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Answering a reader's question about the poem in 1879, Longfellow himself summarized that the poem was "a transcript of my thoughts and feelings at the time I wrote, and of the conviction therein expressed, that Life is something more than an idle dream." [13] Richard Henry Stoddard referred to the theme of the poem as a "lesson of endurance". [14]
Critic Amy Louise Reed called Graveyard poetry a disease, [6] while other critics called many poems unoriginal, and said that the poets were better than their poetry. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Although the majority of criticism about Graveyard poetry is negative, other critics thought differently, especially about poet Edward Young .
"Footprints," also known as "Footprints in the Sand," is a popular modern allegorical Christian poem. It describes a person who sees two pairs of footprints in the sand, one of which belonged to God and another to themselves. At some points the two pairs of footprints dwindle to one; it is explained that this is where God carried the protagonist.
The poem is also used as the lyrics in the song "Still Alive" by D.E.Q. The first and last couplets are adapted and used as part of the lyrics in the song "Another Time" by Lyriel. The poem is recited in "Welcome to Kanagawa" by the character Karen McCluskey (Kathryn Joosten), a season four episode of Desperate Housewives.
William Cowper (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; 15 November 1731 [2] / 26 November 1731 – 14 April 1800 [2] / 25 April 1800 ()) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside.
Gone From My Sight", also known as the "Parable of Immortality" and "What Is Dying" is a poem (or prose poem) presumably written by the Rev. Luther F. Beecher (1813–1903), cousin of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. At least three publications credit the poem to Luther Beecher in printings shortly after his death in 1904. [1]
The poem depicts hallucinations of typhoid-affected Yugoslav partisans marching through snow-covered wastelands during World War II. [1] It was first published in Kaštelan's 1950 book of poems The Cock on the Roof (Pijetao na krovu). [2] In 1963 the poem was adapted into a short animated film of the same title directed by Vatroslav Mimica. [3] [4]
Dada Masiti's most famous poem was "After Life, Comes Death: When the Sheikh Dies, No One Should Weep", composed for her friend, the jurist Sheikh Nureni Mohammed Sabir. She also composed "Shaikhi Chifa isiloowa", a eulogy for Sheikh Nurein Ahmed al-Sabir al-Hatimy. [5] Many of her contemporaries committed to memory her poetry, particularly women.