Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar was an African American writer of sixteen collections of poetry, four collections of short stories, and four novels (Miller 393). ... Paul Laurence Dunbar is a well know African American, classical poet of the nineteenth century, who writes poems in standard English or black dialect, seeks to recreate the Negro, and cries out to freedom form slavery to all of the Negroes who read his work. ... It is said that Dunbar played an important role in the evolution of the African - American short stories along with his large collection of poetry. ... Just...

• Word Count: 1623
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The changing of perspectives becomes evident throughout these texts by means of structure and language devices. ... As his father tries to tech him this language the narrator states that he is drifting away from his father and his birth culture. ... The story is about a Baptist minister, Nathan, who drags his wife and four daughters deep into the heart of the Congo on a mission to save the unenlightened souls of Africa. As the family arrives I Africa to say that Nathan and his family are woefully unprepared would be an understatement. ...

• Word Count: 1417
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Maya Angelou's was an African American, thus shared the totality of meanings, ideas, and beliefs with the black Americans. ... As an African American, Maya experienced racial discrimination in Arkansas. ... In her poem titled Phenomenal Woman, Angelou expresses and emphasizes self-empowerment to the African American women that goes beyond conventional beauty. ... This includes the oppression of African Americans including some of the people who the media during this period presented as criminals, such as drug pushers, welfare mothers, and prostitutes among others. in her writings, Angelou...

• Word Count: 1524
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Angelou began her career in drama and dance, and she married a South African freedom fighter and lived in Cairo. ... In the 1960's she said that being black, female, non-Muslim, non-Arab, six foot tall, and American made for some interesting experiences during her stay in Africa (Williams 1). ... She can speak English, French, Spanish, Italian, and West African Fanti. ... Yet it does use figurative language. ... This poem uses very simple language, but it is very complicated. ...

• Word Count: 1300
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Emerson is noted for his skill in presenting his ideas eloquently and in poetic language B. ... He taught modern languages at Bowdoin from 1829 to 1835. ... During Lowell's lifespan of 72 years, one of his many accomplishments was becoming the professor of modern languages at Harvard after Longfellow retired. ... Robert Frost (1874-1963) - American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. ... He is known for his innovative language and precise detail, as well as attention to line breaks. ...

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

Poets use language to express and communicate an idea: to make it tangible in a form that can be shared. ... He helped shape the Harlem Renaissance, an eruption of African-American cultural expression in that section of New York City in the 1920s. ... Another thing that makes the poet different from other writers is not only the focus on mode, but on language. Poetry can be portrayed as the art of language. ... This is basically language that allows your mind to recall and combine images. ...

• Word Count: 1645
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• Grade Level: High School

"Her compact, forceful language, characteried formally by long disruptive dashes, heavy iambic meters, and angular, imprecise rhymes, is one fo the singular literary achievements of of the nineteenth century. ... At the same time, she began building a body of creative work that, in 1993, would make her the first African-American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... Dickinson uses forceful language, heavy iambic meters, imprecise rhymes, long disruptive dashes. ...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

During these years, he held odd jobs as an assistant cook, launderer, and a busboy, and traveled to Africa and Europe working as a seaman. ... He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including both their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language itself. ...

• Word Count: 1896
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During these years, he held odd jobs as an assistant cook, launderer, and a busboy, and traveled to Africa and Europe working as a seaman. ... He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including both their suffering and their love of music, laughter, and language itself. ...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School