This poem seems to embody every aspect of Walt Whitman and possibly every aspect of each person in the world. The poem practically screams the theme of independence and interdependence: everything in the world is related to everything, yet they all live exclusively of one another. ... This section, entitled "Memories of President Lincoln", contain two of Whitman's most renowned poems, called "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom"d" and "O Captain! ... The extremely popular, rhymed, and melodramatic poem "O Captain! ... This poem shows very much Whitman's belief that it is important...

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Earth's Bounty Analysis In this poem, on the first line they say they are stating an overall theme that will set the tone for the rest of the poem. ... Dealing with the different lands all over the world, this poem relates to many people. ... I think that this poem can totally relate to the people of today in the United States and how bad our pollution is and how dirty our land can get. ... This poem also triggers the cycle of life in my brain, the never ending cycle that each species partakes in. ...

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Many people write things like poems, lyrics, and even scripts for plays. ... He wrote a well written poem called, "Song of Napalm". The poem showed a shocking scene in the form of poetry. ... The next poem that I feel was a well representation of literature changing was, "Rice Will Grow Again" by Frank A. ... In this poem, a group of people are walking on a dike. ...

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The poem is told through the eyes of one particular sailor on this ship. ... The rhyme helps in creating a smooth flow throughout the poem. This poem is an elegy, because it mourns the death of the captain. ... The tone of Whitman's poem is despondent. Throughout the poem, the sailor expresses grief for the loss of the Captain. ...

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Both poems discuss how one's status in society is determined by race, color, culture and nationality. ... The first poem Tourist is written as the thoughts of a Haitian man speaking to a white tourist. ... In his other poem Boat People, it seems to be another collection of thoughts. ... The poems show another side rather than it just being wrong. ... The poems tell interesting stories and gave me a more mature view on the subject matter....

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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. ... Other poems followed about the Civil War. An example of one would be a poem called Beat! ... It is clear that this is a poem about the Civil War. ... This poem is about the wartime letters to his mother. ...

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I identify with Anna Akhmatova's poem "I am not one of those who left the land" because I agree with the poem's theme, "you should never give-up on what you believe in". After September the eleventh, I can appreciate this poem on a higher level. You see, I appreciate this poem because it creates an emotional tone similar to September the eleventh. ... I like this poem because for me it is a poem of hope. ... That's why I appreciate this poem, because it tells me "You should never give-up on what you believe in." ...

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An example is in the two poems "Immigrants" one by Pat Mora and the May Flower circulation poem by Robert Frost. Pat Mora's poem is about how immigrants who came over and try to make their children as American as they can. ... This poem is about how immigrants kept coming over to America. ... Another line of the poem reads: "but Pilgrim manned the May Flower in a dream". ... The two poems and the film showed us how different people acted to the immigration policies....

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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...

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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. ... Later he would write the poem "There was a Child Went Forth" where he express his philosophy of teaching. ... 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. ...

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Hughes could have used the poem to speak for one race of people, but he didn't. ... The poem has no particular rhyme scheme but it does use assonance and consonance. ... In the next to the last stanza he tells the reader that he has spoken plainly throughout the poem. It is Hughes" most important line of the poem when he swears "America will be!" ... Hughes ends the poem in a way that shows his real strength and determination. ...

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His poems expressed the impatience of African Americans to become treated equally. In his poem entitled "America", he speaks of the contradictory lifestyle that Americans lived. ... He became very famous for his poem "I Too", which also spoke of the same inconsistencies. ... A famous poem that he wrote on the struggles of black people was entitled "From the Dark Tower". I believe in this poem he discusses the inequality of blacks period, not only in America. ...

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Auden's poem entitled "The Unknown Citizen" is a portrayal of a conflict between individualism and government control. ... The society portrayed in the poem takes the notion of perfection and equality to the extreme. ... The "Bureau of Statistics" and the "Producers Research" are two institutions described in the poem that keep track of all aspects of life. ... The title of the poem is rather ironic. Auden discusses how everyone knows everything about this specific citizen and then names the poem "The Unknown Citizen". ...

