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  2. Leaves of Grass - Wikipedia

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    Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman.Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing, rewriting, and expanding Leaves of Grass [1] until his death in 1892.

  3. Old English literature - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Old English literature refers to poetry ( alliterative verse) and prose written in Old English in early medieval England, from the 7th century to the decades after the Norman Conquest of 1066, a period often termed Anglo-Saxon England. [ 1] The 7th-century work Cædmon's Hymn is often considered as the oldest surviving poem in English ...

  4. Success is counted sweetest - Wikipedia

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    As first published under the title "Success" in A Masque of Poets, 1878. " Success is counted sweetest " is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson written in 1859 and published anonymously in 1864. The poem uses the images of a victorious army and one dying warrior to suggest that only one who has suffered defeat can understand success.

  5. Colorless green ideas sleep furiously - Wikipedia

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    Chao's poem, entitled Making Sense Out of Nonsense: The Story of My Friend Whose "Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously" (after Noam Chomsky) was published in 1971. This poem attempts to explain what "colorless green ideas" are and how they are able to "sleep furiously". Chao interprets "colorless" as plain, "green" as unripened, and "sleep ...

  6. Canto General - Wikipedia

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    Canto General. 50th Anniversary Ed. Canto General is Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems. It was first published in Mexico in 1950, by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación. Neruda began to compose it in 1938. "Canto General" ("General Song") consists of 15 sections, 231 poems, and more than 15,000 lines. This work attempts to be a history or ...

  7. Jim Morrison - Wikipedia

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    Jim Morrison Morrison in December 1968 Born (1943-12-08) December 8, 1943 Melbourne, Florida, U.S. Died July 3, 1971 (1971-07-03) (aged 27) Paris, France Resting place Père Lachaise Cemetery Other names The Lizard King The American Poet Jimbo Mr. Mojo Risin' Alma mater Florida State University (attended) University of California, Los Angeles (BS) Occupations Singer songwriter poet Years ...

  8. Poetry analysis - Wikipedia

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    Poetry analysis is the process of investigating the form of a poem, content, structural semiotics, and history in an informed way, with the aim of heightening one's own and others' understanding and appreciation of the work. [ 1] The words poem and poetry derive from the Greek poiēma (to make) and poieo (to create).

  9. She dwelt among the untrodden ways - Wikipedia

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    A reading of "She dwelt among the untrodden ways". " She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways " is a three- stanza poem written by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth in 1798 when he was 28 years old. The verse was first printed in Lyrical Ballads, 1800, a volume of Wordsworth's and Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's poems that marked a climacteric ...