Robert E. Lee was a Confederate General in the American Civil War. He was born January 19‚ 1807 in Stratford‚ Westmoreland County‚ Virginia. He was the youngest son of the Revolutionary War hero general Henry Lee‚ who was also known as “Light-Horse Harry Lee”. He married Mary; daughter of G. W. P. Custis‚ the adopted son of Washington. My Thesis is that Robert E. Lee was a great general in the Civil War. He proved he was great even though his resources usually were not. In 1825 he entered West
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The poem "Acquainted with the night" by Robert Frost is about a man who is walking through a city at night. However‚ when analyzing the poetic devices used in the poem‚ such as the extended metaphors and symbolism‚ it becomes clear‚ that the poem is about the narrator’s feeling and sense of isolation. The narrator is acquainted with the darkness of the soul as much as the night. Frost also uses personification to show how the poem has a human ability. Frost uses personification right away in line
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English 2323 - Study Questions “My Last Duchess” – Robert Browning 1. What is the setting for this poem? This poem takes place in the palace of Alfonso II who is the Duke of Ferrara in Italy. 2. Who is the Duke speaking to? The Duke is entertaining an ambassador type person who has come to arrange the marriage of the duke and a daughter of a very wealthy and powerful family. What are they both looking at? They are looking at a painting of the Duke’s last “duchess” or wife that
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Robert Browning is known as the Master of Psychological dramatic monologue. In "My last Duchess" the reader only hears the Duke’s story whose perverse point of view throws false accusations towards his recently deceased wife. What the reader knows about the characters is limited‚ so he must piece together the story on his own. The story the duke thinks he tells‚ of an unfaithful wife who offended his dignity‚ and the story he really tells‚ of jealousy and possessive love that leads to murder‚ engages
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In "Tree At My Window‚" Robert Frost addresses a tree growing outside of his bedroom window with these words: "But tree...You have seen me when I slept‚ ... I was taken and swept / And all but lost. / That day she put our heads together‚ / Fate had her imagination about her‚ / Your head so much concerned with outer‚ / Mine with inner‚ weather." In these lines Frost conveys several emotions and themes that infiltrate many of his works. These common themes include darkness‚ nighttime‚ isolation‚ inner
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Frost and the mending wall Robert Frost is one of America’s most adored poets‚ and “Mending Wall is one of his most widely held poems. The poem tells the tale of a rock wall which sits between two properties in a countryside. The poem makes us take a look at how we use our walls and boundaries‚ and why we use them the way we do. There is a psychological approach to Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” literature style. The wall becomes the shining star in this poem‚ it serves as a symbol that unites the
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In the poem “Mending Wall” Robert Frost uses form‚ function‚ and philosophy to create meaning. To do this he uses many different techniques like blank verse‚ enjambment‚ end-stopped lines‚ syntax‚ meter‚ and iambic pentameter. These techniques are used to support the main theme of tradition versus innovation. “Mending Wall” is written in blank verse and iambic pentameter which makes the poem seem like natural speech. Additionally Frost only uses words that are shorter than three syllables to make
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Poets often bring in similar themes and aspects to several of their poems. Due to this‚ many of their poems may end up having similarities. For example‚ Robert Frost’s poems “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” have an abundance of similarities. Although these poems may be about two different scenarios‚ and written years apart‚ they still contain these comparable aspects. In both poems‚ the speaker needs to make a choice‚ or has made a choice‚ and is reflecting on it. In
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Ulysses S. Grant started with 100‚000 men and had lost 17‚000 men. First it was Shiloh then the battle at Richmond. Then the battle of the Missionary Ridge Siege of Petersburg‚The battle of Wilderness and many many more‚ who knows what’s to come next! Grant moved his troops south to Richmond the next morning. In 30 days Grant had lost 50‚000 troops. One day in the middle of the night a fire started in the woods where Grant and his troops were sleeping 200 soldiers burned to death. Grant lost a lot
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My Last Duchess When a man cares more about his status and image than his wife‚ he may feel the need to take drastic measures to ensure that he is always the center of attention. Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue “My Last Duchess” paints a picture of a duke who is trying to escape from his past‚ by proving to himself that he has power over his deceased wife.During the poem‚ the duke shows a painting of the last duchess to a representative from the Count‚ who is there making arrangements for the
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