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Hunt was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland which he attended from 1958 to 1963. At St Peter's [4] Hunt chafed under the Christian Brothers' authoritarianism. He would later recount on numerous occasions an incident in which he was strapped for reciting a poem by James K. Baxter, which had sexual imagery, in the classroom.
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The title poem is one of his best-known works. It describes encountering a recently killed doe on a mountain road. Before pushing the doe into a canyon, the narrator discovers that she was pregnant and the fawn inside is still alive. Stafford had a quiet daily ritual of writing, and his writing focuses on the ordinary.
In between the funny poems, I share serious poems about kindness, respect, and inclusion (and science and math and social studies); the funny poems help to keep the kids “with” me.
The poem's three unemotional quatrains are written in iambic trimeter with only line 5 in iambic tetrameter. Lines 1 and 3 (and others) end with extra syllables. The rhyme scheme is abcb. The poem's "success" theme is treated paradoxically: Only those who know defeat can truly appreciate success. Alliteration enhances the poem's lyricism.
Derozio was a successful student: notices in the India Gazette and the Calcutta Journal at the time mentioned Derozio's academic excellence (including several academic prizes) and successful performances in student plays. [4] While a student, he read the poetry of his contemporaries, John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron. [5]
To her students, she emphasizes a natural and therapeutic approach to writing. [72] Kaur self-released a poetry special, Rupi Kaur Live, consisting of poetry readings and anecdotes accompanied by visuals and music, in April 2021, after it was turned down by streaming services – Kaur acknowledged that it was an atypical prospect.
Stuart Merrill (1863–1915), US poet writing mainly in French; James Merrill (1926–1995), US poet; 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Thomas Merton (1915–1968), US writer and Trappist monk; W. S. Merwin (1927–2019), US poet and author; 1971 and 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; 2010 US Poet Laureate; Sarah Messer (born 1966), US poet and writer