This famous, and lengthy, poem has several sections which all house different themes. ... "Drum Taps", another poem collection written from Whitman's reaction to the Civil War, speaks about the futility and ignorance of men pitting themselves against one another in the poem "Reconciliation" ("For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead"). The sequel to the "Drum Taps" collection ("Sequel to Drum Taps") contains the famous eulogy on the Civil War president Abraham Lincoln; "O Captain! ... Another of his poem collections, "Sea Drift", Whitman swings to transcendentalism the poem...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The New York Times Book Review gave this quote "new poem after new poem makes clear how deeply each Frost poem bears on all Frost poems, and how surely all are a constant symbol of his life's commitment to making metaphors that clarify the dark paradoxes they contain. Probably the most famous quote was given by President Kennedy "his death impoverishes us all; but he has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding. ... Other poems followed about the Civil War. An example of one would be a poem called Beat! ... It is ...

• Word Count: 3004
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

One poem was written by William Cullen Bryant, called To a Waterfowl. In the poem the author compares his lonely life to that of a bird of on its journey of life. ... This poem is called The Rhodora, and was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. ... All of these poems showed the same Romantic value. ... The Romantic value for this poem is, The "Common People" have as much or more integrity, wisdom, and strength as famous Democracy. ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The first draft of "Thanatopsis," his most famous poem, was written when he was 16 years of age, and he was only 27 years old when his first published volume, Poems, appeared in 1821. Poems included, in addition to "Thanatopsis,", "Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood," "Green River," and "To a Waterfowl." ... Emily Dickinson- Heralded as one of the most gifted American writers, Emily Dickinson authored nearly 2,000 poems. ... In 1899 Robinson moved to New York City, where his volume Captain Craig and Other Poems (1902) attracted little interest. ... In 1917 her collection Renascence and Oth...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Other famous writers of this time include Thomas Paine, who wrote THE CRISIS, NO.1; Patrick Henry, author of SPEECH TO THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION; and Thomas Jefferson, writer of THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. ... Influenced writers of this time include Washington Irving, author of RIP VAN WINKLE; Edgar Allan Poe, author of many masterpieces, such as THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, ELDORADO, ANNABEL LEE, TO HELEN, and THE RAVEN; Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, author of the famous MOBY DICK. ... Holmes is known for the poem OLD IRONSIDES. ... The most well-known writer of thi...

• Word Count: 774
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From this, later in his life he will write the poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking". This poem tells about his boyhood on the Long Island shore and how was his desire to be a poet. ... There Whitman published a version of his New Orleans poem called "Once I Pass'd Through a Populous city". This poem recounts a romance with a woman. ... This become the most famous frontispiece in literary history. ...

• Word Count: 3041
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

He is famous as: "The father of American History" (Moses Coit Tyler) William Bradford organized the history in the form of various chapters by narrating each event in each chapter. ... She loved her husband very much and to express her love she wrote scads of poems among which "To my dear and loving husband" was a beautiful one and reminds us to Shakespearean sonnets. 3: Utilitarian Feature: Puritanism was a great opponent of entertainment and art so there was not a single work produced for the pleasure purposes. ... "A model of Christian Charity" was...

• Word Count: 2593
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

In the late 1800's, William Dean Howells and Henry James, the two most famous realists of the nineteenth century, concentrated on changing American life. ... He worked as a city editor of the Ohio State Journal in 1858 and published poems, stories, and reviews in the Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. ...

• Word Count: 813
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In this class thus far, we have had the opportunity to read and learn about 26 different philosophers and ways to ascertain the good life. Most recently, we have dealt with philosophers who talk about the use of reason, self-exploration, and self-realization. The works that I found more interestin...

• Word Count: 1895
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In this class thus far, we have had the opportunity to read and learn about 26 different philosophers and ways to ascertain the good life. Most recently, we have dealt with philosophers who talk about the use of reason, self-exploration, and self-realization. The works that I found more interestin...

• Word Count: 1895
• Approx Pages: 8