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… creative individuals, and some of the greatest poetic individuals of the twentieth century. Though Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath were great poets, they were also obsessed with death, darkness, and plagued with manic depression. They yearned for death,…

… 1928, the dark, intelligent, and brilliant mind known as Anne Sexton was born in the small town of Newton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Mary Gray Staples Harvey and Ralph Churchill Harvey. Anne was raised in a prosperous middle-class family.…

… TEXT 1 - 'Father and Child' by Gwen Harwood (Poem) Gwen Harwood is the author of the poem 'Father and Child'. Told in first person, this poem is about a rebellious child that experiments with the constraints of authority, which leads to an important…

… of a physical journey may also be superimposed with the journey of intellectual discovery, self awareness, and global understanding (which are the basic concepts of the imaginative journey). In Coleridge's 'This Lime-Tree Bower, My Prison' the…

… class educated. Many other people could not understand it. It holds many words that people in the late 1500's didn't understand. Words like 'Sceptre'- an ornamental rod held by a king/queen as a symbol of power are used in 'Death the Leveller'.…

… father Robert Browning and mother Sarah Wiedemann Browning. He was an only son but had a sister called Sarianna Browning. His family nationality was English, although he did speak Greek as well. Robert was an impulsive, fearless little boy who was also…

… something that I can not deny You put my soul from worst to best That is why I treasure you my dearest You just don't know what you have done for me You even pushed me to the best that I can be You really are an angel sent from above To take…

… was a duke and a king. The king lived in a beautiful castle and the duke in a handsome mansion on the land next to the king. For years the duke and the king had fought over building a fence between their properties. The king wanted the privacy and…

… parents who fostered from an early age their eldest son's commitment to religion and to the creative arts. Hopkins was born in Essex, England, in an area that was then being transformed by industrial development. His mother was well-educated avid…

… 3/5/2002 Emily Dickinson Renowned as one of the most significant poets in American literature, Emily Dickinson adds a completely distinctive dimension to Modernist poetry. Her lyrical appeal can be attributed to her aphoristic and abrupt style.…