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Gunga Din" (/ ˌ ɡ ʌ ŋ ɡ ə ˈ d iː n /) is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling set in British India. The poem was published alongside "Mandalay" and "Danny Deever" in the collection "Barrack-Room Ballads". The poem is much remembered for its final line "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din". [1]
The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry by Cleanth Brooks and Paul Rand. Harcourt, Brace 1975 ISBN 9780156957052 "Review of Poems, in Two Volumes by Francis Jeffrey, in Edinburgh Review, pp. 214–231, vol. XI, October 1807 – January 1808; Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 in audio on Poetry Foundation
Thurber presents a parable of the folly of war in which the only survivors of World War XII are a man, a woman, and a flower. From these three love emerges, leading to family, tribe, civilization, and inevitably, another war." [1] While at the New York Algonquin Hotel, Thurber wrote and drew The Last Flower on their yellow paper. Both the ...
A Good Man Is Hard to Find; Index:A Good Man Is Hard to Find.pdf; Page:A Good Man Is Hard to Find.pdf/1; Page:A Good Man Is Hard to Find.pdf/2; Page:A Good Man Is Hard to Find.pdf/3; Page:A Good Man Is Hard to Find.pdf/4; Usage on nl.wikipedia.org Bladmuziek; Images Musicales; Usage on www.wikidata.org Q65063572; Q124347619
Since he left his beloved, the poet can think of nothing else. His eye no longer sees the outer world, only the image of the beloved. Birds, flowers and other forms cannot enter his mind since it is filled with the image of his love.
It is a conversation between a dead man and his still living friend. Toward the end of the poem it is implied that the friend is now with the girl left behind when the narrator died. In writing the poem, Housman borrows from the simple style of traditional folk ballads, featuring a question-and-answer format in a conversation.
In the Author's Note at the beginning of Kettle Bottom, Fisher explains the cause of the conflict between the West Virginia miners and the company owners and operators: "Subsistence wages, the unwillingness of coal operators to slow production for safety reasons, their intransigence with regard to the rights of the miners to organize—these conditions made enemies of the miners and the operators.
This technique makes a reader stop and consider the meaning of the line; this also draws attention to the eagle, making it seem even more important than just a bird. He continually draws emphasis to the eagle, making it seem regal and better than the average human. This idea, of nature being better than humans, is a part of Romanticism.