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Eloise Greenfield in 2018. Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience.
The character of Amelia Dyer also appeared in the short story "The Baby Farmer" by Philip Fracassi in his horror collection Behold the Void. [ 17 ] English folk singer Reg Meuross wrote a song about Dyer called "The Angel Maker", which is a track on his 2018 album Songs About A Train .
The poem was inspired by a real girl he grew up with, named Mary Alice "Allie" Smith. Mary Alice Smith was born near Liberty, Union County, Indiana, 25 September 1850. She lived on a small farm with her parents until (as one story goes) both parents died when she was about nine years old.
The prose poem is a to-do list and a how-to-do list containing one sentence of a 650 word dialogue. It features what the girl hears from her (implied) mother. The prose poem is mostly told in the second person. The girl hears her mother's instructions and the behavior her mother is trying to instill in her.
Ellen Johnston known as "The Factory Girl" (c.1835 – April 12, 1874) was a Scottish power-loom weaver and poet. She is known because of her autobiography and later reevaluations of her working class poetry.
The poem first appeared in The New Yorker in 1984. [1] It was the opening poem of Ashbery's 1984 collection A Wave. [2] It was written soon after Ashbery almost died due to an infection. [3] The poem is in part a reference to the epic poem Kalevala, which Ashbery revisited in his later poem "Finnish Rhapsody". [4]
In this version, the farmer "Old Mr. Park" has a farm and animals. In Malay, it is Pak Atan Ada Ladang (meaning "Uncle Atan had a farm"). In Persian, it is پیرمرد مهربون (meaning "Kind old man"). In Polish, it is Stary Donald farmę miał (meaning "Old Donald had a farm") or Pan McDonald farmę miał (meaning "Mr. McDonald had a farm").
Another notable work of early children's poetry is John Bunyan's A Book for Boys and Girls, first published in 1686, and later abridged and re-published as Divine Emblems. [1] It consists of short poems about common, everyday subjects, each in rhyme, with a Christian moral. [5] Mother Goose riding