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    Embrace by Billy Collins

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    Embrace” By Billy Collins The most effective way for a poem to speak to the reader is by using a way of indirectly representing an image or an event. When the poet uses a filter‚ or a metaphor‚ he makes a figurative instead of a literal reference. Taking a look at Billy Collinspoem‚ “Embrace” it is easy to think that the whole message from beginning to end is that this person was feeling lonely enough to hold himself. He is a little over the edge‚ and since there is no one around to embrace

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    Introduction to a Poet: Billy Collins Billy Collins is one of the most credited poets of this century and last. He is a man of many talents‚ most recognized though by his provocative and riveting poetry. As John McEnroe was to the sport of tennis‚ Billy Collins has done the same for the world of poetry. Collin’s rejected the old ways of poetry‚ created his own form‚ broke all the rules‚ and still retains the love and respect of the poet community. Collins has received the title of Poet Laureate of the

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    2015 Billy Collins’s poem Billy Collins. "Adage" Poets & Writers 36.5 (2008): 29. Print. Billy Collins. “Aimless Love” Poetry 179.5 (2002): 251. Print. Billy Collins is well known for his contribution to modern American literature‚ especially with his “middle class” poem. He has won a significant amount of awards. His name also appeared in several well know journal‚ magazine such as the New Yorker‚ American Scholar‚ and the Paris review. He is also recognized as one of the most popular poets in the

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    Billy Collins

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    Billy Collins once said‚ “Poetry can do a lot of things to people. I mean it can improve your imagination. It can take you to new places. It can give you this incredible form of verbal pleasure.” Collins truly sends his readers to new places with his poems. Billy Collins writes with childhood‚ and memories as his main themes. By writing about childhood‚ and memories from the past Collins brings his reader into the poem. Everyone reading his poems has had a childhood‚ and has memories of that childhood

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    that she hands over her expensive clothing before he kills her (l.21-36). May Collins clearly fell for a regular marriage impostor. Ironically‚ this greed gives May Collin the opportunity to trick the impostor and save her life. She appeals to his sense of honour‚ reminding him that “It does not fit a mansworn man / A naked woman to see” (l.39‚40) and asking him to turn around as she undresses. He complies‚ and May Collin manages to throw him into the sea instead of being pushed in herself. A striking

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    [Title] The poem The Names by William James Collins is about the tragic events of 9/11 and the people that were lost in the catastrophic events of the heartbreaking event. Mr. Collins illustrates the hurtful events and shows a deep understanding and respect for the tragic events that took place on 9/11. Mr. Collins brings in harsh and truthful events that left a lasting impact on me and others who read this meaningful poem. William James Collins‚ also known as Billy Collins‚ is an American poet who was

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    The poem On Turning Ten by: Billy Collins‚ was talking about a child remembering his past and how in the present he is disappointed that he will never be able to relive that time. The theme of this poem is that we can’t stay kids forever because he is growing up. In the poem he said‚ ‘’a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul…” he is explaining how he feels sick about growing another age and this relates to the theme because he is think about growing up and doesn’t want it to happen‚ so he is remembering

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    Billy Collins Billy Collins was born on March 22‚ 1941 in New York‚ NY and is married to Diane Collins. He is the son of Katherine M. Collins and William S. Collins. Collins received a Bachelors Degree at the College of the Holy Cross in 1963 and also received a Ph.D. in romantic poetry in 1971. He has been a writer-in-residence at Sarah Lawrence College and also was a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library. He is an English Professor at Lehman College for CUNY‚ where he has been teaching

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    Nick McNeil Professor Moore ENC1102 28 Feb. 2013 Laughs for Realization There are many famous poets out there but “the most popular poet in America” by Bruce Weber in the New York Times‚ states that Billy Collins carries that position. Collins is famous for conversational‚ witty poems that welcome readers with humor but often slip into quirky‚ tender or profound observation on the everyday‚ reading and writing‚ and poetry itself. He has such a wonderful way of writing his poetry to appeal to any

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    The speaker of the poem declares that unlike other misguided souls who choose a disciplined life‚ he prefers to be a rowdy rebel. The unfortunate choice of comparing himself and others to plants demonstrates the poet’s lack of skill in poetry composition. The poem consists of five uneven verse paragraphs‚ which regarding the subject matter makes a perverse kind of sense. That it is pretending to be a poem at all then balances the sense in the negative. First Verse Paragraph The speaker begins

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