Daijah Mellon Cowell English 1st hr. 17 October 2016 Maya Angelou Marguerite Johnson also known as Maya Angelou was an extremely talented and insightful women. Since she was multi-talented she was able to accomplished many things in her life. Maya was a poet‚ dancer‚ actor‚ musician‚ author‚ playwright‚ and a civil rights activist. She was born in the early 1900s so she experienced racism and racial prejudices and it really reflects in a lot of her work. In her writings she has a specific
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A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN was printed in 1929. It was written by Virginia Woolf – whose life was a tragedy in itself and finally ended in her suicide in 1941.The highly experimental characters of her novels established her as an important figure of British modernism. In 1928‚ Woolf was invited to deliver lecture at the women’s colleges of Cambridge - Newhem and Girton. The theme of her lecture was WOMEN AND FICTION.These lectures were expanded and complied into A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN. In her lectures‚ Woolf
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The great Emily Dickinson is known for her inquisitive and powerful poems‚ but what made her poems so notable? Emily lived a simple life‚ mostly secluded‚ so why would some simple poems change how people thought about such difficult subjects? The answers are in her style of writing. Her seclusion allowed her to “meditate on life and death” and write about such controversial themes and topics that are still being discussed today (Allen 546). Her ability to highlight important words or phrases
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If the mirror were not personified‚ the entire meaning of the poem would be changed drastically. The personification of the mirror allows the story to be narrated from the mirror’s perspective. There are several places in which personification is used to demonstrate the perspective of the mirror. In line 7‚ the mirror states‚ "... I have looked at it so long..." Mirrors can not look at other objects because looking is a characteristic of a living object. Mirrors can only reflect what can be viewed
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Encouraged various near –contemporary poets‚ undergraduates at the time. The influence of her early work can be felt in the apprentice work of Alan Brwonjohn and of Anthony Thwaite who in reviewing her Collected Poems called her ‘ one of the two best living English poets under forty- five.’the other was Larkin. (Schmidt 346-47) Jennings met several women poets during this time including Anne Ridler‚ Adrienne Rich‚ and Kathleen Raine. Anne Ridler had shown a great interest in her
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Wit‚ I Have No Words‚ No Tears Sylvia Plath’s life story could be considered tragic as she was monopolized by a severe depression yet expressed her sorrows through enlightening words in her many poems. The death of her father when she was only eight years old commenced her lifelong despondency and insecurities. In the poem “Daddy”‚ she speaks of how she never fully understood him and blames him for the emptiness she feels without a father. As time moved on‚ Plath discovered her writing talent while
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Biographical Information Emily Dickinson was born on December 10th 1830‚ in Amherst Massachusetts. She died on May 15th 1886 in Amherst Massachusetts (“Emily {Elizabeth}”). She grew up in a religious household but was never fully committed to the idea of religion herself but religion is where she drew inspiration from the ideas of immortality and eternity (Tredell). Emily was a very strong recluse (“Emily {Elizabeth}”) . There are many theories on why she was reclusive the main one being that
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I am not an angel. But after reading your book‚ Embrace‚ I have begun to think that maybe I am. In this reality‚ angels are golden‚ luminous‚ and the epitome of perfection. In your reality‚ angels are the bringers of death‚ destruction‚ and the downfall of mankind. In that sense‚ maybe I am an angel. Wherever I go‚ things just fall apart. I’ve had issues with stress and friendship‚ and on top of all of that‚ I’m a hopeless romantic. I know things will never be like in the fairytales‚ but I’m a
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WD Commentary Emily Dickinson’s main purpose in poem 355 is to describe an indefinable depression. She creates a melancholy persona to depict the chaos and despair she feels because of her condition. Her poem is structured around her uncertainty towards her mental state. Dickinson‚ in the first two stanzas‚ eliminates possibilities to what she may be feeling. She analyzes that “it was not death”‚ “it was not night”‚ “it was not frost”‚ “nor fire”. The poem appeals to the human sense of touch‚ as
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Kristal Andrews Professor Neesha Navare American Lit.2131 4 September 2016 Kopacz‚ Paula‚ “To Finish What’s Begun’: Anne Bradstreet’s Last Words.” Early American Literature 23.2 (1988): 175-187. In the article “To Finish What’s Begun’: Anne Bradstreet’s Last Words”‚ the author depicts the personal and professional events of one of the world’s cherished poets Anne Bradstreet‚ who was concerned with finishing her writing during the seventeenth century. A time when women were viewed
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