first drafts of "The Lucy poems"[1] The Lucy poems are a series of five poems composed by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth (1770–1850) between 1798 and 1801. All but one were first published during 1800 in the second edition of Lyrical Ballads‚ a collaboration between Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge that was both Wordsworth’s first major publication and a milestone in the early English Romantic movement.[A 1] In the series‚ Wordsworth sought to write unaffected English verse infused
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ England‚ northwest of London‚ to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. William’s father made his living primarily as a tanner and a glover but also traded wool and grain from time to time. John Shakespeare also served in various offices‚ including high bailiff (like a mayor)‚ the city’s highest public office. In the mid-1570s‚ John Shakespeare’s fortune began to decline mysteriously (some say it was because of his wife’s Catholicism‚ although
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text of British Romanticism: "Lyrical Ballads". We shall explore both the unique plan of "Lyrical Ballads"‚ and the implications of that plan for literary theory. In this elaborate introductory summary‚ we shall consider the contributions of the British Romantic poets. Our texts will be: Wordsworth’s Preface to the "Lyrical Ballads"‚ Coleridge’s "Biographia Literaria"‚ Shelly’s "Defense of Poetry"‚ Keats’ Letters. After this initial lecture on "Lyrical Ballads" itself‚ we’ll then devote one talk
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truth‚ which begs the question: Who was the real Robin Hood? From a historical standpoint there have been three distinct types of Robin Hoods. In the earliest form he had no female companion: his is a man’s world demonstrated by the late medieval ballads and his first reference in literature (William Langland’s allegorical poem Piers the Plowman in 1377). The second form arose in the sixteenth century where he had a Maid Marian‚ just as unlawful as he. The last‚ the Americanized product of Hollywood
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of literature a phenomenon without parallel". Literary Achievements Toru Dutt’s literary achievements lay more in her poetic works than in her prose writings. Her poetry is meagre‚ consisting of A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields and Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan. But she "compels attention" as KRS Iyengar puts it. Her poetry has sensitive descriptions‚ lyricism and vigour. Her only work to be published during her lifetime was A Sheaf‚ an unassuming volume in its overall get-up.
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Edward‚ Edward is a ballad written in the seventeenth century. Edward‚ Edward tells the story of a man called Edward who has killed his father because he wants all of his father’s riches and is having a conversation with his mother about it. The ballad was a popular form of entertainment in the seventeenth century as people to sing them to remember them. A ballad is mostly a conversation between two people like Edward‚ Edward. Also Edward‚ Edward is written in first person and is told from Edward
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JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) * He’s the forerunner of the English aestheticism. * Member of the Second generation of Romantic poets who blossomed early and died young. He is Romantic in his relish of sensation‚ his feeling for the Middle Ages‚ his love for the Greek civilization and his conception of the writer. He was able to fuse the romantic passion and the cold Neo-classicism‚ just as Ugo Foscolo did in “LE GRAZIE” and in “I SEPOLCRI”. * He was born in London; he attended a private school
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MLA Literature Paper‚ with No Secondary Sources (Peel) Peel 1 Margaret Peel Professor Lin English 102 20 April XXXX Opposing Voices in “Ballad of the Landlord” Langston Hughes’s “Ballad of the Landlord” is narrated through four voices‚ each with its own perspective on the poem’s action. These opposing voices—of a tenant‚ a landlord‚ the police‚ and the press—dramatize a black man’s experience in a society Thesis states Peel’s main idea. dominated by whites. The main voice in the
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South America freedom of speech can perhaps also be oppressed‚ through the context of the books The Garlic Ballads and Death in the Andes‚ a greater extent of verbal oppression is portrayed through Mo Yan’s illustration of Chinese society. “The Common folk have a bellyful of grievances‚ but they dare not let them out. For the moment they open their mouths‚ electric prods close them fast” (Ballads‚ 274). Through the illustration of Chinese society through the context of this quote‚ it is clear to see
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The Ballad of Rudolph Reed explores the story of Rudolph Reed and his family‚ that move to the much anticipated home that they always wanted. Many ideals are talked about within the poems such as how irrational it is when the source of hate is someone’s race
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