So far, I had only read books with somewhat outlandish plots. "Writing about my own life is a waste of time, there's no way it'll be as interesting as those characters," I thought. ... A lot of my time was spent in the library. I always had at least two books checked out. ... This time in my life is very important to me because it's when I was introduced to poetry, which is one of my favorite forms of literature. ...

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During the industrialisation age, focus was on city life, materialism, poverty and oppression. ... These poets yearned for a deep and genuine love of nature and a simple life. ... He seemed to find life inferior to art because it is not constant and unchanging and it is understandable that he would find stability appealing considering his brief and tumultuous life. ... After reading this poem, one must ask- was so much of his time spent creating this fictional urn, only to inform society of his final analogy of his time on earth? ... Another text which deals with the enduring qualities of ...

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But time is tied to the wrist or kept in a box, ticking with impatience. ... By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. ... Time is personified as it "[ticks] with impatience". ... To depict the mechanical machine as "snoring" brings it to life in this vivid imagery, although life in a spiritual form. ... The alien has shown us, through seeing these impediments for the first time, an appreciation of something long known beautiful, but now clearly seen for the first time....

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But time is tied to the wrist or kept in a box, ticking with impatience. ... By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. ... Time is personified as it "[ticks] with impatience". ... To depict the mechanical machine as "snoring" brings it to life in this vivid imagery, although life in a spiritual form. ... The alien has shown us, through seeing these impediments for the first time, an appreciation of something long known beautiful, but now clearly seen for the first time....

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This aspect of his artistic methods would be compared today to story books or nursery rhymes written and illustrated for children. Or they could also be compared to some animated movies or cartoons of our time. ... Much like parents today would use modern day story books and fables to teach their children about the ways of the world. ... It seems that Blake, during Romantic period, was out to seek happiness from what life had to bring him. Not wanting to lose sight of the innocence of the world while in reality still having to deal with life struggles. ...

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Seuss remain at the top of my all time favourite authors for narly my entire life. ... He likes to taket hings that children can relate to in their own minds and lives and create charactors and stories to bring them to life. ... Shel Silversteins books of poetry are also so appealing to children beacuse he uses cute illustrations to bring his poetry to life. ... When I was in elementry school I owned every single Shel Silverstein book and I read them all the time. ... Roald Dahs is not as famous for his poetry as he is for novel work which includes such famous books as 'Charley and the...

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The way I take things, and most high school students take things, is one day at a time. ... Only time will tell, but in 20 years I see practically a brand new me. ... I started writing poetry at the age of 15, and I already have 3 of my poems appearing in books in the USA and UK. My goal, in 20 years, is to have at least 5 books of my own poetry published, be a well known poet in the US, and hopefully win some awards. ... Although I will have traveled 20 years down the path of my life, my involvement in community service will not have changed since I was a young man. ...

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Still haunting after a century, The Raven remains one of the most popular poems of all time. ... How the poet's life is reflected in this work will be investigated here. ... Even when his mother was alive, as an actress, she had no time for her son (Quinn 20). ... Who is the visitor but the reader, come themselves to seek solace amidst curious books of lore. ... Life had not been kind to him, and he had not been kind to life. ...

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Frost was home schooled and taught by his mother, Isabelle Moodie, for the first ten years of his life. ... There he could devote all his time to writing. ... Soon, Frosts" personal life began to plummet. ... Frost published his next two books in 1923, Selected Poems and New Hampshire, and in 1928 to 1935, West-Running Brook, an expanded edition of Selected Poems, Collected Poems, and A Further Range were published. ... Although some of Frost's poems, filled with political conservatism, lost some popularity with the critics, his reputation still stands strong as one of the most success...

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By the time she was twelve years old she had written her first "epic" poem, which consisted of four books of rhyming couplets. Two years later, Elizabeth developed a lung ailment that plagued her for the rest of her life. ... I do, as I say, love these books with all my heart - and I love you too." ... (Leighton) The last great work of Browning's life was the poem "Aurora Leigh-. ... Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the greatest poets of her time. ...

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In the year 1774 Blake obtained an apprenticeship with a famous engraver which throughout his life he engraved to make a living. Blake was from a working class background and taught himself how to read from books, one of them being the Bible. ... One of the main themes in "The Lamb" is childhood, as lambs are born in spring time where spring symbolises a new beginning as most animals give birth in spring. ...

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Poems have been around since the beginning of time, just as language, just as life. ... Song of Solomon is one of many books of the bible, but it deals solely with a woman and man proclaiming their love for each other through poetry. ... Summer has by now become the summer of life and beauty. ... In line twelve the "eternal lines of time" not only refers to lines of poetry but also to lines of beauty. ... A poem of this nature and of this magnitude is one that will ultimately be a timeless classic until the end of time....

