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  2. Ode: Intimations of Immortality - Wikipedia

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    The poem was completed in two parts, with the first four stanzas written among a series of poems composed in 1802 about childhood. The first part of the poem was completed on 27 March 1802 and a copy was provided to Wordsworth's friend and fellow poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who responded with his own poem, "Dejection: An Ode", in April

  3. Our Casuarina Tree - Wikipedia

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    Our Casuarina Tree is an autobiographical poem . While living abroad, she is pining for the scenes of her native land and reliving the memories of childhood. In the first part of the poem the poet depicts the Casuarina Tree trailed by a creeper vine like a huge python, winding round and round the rough trunk, sunken deep with scars .

  4. Childhood Memories (book) - Wikipedia

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    Introductory section of the Childhood Memories second chapter, in its manuscript form. The second section opens with another nostalgic soliloquy, which famously begins with the words: "I wouldn't know what other people are like, but for myself, when I start thinking about my birthplace, Humulești, about the post holding the flue of the stove, round which mother used to tie a piece of string ...

  5. A Child's Christmas in Wales - Wikipedia

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    Thomas had recorded work for the BBC since 1937, when he read poetry on air and talked about being a poet. [1] His radio work provided a minor source of income; in the early 1940s he began writing radio scripts and in late 1942 he wrote a 15-minute talk that was broadcast by the Welsh BBC in February 1943 titled Reminiscences of Childhood. [2]

  6. 30 Sweet Childhood Moments Created By Parents That Are ... - AOL

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    "Yes, human memory is in fact very selective - especially when it comes to our childhood memories," says Irina Matveeva, a psychologist and certified NLP specialist, whom Bored Panda asked for a ...

  7. Vespers (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The work has been described as a "saccharine poem", [15] but, on the other hand, it has been, and remains, of great public popularity, often evoking in people personal nostalgic memories of when the poem was frequently read to them in early childhood. [14] [note 4]

  8. To the South Downs - Wikipedia

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    The poem emphasizes Smith's personal memories in the landscape, rather than the history of the land. This sets the sonnet apart from Smith's later River Arun poems, which "[see] the poet-historian as a preservationist with special power."

  9. Birches (poem) - Wikipedia

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    In writing this poem, Frost was inspired by his childhood experience with swinging on birches, which was a popular game for children in rural areas of New England during the time. Frost's own children were avid "birch swingers", as demonstrated by a selection from his daughter Lesley's journal: "On the way home, i climbed up a high birch and ...