Skrzynecki's Crossing the Red Sea is a poem which depicts the traumatic journey of migration and human triumph over adversity. ... The religious conations used in the poem help to create a direct link to the famous 40 year journey where Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land. ... The poem shows the human triumph over adversity in a difficult journey. ... David Moore has also captured the emotions of immigrants at the end of the trip as they arrive by ship to their new home in the famous photograph "Immigrants arriving Sydney 1966". ... In Skrzynecki's poem and Moo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1993, she recited her poem, "On the Pulse of the Morning," at President Clinton's inauguration. ... In addition, Angelou is making a point to readers, and specifically to Donleavy, that she is aware of these famous scholars. ...

• Word Count: 1074
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When Alice James, the youngest sister of the famous Henry the novelist, and William the psychologist, started journaling, she was 40 years old. ... A direct example of this is when James' refers one of Emily Dickinson's poems in her diary, while explaining how she had been asked by her doctor if she'd ever been written for the press like her famous brothers: How dreary to be somebody How public like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog. ...

• Word Count: 2383
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate