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Maya Angelou: Strength of the Human Spirit “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty”, [are the famous words of former author, singer, dancer, and poet, Maya Angelou. The famous role model has won many awards including two NAACP Image Awards in the outstanding literary work category, achieved many goals by becoming an activists, and left many marks on the world in her various poems, stories, and biographies. She was…

authored some dark and interesting work. Sexton originated from a well off family. Although she was materially satisfied as a child, joy was far off. This was partly due to the difficult and abusive relationship she maintained with her parents (Poetry Foundation). This led to a depression Sexton couldn’t shake throughout her life, eventually leading to her own suicide at age 45 (Ruth Graham). Anne’s start in writing came during her postpartum depression, a type of depression mother’s experience…

How did Amy Lowell shape contemporary trends in american poetry? A quote of Amy Lowell shows both her determined personality and her sense of humor: "God made me a business woman, and I made myself a poet." During her career that spanned only twelve or so years, she wrote and published over 650 poems, but she is most often recognized for her work to open American readers up to contemporary trends in poetry. "Poet, propagandist, lecturer, translator, biographer, critic . . . her verve is almost…

Charles Simic is widely recognized as one of the most unique poets writing today. Simic's work has won numerous awards, and 1990 Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," the Griffin International Poetry Prize, and the Wallace Stevens Award and appointment as US Poet Laureate. Charles Simic was born on May 9, 1938, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where he had a traumatic childhood during World War II. His family was forced to evacuate their home several times to escape bombing, as…

Thalia, Calliope, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, and Urania. Each Muse was assigned a specific role, which was the comedy, history, poetry, music, dancing, singing, sacred hymns, rhetoric, and harmony. Melpomene’s role was the tragedy. A tragedy is a form of ancient Greek drama that was performed in open-air theatres in Athens and forms the foundation of modern theatre.…

of a small genre of poetry affectionately called Drunk Poetry, and all of the authors in this particular genre happened to be restricted to Daniel Bailey’s immediate friend circle. This concept of Drunk Poetry has often been considered in the same category as the hipster ironists’ Flarf poetry. Admittedly, The Dunk Sonnets do share some similarities with these parodies of poetry, including the fact that all of the sonnets…

up for themselves, as well as for her own self. Her poetry essentially focused on Christian faith, love, and sorrow. Throughout her life, she had to witness several of her loved ones pass away, and her early years were appalling. Sadly, she herself also passed away at the age of 67, due to horrible disease (Biography). Gabriela Mistral’s poetry was several influenced by her past experiences. This will be revealed through the analysis of her poetry and significant life events. The poet’s given…

times. It’s a form of language that uses a rhythm to convey a meaning through a natural flow. This project reflects at the interpretation of the ancient poetry by the poets of recent times in order for the audience of today to get an understanding. Early poems evolved from folk songs, or from a need to retell oral epics (Fredrick C., 1963). Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words or to evoke emotive responses. Devices are sometimes used to achieve…

Eliot’s poetry breaks drastically with much of the other poetry written during these years. Like the war poets, he realized that the poetic idiom available to him was tired and had to be changed. Differently experiences needed different styles and uses of language His poetry was formally more experimental and innovative and intellectually more thoughtful. Further, Ronald Carter and John McRae quote Eliot: Our civilization comprehends great variety and complexity, and this variety and complexity,…

What is exactly is poetry? Some may say it is the same as all other writing; and others may say it is an art form. Art is more then just writing art is something you can see and feel and poetry gives you feeling of emotions and shows you a story though the words and techniques used in poetry. According to Poetry.org “Poetry is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. It consists largely of…