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…do.” (qtd. in American Writers, 457). She filled the absences with poetry, and so she wrote to her heart and minds content. Poem #585, untitled by Emily, but later given the name Runaway Train and I Like To See It Lap The Miles, was proposed to have been…

…assumed that Native Americans didn't have any alphabet and thus, no written literature. At first though, they indeed didn't have a written language until a Cherokee member named Sequoyah, invented a syllabary for the Cherokees in 1821. Their songs and poems had…

…Literatura Romántica Victoriana Eduardiana POEMS OF GRAVEYARD Shelley´s “A Summer Evening Churchyard”, Gray´s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” and “En un cementerio de lugar castellano” by Unamuno Death, as the greatest human truth…

…the poem, I understand it less than when I first read it. The more I read it, the more it changes, and the more confused I become. I chose this poem because to me, it exemplifies what people who believe we should go to Iraq are basing their ideas on. I fell…

…all your friends like teachers do, but I wrote a poem because I think I'm in love with you. I don't know how or exactly why. I wish I wasn't and, believe me, I've tried To fall and be normal and shallow and cruel. But I couldn't and I can't. I've fallen…

…of solitude, she was able to focus on her world more sharply than other authors of her time were. Her poems, carefully tied in packets, were discovered only after she had died. They reveal an unusual awareness of herself and her world, a shy but determined mind…

…One of Edgar Allan Poe's greatest works is called the "The Raven". It was written during the time his wife/second cousin was dying. It's a poem about a man who was mourning for his lost wife. When suddenly he heard someone tapping at his door. When…

…of solitude, she was able to focus on her world more sharply than other authors of her time were. Her poems, carefully tied in packets, were discovered only after she had died. They reveal an unusual awareness of herself and her world, a shy but determined mind…

…to nature, one of the main points of his poem. These observations of Shakespeare's also put to shame the over the top ramblings of other authors odes of love to their women, the hidden meaning (purpose?) of the sonnet. Shakespeare also used figures of speech…

…, the injustice, and every last detail. This includes the burning of bodies, the despair, and the camps where countless of innocent people were murdered. This poem is truly a "Memento". It is a reminder of a the terrible period in our world's past that must never…