Within his poem "In Memoriam" Tennyson writes in grief and discusses mortality and evolution (Damrosch 1136-8). ... In "A Toccata of Galuppi's" the narrator of the poem hears music, which makes him think of death. ... (Tennyson 14.42) Robert Browning is more obviously influenced by Darwin, even though the Origin of Species did not influence his poems, but the ideas that Darwin proves in his writing were within the culture at the time. ... He wanted his audience to use his poems in their life for rebellion and enlightenment. ... His poem, "To Marguerite-Continued" talks about human being...

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1. 60 million years ago, the age of giant reptiles came to an end. Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammals, including primates, were then able to evolve....

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In many epic stories and poems, authors have been successful in conveying basic human concepts through intricately crafted supernatural characters. ... These mythic figures were later used in many Greek epic poems and some of them were portrayed as the mortal hero's adversaries and sought to destroy him. ...

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