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"The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, [1] and later published as the first poem in the 1916 poetry collection, Mountain Interval. Its central theme is the divergence of paths, both literally and figuratively, although its interpretation is noted for being ...
Halfe incorporates the white space on the page into the meaning of her poems. [3] The white space represents the settler-colonial idea of terra nullius and, therefore, signifies erasure, a loss of language, and an inability to speak. [3] Every word she writes on the page is a political act against silence and erasure. [3]
Print shows Maud Muller, John Greenleaf Whittier's heroine in the poem of the same name, leaning on her hay rake, gazing into the distance. Behind her, an ox cart, and in the distance, the village "Maud Muller" is a poem from 1856 written by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). It is about a beautiful maid named Maud Muller.
"Cherrylog Road" is a poem by James Dickey.Written in 1963, [1] this is one of his more well-known poems. It first appeared in the October 1963 edition of The New Yorker [1] but was also included in several collections of his poetry, including Helmets: Poems (1964), Poems, 1957–1967 (1967), [2] The Whole Motion (1992), and James Dickey: The Selected Poems (1998).
1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work At the End of the Open Road Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (March 27, 1923 – September 14, 2012) [ 1 ] was an American poet born in Jamaica. He won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work At the End of the Open Road .
The poem mentions creatures called Dumbledors and Hummerhorns. "Dumbledor" is an English dialect word for bumblebee , while according to the Tolkien scholars Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond , "Hummerhorn" is apparently a name invented by Tolkien for a large wasp or hornet .
A view of the U.S.-Mexico border at Tijuana River Valley Regional Park in San Diego. In the foreground is an interior wall; toward the back is an unfinished border wall.
The Traveller was the poem which made Goldsmith's reputation. [10] [7] Dr. Johnson, so Boswell reports, said that "there had not been so fine a poem since Pope's time", and he went on to write a brief but laudatory article on it in the Critical Review.