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Edward Carpenter (29 August 1844 – 28 June 1929) was an English utopian socialist, poet, philosopher, anthologist, an early activist for gay rights [1] and prison reform whilst advocating vegetarianism and taking a stance against vivisection.
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in the "confessional" school of poetry.
[10] The military discourse is prominent in the octave of the poem, manifested in such expressions as: batter, your force, break, blow, burn, usurp'd town, due, viceroy, defend, captivated. The speaker is like a usurped town during a siege, imprisoned by the enemy (Satan and sin), but is awaiting God to use his force and to liberate him.
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Life Studies is the fourth book of poems by Robert Lowell. Most critics (including Helen Vendler , Steven Gould Axelrod , Adam Kirsch , and others) consider it one of Lowell's most important books, and the Academy of American Poets named it one of their Groundbreaking Books. [ 1 ]
Two Obscene Poems, 1974; Barney Flanagan and Other Poems, read by James K. Baxter (record), 1973; The Labyrinth: Some Uncollected Poems 1944–72, 1974; The Tree House and Other Poems for Children, 1974; The Bone Chanter, edited and introduced by John Weir, 1976; The Holy Life and Death of Concrete Grady, edited and introduced by John Weir, 1976
"Man Was Made to Mourn" is one of Burns's many early poems that protest class inequalities. [6] The scholar Nigel Leask writes that the poem includes "surprisingly contemporary themes", noting its "lament for the harshness and brevity of human life" and direct criticism of "hundreds labour[ing] to support / a haughty lordling's pride". It does ...