a successful novel. ... The magazine was much higher in original content than any other in publication at the time, and the lion's share of the material was written by Sarah herself, with contributions of poetry and fiction from other women. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Quartets, thus, display none of the fragmentation or collage-like qualities of Eliot's earlier poetry. ... "East Coker" is earth, "The Dry Salvages" water, "Little Gidding" fire, and "Burnt Norton" air, the world of thoughts, words, philosophy and poetry. ... The next two lines are also important because they deal with the same problem: If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. ( Eliot 13) Eliot does not hide the ideas behind the poetry in this first section.. ... The wreck of the garden brings to mind the ruins so prominent in Eliot's earlier poetry, exce...

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• Grade Level: High School

Since she was very little she's been involved in music writing, poetry, singing, acting. ... Just like I said before, my mother would read these stories, and sometimes she would sing them for me, which inspired me to actually write poetry " (Rienzi). ... "My church would do children events like poem contests music contest. ...

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What poetry! ... Seven years full of mischief, fun, love, hate, mistakes, achievements, problems, activities, adventures, quizzes, exams, contests, terror teachers, promenades, night-outs, psychology and logic. ...

• Word Count: 704
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In the 1930's, Hughes's style in literature change from poetry to prose. ... His poem won first prize at the Opportunity's (the official publication of the National Urban League) first literary contest. ...

• Word Count: 763
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The curriculum was comprised of studying music, poetry, reading and writing. ... The citizens of Athens did care about physical fitness so they enrolled the young men in military training and athletic contests. ...

• Word Count: 845
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• Grade Level: High School