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  2. List of English translations of De rerum natura - Wikipedia

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    The Poem on Nature ISBN 978-1857547238: 6-beat lines. 1977: Copley, Frank O. The Nature of Things (Norton rpt. (2011) ISBN 978-0393341362) Bailey (1962) Loose blank verse. 1995: Esolen, Anthony: On the Nature of Things ISBN 978-0801850554: Loose blank verse. 1997: Melville, Ronald: On the Nature of the Universe (Oxford World's Classics rpt ...

  3. The Lucy poems - Wikipedia

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    For example, Lucy can be seen as a connection between humanity and nature, as a "boundary being, nature sprite and human, yet not quite either. She reminds us of the traditional mythical person who lives, ontologically, an intermediate life, or mediates various realms of existence."

  4. Ecopoetry - Wikipedia

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    Ecopoetry is any poetry with a strong ecological or environmental emphasis or message. Many poets and poems in the past have expressed ecological concerns, but only recently has there been an established term to describe them; there is now, in English-speaking poetry, a recognisable subgenre of poetry, termed Ecopoetry, which can, on occasions, form a major strand of a writer's career ...

  5. Leaves of Grass - Wikipedia

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    This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades. The first edition was a small book of twelve poems, and the last was a compilation of over 400. The collection of loosely connected poems represents the celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity and praises nature and the individual human's role in it.

  6. List of poems by William Wordsworth - Wikipedia

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    Poems, chiefly of Early and Late Years,; Epitaphs and Elegiac Pieces. (1845-) 1841 Matthew: 1799 Former title: Bore the lack of a title from 1800–1820 and the title of: "IF Nature, for a favourite child," from 1827–1832. "If Nature, for a favourite child," Poems of Sentiment and Reflection. 1800 The two April Mornings: 1799

  7. The World Is Too Much With Us - Wikipedia

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    The World Is Too Much With Us" is one of those works. It reflects his view that humanity must get in touch with people to progress spiritually. [1] The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABBA ABBA CDCD CD. This Italian or Petrarchan sonnet uses the last six lines to answer the first eight lines (octave). The octave is the problems and the sestet is ...

  8. Death of a Naturalist - Wikipedia

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    He feels threatened by the frogs and flees. His interest in nature has gone – this is the death of a "naturalist" suggested in the poem's title. The poem makes extensive use of onomatopoeia and a simile that compares the behaviour of the amphibians to warfare ("Some sat poised like mud grenades") amongst other techniques.

  9. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (poetry ...

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    Machines of Loving Grace is also the title of a 2015 nonfiction book by John Markoff, documenting robotics transforming society. Dario Amodei, an AI leader and CEO of Anthropic, published a popular essay entitled “Machines of a Loving Grace” about an optimistic role than AI can play on human societies. [3] [4]