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…. In a parallel situation, the people of this world continue to thrash nature, unaware of the consequences. Yet nature never ceases to exist. Gerard Manley Hopkins tries to make this motif apparent in his poem “God’s Grandeur.” Although humans have been destructive…

…Published in McClure's Magazine in February of 1899, Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The White Man's Burden," appeared at a critical moment in the debate about imperialism within the United States. The Philippine-American War began on February 4 and two days…

…Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote "Crossing the Bar" in 1889, just years before he died. This poem describes his uncomplaining attitude toward death. Even though he wrote other poems after this, he requested that "Crossing the Bar" appear as the last poem…

…of the poem. Many soldiers in World War I did not have the proper training and equipment to fight a war. The long marches to battle through bad conditions wore the soldiers down and caused their reaction times to be down. The author is expressing the weariness…

…by the Cromwellians until the Restoration in 1660. After years of writing, Herrick published his first and only book, Hesperides. Hesperides was a collection of over 1400 poems written by Herrick that were not previously published. Among these poems was a collection…

…is where they now lay. Not to be seen or touched by that of the human hand, just to be remembered by a statue or plaque. This is a picture of graveyard that lies atop a mountain, and is the basis for a poem written by Robert Morgan. In picturing…

…purpose and both Frost and Floyd oppose them. Robert Frost's Mending Wall is a very popular poem. This poem consists of two characters: the narrator and his neighbor. In this poem the two neighbors are mending a stone wall that separates their property…

…is portraying an accurate picture of America and is providing the proper interpretation is of supreme importance. It was near this time in his life when he wrote the poem America. In it are many surprising elements, considering the era in which it was written…

…is portraying an accurate picture of America and is providing the proper interpretation is of supreme importance. It was near this time in his life when he wrote the poem America. In it are many surprising elements, considering the era in which it was written…

…teaching a fifth grade class in which Robert and his sister, Jeanie, attended. Robert took take a liking to school, and applied for entrance into Lawrence High School. Frost published his first poem in Lawrence High School’s Bulletin in April of 1890. Frost…