Amoretti, whose title means little love poems, is composed of eighty-eight sonnets. ... Another poem Spenser wrote to show the power of love is Sonnet 75 from Amoretti. Spenser shows his love for a woman by telling her that she should want him because he will make her famous through his poems. ... He feels that their love is transferred from earth to heaven by his poem, and feels that they will be together forever. ...

• Word Count: 386
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This poem, "The Exile's Departure," was the first Whittier poem ever printed (Myerson). ... He wrote many antislavery poems during the Civil War. ... "Snow-Bound" is the poem that made Whittier famous. It is a poem about rural life (Leary 70). ... It is a poem of remembrance (Myerson). ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He not only wrote hundreds of poems and stories, but he also won many awards and helped spark a style of writing in the 20th century. ... In his prologue to Complete Poems, he said "All my life I have been trying to learn to read, to see and hear, and to write. ... He won another Pulitzer Prize in 1950 in poetry for his collection of poems called Complete Poems. ... Sandburg wrote a countless number of other great works but these are the most famous of them all. ... He wrote hundreds of stories/poems and had the respect of the people. ...

• Word Count: 1144
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 774
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lincoln's death also helped him write some of his poems like "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom"d" and "O"Captain My Captain". ... James Parton, he was a husband of a famous poetess Fanny Fern. ... His poems were upbeat with a unique rhyme scheme, sometimes not any at all. ...

• Word Count: 666
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School