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…for their scenic beauty. While in France, he fell in love with Annette Vallon. They had a daughter in December of 1770, shortly before he moved back to England. Wordsworth had written poetry while he was still a schoolboy, but none of his poems were published until…

…a collection of his poems was featured in a poetry magazine. Two years later his real breakthrough was made when he published a book called Chicago Poems. In these free verse poems he used phrases like "Of my city" to describe his connection with Chicago. He wrote…

…The epic poem Beowulf was written by an unknown Anglo-Saxon author in the 8th century. The theme of the epic poem, Beowulf, was the conflict between good and evil. This is conflict is demonstrated in three ways, through the expression of the fear…

…The message or theme of the poem of "Ozymandias" is that man is insignificant and his efforts are vain when compared to the forces of time and nature. Shelly expertly uses diction in the poem to portray important ideas. By encompassing time and nature…

…By: Lee A. Zito The poem "To S.M., a Young African Painter On Seeing His Works" by Phyllis Wheatley, is one that contains angelic details and description. Upon seeing this young artist's work, Wheatley was so moved that she wrote this poem. She makes…

…read their poems we can easily see that, all of these narrators have different idea about religion, politics and erotic. Some of these writers have very strong felling about religion some of them not and we can also see some of them are interested…

…Canal Bank Walk This poem was published in 1958, the collection was called "Come Dancing with Kitty Stobling". Kavanagh's convalescence throughout the summer of 1955 led him to an appreciation of Dublin's Grand Canal. His escape from lung cancer…

…perceives that same bond. The second line of the poem consists of the phrase "who after birth did'st by my side remain," showing another connection to the controlling metaphor of the poem - birth and yet again shows the close connection between an author…

…My favorite recent poem has been "For the Anniversary of My Death" by W.S. Merwin. This is an old poem, first published in 1963, yet its message is timeless: Merwin inspires us to reflect on what seldom crosses our mind. After all, such an anniversary…

…The title of a poem can be very influential on the way we read it. Any skillful poet will create a title that provokes thought and develops meaning to the poems content. This year in English we have studied many poems by Robert Frost but there were two…