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1820 cover of Prometheus Unbound, C. and J. Collier, London. " Ode to the West Wind " is an ode, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 in Cascine wood [1] near Florence, Italy. It was originally published in 1820 by Charles Ollier in London as part of the collection Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts, With Other Poems. [2]
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. [1] The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. Originally titled Stanzas Wrote in a Country Church-Yard, the poem was completed when Gray was ...
Walt Whitman, aged 37, steel engraving by Samuel Hollyer "Pioneers!O Pioneers!" is a poem by the American poet Walt Whitman.It was first published in Drum-Taps in 1865. The poem was written as a tribute to Whitman's fervor for the great Westward expansion in the United States that led to things like the California Gold Rush and exploration of the far west.
An Ode in the Manner of Anacreon. "As late, in wreaths, gay flowers I bound," 1792 1893 To Disappointment. "Hence! thou fiend of gloomy sway," 1792 1895 A Fragment found in a Lecture-room. "Where deep in mud Cam rolls his slumbrous stream," 1792 1895 Ode. ('Ye Gales,' &c.) "Ye Gales, that of the Lark's repose" 1792 1796, Mach 25
The historical context found in “Song of The Open Road” is describing the westward expansion of the United States, “ an era characterized by the call of adventure and opportunity for those courageous enough make the journey west, i.e. to follow the open road,” (Kreidler). Kreidler discussed how Whitman was greatly influenced by politics ...
War memorial in ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand CWGC headstone with excerpt from "For The Fallen". Laurence Binyon (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943), [3] a British poet, was described as having a "sober" response to the outbreak of World War I, in contrast to the euphoria many others felt (although he signed the "Author's Declaration" that defended British involvement in the ...
Mandalay (poem) " Mandalay " is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, written and published in 1890, [a] and first collected in Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses in 1892. The poem is set in colonial Burma, then part of British India. The protagonist is a Cockney working-class soldier, back in grey, restrictive London, recalling the time he felt free ...
The West Wind is a 1917 painting by Canadian artist Tom Thomson. An iconic image, the pine tree at its centre has been described as growing "in the national ethos as our one and only tree in a country of trees". [1] It was painted in the last year of Thomson's life and was one of his final works on canvas. The painting, and a sketch for the ...