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Yusef Komunyakaa (born James William Brown; April 29, 1941) [2] is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Komunyakaa is a recipient of the 1994 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award , for Neon Vernacular [ 3 ] and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry .
John Brown's Body (1928) is an American epic poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét. The poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. He was captured and hanged later that year. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War.
Siegfried Sassoon, a British war poet famous for his poetry written during the First World War. This is a partial list of authors known to have composed war poetry . Pre-1500
Battle-Pieces is made up of 72 short lyric and narrative poems grouped into two sections. The first and longer sequence is composed of 52 poems that portray the history of the war, starting with John Brown's hanging in "The Portent" and ending with an account of the Confederate surrender in "The Surrender at Appomattox." It is centered on ...
After the publication, War and Peace made Jay one of the most recognized Americans in England, where he was greatly admired, particularly by reform-minded individuals. The judge kept on engaging in the peace movement and wrote other works related to the topic, one of which, A Review Of The Causes And Consequences Of The Mexican War , gained ...
In Howe's lyrics, the words of the verse are packed into a yet longer line, with even more syllables than "John Brown's Body." The verse still uses the same underlying melody as the refrain, but the addition of many dotted rhythms to the underlying melody allows for the more complex verse to fit the same melody as the comparatively short refrain.
While Kody is still married to Meri Brown and Robyn Brown, Janelle is the second of his wives to leave him in less than two years. In November 2021, Christine announced that she and the Wyoming ...
William Wells Brown (November 6, 1814 – November 6, 1884) was an American abolitionist, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery near Mount Sterling, Kentucky , Brown escaped to Ohio in 1834 at the age of 19.