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In 1976, Gilpin was awarded the Walt Whitman Award by the Academy of American Poets for her book of poems titled The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe. She was selected by William Stafford. [2] Her work was also published in the magazine Poetry. [3] Gilpin later wrote another book of poetry, titled The Weight of a Soul, which was published ...
[8] [9] In this poem, first edited in 1528, [10] the term gramma is used for a weight equal to two oboli. [11] Two oboli—a diobol —corresponds to 1/24th of a Roman ounce or about 1.14 grams.) This eventually led to the adoption of the term gram as a unit of weight ( poids , later of mass) by the French National Convention in 1795.
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Rondel (or roundel): a poem of 11 to 14 lines consisting of 2 rhymes and the repetition of the first 2 lines in the middle of the poem and at its end. Sonnet: a poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes; in English, they typically have 10 syllables per line. Caudate sonnet; Crown of sonnets (aka sonnet redoublé) Curtal sonnet
Huddleston is the sole author of seven of the chapters and co-author of the other thirteen. Pullum is co-author of six chapters. In alphabetical order, the other authors are Laurie Bauer, Betty J. Birner, Ted Briscoe, Peter Collins, Anita Mittwoch, Geoffrey Nunberg, John Payne, Frank Palmer, Peter Peterson, Lesley Stirling, and Gregory Ward.
Major publications include Practical English Usage [4] and Basic English Usage [5] (Oxford University Press). Other books are Grammar, [6] an introductory book on why languages need grammar and what they do with it and, with David Baker, Grammar Scan [7] (Oxford University Press), a collection of diagnostic language tests.
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"The Weight" was written by Robbie Robertson, who found the tune by strumming idly on his guitar, a 1951 Martin D-28, when he noticed that the interior included a stamp noting that it was manufactured in Nazareth, Pennsylvania (C. F. Martin & Company is situated there) and he started crafting the lyrics as he played.