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She has written many books and poems that have given her great success. ... Her life is blissful now, but it wasn't always perfect. ... Maya Angelou has accomplished many things in her life. ... How mind and body do not reach their peak at the same time. By the time a person gets old enough to have a spiritual realization of who they are their body is already declining (Angelou 11). ...

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His family moved to Florence early in his life. ... He enjoyed the decedent life as an aristocrat at Avignon, and there on Good Friday 1327 he saw for the first time Laura, the lady who was to be the inspiration and subject of his most famous works. ... He entered Rome for the first time in January 1337. ... Divinity is the symbol of peace, eternal life, and his everlasting love to Laura. ... In Venice he was given a house, and in return he donated all his books to the public. ...

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A man of great poetry once lived a long time ago. ... What did his poems mean and how did his poems affect his life? ... Mary Langston always inspired Langston to read books there on he fell for poetry. ... As time goes on, Langston traveled with many black writers to the Soviet Union. ... In the times of Langston life he experience racism. ...

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Porter then brings a time scale into the poem "This announcement will take two and a quarter minutes to make". ... The time scale shows us exactly how dangerous the bomb is. ... "In my fallout shelter I have enough food some books games calor gas and candles. ... We also find out that he is sort of obsessed about keeping his things to himself, "under lock and key, the tools necessary for life after death". ... The next verse also uses the words "one fine day", this proves that he really is thinking that life after the bomb will be better. ...

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Behind his work is a deep feeling for life's fundamentals-love, loyalty, and awareness of nature and of God. ... While he was in New Orleans he saw the vastness of this country for the first time, and he began to set down in poetry his impressions of the nation and its people. ... Whitman printed it himself, and throughout his life he continued to publish expansions of revisions of the work. ... After the war Whitman's books began to sell well, and he contributed several articles to magazines. ... He remained an invalid for the rest of his life. ...

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The narrator tells of a man who walked the best-fit curve his whole life, a man who exactly fits the statistics of the average man in his time and locality. ... After telling the audience of the regularity of this man's life, the narrator muses "Was he free? ... Reprinted from Another Time (The Estate of W. ... Reprinted from The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Knopf and Vintage Books, 1994). ...

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As a child Dove was always interested in literature, "...the young Dove had a particular fondness and passion for books, and said that her parents encouraged her to read anything that she pleased.""... (Reviews) whose "...time spans from 1900-1969..."" ... Dove says that she spent most of her time as Poet Laureate " educating young people in matters of poetry and bringing real poetry into real life... ... The chorus of voices that have shaped her life are the voices that are unheard elsewhere. ... Rafael Trujillo, the dictator at the time, selected for execution twenty thousand Haitian blacks...

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By the time he died Dransfield was something of a cult hero. ... This time in history was responsible for a new breed of people, these people chose to live an alternative life style, primarily in objection to living in a society fueled by commercialism and rapid change. ... Although Dransfield did also take drugs he was not as common as other fellow Australian's who chose to live an alternative life as he did not acquire the attitude that total ignorance to a time of hardship will make life more blissful. ... After publishing only three books of poems Michael Dransfield was a...

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He one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. ... The path symbolizes an extreamly hard choice in Frost's life. ... The topic of death in many of Frost's poems is fast becoming a major literary topic found in many books, as well as something we hear oh too much about throught the news and media. ... Also when he is near the woods, he is far away from the city, and the city is like a synonym for life, one of the opposites of life. ... The woods are now a symbol of life, a change from the previous example, and the frozen lake, devo...

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Known as one of the most "confessional" poets of her time, Anne Sexton was also one of the most criticized. ... Despite this, Anne went on to win many awards and go down as one of the best poets of all time. ... During this time Anne was also educated at Earland Junior College from 1947- 1948 (Twentieth Century American Literature 2). ... The chronic mental illness that controlled Anne's life was the anguished center of her family's life (Linda Sexton 1). ... Through out her career, Anne wrote not only poetry but also short stories and books for children as well. ...

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It takes time to compose lists and even more time to organize them. ... He will tempt Lawrence to impure or unholy thoughts by leaving sinful books in his way or by asking him difficult questions about biblical interpretation. ... The speaker loves the subject so intensly, that he is a part of every minute portion of her life. ...

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She has written many books and poems that have given her great success. ... Her life is blissful now, but it wasn't always perfect. ... Angelou accomplished many things in her life. ... How mind and body do not reach their apex at the same time. By the time a person gets old enough to have a spiritual realization of who they are their body is already declining (Angelou 11). ...

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She has written many books and poems that have given her great success. ... Her life is blissful now, but it wasn't always perfect. ... Angelou accomplished many things in her life. ... How mind and body do not reach their apex at the same time. By the time a person gets old enough to have a spiritual realization of who they are their body is already declining (Angelou 11). ...

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