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[17] Olds' work is anthologized in over 100 collections, ranging from literary/poetry textbooks to special collections. Her poetry has been translated into seven languages for international publications. She has been published in Beloit Poetry Journal. She was the New York State Poet Laureate for 1998–2000. [18] Stag's Leap was published in ...
The poem refers to Bambo as Murzynek, the diminutive form of Murzyn. Murzynek can be translated into English in a variety of ways, such as "black child". The word "Murzyn", which traditionally had not been considered offensive, has come to be seen as increasingly discriminatory and derogatory during the 21st century. [4]
The Cry of the Children" is a poem by English writer Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It examines children's manual labor forced upon them by their exploiters. It was published in August 1843 in Blackwood's Magazine. [1] This was shortly following the report into child labour by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Children's Employment. [1]
Selected Stories [15] Translated by Krishna Dutta and Mary Lago; includes 14 stories: The Girl Between, The Broken Nest, The Atonement, The Punishment, The Notebook, The Postmaster, The Return of Khokababu, The Conclusion, The Nuisance, A Lapse of Judgment, Rashmoni’s Son, The Austere Wife, Bride and Bridegroom, The Rejected Story.
"I've watched you now a full half-hour," Poems founded on the Affections: 1807 Foresight 1802, 28 April "That is work of waste and ruin--" Poems referring to the Period of Childhood: 1807 To the Small Celandine (first poem) 1802, 30 April Manuscript title: " To the lesser Celandine" "Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies," Poems of the Fancy. 1807
Hannah Flagg Gould (September 3, 1789 – September 5, 1865) was a 19th-century American poet. Her father had been a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and after her mother's death, she became his constant companion, which accounts for the patriotism of her earlier verses. [1]
Eugene Field Sr. (September 2, 1850 – November 4, 1895) was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. He was known as the "poet of childhood". He was known as the "poet of childhood".
Theodore Huebner Roethke (/ ˈ r ɛ t k i / RET-kee; [1] May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the annual National Book Award for Poetry on two occasions: in 1959 for Words for the Wind, [2] and posthumously in ...