He died on March 26, 1892. ... His father, a newspaper editor, died when Robert was 10. ... He died in Boston on Jan. 29, 1963. ... An old man bending I come among new faces, Years looking backward resuming in answer to children, Come tell us old man, as from young men and maidens that love me, (Arous'd and angry, I'd thought to beat the alarum, and urge relentless war, But soon my fingers fail'd me, my face droop'd and I resign'd myself, To sit by the wounded and soothe them, or silently watch the dead;){Whitman, 198} Other poems of wartime are Calvary C...

• Word Count: 3004
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Away for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But not on the viewless wings of Poesy". ... He realises the transitory nature of human life; and by the end of stanza six recognises that the Nightingale would not cease to sing if he were to die "Still wouldst thou sing, an I have ears in vain- To thy high requiem become a sod." ... Fled is that music- Do I wake or sleep?" ... They inherently show through lines such as "She dwells with Beauty- Beauty that must die" the inescapable truth of reality, that which Keats himself termed "misery, heartbreak, pain, sickness and oppr...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"I was growing up / even as she scrubbed for dirt, / horns, anything that looked like sin." ... "Sometimes the words are so close I am / more who I am when I"m down on paper / than anywhere else / Who touches this poem touches a woman (Homecoming 102)." ... Alvarez is quoted as admitting, "I am a Dominican, hyphen, American. ... When questioned if the title "Latina writer" was accurate, Alvarez was unsure, remarking, "I think when I write, I write out of who I am and the questions I need to figure out. ... In a review, Jason Zappe explains the unusual structure of the book, "The novel unfold...

• Word Count: 2799
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School