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His poem "Barangana" (Prostitute) stunned society with its depiction of prostitutes who he addresses in the poem as "mother". [ 69 ] [ 70 ] In the poem, Nazrul Islam accepts the prostitute as a human being first, reasoning that this person belonged to the "race of mothers and sisters"; he criticises society's negative views on prostitutes.
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England (published 1 September 1773) is a collection of 39 poems written by Phillis Wheatley, the first professional African-American woman poet in America and the first African-American woman whose writings were published.
Many poems in Le Spleen de Paris incorporate a central theme of religion or the relationship between good and evil in human nature. "Cake", which centers on a moral battle addressing the question of whether humans are inherently good or evil stands out as an especially important poem within the collection.
In these 13 short poems, Vivekananda discusses the concept, beliefs and ideals of Sannyasa or monastic life. [1] Mohit Chakrabarti in his book Swami Vivekananda: A Poetic Visionary, called these poems as Vivekananda's religious introspection. Chakrabarti told— "Quite apart from the utilitarian and segmentary approach to religion more often ...
The best-known versions of the confession in English are the edited versions in poetic form that had begun circulating by the 1950s. [1] The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum quotes the following text as one of the many poetic versions of the speech: [2] [3]
"Ode to Liberty" is a poem written by Alexander Pushkin. [1] Upon graduation from the Lycee, Pushkin publicly recited the poem, one of several that led to his exile by Tsar Alexander the First. Authorities summoned Pushkin to Moscow after the poem was found among the belongings of the rebels from the Decembrist Uprising (1825). [2]
He continued to work on the poem for over a year and it was published in his 1796 collection of poems as Religious Musings: A Desultory Poem, Written on the Christmas Even of 1794. [1] This was the first true publication of the poem, but an excerpt was printed in his short lived paper The Watchman , [ 2 ] in the 9 March issue under the title ...