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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. ... In his poem he learns about his soul's journey from contemplating the shell of a sea animal. All of these poems showed the same Romantic value. ...

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Phillis Wheatley Behind the infamous poems of Phillis Wheatley lies and incredible and inspirational story of a young African girl and the struggles she overcame in her short life. ... Phillis had her first poem published at the tender age of twelve. ... Her reputation was set with the poem "On the Death of Reverend Mr. ... In England a publisher was found for Phillis's first book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. ...

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One of his poems that gained much recognition was "Leaves of Grass," and he did not even get noticed right away. ... "Leaves of Grass" is a compilation of many poems that took and extensive time writing, and many experiences. ... "And chalked in large letters on a board, Be of good cheer, we will not desert you;" says from poem 33. When Whitman speaks through his poem he repeatedly uses the word "I," and in doing so he is referring to the American Public. ...

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Race Separation "Theme for English B" is a poem by Langston Hughes in which a black student in a predominantly white college takes a writing assignment as an opportunity to ponder over the complicated issue of race relations in America. ... He provides plenty of information about himself in the first half of the poem where he lives, some of the things he likes, and so on. The second half of the poem is more concerned with the similarities and differences between the speaker and the instructor. ... In one of the last lines of the poem, the speaker calls the instructor "older - and white -...

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There was one specific poem that I was greatly pleased with and indicated Stanizzi the ballad. She was so stunned that I composed such a delicate poem. He loved my poem so much he read it to the class for an illustration despite everything he understands it to his classes right up 'til the present time. ... This is the thing that kept my enthusiasm for English continually trusting that we'll get a composition task where we will need to compose a poem....

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Walt Whitman Whitman's poem, "Song of Myself," from "Leaves of Grass" is often considered the most stunningly original poem ever written by an American. ... " The poem is innovative both in terms of style and content, forever altering the course of American poetry. The poem clearly participates in the invention of a myth of a democratic America. ...

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HE began reading at age 3 and publishing poems by the age of 12. In 1882 he tried to get a scholarship to a college by reading one of his poems but he was turned down because his poems were too liberal and filled with anti-religious sentiments. ...

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The poem shifts abruptly to the present, disheartening situation of Latin America in the second stanza. ... The poem shifts again in line 53 with the repetition of the impassioned phrase that began the ode: "Oh, pure Americas ."" ... The final shift of the poem occurs in line 75, in which the poet's tone becomes surprisingly optimistic. ... The repetition of the word "may- functions as a powerful, inspiration element to conclude the poem. ... Perhaps even a message for the imperialists themselves is hidden in the poem: What you are doing is wrong. ...

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American Dream The idea of the American Dream has dominated American literature since the founding of America. The American Dream is what people see as the life for them and how they try to fulfill it. Many people have their own idea of what the American Dream is. American writers present diffe...

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Vincent Millay became extremely popular with their poems of the rush of the 1920's. ... Countee Cullen and Claude McKay were popular for their poems against these events. Langston Hughes was also an extremely popular poet who condemned violence against African Americans and spoke proudly of being black in his poems. ...

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The poem is mainly about the difficulty she finds in fitting in with, or feeling a part of, either of the cultures, the Pakistani or the English. IN this respect, the poem is like: Search for My Tongue; from Unrelated Incidents; Half-Caste; and Ogun. ... The Hurricane described in the poem was that of the Great Storm in 1987, which brought great destruction and havoc to England and its landscape, particularly the trees. In the first verse of the poem, the persona stands outside the action and uses the pronouns, he and she. ...

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In one of her poems, "Upon the Burning of Our House" she speaks about an evening in which her house catches fire and burns to the ground, leaving her nothing. In her poem she begins to reason that God has given it to her and so he has taken it away. ...

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