William Blake was born on November 28th‚ 1757 in Soho‚ London. William’s poems reflect the life and class struggle of himself. His biography explains how his life is conjured in his style of poetry through historical‚ biographical‚ religious‚ and romantic ways; in particular‚ the Chimney Sweeper. He was born in a time where transition was a hardship to battle his way through. A large part of his inspiration‚ according to the bibliography‚ was when he began to see the increasing injustice in the world
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William Shakespeare is known very well across the world. He’s known for the greatest dramatist and he is the world’s famous author and finest poet in English language. With his wonderful talent he has produced thirty-seven plays. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in England on April 23 1564. He was the third and eldest child of John and Mary Arden Shakespeare. Later on while his father John was mayor of Stratford‚ young William attended an excellent grammar school in his town which had
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General William Westmoreland Born in Spartanburg County‚ South Carolina on March 26th‚ 1914 was William Westmoreland. He went from being an Eagle Scout in his local Boy Scout troop to a lieutenant colonel in World War II and a United States Army General in the Vietnam War. William started his career by enrolling in West Point Academy. By the time of his graduation‚ he had become the corps first captain and received the Pershing Sword in honor of his success as a cadet. He was later assigned
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Shakespeare has written numerous plays; some of which are more famous than others but there is one of his masterpieces that is above the rest. It is his most well know play and actors can only dream of getting the chance to play his role‚ Hamlet created by William Shakespeare. The play Hamlet is still very important today‚ even though it was written hundreds of years ago‚ because it is the most famous play in the world‚ it has an intriguing plot and characters that can be interpreted differently provoking thought
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William Shakespeare was one of the greatest playwrights and authors to ever live. He wrote at east 37 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ and a couple other short stories‚ books‚ and tales. He is credited with revolutionizing the English language and coining lots of common words that we still use today. Shakespeare was blessed with an extraordinary intellect‚ amazing wit‚ and a mystifying imagination. William Shakespeare’s life was filled with fame‚ trial‚ reward‚ and hard work‚ and his the legacy that was left
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William Wordsworth poem‚ Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey July 13‚ 1798‚ is about a man returning‚ after fives years‚ to the beautiful scenery near the ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales. He recalls how he once had such innocent views of nature when he was younger and how now that he had grown he ’d lost such sight. Near the end of the poem the speaker mentions his sister‚ Dorothy‚ only to make himself appear to be this wise man who takes his sister under his wings. He ensures her that
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these privileges because people in the past put their passions‚ times‚ and efforts to approach these things. William Shakespeare is one of those men who gave great presents to the generations coming. He wrote several plays‚ poems‚ and sonnets that made huge impacts. William Shakespeare‚ through his works‚ tremendously influenced modern day theater‚ literature‚ and even everyday speech. William Shakespeare changed theaters to be more active and lively through characters and music. He arranged that
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Serena Williams is a name that almost everyone recognises. No wonder! She is the fiery‚ talented and competitive girl that transformed herself into one of the best‚ if not the best‚ women’s tennis player ever. Her level of competitiveness is extraordinary and the determination we all see on her face as she ace’s her next opponent is scary. We don’t only love Serena because of her tennis skill; she is down to earth as well. She is someone who makes people watching tennis stay on the edge of their
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3. William Blake‚ "London" The population of London grew from 575‚000 in 1700 to around 1‚500‚000 in 1830 despite the fact that the death rate in the city surpassed its birth rate. This is because hordes of people relocated to the city from the countryside in the hope of finding wealth and better living conditions. In his poem "London" Blake addresses this notion of the city with the reality that working class people do not thrive in such an eighteenth century metropolis and are in fact trampled
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Biography of William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who‚ with Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads. He is the second of five children born to John Wordsworth and Ann Cookson‚ William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Wordsworth House in Cockermouth‚ Cumberland[1]—part of the scenic region in northwest England‚ the Lake District
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