1916

times over i was able to do it. The first poem we will take a look at is “Mending Wall”, written in 1914. After that we will pick apart “The Death of a Hired Man”, written in 1914 as well, and finally, we will also take a look at “Birches”, written in 1916. All three of these poems were written very well and all seemed to have a fluent flow to them. This makes them easier to read, but they can still be a bit challenging…

Death and life by the Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, stared in 1908 and completed 1916, is an oil on rectangular canvas painting 178cm by 198cm, now housed at the Leopold Museum in Vienna. This painting is about how the life could be beautiful if death is not standing next to it. Death and life has two separated parts. Klimt shows death of the left side. Passing is delineated and the fantastic messenger of death, a smiling skull, secured in a dim robe secured with images. The principle…

Women are having children when they are still children themselves and not having the financial stability or not knowing how to care for the children properly, that is until Margaret Sanger decided to do something about it. In her famous speech “The Children's Era” delivered in March of 1925 in New York, NY Margaret Sanger was a birth control activist who wanted to let all people know what she knew, the importance of birth control and how it could change a life. Margaret Luis Higgins on…

Albert Einstein has made a historical impact on the world and in the fields of science and math. Even with a not so great childhood, he was able to persevere and accomplish many great things. In elementary school, his teacher had told him he was “too dumb” to be there. His mother told him he was “too smart” and decided to homeschool Albert. This is the beginning of his magnificent journey. From solving equations, to making a difference in schools, he has helped many people and will continue to…

Philippe Pétain, in full Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain was born on April 24, 1856, in Cauchy-à-la-Tour. The french general who was a national hero for his victory at the Battle of Verdun in World War I but was discredited as chief of state of the French government at Vichy in World War II. Born into a family of farmers in northern France, Pétain, after attending the local village school and a religious secondary school, was admitted to Saint-Cyr, France’s principal military academy.…

By 1908, the game had reached Japan, and just a year later- in 1909, Puerto Rico began to play. By 1916, the Philippines had started playing. The U.S.A.V., or United States Volleyball Association was created in 1928. Once we entered the 1930s, Volleyball became less of a game of leisure and more competitive, leading us into the formation the first women’s…

Did you know that the Chinese Ring- Necked Pheasant is native to Asia and was brought here for a game bird? There are 30 different types of pheasants in 5 groups. There is a major difference in the colors between the male and female birds. The male have a lot of colors and patterns on their feathers and the females are very dull and grey looking so they can stay hidden in the fields with their young. The males can range in colors from white to almost black and they can also have multi colored…

which was diplomacy between nations regulated by monetary necessity and foreign loans. Additionally, the Panama Canal Tolls Act of 1912 was repealed which let shippers from the United States to not pay the tolls for the canal, and the Jones Act in 1916 gave full territorial status to the Philippines, who could then gain independence when a stable government was established. This huge step towards international equality and idealism reflects Wilson’s view of “democracy… the rights and liberties…

“The Road Not Taken” was a poem written by Robert Frost in 1916. The poem consists of four stanzas that each contains five lines, and the rhyme scheme is ABAAB. The first three stanzas of the poem talk about the past and the fourth one talks about the future. “The Road No Taken” starts off with the narrator coming up to a fork in the path he is traveling. He looked down both of the paths as far as he could and they seemed to be equal; the first path seemed to be traveled more often, but the…

France when they unexpectedly died in Mametz Wood, as the Germans were prepared to kill on the other side of Mametz Wood. The Battle of Somme began. This was a singular part of World War I and killed 4000 people. This battle took place between 7-12th 1916. By using language features such as oxymoron, metaphor and plosive alliteration, Sheers can convey the impact and violence of war that these soldiers had to undergo. “For years afterwards the farmers found them – the wasted young, turning up…