But one of these poets emerges from this group of people; an influential poet of the 19th century was Walt Whitman, author of the famous poems, "Leaves of Grass," and "O Captain, My Captain.... After the war, and retiring from the government department, "he suffered a stroke in 1873" which had him spend the rest of his life in Camden, New Jersey, where he continued to write famous poems and articles. ... For many of his poems, such has, O Captain, My Captain, he writes in a dark, mourning tone in his poems, for example, "Fallen Cold and Dead" (Poetry Founda...

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Anne Bradstreet, the most famous 17th century female poet, was only 18 when she arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 on the Arbella. ... One of Anne's famous poems, Verses Upon the Burning of our House, was written after a disastrous fire burned down the Bradstreets' house in 1666, which left them homeless. However, the most famous poem that Anne ever wrote, The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, was carried to England in a manuscript by her brother-in-law without her approval. Even though Anne did not give consent that this poem could be published, it brought her fame in both E...

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While containing the characteristics of an epic, Beowulf also has the elements of an elegiac and heroic poem. I believe this epic can be considered as a "heroic-elegiac poem-. ... Although this is found in Beowulf, the elements of an epic hero poem and an elegiac poem combined, more completely describe this piece of Anglo-Saxon literature. ... "Hrothgar, gray-haired and brave, sat happily Listening, the famous ring-giver sure, At last, that Grendel could be killed; he believed In Beowulf's bold strength and the firmness of his spirit - Not only was Beowulf confident and boastful of him...

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This piece of art happens to be the most famous artwork done by Sandro Botticelli. Venus is depicted as a long haired nude woman that drifts from the famous artworks of the period where nudity was not normally done and its divergence from the norm also appears to push it into fame. ... There are also clear references of Sandro's painting from Angelo Poliziano's poem Stanze per la Giostra. The manner in which the painting is arranged resembles a scene in the poem which appears to have been the theme behind the painting. ... The poem also happens to be a form of artistic creations whic...

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Wordsworth's most famous poem, "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" was included as the last item in his collection of "Lyrical Ballads." The poem expresses the author's nearly pantheistic love of nature and his longing for humanity's eventual reunification with the natural world. ... Early in the poem, the author focus resides upon the physical and aethetic pleasures that surround. ...

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His poems and stories chill the blood, even today. This bibliography is written on the life of the famous American poet offers great insight into his life and his passions. ... Following the success of "The Raven"," Poe wrote his "Philosophy of Composition,"" which describes the framework and reasoning behind his narrative and structural choices in his most famous poem. His words are surprisingly beautiful considering the poems content, "beauty is the sole legitimate Province of the poem; pleasure which is at once the most intense, the most elevating, and the most pure, is, a believer, found i...

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Inferno (Italian for "hell"), is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "The Divine Comedy." ... In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. ... The poem starts on Maundy Thursday in the year 1300. ... Dante passes through the gate of Hell, which bears an inscription, the ninth (and final) line of which is the famous phrase "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate," or "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." ... Virgil forces Charon to take him by means of another famous line: Vuolsi cosi cola dove si puote, which tra...

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In this poem, important aspects of the life of his times- political and religious- find expression in it. ... In this sense, readers can realise that characters are described as different type of universal human characteristics along the poem. ... Before the grand jury had acted Dryden published this poem in order to influence their verdict. ... David -in the poem- finishes this poem saying; "The law shall still direct my peacefull sway and the same law teach rebels to obey-. The poem is famous for its brilliant portraits of the king's enemies and friends. ...

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Shakespeare's main source for this infamous play is Arthur Brooke's 'Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet', a long, dense poem. This poem in turn was adapted from a French prose account written by Pierre Boiastuau, who had used an Italian version by Bandello proposed in 1554. Bandello's poem was further imitated from Luigi da Porto's version in 1525 of a story by Masuccio Salernitano. ... Key words of the poem are connected to each other using rhyme, for example, in the third quatrain – "despair" and "prayer"; Shakespeare is referencing...

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"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands" - Michelangelo While the famous artist Michelangelo might have been employing the word "paint" literally when he crafted this quote, when taken in a more abstract sense, the words of wisdom echo a theme developed hundreds of years earlier and immortalized in The Odyssey - the idea that prowess of the mind is far superior to that of the body (or its impulses). ... In the very first pages of the poem, Zeus "remember[s] handsome Aegisthus, the man Agamemnon's son, renowned Orestes, killed" (1:34-35). .....

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Many historians consider him the "modern man" because of his innovative poems focusing on individuality. ... Although Petrach is well known, today, for his poetry, he is also famous for his contribution to the humanist literary and cultural movement of the 14th and 15th centuries. ... He was responsible for discovering several texts and letters by the Roman author Cicero, who's Brutus became one of the most famous books of the time. ...

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In his famous poem "Black Art,"" he writes about the need of "poems that kill"" and "wrestle cops into alleys and take their weapons leaving them dead". ... In another poem from 1972 called "Who will survive America " he openly threatens the society and shows his contempt for the Christian belief system as part of the white dominant society. ... In one of his most known poems he offers criticism on the white dominated media society, which, in combination with alcohol and drugs, causes inertia and political passivity. The poem, called "The Revolution will not Be Televised"," is a strong appe...

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In the poem Beowulf, there is one character who possesses all and a greater amount of these expressed characteristics, the hero Beowulf. All through the poem Beowulf embodies the perfect's characteristics and archetypal hero, such as loyalty to his men and his kingdom, and Beowulf's bravery and strength throughout the epic. ... Beowulf "Heard how Grendel filled nights with horror and quickly commanded a boat fitted out, proclaiming that he'd go to that famous king would sail across the sea to Hrothgar" (Beowulf 112-115) It was Beowulf's loyalty to the Danes that c...

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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...

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Her childhood experiences, which included rape at eight years old and a period of muteness, inspired her famous work, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which was written in 1970. ... In her massive volumes of poetry are A Brave and Startling Truth (1995), The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994), Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993), Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987), I Shall Not Be Moved (1990), Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? ...

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Later Titian moved closer to the style of Raphael and his harmonious shapes, as can be seen in the famous "Sacred and Profane love" (1515) at the Borghese Gallery in Rome, the interpretation of which is still subject to controversy, but probably inspired by a contemporary poem ("The Battle of Sleep and Love" by Francesco Colonna). ...

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Program music is "the term for a nonvocal music that is associated with a poem, a story, or some other literary source; the literary text itself is the program. ... Another famous work in which this new form of music was displayed is Mozart's Don Giovanni. ...

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" (Henry 3) Arguably the most famous quote of this time period, Patrick Henry is saying that he would rather die than live under oppression. ... The second half of the poem states "Tomorrow, I'll be at the table when company comes. ...

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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. ...

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