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Robert Francis (August 12, 1901 – July 13, 1987) was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. His 1953 poem, “The Pitcher”, is a classic work among coaches, athletes, baseball players—and pitchers and artists.
Robert Francis belonged to the middle of the Jeune Droite catholique des années 1930 ("Young Catholic Right of the 1930s"). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was a friend of Thierry Maulnier ; together with him and his brother Jean-Pierre Maxence, he wrote Demain la France ("Tomorrow France"), a charge against the Popular Front government, written on the morrow ...
Robert Francis (poet) (1901–1987), American poet; Robert Francis (actor) (1930–1955), American actor; Robert Francis (writer) (1909–1946), French writer, winner of the 1934 Prix Femina; Bobby Francis (born 1958), former ice hockey head coach; Bob Francis (radio presenter) (1939–2016), Australian radio presenter and talk back host
A writer learning the craft of poetry might use the tools of poetry analysis to expand and strengthen their own mastery. [4] A reader might use the tools and techniques of poetry analysis in order to discern all that the work has to offer, and thereby gain a fuller, more rewarding appreciation of the poem. [5]
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The Scottish painter John Faed produced a series of illustrations featuring scenes from the poem, some of which were subsequently engraved by William Miller. [4] Scenes from the poem also inspired paintings by David Wilkie [5] and William Kidd, [6] and William Allan's painting of Burns writing the poem was subsequently engraved by John Burnet. [7]
A print of Samuel Johnson, based on a portrait by Joshua Reynolds, later used in the 1806 edition of the Lives of the Poets. Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–81), alternatively known by the shorter title Lives of the Poets, is a work by Samuel Johnson comprising short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century.
Field Work was Heaney’s first collection of poetry since his most celebrated collection, North in 1975. Field Work can largely be read as record of Heaney’s four years (1972-1976) living in rural County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland after leaving the violence of The Troubles.